First PC for a friend

[Disum]

 

$1500 Aud build for a friend I just wanted to check if what I am getting him is the best for his money. https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/7ffXgL

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

the tomahawk isn't very good, get an Asrock Pro4/K4 or asus prime plus instead. i'd get some cheaper ram and ssd and see if you can get a 1070 with the money instead.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($274.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($259.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage: Transcend - 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($105.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($585.00 @ IJK) 
Case: Deepcool - D-Shield ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ Scorptec) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($18.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Total: $1516.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-10 21:10 AEDT+1100

[Disum]

2 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($274.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($89.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($259.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage: Transcend - 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($105.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($585.00 @ IJK) 
Case: Deepcool - D-Shield ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.00 @ Scorptec) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($18.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Total: $1516.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-10 21:10 AEDT+1100

he lives in Aus (whoops had a mechant filter on)

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, Disum said:

he lives in Aus

that's an australian partslist.

[Disum]

Just now, herman mcpootis said:

that's an australian partslist.

whoops had a merchant filter on

[Jurrunio]

Whoever listed the PSU in PCPP, it's V550S, not VS550. That's the difference between god-like and crap.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/NMN87h
Price breakdown by merchant: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/NMN87h/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($274.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($119.00 @ Umart) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($244.20 @ Skycomp Technology) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($189.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($83.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 8GB DUAL Video Card  ($369.00 @ Umart) 
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - VS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  ($18.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Total: $1474.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-10 21:11 AEDT+1100

 

2800MHz RAM doesnt perform much worse than 3200MHz ones, but cost quite a bit less

Increased SSD size to hold all software used (dont recommend holding videos, music or games in there though to reduce wear). You wont feel the difference between SATA or NVMe unless you read and write huge files to it all the time

Increased HDD size because there's some spare budget left. Make sure important data are stored here. It's possible to rescue data from an HDD but not SSD.

[wonderforest]

These RAM prices makes me want to throw up

[GrandMushroom5]

This is just to make life abit easier but you should change the wifi adapter for a Ethernet powerline adapter. It won’t be as good as an actual connection to the router but it’s faster than wifi. 

[Disum]

2 minutes ago, GrandMushroom5 said:

This is just to make life abit easier but you should change the wifi adapter for a Ethernet powerline adapter. It won’t be as good as an actual connection to the router but it’s faster than wifi. 

I've heard of these before are they reliable? 

[GrandMushroom5]

Just now, Disum said:

I've heard of these before are they reliable? 

In my experience yes, it’s has helped me hugely. My connection was way faster than what my wifi got me and i have little( you could probably say never since it was so lttle) lag after i got the powerline adapter. I got my powerline adapter from TP-link

[Disum]

1 minute ago, GrandMushroom5 said:

In my experience yes, it’s has helped me hugely. My connection was way faster than what my wifi got me and i have little( you could probably say never since it was so lttle) lag after i got the powerline adapter. I got my powerline adapter from TP-link

damn i'll ask my friend if he can do this 

[Disum]

12 minutes ago, GrandMushroom5 said:

In my experience yes, it’s has helped me hugely. My connection was way faster than what my wifi got me and i have little( you could probably say never since it was so lttle) lag after i got the powerline adapter. I got my powerline adapter from TP-link

how hard was it to set up?