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[Beovy]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/vfj3TH

 

Only thing that list is missing is a 1TB hard drive that'll I'll probably find somewhere retail.

 

Thoughts? Using for school work, CAD, video/photo editing, gaming at 1440p, dual monitor setup, productivity, streaming while playing, multitasking while gaming.

[Sanctorum]

Get a better motherboard and PSU.

[DocSwag]

Psu isn't great, other than that looks ok.

[Sanctorum]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($259.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($123.26 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($79.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($209.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ DirectCanada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - B3 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Other: Asus GTX 980 Ti STRIX ($400.00)
Total: $1238.21

 

Better, fully modular PSU. Better motherboard. Swap the case for a Fractal case if you want but the P400 has a TG window.

[Beovy]

6 minutes ago, Sanctorum said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($259.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($123.26 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($79.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($209.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($109.99 @ DirectCanada) 
Power Supply: EVGA - B3 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Other: Asus GTX 980 Ti STRIX ($400.00)
Total: $1238.21

 

Better, fully modular PSU. Better motherboard. Swap the case for a Fractal case if you want but the P400 has a TG window.

For the motherboard, I've read great reviews on the Asrock. For RAM I really want 3200 to maximize Ryzen's performance and I don't care about a window. I want as much sound blocked as possible. The P400 TG is too flashy anyway. And would a 450w even be enough to power that power hungry GTX 980 Ti STRIX?

[Beovy]

1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

1. I would downgrade to a 250GB SSD and buy a bigger HDD. I have very rarely used more than 120GB of storage for windows since everything else goes on an HDD. Take that money and use it to buy 16GB of RAM. 

 

Cheap refurb enterprise drives can be found on ebay HERE if you don't mind compromising on data integrity too much (you DO have a backup for your critical data anyway right?)

 

On a side note, google drive or similar counts as a backup. 

That 1TB hard drive would mainly be used for storage. I play a total of maybe 2 games maybe 3 and they don't take up much room so I'd put it on the SSD. All my programs would go on the SSD too. Right now with my current hard drive I'm only using ~500GB and that has everything on it including all my storage stuff. And that's with all the bloated crap that I have yet to clean from it.

[Sanctorum]

8 minutes ago, Beovy said:

For the motherboard, I've read great reviews on the Asrock. 

It's cheap for a reason. It's not a very good motherboard at all,and you should definitely have a better mobo.

9 minutes ago, Beovy said:

For RAM I really want 3200 to maximize Ryzen's performance 

2800MHz is still plenty. It's not worth an extra 25% price increase for 3200 over 2800.

10 minutes ago, Beovy said:

and I don't care about a window. I want as much sound blocked as possible. 

Fair 'nuff

10 minutes ago, Beovy said:

And would a 450w even be enough to power that power hungry GTX 980 Ti STRIX?

Yes

[Beovy]

Just now, Sanctorum said:

It's cheap for a reason. It's not a very good motherboard at all,and you should definitely have a better mobo.

2800MHz is still plenty. It's not worth an extra 25% price increase for 3200 over 2800.

Fair 'nuff

Yes

Can you elaborate more on why it's a bad motherboard? Saying it's cheap doesn't justify anything. What am I getting for spending $20 more?

[LienusLateTips]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($259.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($209.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($105.13 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Memory Express) 
Other: Asus GTX 980 Ti STRIX ($400.00)
Total: $1244.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-22 21:15 EDT-0400

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, Beovy said:

Can you elaborate more on why it's a bad motherboard? Saying it's cheap doesn't justify anything. What am I getting for spending $20 more?

It's perfectly fine. It's the MSI board that's been having problems

[Sanctorum]

2 minutes ago, JDE said:

It's perfectly fine. 

No it's not.

3 minutes ago, JDE said:

It's the MSI board that's been having problems

No it hasn't.

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, Sanctorum said:

No it's not.

Yes it is.

1 minute ago, Sanctorum said:

No it hasn't.

YES, it has.

[Beovy]

1 minute ago, Sanctorum said:

No it's not.

No it hasn't.

I havn't read any bad reviews of the Asrock, only the MSI. Everyone I know who has bought a recent Asrock motherboard has had no problems. Please justify your point. To me you're nothing other than a random person on a tech forum. I'm here for help and I'm not just going to go by some random persons input without any reasoning behind it. No where have I read the Asrock motherboard being bad and you're the first person to say so. If you can provide a reason and some factual evidence, that would be very helpful.

[Sanctorum]

34 minutes ago, JDE said:

Yes it is.

No, it's not.

35 minutes ago, JDE said:

YES, it has.

No, it hasn't.

29 minutes ago, Beovy said:

I havn't read any bad reviews of the Asrock, only the MSI. 

So? That doesn't mean anything. 

29 minutes ago, Beovy said:

Everyone I know who has bought a recent Asrock motherboard has had no problems.

Anecdotal. Also, not every Asrock motherboard is equal to each other. I never said Asrock was bad, I said that motherboard is bad.

29 minutes ago, Beovy said:

To me you're nothing other than a random person on a tech forum. I'm here for help and I'm not just going to go by some random persons input 

So, your entire post is completely pointless then?

31 minutes ago, Beovy said:

Please justify your point. No where have I read the Asrock motherboard being bad and you're the first person to say so. If you can provide a reason and some factual evidence, that would be very helpful.

There are PLENTY of posts about people having issues with their Asrock motherboards, specifically with BIOS updates. The BIOS itself is also pretty shit. It's worth dealing with if it's your best option, but you can get a better motherboard for a similar price with a better BIOS anyway.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3408153/bios-update-asrock-ab350-pro4.html

http://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4725&title=asrock-ab350-pro4-fails-to-post-with-22-bios