I'm Building a budget gaming rig, how's this?

[Niko Papasta]

Hi I'm building a budget gaming rig this coming Christmas hoping that it will be able to play 1080p ultra across the board, if you could provide some feedback about what you think of this pc that would be extremely helpful, Thanks.

 

https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/Z23tPs

[LHJKO]

Ya looks good get an ssd tho they change your life 

you could also get  a cheaper psu and with the money you save get an ssd/1600

[Niko Papasta]

3 minutes ago, Vernw3 said:

Ya looks good get an ssd tho they change your life 

you could also get  a cheaper psu 

I can't afford one, it's either r5 1400 or r3 1200 and ssd, what do you think I should do?

[GDRRiley]

8 minutes ago, Niko Papasta said:

I can't afford one, it's either r5 1400 or r3 1200 and ssd, what do you think I should do?

less on case then you can get the r5 and ssd. 

[mjsoccer]

You should consider an i5 8400 if you are able to pick one up between now and christmas time...the cheaper motherboard options should be out by then (hopefully) and the i5 is pretty similar in price to the ryzen 5 and does quite a bit better in gaming.  Once they release the H series or B series for the current socket of 300 generation motherboards then they would probably be priced around $100 for a motherboard which isn't bad at all.  It would actually bring your total price to roughly AU$ 440 - $280 for i5, $100 for a decent motherboard, $60 for your hard drive.

[LHJKO]

nm forgot we are not talking american $$$$

[c00lFD]

I'd say get a cheaper case and power supply, I'm currently running a 970 and a R5 1400 with 430W power supply. I'd also say get the cheapest GTX 1060 you can find, as it will probably cheaper than the 970.

[Niko Papasta]

2 hours ago, c00lFD said:

I'd say get a cheaper case and power supply, I'm currently running a 970 and a R5 1400 with 430W power supply. I'd also say get the cheapest GTX 1060 you can find, as it will probably cheaper than the 970.

Is it a good combo, I already picked up a Asus 970 from my cousin for $50 aud so about $35 American?

[mjsoccer]

that's a steal for a 970.  I'd still say to get an i5 over a ryzen 3/5 if stock allows.  You don't need a good cpu cooler because you can't OC the i5 and it stays really cool at all times.

[GoldenLag]

10 hours ago, mjsoccer said:

that's a steal for a 970.  I'd still say to get an i5 over a ryzen 3/5 if stock allows.  You don't need a good cpu cooler because you can't OC the i5 and it stays really cool at all times.

You can overclock ryzens quite far anyways without upgrading a cooler. They dont run very hot as far as ive experienced. most stop at an 4 ghz anyway. Seeing as max temps is 95*c you can go quite far on stock cooler.

[mjsoccer]

You don't want to go anywhere near that temp with a stock cooler though...anything above 60C is going to give you quite loud fan noises.