Part Picking Advice

[TraskJ]

I have some parts that I used in a previous build, which I'd like to turn into another functioning computer. Here are my already-owned parts: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/M4HCbX 

Ryzen 5 1600, MSI B350M Mortar, 1x8 Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2666, various hard drives and SSDs. At this point, I'm assuming I'll have around $500 to upgrade with. This rig will be used primarily for school work (I'm in cybersecurity, so lots of programming and probably some VMs.) with some esports and light gaming on the side. I also edit video on occasion, and would like to be able to record and/or stream at decent framerates. Essentially, it'll be a workstation that's capable of gaming. I realize I'll need to make some tradeoffs at this price point, but I am a poor college student. Now here's the really difficult part: I need all of the parts, plus a monitor and a keyboard-I already have a serviceable mouse. So, here's my current parts list+budget.  

 

GTX 1050: $150

Corsair CX 550M: $60

1x8 same RAM I already have: $100

HP 23" VH240a: $130

Redragon K551: $39

Coolermaster MCW-L3B3-KANN-01: $35

 

In total, all of this comes to just over $500. 

[samcool55]

New Ryzen CPU's launch 19th of April, if you can wait until then, wait.

[TraskJ]

1 minute ago, samcool55 said:

New Ryzen CPU's launch 19th of April, if you can wait until then, wait.

The point here is to get off the ground, then upgrade down the line. I'm not planning on upgrading anything, just purchasing parts so that I have a functioning workstation/gaming machine for now, with a decent upgrade path down the line, so waiting for Ryzen 2 won't work. 

[samcool55]

Just now, TraskJ said:

The point here is to get off the ground, then upgrade down the line. I'm not planning on upgrading anything, just purchasing parts so that I have a functioning workstation/gaming machine for now, with a decent upgrade path down the line, so waiting for Ryzen 2 won't work. 

But if you wait like 2 weeks you can probably get something better for your money.

If you can't wait, you can buy it, it's a decent system. But if Ryzen 2 launches and offers more performance for the same money you might regret not waiting for it. That's up to you.

[TraskJ]

5 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

But if you wait like 2 weeks you can probably get something better for your money.

If you can't wait, you can buy it, it's a decent system. But if Ryzen 2 launches and offers more performance for the same money you might regret not waiting for it. That's up to you.

The entire reason for this post is that I already own the CPU, motherboard, RAM, and hard drives/SSDs, so if I upgrade a CPU then that's a cost added to all of the things that I need to purchase anyway. Would Ryzen 2 be a performance upgrade from my current processor? Absolutely, yes, but the CPU isn't a cost that I'll have anyway, so spending ANY money on the CPU is out of the question. 

[samcool55]

14 minutes ago, TraskJ said:

The entire reason for this post is that I already own the CPU, motherboard, RAM, and hard drives/SSDs, so if I upgrade a CPU then that's a cost added to all of the things that I need to purchase anyway. Would Ryzen 2 be a performance upgrade from my current processor? Absolutely, yes, but the CPU isn't a cost that I'll have anyway, so spending ANY money on the CPU is out of the question. 

Ooh ok my bad, i get it now, i really need a coffee D:

Prices are decent actually, especially that HP monitor.

But i would try to get a 1050ti, yes it's more expensive i know but the performance difference is relatively quite big for what you pay extra.

[SquintyG33Rs]

you can get away with way less wattage 550W will go all the way to OC ryzen 7 + 1070 i wouldn't spend 60$ on that component.

 

that's my only real comment about your choice of parts, i think you might be over estimating how much ram you will need and or GPU power. and that might be something to think about after testing it especially because of the prices of those two, but there is nothing really wrong there

[TraskJ]

7 hours ago, samcool55 said:

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Do you think it would be worth it to drop the extra RAM in favor of a 1050ti?

 

6 hours ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

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Are you recommending that I step down to a GT 1030 and not get more RAM at all? I don't have anything against going under budget (more money in the bank is never a bad thing) but I'm not sure a GT 1030 could handle recording and streaming at the same time in Overwatch and maintain 60 fps. That's the main reason I picked a 1050, and I'm not sure the 1050 is enough, either. 

[samcool55]

2 hours ago, TraskJ said:

Do you think it would be worth it to drop the extra RAM in favor of a 1050ti?

Noononono don't drop the ram.

When you start messing with VM's you'll realise very quickly they eat ram, a LOT.

I'm still at school and a part of my education is focused on cybersecurity, i have 16gb in my laptop and tbh it was barely enough. Whatever you do don't drop the ram or you might end up in trouble for school which is the last thing you want.

[SquintyG33Rs]

8 hours ago, TraskJ said:

Do you think it would be worth it to drop the extra RAM in favor of a 1050ti?

 

Are you recommending that I step down to a GT 1030 and not get more RAM at all? I don't have anything against going under budget (more money in the bank is never a bad thing) but I'm not sure a GT 1030 could handle recording and streaming at the same time in Overwatch and maintain 60 fps. That's the main reason I picked a 1050, and I'm not sure the 1050 is enough, either. 

yeah i was thinking more along the lines of waiting, using the machine, if you see you need more ram buy it then.

and the GPU doesn't do anything if you're programming on the machine there is no point is pending money on a "gaming" card in my eyes

[VEXICUS]

On 4/6/2018 at 1:49 PM, TraskJ said:

I have some parts that I used in a previous build, which I'd like to turn into another functioning computer. Here are my already-owned parts: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/M4HCbX 

Ryzen 5 1600, MSI B350M Mortar, 1x8 Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2666, various hard drives and SSDs. At this point, I'm assuming I'll have around $500 to upgrade with. This rig will be used primarily for school work (I'm in cybersecurity, so lots of programming and probably some VMs.) with some esports and light gaming on the side. I also edit video on occasion, and would like to be able to record and/or stream at decent framerates. Essentially, it'll be a workstation that's capable of gaming. I realize I'll need to make some tradeoffs at this price point, but I am a poor college student. Now here's the really difficult part: I need all of the parts, plus a monitor and a keyboard-I already have a serviceable mouse. So, here's my current parts list+budget.  

 

GTX 1050: $150

Corsair CX 550M: $60

1x8 same RAM I already have: $100

HP 23" VH240a: $130

Redragon K551: $39

Coolermaster MCW-L3B3-KANN-01: $35

 

In total, all of this comes to just over $500. 

BEST UPGRADE FR U....

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($38.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Acer - KG221Q 21.5" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor  ($99.69 @ OutletPC) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master - Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($28.33 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $454.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-08 08:15 EDT-0400

[TraskJ]

12 hours ago, vexicus365 said:

BEST UPGRADE FR U....

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($38.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Acer - KG221Q 21.5" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor  ($99.69 @ OutletPC) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master - Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($28.33 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $454.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-08 08:15 EDT-0400

So that was awesome. Thanks for parting that our for me! I'll swap the RAM, because I'm going to make sure my RAM matches, but other than that I'll likely go with that part list.