Need some help with reviewing this rig.

[GoofyBiscuit]

I am trying to price this build around $1500 CAD, but it is ok if the price goes over by about another $100 CAD. This build is going to be used for cadding, flight simulator (x plane and microsoft fsx), and moderate gaming. I only am getting one monitor for now, but am thinking about adding another two later (monitors at least at 1080p). I am going to be running windows 10. Peripherals will be a keyboard, mouse, and external optical drive. A long story, but I am re building my previous pc with a few upgrades, such as new cpu architecture and case.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/FPTqZ8

[The Sloth]

go for the ryzen 1600+ 3000mhz ram. 

[django_keyes]

2 minutes ago, GoofyBiscuit said:

I am trying to price this build around $1500 CAD, but it is ok if the price goes over by about another $100 CAD. This build is going to be used for cadding, flight simulator (x plane and microsoft fsx), and moderate gaming. I only am getting one monitor for now, but am thinking about adding another two later (monitors at least at 1080p). I am going to be running windows 10. Peripherals will be a keyboard, mouse, and external optical drive. A long story, but I am re building my previous pc with a few upgrades, such as new cpu architecture and case.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/FPTqZ8

Why not go with something like a Ryzen 7 for the money of that Intel chip? I mean double the cores will help with CAD and sims. Also you can get a much cheaper 1060, that is reaching the beginning of 1070 pricing. If you go with Ryzen you want high frequency ram as well, like 3200mhz. Great case choice!

[django_keyes]

Just now, django_keyes said:

Why not go with something like a Ryzen 7 for the money of that Intel chip? I mean double the cores will help with CAD and sims. Also you can get a much cheaper 1060, that is reaching the beginning of 1070 pricing. If you go with Ryzen you want high frequency ram as well, like 3200mhz. Great case choice!

I mean the Ryzen 5 1600 or 1600x sorry

[LienusLateTips]

Ryzen!

 

RYZEN!

 

VEGA!

[LienusLateTips]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($264.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.75 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($124.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: *Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($149.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: SanDisk - Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($118.97 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card  ($411.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($44.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series SP120 PWM Quiet Edition 37.9 CFM  120mm Fans  ($34.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $1387.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-04 22:22 EDT-0400

[django_keyes]

18 minutes ago, JDE said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($264.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.75 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($124.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: *Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($149.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: SanDisk - Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($118.97 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card  ($411.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($44.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series SP120 PWM Quiet Edition 37.9 CFM  120mm Fans  ($34.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $1387.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-04 22:22 EDT-0400

Nice, but maybe a Phanteks P400S Tempered Glass would be a better case choice. 

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, django_keyes said:

Nice, but maybe a Phanteks P400S Tempered Glass would be a better case choice. 

Depends on your tastes. Personally I would take a be Quiet! 600 or a NZXT S340 over a P400S anyday, but it depends.

[django_keyes]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

Depends on your tastes. Personally I would take a be Quiet! 600 or a NZXT S340 over a P400S anyday, but it depends.

The 600 is riddled with problems, or at least when I saw it last. 

[GoofyBiscuit]

34 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

go for the ryzen 1600+ 3000mhz ram. 

 

33 minutes ago, django_keyes said:

I mean the Ryzen 5 1600 or 1600x sorry

 

33 minutes ago, JDE said:

Ryzen!

 

RYZEN!

 

VEGA!

I had a feeling people would want me to go for Ryzen, I'm just not very familiar with it. Thanks! If I were to go 1600x what motherboard should I go for? Also what mobo chipsets are overclockable?

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, GoofyBiscuit said:

 

 

I had a feeling people would want me to go for Ryzen, I'm just not very familiar with it. Thanks! If I were to go 1600x what motherboard should I go for? Also what mobo chipsets are overclockable?

B350( allows overclock but no SLI support) or X370 if you want premium features such as SLI. 

[django_keyes]

Just now, GoofyBiscuit said:

 

 

I had a feeling people would want me to go for Ryzen, I'm just not very familiar with it. Thanks! If I were to go 1600x what motherboard should I go for? Also what mobo chipsets are overclockable?

A320 is not overclockable, so don't go with that. B350 is what I would recommend, because X370 is to expensive. You can overclock and it comes with a bunch of features. Also if you want to overclock get yourself a AIO. For MB I would say the ASUS Strix B350-F Gaming, thats a good board. Or go with a similar MSI board

[DocSwag]

43 minutes ago, JDE said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($264.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($46.75 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($124.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: *Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($149.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: SanDisk - Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($118.97 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card  ($411.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Memory Express) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($44.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series SP120 PWM Quiet Edition 37.9 CFM  120mm Fans  ($34.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $1387.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-04 22:22 EDT-0400

I agree with this except cooler is a bit pointless.

[django_keyes]

2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

I agree with this except cooler is a bit pointless.

Yea if you are going to spend money get yourself a AIO

[DocSwag]

4 minutes ago, django_keyes said:

Yea if you are going to spend money get yourself a AIO

Or high end air cooler. Otherwise it's honestly not worth the upgrade over stock, imo.

[GoofyBiscuit]

42 minutes ago, django_keyes said:

A320 is not overclockable, so don't go with that. B350 is what I would recommend, because X370 is to expensive. You can overclock and it comes with a bunch of features. Also if you want to overclock get yourself a AIO. For MB I would say the ASUS Strix B350-F Gaming, thats a good board. Or go with a similar MSI board

 

28 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Or high end air cooler. Otherwise it's honestly not worth the upgrade over stock, imo.

K what about this? Also, what graphics card alternative would you recommend?

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/NVJGZ8

[django_keyes]

5 minutes ago, GoofyBiscuit said:

 

K what about this? Also, what graphics card alternative would you recommend?

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/NVJGZ8

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/mj3v9W Saves about 40 bucks

[django_keyes]

6 minutes ago, GoofyBiscuit said:

 

K what about this? Also, what graphics card alternative would you recommend?

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/NVJGZ8

wait sorry

[django_keyes]

1 minute ago, django_keyes said:

wait sorry

Either don't get the cooler, or get a really good AIr or AIO cooler

[DocSwag]

13 hours ago, GoofyBiscuit said:

 

K what about this? Also, what graphics card alternative would you recommend?

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/NVJGZ8

Get a 1600 instead and scrap the cooler and just use the stock, 1600 ocs just as well as 1600x.

[GoofyBiscuit]

On 8/5/2017 at 1:22 PM, DocSwag said:

Get a 1600 instead and scrap the cooler and just use the stock, 1600 ocs just as well as 1600x.

 

On 8/4/2017 at 11:53 PM, django_keyes said:

Either don't get the cooler, or get a really good AIr or AIO cooler

What about this? Go for the 1600, switch graphics card to radeon 580, and get an AIO?

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/P6FJ3F

[DocSwag]

56 minutes ago, GoofyBiscuit said:

 

What about this? Go for the 1600, switch graphics card to radeon 580, and get an AIO?

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/P6FJ3F

Going for aio is a bit of a waste imo, you could much better spend that money on the gpu. If you spent that money on gpu instead this 1070 would only be $30 CAD outta reach

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/4XyxFT/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-windforce-oc-video-card-gv-n1070wf2oc-8gd

or you could look for a used 980 ti that would probably be in reach, or wait for rx Vega 56.

 

I've always thought high end $65+ coolers with Ryzen is a bit of a waste. Even with stock you usually get 3.7-3.8 ghz overclocks and the max is usually 3.9-4 ghz (aka, difference isn't much). With a $50-$60 cooler you'd already be able to hit the max overclock. That $100 for an expensive CPU cooler is much better spent on faster ram, bigger ssd, or better gpu.

[Shura]

On 05/08/2017 at 11:14 AM, GoofyBiscuit said:

I am trying to price this build around $1500 CAD, but it is ok if the price goes over by about another $100 CAD. This build is going to be used for cadding, flight simulator (x plane and microsoft fsx), and moderate gaming. I only am getting one monitor for now, but am thinking about adding another two later (monitors at least at 1080p). I am going to be running windows 10. Peripherals will be a keyboard, mouse, and external optical drive. A long story, but I am re building my previous pc with a few upgrades, such as new cpu architecture and case.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/FPTqZ8

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/NdCmsJ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/NdCmsJ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($378.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($149.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: ADATA - Premier Pro SP920 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SSC GAMING Video Card  ($382.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($124.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($39.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case Fan: Corsair - Air Series SP120 PWM Quiet Edition 37.9 CFM  120mm Fans  ($34.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $1424.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-11 11:50 EDT-0400