Need build feedback

[Sushibagel]

Hi All, I'm trying to put together a build for my father in law and looking for some input on the build. He's going to be using it for some light video editing and your typical workstation type stuff no gaming. Budget is ~$1200 US depending on black Friday prices I will probably upgrade the HDD to 2 TB

 

Thanks in advance for any feedback. 

 

 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($193.44 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($93.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($188.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($74.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($45.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: *EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($468.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($71.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1202.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-15 22:43 EST-0500

[Daniel Z.]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($193.44 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($188.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($84.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($66.88 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: *EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($468.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Inwin - 301 White MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1190.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-15 22:58 EST-0500

[Herman Mcpootis]

a pair of team dark 3000mhz 16gb ram costs $140, get that and a cheaper board and use the money for a 1080.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.89 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 HD3 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($101.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($78.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB DUKE OC Video Card  ($514.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake - Smart Pro RGB 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1191.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-15 23:22 EST-0500

[Sushibagel]

7 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.89 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370 HD3 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($101.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($78.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.77 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB DUKE OC Video Card  ($514.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake - Smart Pro RGB 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1191.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-15 23:22 EST-0500

Thanks. Would a 1080 be worth it in this build though? 

 

And Intel i5 over AMD Ryzen 5? I figured the extra threads would be more valuable? 

[Herman Mcpootis]

13 minutes ago, Sushibagel said:

Thanks. Would a 1080 be worth it in this build though? 

 

And Intel i5 over AMD Ryzen 5? I figured the extra threads would be more valuable? 

didn't realise it was for editing depends on which apps, some perform better on the i5 and others perform better on the 1600. I'd get an i7 8700/ryzen 1700 and a Vega 56 for a workstation.

[Streetguru]

1 hour ago, Sushibagel said:

no gaming

 

1 hour ago, Sushibagel said:

GTX 1070 Ti

What.

Here, you're spending far too much on the GPU when it won't matter much, what video editing software? What other software does it need to run? Unless it really makes use of a GPU any half decent GPU should be fine.

Should spend that money on a 4k IPS display or something

Also this one's a small ITX system.
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Q7QMRG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Q7QMRG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($284.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($107.39 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Green 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($82.33 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GT 1030 2GB AERO ITX OC Video Card  ($74.63 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 500 Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($67.39 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: LG - 27UD68-P 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  ($396.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1269.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-16 00:26 EST-0500

[Sushibagel]

19 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

 

What.

Here, you're spending far too much on the GPU when it won't matter much

Should spend that money on a 4k IPS display or something

Also this one's a small ITX system.
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Q7QMRG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Q7QMRG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($284.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($107.39 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Green 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($82.33 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.77 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GT 1030 2GB AERO ITX OC Video Card  ($74.63 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 500 Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($67.39 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: LG - 27UD68-P 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  ($396.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1269.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-16 00:26 EST-0500

Thanks! Hadn't really considered going ITX, he has a Disk Drive from an old system he wanted to include so this would be nice since it looks like that will fit (I forgot to take that into consideration on the original build). 

 

He has a fairly new display so the display wouldn't be necessary. I'm thinking we can go with a slightly better on the GPU and increase the size for both hard drives for more capacity. 

 

Thoughts? 

 

[PCPartPicker part list](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/phCqcc) / [Price breakdown by merchant](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/phCqcc/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3kPzK8/amd-ryzen-7-1700-30ghz-8-core-processor-yd1700bbaebox) | $284.99 @ Amazon 
**Motherboard** | [ASRock - AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nG98TW/asrock-ab350-gaming-itxac-mini-itx-am4-motherboard-ab350-gaming-itxac) | $107.39 @ OutletPC 
**Memory** | [G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qGqbt6/gskill-memory-f43200c16d16gvgb) | $154.99 @ Newegg 
**Storage** | [Western Digital - Blue 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/c4jWGX/western-digital-blue-500gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-wds500g1b0b) | $144.99 @ Amazon 
**Storage** | [Western Digital - Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/cpw323/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd2002faex) | $132.85 @ Newegg Marketplace 
**Video Card** | [MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/x7Jkcf/msi-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-4gb-video-card-gtx-1050-ti-aero-itx-4g-oc) | $169.99 @ Amazon 
**Case** | [Fractal Design - Core 500 Mini ITX Desktop Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LvnG3C/fractal-design-case-fdcacore500bk) | $58.99 @ SuperBiiz 
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic - G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DPCwrH/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm) | $67.39 @ SuperBiiz 
 | *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |
 | **Total** | **$1121.58**
 | Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2017-11-16 00:51 EST-0500 |

 

 

[Streetguru]

39 minutes ago, Sushibagel said:

 

Pricing on the WD 2TB appears to be broken though, you may want to consider a 2TB Firecuda drive as they come with a small SSD onboard for acceleration. should be $99.

But ya if you want a slightly better GPU go for it. too bad RX 570 pricing still sucks, if you see one for $199 or under pounce on it. Although...is his display 4k IPS? If nothing else you could add a 2nd 1080p IPS display for around $100 for better productivity, or full sized previews.

The Core 500 has pretty good after market heatsink support as well. 170mm tall Air Coolers and 240mm AIO support.
 

 

[Guest]

R7 1700 build is a good pc. The r5 and 1070ti one was unbalanced.