New PC build, need advice on whether it’s good or not.

p10twat · December 30, 2017

Hello, this is my first time using a forum of any kind, I hope I’m posting this correctly as it took me 20min to figure out how to post this.

I have never built a computer of any kind, but in the past few months I’ve grasped some basic concepts. So I have created a new build that suits my needs (gaming and school work), and is also in a comfortable-ish price range. This is my build: https://www.pccasegear.com/sc/bhwFb

As I said I’m very new to all this, so I’m wondering if the parts for this build is

-compatible (Do all the parts work togther well, no bottle necking)

-good for gaming (I have a Toshiba laptop that i use to play dota2 on low settings for 17 fps, so anything above this is good)

-anything important missing (Do I need like a modem for the pc to connect to wifi?)

Thankyou guys for your help (hopefully)

p.s I am looking for a cheap curved monitor, if anyone knows any please tell me. (Price range around 200~400 aud)

seon123 · December 30, 2017

For gaming, you'll want to spend more of the budget on the GPU. Don't get Kaby, either get Coffee or Ryzen. If you want WiFi, you'll have to add an adapter. Some motherboards have it built in, but those are the higher end ones.

You'll probably want a HDD for mass storage; 250GB gets filled up quite fast.

Buy from wherever the parts are cheapest, not just from a single store.

A Ryzen 1200 will roughly equal a quad core I5, and for gaming, it'll make little to no difference. The GPU is more important, and that's an RX 580, which performs much better than the 1050 Ti.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($138.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($89.00 @ Shopping Express)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($129.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: *Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 8GB DUAL Video Card ($369.00 @ Umart)
Case: BitFenix - Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.00 @ Umart)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.00 @ Shopping Express)
Total: $1009.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-30 11:58 AEDT+1100