Need suggestions with this build

[Invokerr]

Hello, I'm trying to build a decent gaming rig.

These are the current specs in my mind,

 

Processor - Intel i5-8400

Motherboard - MSI B360M Bazooka

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

RAM - Crucial 8GB (1x 8GB stick) 2400 MHz DDR4

Storage - Seagate - BarraCuda 3.5" 1TB 7500 rpm

PSU - Antec 80+ Gold EarthWatts Pro 650W

 

I have yet to decide on a Mid tower case and a CPU cooler (if needed).

 

Any suggestions are greatly welcome in terms of the specs I listed and also regarding the case and cooling (I'm not sure if I need a better cooler than the stock one). I live in Australia and my budget is around 1200-1300 Australian Dollars.

 

Thanks in advance.
 

[STRESSMASTER]

25 minutes ago, Invokerr said:

Hello, I'm trying to build a decent gaming rig.

These are the current specs in my mind,

 

Processor - Intel i5-8400

Motherboard - MSI B360M Bazooka

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

RAM - Crucial 8GB (1x 8GB stick) 2400 MHz DDR4

Storage - Seagate - BarraCuda 3.5" 1TB 7500 rpm

PSU - Antec 80+ Gold EarthWatts Pro 650W

 

I have yet to decide on a Mid tower case and a CPU cooler (if needed).

 

Any suggestions are greatly welcome in terms of the specs I listed and also regarding the case and cooling (I'm not sure if I need a better cooler than the stock one). I live in Australia and my budget is around 1200-1300 Australian Dollars.

 

Thanks in advance.
 

since cost of RAM for the different speeds is about equal now I suggest 3200 RAM and I also suggest the 1060 card with 6Gb of GDDR

[Invokerr]

4 minutes ago, STRESSMASTER said:

since cost of RAM for the different speeds is about equal now I suggest 3200 RAM and I also suggest the 1060 card with 6Gb of GDDR

Thanks you for your suggestion. As far as I'm aware the max supported memory speed by i5 8400 is 2666 MHz and I'd also love to upgrade the GPU to 6GB, but it sadly falls outside my budget

 

[STRESSMASTER]

3 minutes ago, Invokerr said:

Thanks you for your suggestion. As far as I'm aware the max supported memory speed by i5 8400 is 2666 MHz and I'd also love to upgrade the GPU to 6GB, but it sadly falls outside my budget

 

Even though the max stock for your RAM is 2666 your mobo can do X.M.P. and even if it could not getting faster RAM will always work at the slower clocks and you may even see better performance but not much. I only suggest it because most 2666 RAM chips cost same as 3200 chips. go above 3200 and yes they than start to climb. you can thank the crypto miners for the way over pricing of the RAM BTW as last year I got 2x8Gb total 16Gb for $57

[VEXICUS]

36 minutes ago, Invokerr said:

Hello, I'm trying to build a decent gaming rig.

These are the current specs in my mind,

 

Processor - Intel i5-8400

Motherboard - MSI B360M Bazooka

GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

RAM - Crucial 8GB (1x 8GB stick) 2400 MHz DDR4

Storage - Seagate - BarraCuda 3.5" 1TB 7500 rpm

PSU - Antec 80+ Gold EarthWatts Pro 650W

 

I have yet to decide on a Mid tower case and a CPU cooler (if needed).

 

Any suggestions are greatly welcome in terms of the specs I listed and also regarding the case and cooling (I'm not sure if I need a better cooler than the stock one). I live in Australia and my budget is around 1200-1300 Australian Dollars.

 

Thanks in advance.
 

SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHOULD BE BETTER. ....

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($248.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($129.00 @ IJK) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($133.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Western Digital - Green 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($89.00 @ Centre Com) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($73.00 @ Umart) 
Video Card: GALAX - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB OC Video Card  ($449.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G Mini (Black) MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($84.00 @ Skycomp Technology) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Total: $1274.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-20 04:16 AEST+1000

[Invokerr]

5 minutes ago, STRESSMASTER said:

Even though the max stock for your RAM is 2666 your mobo can do X.M.P. and even if it could not getting faster RAM will always work at the slower clocks and you may even see better performance but not much. I only suggest it because most 2666 RAM chips cost same as 3200 chips. go above 3200 and yes they than start to climb. you can thank the crypto miners for the way over pricing of the RAM BTW as last year I got 2x8Gb total 16Gb for $57

Ah, I forgot about xmp, that's a good suggestion thanks. But I can't really find 3200 MHz rams which are around the same price as 2400 sadly. I guess it'll take time till that happens in Australia


 

 

16 minutes ago, vexicus365 said:

SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHOULD BE BETTER. ....

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($248.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($129.00 @ IJK) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($133.00 @ Umart) 
Storage: Western Digital - Green 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($89.00 @ Centre Com) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($73.00 @ Umart) 
Video Card: GALAX - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB OC Video Card  ($449.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G Mini (Black) MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($84.00 @ Skycomp Technology) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($69.00 @ Shopping Express) 
Total: $1274.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-20 04:16 AEST+1000

Thanks for the great suggestion. If I may ask, how is this motherboard better than the MSI one? Also do you recommend waiting on Ryzen 2 stock and going down that route? 

[STRESSMASTER]

linus just did a vid on ryzen that just posted to youtube I suggest watching it. Also if you intend to get any x model ryzen and want OC'ability I highly recommend getting a x370 motherboard. They have better power phases.

 

[STRESSMASTER]

I just got a mobo and cpu combo from newegg. The RAM cost more than the motherboard + CPU combo

[VEXICUS]

4 minutes ago, Invokerr said:

Ah, I forgot about xmp, that's a good suggestion thanks. But I can't really find 3200 MHz rams which are around the same price as 2400 sadly. I guess it'll take time till that happens in Australia


 

 

Thanks for the great suggestion. If I may ask, how is this motherboard better than the MSI one? Also do you recommend waiting on Ryzen 2 stock and going down that route? 

Ryzen route is great if u r aiming fr productivity or streaming...

But at present....Intel is the gaming king...

Low end MSI boards often HV cheap VRMs ND caps....so pro4 is a better choice

[vegaspimp22]

You only need a CPU cooler, if your planning on OC.  Are you planning on OC your CPU?  Because you list a 8400, not a K spec/ unlocked CPU.  Otherwise any ol stock CPU fan should be fine.   For gaming, on a budget,  save EVERY DOLLAR EVERY WHERE you can, and put as much towards a GPU as you can get, as these days its hard to get CPU bottlenecks with any 8th gen CPUs

[vegaspimp22]

2 minutes ago, STRESSMASTER said:

I just got a mobo and cpu combo from newegg. The RAM cost more than the motherboard + CPU combo

 

 

 

i just got a 8600k, i almost went the ryzen 1600, is there any reason you did end up choosing the 1600 over the 8600?

[STRESSMASTER]

4 minutes ago, vegaspimp22 said:

You only need a CPU cooler, if your planning on OC.  Are you planning on OC your CPU?  Because you list a 8400, not a K spec/ unlocked CPU.  Otherwise any ol stock CPU fan should be fine.   For gaming, on a budget,  save EVERY DOLLAR EVERY WHERE you can, and put as much towards a GPU as you can get, as these days its hard to get CPU bottlenecks with any 8th gen CPUs

 

11 minutes ago, Invokerr said:

Ah, I forgot about xmp, that's a good suggestion thanks. But I can't really find 3200 MHz rams which are around the same price as 2400 sadly. I guess it'll take time till that happens in Australia


 

 

Thanks for the great suggestion. If I may ask, how is this motherboard better than the MSI one? Also do you recommend waiting on Ryzen 2 stock and going down that route? 

Like he said I also recommend a better cooler. I use both a corsair H80i and H100i in my builds as they r plug n play and reduce temps by about 20C+ over stock air.

 

My R5 1600x at 4.1 OC temps are around 55C

[STRESSMASTER]

5 minutes ago, vegaspimp22 said:

 

 

 

i just got a 8600k, i almost went the ryzen 1600, is there any reason you did end up choosing the 1600 over the 8600?

Yes price. I paid $200USD for both the mobo and the 1600x together and the 8600k is over $250USD just by itself. for what I do the 3%-6% difference is negligible and meaningless. 

[Invokerr]

20 minutes ago, STRESSMASTER said:

 

Like he said I also recommend a better cooler. I use both a corsair H80i and H100i in my builds as they r plug n play and reduce temps by about 20C+ over stock air.

 

My R5 1600x at 4.1 OC temps are around 55C

You mean if I go down the Ryzen 2 route yes? Or are you suggesting this for the i5 8400

[Invokerr]

24 minutes ago, vegaspimp22 said:

You only need a CPU cooler, if your planning on OC.  Are you planning on OC your CPU?  Because you list a 8400, not a K spec/ unlocked CPU.  Otherwise any ol stock CPU fan should be fine.   For gaming, on a budget,  save EVERY DOLLAR EVERY WHERE you can, and put as much towards a GPU as you can get, as these days its hard to get CPU bottlenecks with any 8th gen CPUs

Thanks for the suggestion

[STRESSMASTER]

4 minutes ago, Invokerr said:

You mean if I go down the Ryzen 2 route yes? Or are you suggesting this for the i5 8400

both actually this is way better than most air setups and they come with all hardware to do all intel and amd setups including ryzen

[Invokerr]

3 hours ago, STRESSMASTER said:

both actually this is way better than most air setups and they come with all hardware to do all intel and amd setups including ryzen

Thanks, I'll look into that

 

[seagate_surfer]

Thanks for considering Seagate. We are around if you need any questions answered on the hard drive.