pc build v1

[bralens]

Hello, everyone.

I am planing to build my first pc. I am planing to do machine learning stuff and occasionally play some game.

For now i don't have enough money to buy ryzen 1700 and gtx 1070 (as i understand those would great for my needs).

Because i don't have any pc now i wanted to split it into multiple parts:

1. build cheap end pc with upgradeability in mind (so motherboard should be decent from start, overpowered power supply for now, ...)

2. upgrade cpu to ryzen 1700

3. upgrade gpu to gtx 1070

 

Parts:

MOBO: Asus TUF B350M-PLUS GAMING

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (for now, planing to upgrade to AMD Ryzen 7 1700)

GPU: Zotac GeForce GTX1050 Ti (for now, planing to upgrade to <insert some generic GTX1070>)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX Black (says its compatible with ryzen: http://www.corsair.com/en-eu/landing/ryzen)

PSU: CS650M

SSD: WD Green SSD, M.2, 120GB

Case: Cooler Master Elite 342

 

I am new to all of this, after long nights and lots of youtube videos and forums i think that it could be suitable plan how to acquire my pc. But can you please validate:

1. that everything is ok with parts compatibility (first build stage and final)

2. would it be better, to upgrade CPU first and than GPU or vice versa?

3. which GTX 1070 should i buy? how one decades that?

 

Huge thanks

[Nicnac]

looks like a well thought out and balanced build. 

Though I love recommending AMD builds I would also take a look at the new intel coffee lake offerings. the i3 is basically last gen's i5 for a competitive price and since most basic programming (except complex GPU-based ML like deep neural nets etc.) runs only on a single core you might wanna go for an ever so slightly faster single core performance from intel. You would have to wait for the cheaper mobos to come out though.

 

concerning 2.: depending on how advanced you are with your programing skills you might only wanna upgrade the gpu as you only need a single core to feed it in ML most of the time.

[bralens]

8 minutes ago, Nicnac said:

looks like a well thought out and balanced build. 

Though I love recommending AMD builds I would also take a look at the new intel coffee lake offerings. the i3 is basically last gen's i5 for a competitive price and since most basic programming (except complex GPU-based ML like deep neural nets etc.) runs only on a single core you might wanna go for an ever so slightly faster single core performance from intel. You would have to wait for the cheaper mobos to come out though.

Thanks, than will try to order parts as soon as possible

 

Yes i were checking coffee lake, but as i understand intel changes slots every 2 years, so new mobo will be required (if i will want to upgrade processor), where as with ryzen AM4 will have 4 year support, so i woun't have to buy new mobo. Maybe i have misunderstood something.

[lukart]

Would say intel has the performance but ur right, the Ryzen has more options for the future.

Get a better B350 that would actually have decent VRMs so you can overclock in the future the higher end CPU. The B350 Fatal1ty is good on this.