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[AlexW773577]

Anti-Static Strap    Rosewill ESD Anti-Static Wrist Strap Components RTK-002, Black/Yellow    $5.99
Motherboard    ASRock X370 TAICHI Socket AM4/AMD X370/DDR4/Quad CrossFireX & SLI/SATA3&USB3.1/M.2/Wi-Fi/A&GbE/ATX Motherboard    $250.28
CPU    AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler (YD1600BBAEBOX)     $219.99
Thermal Paste    ARCTIC MX-4 Thermal Compound Paste    $6.97
CPU Cooler    (Comes With CPU)    $0.00
RAM     HyperX FURY Black 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 2133MHz DDR4    $109.23
Case     MasterBox 5 Mid-tower Computer Case    $65.30
Graphics Card     MSI Computer GTX 1060 ARMOR 6G OCV1 NVIDIA GeForce    $244.02
Network Card     TP-Link N300 Wireless PCI-Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND)     $16.95
Solid State Drive     PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive     $52.99
Hard Drive     Seagate 2TB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive     $66.99
PSU     EVGA 650 GQ 80+ GOLD 650W Semi-Modular Power Supply    $72.29
Monitor     Asus VX238H 23.0" (1920x1080) Gaming Monitor    $139.00
Keyboard     Cooler Master Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse    $27.27
Mouse     Cooler Master Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse    
    Total    $1,277.27

This is the current build im going with and am pretty happy with it, but would still like others thoughts and opinions on it. Now i know that many people are gonna say i picked a super expensive mobo, but all the other AM4 compatible ones had reviews that made me scared to buy that mobo. But if i could find a cheaper, promising mobo, id be able to get a gtx 1070. But any advice is appreciated. Thx! 

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

Devastator II is pretty good keyboard/mouse combo (using it right now) but it can get slightly annoying if you plan on using linux.

 

You don't need the anti-static wrist strap, but you do you.

 

Might want to look into faster wifi adapter if you constantly need to download/upload. Wifi-N is pretty old by now, and pretty sure only support 2.4 GHz.

 

If you can spare the money go for at least a 240GB SSD. Running a 120GB right now, and it just seems to start filling up with junk. That extra 120GB will give you lots of extra breathing room.

 

@0ld_Chicken you seem to be online. Does this post need to be moved?

[AlexW773577]

2 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

Devastator II is pretty good keyboard/mouse combo (using it right now) but it can get slightly annoying if you plan on using linux.

 

You don't need the anti-static wrist strap, but you do you.

 

Might want to look into faster wifi adapter if you constantly need to download/upload. Wifi-N is pretty old by now, and pretty sure only support 2.4 GHz.

 

If you can spare the money go for at least a 240GB SSD. Running a 120GB right now, and it just seems to start filling up with junk. That extra 120GB will give you lots of extra breathing room.

 

@0ld_Chicken you seem to be online. Does this post need to be moved?

hmm okay, any suggestions for said wifi adapter?

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

2 minutes ago, AlexW773577 said:

hmm okay, any suggestions for said wifi adapter?

I was stupid and didn't actually pay that much attention to the motherboard.

 

You've got a pretty high end one and comes with integrated dual-band 802.11ac (Wifi-AC), which is loads faster than the 802.11n.

 

So really, you don't need to buy a wifi adapter at all, your mobo's got you.

[0ld_Chicken]

6 minutes ago, bob51zhang said:

@0ld_Chicken you seem to be online. Does this post need to be moved?

Seems to fit New Builds and Planning better so I'll move it there

[GrayTech]

32 minutes ago, AlexW773577 said:

Motherboard    ASRock X370 TAICHI Socket AM4/AMD X370/DDR4/Quad CrossFireX & SLI/SATA3&USB3.1/M.2/Wi-Fi/A&GbE/ATX Motherboard    $250.28
CPU    AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler (YD1600BBAEBOX)     $219.99

You don't need a X370 motherboard unless you want SLI support. You can probably save some money by buying a B350 board and the 100+ $ you save can be used for a bigger SSD or a better GPU.

[AlexW773577]

15 hours ago, GrayTech said:

You don't need a X370 motherboard unless you want SLI support. You can probably save some money by buying a B350 board and the 100+ $ you save can be used for a bigger SSD or a better GPU.

Ya im just having trouble finding  good board, that doesnt seem like it has a bunch of problems

15 hours ago, bob51zhang said:

I was stupid and didn't actually pay that much attention to the motherboard.

 

You've got a pretty high end one and comes with integrated dual-band 802.11ac (Wifi-AC), which is loads faster than the 802.11n.

 

So really, you don't need to buy a wifi adapter at all, your mobo's got you.

do you have any recomendations for a cheaper but good and releiable 240gb ssd?

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

5 hours ago, AlexW773577 said:

do you have any recomendations for a cheaper but good and releiable 240gb ssd?

When I was building my PC, I was recommended the Sandisk Plus (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8jH48d/sandisk-ssd-plus-240gb-25-solid-state-drive-sdssda-240g-g26).

Not cheaper, but you could use the money you saved from the wireless card to upgrade your SSD.

[GrayTech]

17 hours ago, AlexW773577 said:

Ya im just having trouble finding  good board, that doesnt seem like it has a bunch of problems

What do you mean by problems? Are you talking about reviews? I don't think you can judge a motherboard for such a new platform like Ryzen by reviews. Many new AM4 motherboards caused trouble for at least one person and this person wrote a bad review. But the thing is that you should be fine with almost any decent quality ryzen board by now. But remember checking the QVL of the specific bourd you're looking at to check if your RAM will work properly.

Keep in mind that you can get some problems with every AM4 motherboard, no matter how expensive it is. But by now many problems should be fixed.  

 

I guess this is you first build but you dont have to be scared about the motherboard. What should happen? In almost every case it just works and if it doesn't its either a problem that is easy to fix or you have to return the board and you'll get a new one. There is just no reason to pair a 250$ board with an R5 1600. This is just a waste of money. Just get a cheaper board, personally I like the ones from ASUS - but you always have to check out the specific model- and if you have any problems which you can't fix by yourself, just make a forum thread about it or return it. This will save you at least 100$.

[GrayTech]

17 hours ago, AlexW773577 said:

do you have any recomendations for a cheaper but good and releiable 240gb ssd?

Samsung 850 EVO/PRO.