Need Help

[Recon Burrito]

Hello my name is Recon Burrito and I am trying to create a gaming pc and my budget is ~2000$. I have a pc in mind but I want to flush out all the kinks since I have never spent over 150$ before. I have the parts listed on pcpartpicker.com.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ReconBurrito/saved/#view=6XXzMp

[PortzJ]

You could buy a similar one used. If you don't feel comfortable dropping $2000. If you get a used one, you'd have a working system and you could just upgrade part by part. Spreading it out so you don't have to drop $2000. If you have never built a PC too, you would know if you installed a part wrong, especially if you are just replacing part by part. Plus you get a bunch of spare parts you can just go back and sell and make money back.

[kelvinhall05]

1. Get a 1600 instead.

2. You don't need a water cooler.

3. You don't need thermal paste.

4. That's not a good motherboard.

5. That's too much RAM, you can upgrade when prices drop.

6. That's a bad HDD.

7. That's a bad case.

8. Get something like a Corsair CX550M grey label instead.

[Tsuki]

-get the 1600 over the 1500X

-you could get an air cooler with the same performance for a lower cost (although its up to you)

-thermal paste isnt really necessary, but if you going to buy it, get something better like Thermal Grizzy Kryonaut

-that motherboard is fine

-Your ram is fine too

-i wouldnt touch that HDD with a 10foot pole

-i dont personally like Rosewell cases, but get it if you like it.

- the power supply is decent, but i would consult the Tier List before choosing one(yours is Tier 4)

 

[Recon Burrito]

5 minutes ago, Tsuki said:

-get the 1600 over the 1500X

-you could get an air cooler with the same performance for a lower cost (although its up to you)

-thermal paste isnt really necessary, but if you going to buy it, get something better like Thermal Grizzy Kryonaut

-that motherboard is fine

-Your ram is fine too

-i wouldnt touch that HDD with a 10foot pole

-i dont personally like Rosewell cases, but get it if you like it.

- the power supply is decent, but i would consult the Tier List before choosing one(yours is Tier 4)

 

ok before I make any changes to it why is the 1600 better?

[aezakmi]

The 1500x is quad core and the 1600 is hexa and there's not a big difference in the price

6 cores = better at games/programs that benefit from multicore.

You don't need that H100i for a 1600, the spire stock cooler is enough even if you overclock a bit, thus you don't need the paste

I agree with Tsuki on the HDD, try to get a WD

Don't you think a single 1440p monitor at 120hz would be better?

[Recon Burrito]

3 minutes ago, aezakmi said:

The 1500x is quad core and the 1600 is hexa and there's not a big difference in the price

6 cores = better at games/programs that benefit from multicore.

You don't need that H100i for a 1600, the spire stock cooler is enough even if you overclock a bit, thus you don't need the paste

I agree with Tsuki on the HDD, try to get a WD

Don't you think a single 1440p monitor at 120hz would be better?

I am still working on the monitors. Also what do you think of the Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

[Canada EH]

49 minutes ago, Recon Burrito said:

2000$

By the way you place the $ at the end of 2000 we can only assume you are talking about the Nambian currency which is the dollar ($) or maybe its Australia, or Canada, Guyana, Fiji, Grenada, New Zealand.

[Recon Burrito]

Just now, Canada EH said:

By the way you place the $ at the end of 2000 we can only assume you are talking about the Nambian currency which is the dollar ($) or maybe its Australia, or Canada, Guyana, Fiji, Grenada, New Zealand.

US currency sorry.

[Eduard the weeb]

case doesn't seem to great for the price tbh

I would also wait on the graphics card because new graphics card are gonna be announced, and older pascals chips will become cheaper and drop back down to there original MSRP which is about half what that card is selling for rn and newer amperes will preform better also so yeah.

 

and lastly your cpu will bottleneck ( hold back ) your graphics card so either a new intel  8XXX processor or better AMD one

[aezakmi]

14 minutes ago, Recon Burrito said:

I am still working on the monitors. Also what do you think of the Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

better

removing the H100i should give you more $ to get a better PSU, aim for 600W just in case you upgrade your rig later

[Crunchy Dragon]

I strongly agree with @kelvinhall05.

 

-Moved to New Builds and Planning-

[Recon Burrito]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

I strongly agree with @kelvinhall05.

 

-Moved to New Builds and Planning-

he was a bit rude.

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, Recon Burrito said:

he was a bit rude.

Hmm interesting, I don't see that.

 

Either way, his suggestions are nevertheless good ones that I would have recommended myself.

[Tsuki]

37 minutes ago, Recon Burrito said:

ok before I make any changes to it why is the 1600 better?

higher core count, more threads. the only benefit to the 1500X is XFR, which will give you slightly higher clockspeed. BUT if you manually overclock, XFR is completely disabled so it pointless.

25 minutes ago, Recon Burrito said:

Also what do you think of the Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

personally i dont like seagate drives. but the 2TB barracuda is decent (dont touch the 3TB though)

15 minutes ago, Eduard the weeb said:

and lastly your cpu will bottleneck ( hold back ) your graphics card so either a new intel  8XXX processor or better AMD one

what? no it wont, its not bottlenecking my 1080, so why would it bottleneck a 1070?

[Eduard the weeb]

1 minute ago, Tsuki said:

what? no it wont, its not bottlenecking my 1080, so why would it bottleneck a 1070?

really? I assumed it would.

[Recon Burrito]

Should I go with a Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  or a Western Digital - Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive

[Tsuki]

Just now, Eduard the weeb said:

really? I assumed it would.

nope, not even a little bit.

[Tsuki]

1 minute ago, Recon Burrito said:

Should I go with a Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  or a Western Digital - Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive

get the barracuda, or a 7200rpm WD drive.

5400rpm is noticeably slow

[Recon Burrito]

Alright I have edited the pc parts! Please give me some feedback! https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ReconBurrito/saved/6XXzMp

[Recon Burrito]

@Tsuki @Crunchy Dragon @aezakmi @Eduard the weeb

[Tsuki]

4 minutes ago, Recon Burrito said:

@Tsuki

looks better to me.

although, out of curiosity, why the jump to the 1700?

[Recon Burrito]

hold on going back

[Crunchy Dragon]

7 minutes ago, Recon Burrito said:

@Crunchy Dragon

I would personally go for something like this. Why the 1700 though, out of curiosity?

I also didn't include a monitor on this list(although the one you picked is a pretty decent model).

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/s2rLkd
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/s2rLkd/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($188.90 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler  ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($159.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.79 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($699.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Fractal Design - Define R6 Blackout TG ATX Mid Tower Case  ($164.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG - WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer  ($48.00 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1724.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-27 21:36 EST-0500

[Recon Burrito]

@Tsuki @Crunchy Dragon k it is the 1600 now