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[Ulfgar889]

I've spent the last couple days working on this build and its my first one, so I wanted to post it to get some criticism. I wanted to stick to a $2,000 budget for a mid gaming desktop. If you see anything to dislike or if there is something wrong, fire away.

 

Component type: Name of Component- Cost of component in USD

 

Mobo: Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming- 230.99

Graphics Card: 2 Radeon RX 480- $199 ea,  $398.00 total

Case: Thermaltake Versa N24 Mid-Tower Chassis-  $59.99

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2x8gb) 288-Pin DDR4 2400-  $125.99(comes in pair)

Storage Drive: Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s-  $438.28

Processor: Radeon Ryzen 7 1700X-  $289.99

Sound Card: ASUS STRIX RAID PRO Sound Card-  $156.49

Water Cooler kit: Corsair Hydro Series H100i Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm-  $109.99

Power Supply: CORSAIR RMx Series 850W 80 PLUS GOLD-  $119.99

 

This comes to a total of  $1,929.71.

[Starelementpoke]

2 minutes ago, Ulfgar889 said:

I've spent the last couple days working on this build and its my first one, so I wanted to post it to get some criticism. I wanted to stick to a $2,000 budget for a mid gaming desktop. If you see anything to dislike or if there is something wrong, fire away.

 

Component type: Name of Component- Cost of component in USD

 

Mobo: Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming- 230.99

Graphics Card: 2 Radeon RX 480- $199 ea,  $398.00 total

Case: Thermaltake Versa N24 Mid-Tower Chassis-  $59.99

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2x8gb) 288-Pin DDR4 2400-  $125.99(comes in pair)

Storage Drive: Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s-  $438.28

Processor: Radeon Ryzen 7 1700X-  $289.99

Sound Card: ASUS STRIX RAID PRO Sound Card-  $156.49

Water Cooler kit: Corsair Hydro Series H100i Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm-  $109.99

Power Supply: CORSAIR RMx Series 850W 80 PLUS GOLD-  $119.99

 

This comes to a total of  $1,929.71.

You're better off with one stronger gpu over and xfire and sli setup. Get the 1700 instead, as you can just OC up to match. Higher clocked ram, ryzen loves fast ram. Do you really need a sound card? Also, 2K is not mid gaming.

[Thinkfreely]

Was said but Ryzen is Ram speed hungry, faster ram is going to matter.

[Guest]

Never had any luck w/ SSHDs. You'd be better off w/ a 240GB SSD + 4TB.

[JaegerB]

7 minutes ago, Thinkfreely said:

Was said but Ryzen is Ram speed hungry, faster ram is going to matter.

Grab some 3000mHz RAM, no faster no slower. After 3000mHz you start to see less and less of a return on your investment. 3000 is the sweet spot right now.

[JaegerB]

Oh, and drop the 480s and grab a 1070. Then, drop the 850W PSU in favour of a RM550X version. SSHD's are pretty stupid, you're better off with a 500GB ssd (850 or 960 evo) and a 1 or 2 TB HDD. I don't see why you'd need a 4TB HDD for a gaming rig. I'd also recommend (with the money saved by the aforementioned changes) a better case. Perhaps a Mastercase Pro 5 or Maker 5?

Mastercase Pro 5

Mastercase Maker 5

[chris76816]

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zFNP4C
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zFNP4C/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Fractal Design - Celsius S24 87.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.89 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($147.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda Pro 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($159.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  ($754.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($101.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($89.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1994.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-25 19:05 EDT-0400

[Ulfgar889]

26 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Also, 2K is not mid gaming.

To be honest i'm not really sure what mid gaming was. I've been watching a few channels, including Linus, I saw a midpoint between a dirt cheap PC and a top of the line PC was between 1K-3K, keeping in mind that I was probably wrong. For the reason behind my actual budget, Is i'm honestly just 17 and don't have any major monetary responsibilities for the next year.

[Jurrunio]

This budget is SOOOOO generous you can build one of the fastest gaming & streaming systems.

 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool - CAPTAIN 240 EX 153.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.98 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($124.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($219.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate - Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($106.88 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GAMING X Video Card  ($759.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($84.90 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($89.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1901.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-25 19:44 EDT-0400

 

AND there's still $100 left.

1 hour ago, Ulfgar889 said:

Storage Drive: Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s-  $438.28

I do have things to say on other parts, but this one in particular. It's better be gold-plated to cost that much.