My first PC build

[gal]

Hello,

I am thinking of building a PC, and I have roughly $1000. I put some parts together on PC Part Picker.

I understand this may not be the best parts, but this is my first build. With the graphics card pricing, I would like to avoid a graphics card unless it fits within the budget. I do have some of the parts with RGB, and I would like to keep as much of the RGB in sync as possible using the ASUS utility. Since this is my first time building a PC, I have no parts except a screw driver and some wires that I can salvage from an old pc with a GEForce 9400 GT. Is there anything that I am missing, such as thermal compund or wirings?

Please take a look and tell me what you think: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zNcFtg

[GDRRiley]

changed CPU GPUs have gone down a lot so just wait a week and see if they do even more. Got more storage, cheaper motherboard, cheaper case

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($175.87 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($163.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Black PCIe 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($329.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.89 @ OutletPC) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus - PCE-AC55BT B1 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($34.76 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1097.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-01 00:38 EDT-0400

[VaneBlade]

You can go on eBay and find really good deals on 970s or 980tis. I definitely recommend staying away from APUs, I find them lack luster performance wise. I'd recommend a Ryzen 5 1600 paired with either, as an example, a 970 or 980ti. I just built a kickass Xeon build with 6 cores at 3.8 ghz with a 980ti for about 700 and it destroys in games and even heavy workloads. Usaed hardware as of right now, for GPUs and even ram if you are lucky enough to find some, is the way to go unfortunately. Now I don't want to preach that you should go with an old server Xeon, but they are really good processors, if you know how and what to pick out, since there are a lot of them. You could do a simple google search, but a Xeon, circa 2013-present, with less cores/threads, and a higher clock speed, will be amazing for gaming, that be it, paired with a good motherboard and GPU. A perk for building a Xeon build is the ECC memory is really cheap, just make sure if you were to go that route to make sure it is clocked at atleast 1600mhz.

If you want help parting out a build PM me and ill be happy to help you.

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, VaneBlade said:

snipe

get a 980 or 980Ti, as a GTX 970 owner I run out of V-ram a lot. 

The best would be X79 but board are a lot. 

[VaneBlade]

Just now, GDRRiley said:

get a 980 or 980Ti, as a GTX 970 owner I run out of V-ram a lot. 

The best would be X79 but board are a lot. 

^ thats so true, but it is still 10x better than the original APU and performs roughly on par/ a tad under a 1060

[Streetguru]

44 minutes ago, gal said:

 

Do not waste money on RGB

Do build a $500 or less R5 2400G system with an ASrock Pro4 and the fastest/cheaper RAM you can get

Then save the other $500 for a future GPU instead of RGB

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 hour ago, gal said:

Hello,

I am thinking of building a PC, and I have roughly $1000. I put some parts together on PC Part Picker.

I understand this may not be the best parts, but this is my first build. With the graphics card pricing, I would like to avoid a graphics card unless it fits within the budget. I do have some of the parts with RGB, and I would like to keep as much of the RGB in sync as possible using the ASUS utility. Since this is my first time building a PC, I have no parts except a screw driver and some wires that I can salvage from an old pc with a GEForce 9400 GT. Is there anything that I am missing, such as thermal compund or wirings?

Please take a look and tell me what you think: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zNcFtg

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($178.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Killer SLI/ac ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($134.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: GeIL - SUPER LUCE RGB SYNC 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($177.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Western Digital - Black PCIe 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.79 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($329.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1030.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-01 02:11 EDT-0400

[Streetguru]

1 hour ago, GDRRiley said:

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($329.99 @ Newegg)

 

27 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($329.89 @ OutletPC)

Why.

[shea99]

4 hours ago, Streetguru said:

 

Why.

Are you asking why theyve included a gpu as its pretty obvious that with a budget of $1000 that its a pretty obvious choice to go with a 1060 as it would destroy the APU performance 

[GDRRiley]

8 hours ago, Streetguru said:

 

Why.

its way back down. Wait a few weeks and it should be under 300

[Streetguru]

5 hours ago, shea99 said:

Are you asking why theyve included a gpu as its pretty obvious that with a budget of $1000 that its a pretty obvious choice to go with a 1060 as it would destroy the APU performance 

No why a $300+ 1060? Far better off saving up a bit to $400 and waiting for normal prices, or just living on the iGPU until next generation cards are out.

[VaneBlade]

10 hours ago, Streetguru said:

No why a $300+ 1060? Far better off saving up a bit to $400 and waiting for normal prices, or just living on the iGPU until next generation cards are out.

iGPUs are garbo, and there is no definite release date. Living without a GPU even a couple of months defeats the whole purpose of building a gaming PC, even if the APU itself was booty.

[Streetguru]

10 minutes ago, VaneBlade said:

iGPUs are garbo, and there is no definite release date. Living without a GPU even a couple of months defeats the whole purpose of building a gaming PC, even if the APU itself was booty.

The Ryzen APU can run plenty of popular esports type games at 1080p, and most AAA games at 1080p low or 720p 60fps.

Pretty much "Good Enough" until things are back to normal for GPUs

If nothing else you could pick up an ex mining card on the cheap soon enough over a 1060, or potentially find a cheap used 970 or 290 tier GPU. $200 ish maybe as you said earlier.

[VEXICUS]

On 4/1/2018 at 10:00 AM, gal said:

Hello,

I am thinking of building a PC, and I have roughly $1000. I put some parts together on PC Part Picker.

I understand this may not be the best parts, but this is my first build. With the graphics card pricing, I would like to avoid a graphics card unless it fits within the budget. I do have some of the parts with RGB, and I would like to keep as much of the RGB in sync as possible using the ASUS utility. Since this is my first time building a PC, I have no parts except a screw driver and some wires that I can salvage from an old pc with a GEForce 9400 GT. Is there anything that I am missing, such as thermal compund or wirings?

Please take a look and tell me what you think: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zNcFtg

BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THIS...

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($175.77 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350N-Gaming WIFI (rev. 1.0) Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($113.39 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($164.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.79 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($329.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($38.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $972.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-02 15:50 EDT-0400