Planning a build, need help

13jparker · September 1, 2017

I'm looking to build a pc for my personal use at home, as well as for some computational use for my job. I'm planning to use it to do some light gaming at 1080p, but most of the games that I'm into are older or are not very hardware-intensive. Lots of esports titles, emulation, and games like Civilization.

I've put a parts list together that I've been editing for a while until I got all of the money together. Some good craigslist finds have left me with two GTX 960s (2gb) that I'm going to use in SLI and a couple HDDs that will act as the major storage components of the computer. I'm planning to add a good air cooler down the road so I can get some better overclocking than with the stock cooler, but I figure that stock will work for a moderate overclock in the short term.

Anyway, let me know what you all think and if anything seems unbalanced. If you all can give me any power supply suggestions as well, I'm not sure if I need to go for a 650 watt, but I figured the headroom might be useful down the road.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ctX7xY
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ctX7xY/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.28 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 KILLER SLI/ac ATX AM4 Motherboard ($133.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($83.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 960 2GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI) (Purchased For $85.00)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 960 2GB FTW ACX 2.0+ Video Card (2-Way SLI) (Purchased For $85.00)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($41.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $847.10

Thanks for the help!