Case, CPU, mobo etc?

[Cupcake]

So i'm slowly preparing myself to make a new PC.. kind-ish.

From Europe and not looking at any specific budget but i'd like to get the most for my buck.

I'm not a hardcore gamer but i do game a lot on PC so it would be nice to get some neat stuff for the money.

I play more casual games and i do a lot of emulator games so i need a good single core performance CPU.

As for GPU, i'll be sticking with my GTX 960 for couple of more years cause i don't need anything more than that.

Other things tho,RAM,Mobo,CPU and Case are needed(?).

 

For the CPU i was thinking to go with Ryzen 1600, but the i5 8400 came out and single core performance is important for emulation so would the intel one be better?

I have no idea about motherboards tho, Idk if i should get an OC mobo and CPU. I do have the Hyper EVO 212 which is cooling my CPU to a breezy 40 Celsius.

As for options i don't need anything fancy. I have a Bluetooth stick and i don't need wifi cards so i just need a normal Mobo. (Got an HDD and SSD, and doing solo card, no SLI)

My PSU is XFX Pro 550W Series which is gonna be plenty enough for now but i'm thinking to change it cause its not modular at all and cables are everywhere in the case right now which comes to the point where i wanted to ask about a better Case upgrade.

Using the Coolermaster K350 (KWN2)and I'm so unsatisfied with it. The cable management is non existent but the PC is so far cool, i don't like how it looks inside so i would like to change it to some case in which you can do cable management, Which case should i get?

RAM 16 GB, don't need any more but idk much about speeds and latency and that stuff.

Any recommendations would be helpful.

 

So far thinking about:

Mobo: MSI -Z370-A PRO

CPU: Intel i5 8400 (To get OC or not?)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4-3000
GPU: GTX 960 2 GB (Already Bought)

HDD: WD Blue 1 TB (Already bought)

SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB (Already bought)

CASE: Corsair SPEC-03

PSU: Seasonic M12II-620 EVO

Cooler: Hyper 212 EVO (Already bought)

 

[Moress]

The 8400 cannot overclock no matter what motherboard you put it in. You will need the I3-8350k, I5-8600k, or I7-8700k if you want to overclock. I wouldn't suggest getting Coffeelake yet until either the 8600k releases (or get the 8700k if you can afford it obviously) or the B/H chipset motherboards

[Jurrunio]

I think the mobo and CPU are good choices since they allow upgrades in the future. I wont go for this PSU though. Sure it's built well so it wont malfunction as easily as other low-ranked PSUs, but the design is old. This particular one has higher than usual voltage as well. Wont damage your components, but does make it lose marks.

[Wwadsworth]

Just throwing this out there, I can play BOTW at 28 FPS with drops to like 15 (explosions) using a 1050ti and Ryzen 1700. Also do you plan to upgrade your system in the future? If so Ryzen will be good since AMD has said AM4 will be around for a while. I'm not to sure about intl with their current platform. 

[Cupcake]

8700k is a overkill for me.

Thanks for the PSU tip. idk whcih one to get so recommendations would be good, semi modular or full fine by me just so i can hide the cables.

And yeah, in the future, and that future would be 5-7 years after this one.

[iamdarkyoshi]

-Moved to New Builds and Planning-

[TVwazhere]

14 hours ago, Cupcake said:

CASE: Corsair SPEC-03

PSU: Seasonic M12II-620 EVO

For PSU's, I recommend looking at the PSU tier list. That model used to be tier 3 but is now tier 4 due to older technologies. a Corsair CX550 or an EVGA B2 (not b3) are usually the two recommended within the Tier 2/3 categories

For budget cases I recommend the Fractal Design Focus G

 

[Cupcake]

1 hour ago, TVwazhere said:

For PSU's, I recommend looking at the PSU tier list. That model used to be tier 3 but is now tier 4 due to older technologies. a Corsair CX550 or an EVGA B2 (not b3) are usually the two recommended within the Tier 2/3 categories

For budget cases I recommend the Fractal Design Focus G

 

Ohh this will help for sure! And they aren't so expensive like i thought (EVGA G2 being like 100 Euroish). Thanks for the list!

[Wwadsworth]

16 hours ago, Cupcake said:

And yeah, in the future, and that future would be 5-7 years after this one.

I have no crystal ball to tell you what will happen, AM4 for now remains the longer platform (confirmed by AMD) over LGA 1151. 

[Cupcake]

6 hours ago, Wwadsworth said:

I have no crystal ball to tell you what will happen, AM4 for now remains the longer platform (confirmed by AMD) over LGA 1151. 

That's good to hear tho i'm using a dual core cpu in 2017 so even if i was stuck for 7 years on a 8400 i doubt that i'll regret buying Intels CL socket lol

[Wwadsworth]

17 hours ago, Cupcake said:

That's good to hear tho i'm using a dual core cpu in 2017 so even if i was stuck for 7 years on a 8400 i doubt that i'll regret buying Intels CL socket lol

Yeah, up until recently my PC was a AMD Phenom 2. Best dumpster dive find I had. I was a poor high "schooler" haha.