Need Help With First Build

[reedpen]

I'm planning on building a new system later this year, and being a first time builder I thought it would be good to get some help from people who knew what they were talking about. If you have any advice or improvements I can make please let me know. 

 

Part List

 

Here are some things you might need to know

 

 

Planning on adding ssd later.

 

Don't know much about Motherboards or PSUs.

 

I have a budget of about $1000.

 

I like RGB but it isn't a necessity.

 

I plan on doing light overclocking.

 

I will be using stock cooler until I can afford AIO cooler.

 

I want something that I can upgrade in the future.

[PapersNick]

Amd or intel?

 

[Jurrunio]

$400 for a GTX 1070? You already have that? cuz that's GTX 1060 6GB money right now. 1070s were $400, but that was back when mining crypto currency isnt a thing with graphics cards.

 

Change the PSU to this one.https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KmgzK8/seasonic-focus-gold-550w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-ssr-550fm

The one you picked is quite outdated as it is a group regulated unit. This build wont use more than 300w anyway, but I picked a 550w rather than a 450w because those somehow cost more (modular cables are a must though)

[hconverse02]

If you are going to wait until the summer, don't plan out a build now, because new series and cpus are coming in a short time, probably sooner than the end of the summer.

[VEXICUS]

11 hours ago, reedpen said:

I'm planning on building a new system later this year, and being a first time builder I thought it would be good to get some help from people who knew what they were talking about. If you have any advice or improvements I can make please let me know. 

 

Part List

 

Here are some things you might need to know

 

 

Planning on adding ssd later.

 

Don't know much about Motherboards or PSUs.

 

I have a budget of about $1000.

 

I like RGB but it isn't a necessity.

 

I plan on doing light overclocking.

 

I will be using stock cooler until I can afford AIO cooler.

 

I want something that I can upgrade in the future.

This should be a better build...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($168.70 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 KILLER SLI/ac ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($179.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.79 @ OutletPC) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.00 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($32.02) 
Other: GTX 1070 ($400.00)
Total: $1152.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-23 06:24 EDT-0400

 

Reasons:

1. Better Mobo: going with x370 instead of b350. 

2. Added an SSD

3. Upgraded ram to 16gb

4. Better 80+ gold efficiency tier 1 PSU

5. Purchase that windows 10 pro key from kinguin.net...currently it's going around fr $32...That's a good site..ND I use it a lot fr windows OEM keys. I'll link it below..

https://www.kinguin.net/category/19429/windows-10-professional-oem-key/

 

~VEXICUS

[reedpen]

On 3/22/2018 at 6:20 PM, PapersNick said:

Amd or intel?

 

I'm open to either, but prefer the price to performance that Ryzen provides.

[reedpen]

On 3/23/2018 at 5:28 AM, vexicus365 said:

This should be a better build...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($168.70 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 KILLER SLI/ac ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($179.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.79 @ OutletPC) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($63.00 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($83.98 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($32.02) 
Other: GTX 1070 ($400.00)
Total: $1152.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-23 06:24 EDT-0400

 

Reasons:

1. Better Mobo: going with x370 instead of b350. 

2. Added an SSD

3. Upgraded ram to 16gb

4. Better 80+ gold efficiency tier 1 PSU

5. Purchase that windows 10 pro key from kinguin.net...currently it's going around fr $32...That's a good site..ND I use it a lot fr windows OEM keys. I'll link it below..

https://www.kinguin.net/category/19429/windows-10-professional-oem-key/

 

~VEXICUS

Thanks, very helpful.

[reedpen]

On 3/22/2018 at 6:24 PM, Jurrunio said:

$400 for a GTX 1070? You already have that? cuz that's GTX 1060 6GB money right now. 1070s were $400, but that was back when mining crypto currency isnt a thing with graphics cards.

 

Change the PSU to this one.https://pcpartpicker.com/product/KmgzK8/seasonic-focus-gold-550w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-ssr-550fm

The one you picked is quite outdated as it is a group regulated unit. This build wont use more than 300w anyway, but I picked a 550w rather than a 450w because those somehow cost more (modular cables are a must though)

I'm hoping that crypto will die out so I can get a 1070 for around 400 later this year, which is why I'm waiting. Also thanks for the PSU tips.

[PapersNick]

22 hours ago, reedpen said:

I'm hoping that crypto will die out so I can get a 1070 for around 400 later this year, which is why I'm waiting. Also thanks for the PSU tips.

Oh my bad i didnt see the parts list link