Plan for Desktop PC

[lonestrider]

I'm planning to build my first Desktop PC. I'm gonna use this PC for some games and software development.

My main game is Pro Evolution Soccer 2017. I also play Kingdom of Amalur, Prototype 2, and Shadow of Mordor.

On the software development side, I develop Android application and sometimes backend stuff like Django or Node.js.

 

My budget is about US$800.

I already make a plan for all the components.

CPU: Intel Core i3-7100 .............................................................................US$ 109

MB: MSI B250I Pro ....................................................................................US$ 135

RAM: Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX PC21000 2x8GB.............................US$ 131

Graphic Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti AERO ITX 4G OC (Mini ITX)....US$ 168

SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 250GB ............................................... US$ 101

HDD: WDC BLUE 2TB ...............................................................................US$ 75

PSU: Antec VP Series 500W (I'm not sure about this one...)..................... US$ 33

 

I already bought a monitor, Samsung 24" curved 1080p. I might have 2 monitors in the future. May be a 4K monitor.

Definitely need Windows 10 for PES 2017... (it's not supported in another platform)

I already have a Mini ITX casing (I get it from a friend for free).

 

What do you think of those components? Are they good? Especially on the PSU. Do you think it's OK?

Do I need to have a look on the Graphic Card whether they fit the Mini ITX or all Graphic Card will fit?

I also consider Pentium G4560... But I'm afraid it'll disappoint... 

 

Thanks in advance.

[PCGuy_5960]

Get a Pentium G4560 instead of the i3 and a GTX 1060 3GB instead of the 1050 Ti

[Bananasplit_00]

swap the 1050TI for an RX 470 or GTX 1060 3GB and get a G4560 over that I3. for the PSU i dont really know but something like a CX450M should do you good unless you need an SFX PSU

[m0k]

i would not recommend the 2TB WD BLue - isnt it only a 5400 RPM drive?

[m0k]

consider this? $700ish

a more capable CPU that will help you later, and will allow you to upgrade the GPU later without bottleneck issues

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hxTGzM

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($158.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($102.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($81.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $659.50

 

edit, you can opt for a cheaper HDD, cheaper GPU and cheaper RAM is available

[byronas100]

be carefull with the ram speed your motherboard should be able to support up to 2400mhz

[stealth80]

22 minutes ago, mok said:

consider this? $700ish

a more capable CPU that will help you later, and will allow you to upgrade the GPU later without bottleneck issues

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hxTGzM

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($158.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($102.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($81.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $659.50

 

edit, you can opt for a cheaper HDD, cheaper GPU and cheaper RAM is available

Not a bad build, since there's an $800 budget op could look at ryzen 1600 + 480/580 and drop the 2yb hdd to 1tb

[m0k]

15 minutes ago, stealth80 said:

Not a bad build, since there's an $800 budget op could look at ryzen 1600 + 480/580 and drop the 2yb hdd to 1tb

nah i didnt want to push it any further

need to account for sales tax and shipping 

[stealth80]

8 minutes ago, mok said:

nah i didnt want to push it any further

need to account for sales tax and shipping 

Pcpp already does that, that price includes shipping and taxes 

[stealth80]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($209.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($123.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($81.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB OCV1 Video Card  ($189.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $788.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-08 12:25 EDT-0400

[m0k]

1 hour ago, stealth80 said:

Pcpp already does that, that price includes shipping and taxes 

no it NEVER includes sales tax in north america

most provinces and states have different sales tax rates

and the shipping isnt accurate either

 

ex look at the my pcp link above, the ryzen cpu doesnt even mention shipping from outlet pc, its only after you checkout it tells you the shipping amount

 

edit the only time tax and shipping is included is if the item is sold via Amazon Prime

[lonestrider]

13 hours ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Get a Pentium G4560 instead of the i3 and a GTX 1060 3GB instead of the 1050 Ti

I see their comparison in ark.intel website, and I know that i3 is just very slightly better. But in benchmark, i3 is slightly better in almost every part of it.

I see that everyone thinks the difference isn't worth the price or just doesn't matter to real usage... I think I will get a G4560, then. I'll get nice cut down price to use for GTX 1060!  

 

13 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

swap the 1050TI for an RX 470 or GTX 1060 3GB and get a G4560 over that I3. for the PSU i dont really know but something like a CX450M should do you good unless you need an SFX PSU

I think I'm getting GTX 1060 and G4560, now... lol.

Thank you!

 

13 hours ago, mok said:

consider this? $700ish

a more capable CPU that will help you later, and will allow you to upgrade the GPU later without bottleneck issues

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hxTGzM

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($158.69 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($102.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($81.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $659.50

 

edit, you can opt for a cheaper HDD, cheaper GPU and cheaper RAM is available

 

Sorry, forgot to mention. I'm in Asia. The price here is a little higher than that.

 

Actually, I didn't expect this much response... Since I was just joined... Amazing.

 

Thank you, guys!

[lonestrider]

13 hours ago, mok said:

i would not recommend the 2TB WD BLue - isnt it only a 5400 RPM drive?

Yes, but it's not expensive, and I'm gonna use SSD for my main drive anyway. Maybe don't need a very fast HDD, what do you think?

 

13 hours ago, byronas100 said:

be carefull with the ram speed your motherboard should be able to support up to 2400mhz

Oh, silly, I didn't pay attention to that. the ddr4 have too high clock. thanks for mentioning this!

 

 

12 hours ago, stealth80 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($209.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($123.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($81.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB OCV1 Video Card  ($189.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $788.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-08 12:25 EDT-0400

Awesome. I'll consider this.

I'm not gonna get Ryzen 5, it's too expensive here. Also, I need Mini-ITX, not Micro ATX motherboard.  

Not going to buy another new case for this PC.  

 

Thanks!

[lonestrider]

Hi Guys,

Considering all your feedback and suggestions, I came up with this;

 

CPU            Pentium G4560

MB              MSI B250I Pro (LGA1151, B250, DDR4)

RAM            Gskill DDR4 RipjawsV PC19200 16GB (2x8GB) Dual Channel F4-2400C15D-16GVR

Video Card Zotac Geforce GTX 1060 AMP Edition - Dual Fan 3 GB 192 Bit DDR5

SSD            Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 SATA 250GB - Grs 5th

HDD           Western Digital 1 TB Sata3 Blue (7200 rpm)

PSU            EVGA 500W 80+ Certified 3 Years Warranty

Case          Cooler Master Mini ITX

 

May I have one more question, is this all components gonna fit in Mini ITX? And how to make sure of that?

This case is damn small... My friend bought this case and get a wrong MB (the motherboard is for Macro ATX, I believe.) I'm not gonna repeat his mistake. lol.