Need Some Advice!

[drew6700]

Making a sub $1000 (USD) (not including MIR) modest/entry level gaming pc that I’d like to play AAA games at 1080p on. My first ever build so I’d like some advice.

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600

CPU Fan: Cryorig M9A

Mobo: ASRock AB350M

RAM: G.Skill Aegis 1x8 gb 2133

Storage: Seagate FireCuda 1TB SSHD 5400 RPM

GPU: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6gb

PSU: Corsair CXM450w 80+Bronze  (Semi-mod)

Case: NZXT S340 - White

WiFi Card: Gigabyte (the $35 one)

OS: W10 Home

Advice appreciated, thx

 

[EG!]

16 minutes ago, drew6700 said:

Making a sub $1000 (USD) (not including MIR) modest/entry level gaming pc that I’d like to play AAA games at 1080p on. My first ever build so I’d like some advice.

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600

CPU Fan: Cryorig M9A

Mobo: ASRock AB350M

RAM: G.Skill Aegis 1x8 gb 2133

Storage: Seagate FireCuda 1TB SSHD 5400 RPM

GPU: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6gb

PSU: Corsair CXM450w 80+Bronze  (Semi-mod)

Case: NZXT S340 - White

WiFi Card: Gigabyte (the $35 one)

OS: W10 Home

Advice appreciated, thx

 

You mean this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tdcK6X? I find it handy to look at it on pcpartpicker.

I like your build, great case I got the exact same though not scratch proof.

[aidkvndfj]

looks good, however, I would try and see if you can get 16GB of RAM instead of 8

[EG!]

4 minutes ago, aidkvndfj said:

looks good, however, I would try and see if you can get 16GB of RAM instead of 8

It will drive up the cost a little, but with one stick of 8 you can always add another. It's weird to use a desktop on Wifi, utp cable's are more reliable.

[drew6700]

5 minutes ago, EG! said:

It will drive up the cost a little, but with one stick of 8 you can always add another. It's weird to use a desktop on Wifi, utp cable's are more reliable.

Yeah, I know the WiFi's weird. I'm in the basement which doesn't have any Ethernet ports.

[drew6700]

13 minutes ago, aidkvndfj said:

looks good, however, I would try and see if you can get 16GB of RAM instead of 8

Yeah that was my first thought, if I come up with the money fast enough I might keep saving for the extra 8, but I can always upgrade later. Here's to hoping prices don't keep going up.

[drew6700]

15 minutes ago, aidkvndfj said:

looks good, however, I would try and see if you can get 16GB of RAM instead of 8

Will it meet my aforementioned gaming standards?

[spiralfuzion]

doesnt the ryzen 5 1600 come with stock cooler. Or do you plan on doing heavier overclocking? 

[drew6700]

2 minutes ago, spiralfuzion said:

doesnt the ryzen 5 1600 come with stock cooler. Or do you plan on doing heavier overclocking? 

I was doing some research on that and agree. The Wraith Spire can support light overclocking, but knowing me, a few months in I'll get comfortable with it and try to delve a bit deeper. The fan is just for insurance and just in case I don't buy it later due to ANOTHER price jump

[EG!]

33 minutes ago, drew6700 said:

Yeah, I know the WiFi's weird. I'm in the basement which doesn't have any Ethernet ports.

The sterotype gamer in the basement?  

I'm not sure about the storage you picked but ssd's are still pricy so I assume that's why you made that choice.

[drew6700]

5 minutes ago, EG! said:

The sterotype gamer in the basement?  

I'm not sure about the storage you picked but ssd's are still pricy so I assume that's why you made that choice.

It's actually pretty furnished down here. But yeah, I was originally thinking a Western Digital 1tb hdd and a 250gb ssd then read about sshd's.

[EG!]

7 minutes ago, drew6700 said:

It's actually pretty furnished down here. But yeah, I was originally thinking a Western Digital 1tb hdd and a 250gb ssd then read about sshd's.

You could also go for a HDD now and add some ssd or even m.2 later, 128gb could be enough depends on your preference. I have a 500GB ssd with my operationsystem and my IDE's for writing code, so I only use like 110Gb  

[Evellence]

1 hour ago, EG! said:

You mean this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/tdcK6X? I find it handy to look at it on pcpartpicker.

I like your build, great case I got the exact same though not scratch proof.

This may be a stupid question, but why is the HDD price for 5400 RPM higher than a 7200 also from seagate? Is it because its 2.5" and not 3.5"? 

If so, OP may swap out that and maybe add a better PSU

[drew6700]

1 minute ago, Evellence said:

This may be a stupid question, but why is the HDD price for 5400 RPM higher than a 7200 also from seagate? Is it because its 2.5" and not 3.5"? 

If so, OP may swap out that and maybe add a better PSU

It's because it's not an HDD. A hybrid drive combines solid state storage with a hard disc drive which means that you can get closer to SSD speeds with the storage capacity of an HDD for cheaper. As for the PSU, my expected output according to PCPP is 275w, so it should do just fine.

[drew6700]

27 minutes ago, EG! said:

You could also go for a HDD now and add some ssd or even m.2 later, 128gb could be enough depends on your preference. I have a 500GB ssd with my operationsystem and my IDE's for writing code, so I only use like 110Gb  

That's true, it's just that even formulating this plan with the intent of carrying it out has taken a lot of will power. I'm afraid I'll get too satisfied with an HDD if that makes any sense.

[Evellence]

4 minutes ago, drew6700 said:

It's because it's not an HDD. A hybrid drive combines solid state storage with a hard disc drive which means that you can get closer to SSD speeds with the storage capacity of an HDD for cheaper. As for the PSU, my expected output according to PCPP is 275w, so it should do just fine.

Oh, alright, my bad. Thanks for letting me know

[drew6700]

15 minutes ago, Evellence said:

Oh, alright, my bad. Thanks for letting me know

It's fine. I wouldn't have been able to tell you the first thing about building a computer a week ago. I just did straight research and looked for advice on forums like these for like 12 twelve hours.