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[Lulzino]

So I was thinking about building my first gaming PC and I need help with which one to get, the price is basically the same but I need to know which one will perform better (I have no idea on how computer parts work and which parts are better) 

 

1: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/d3d8J8 

OR 

2: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MFJj29

 

 

And a "Why?" you chose the parts you did, would help! 

[App4that]

1, the 8400 is the better gaming CPU, it has an SSD, and the 570 which beats a 1050ti. 

[Crunchy Dragon]

-Moved to New Builds and Planning-

[Lulzino]

2 hours ago, App4that said:

1, the 8400 is the better gaming CPU, it has an SSD, and the 570 which beats a 1050ti. 

Thanks for the response dude! 

[Lurick]

I would go with either one of these builds. They'll both deliver much higher performance per dollar, drive the monitor at or near the 144FPS mark, and will be able to take advantage of the freesync support. On the AMD build you can drop the 1600 down to a 1500X to bring costs down a bit without impacting performance really. For the first build I picked out a Z370 board just because it wasn't much more than a B360 board and will allow you to drop in an unlocked chip down the road and get some overclocking done.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($178.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg Business)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($82.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 8GB DUAL Video Card  ($334.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: AOC - G2460PF 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  ($201.41 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1085.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-07 17:38 EDT-0400

 

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($168.79 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($73.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($82.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 8GB DUAL Video Card  ($334.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: AOC - G2460PF 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  ($201.41 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1058.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-07 17:40 EDT-0400

[Lulzino]

16 hours ago, Lurick said:

I would go with either one of these builds. They'll both deliver much higher performance per dollar, drive the monitor at or near the 144FPS mark, and will be able to take advantage of the freesync support. On the AMD build you can drop the 1600 down to a 1500X to bring costs down a bit without impacting performance really. For the first build I picked out a Z370 board just because it wasn't much more than a B360 board and will allow you to drop in an unlocked chip down the road and get some overclocking done.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($178.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg Business)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($82.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 8GB DUAL Video Card  ($334.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: AOC - G2460PF 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  ($201.41 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1085.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-07 17:38 EDT-0400

 

 

or

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($168.79 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($73.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($82.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 8GB DUAL Video Card  ($334.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: AOC - G2460PF 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  ($201.41 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($37.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1058.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-07 17:40 EDT-0400

@Lurick The Intel one looks nice with your modifications! It all looks great, but I have only one question why did you choose a much cheaper Power Supply? Will that Power supply be enough? Cause I really don't want to have to upgrade my computer in a little while 

PS. I know nothing about Power supplies or any part for that matter 

[Lurick]

3 hours ago, Lulzino said:

@Lurick The Intel one looks nice with your modifications! It all looks great, but I have only one question why did you choose a much cheaper Power Supply? Will that Power supply be enough? Cause I really don't want to have to upgrade my computer in a little while 

PS. I know nothing about Power supplies or any part for that matter 

Since you can't overclock the CPU I went with a lower wattage supply to save a little bit. You could change it out to a 550 watt variant such as a G3 or CX (2017) model if you want to have more headroom long into the future if you do decide to drop in an overclockable chip later on. It will be about $20 or so more but would last even longer. I just wasn't sure how far the budget could stretch and tried to stay as close as possible to $1000

[VEXICUS]

On 5/7/2018 at 11:59 PM, Lulzino said:

So I was thinking about building my first gaming PC and I need help with which one to get, the price is basically the same but I need to know which one will perform better (I have no idea on how computer parts work and which parts are better) 

 

1: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/d3d8J8 

OR 

2: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MFJj29

 

 

And a "Why?" you chose the parts you did, would help! 

Something like this would be a way better build.....

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($178.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($78.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.90 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1 Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($53.98 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: AOC - G2460PF 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  ($202.34 @ Amazon) 
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($37.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1085.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-08 14:47 EDT-0400

 

Reasons:

• Better mobo
• Slightly faster ram
• Better GPU
• Better SSD
• Way better PSU

[Lulzino]

On 2018-05-08 at 8:35 PM, Lurick said:

Since you can't overclock the CPU I went with a lower wattage supply to save a little bit. You could change it out to a 550 watt variant such as a G3 or CX (2017) model if you want to have more headroom long into the future if you do decide to drop in an overclockable chip later on. It will be about $20 or so more but would last even longer. I just wasn't sure how far the budget could stretch and tried to stay as close as possible to $1000

@Lurick Oh that makes sense, Ill probably go with the 550 watt then! Thanks a lot for your help! 

[Lulzino]

23 hours ago, vexicus365 said:

Something like this would be a way better build.....

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($178.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($78.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.99 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.90 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1 Video Card  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($53.98 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: AOC - G2460PF 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  ($202.34 @ Amazon) 
Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel  Headset  ($37.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1085.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-08 14:47 EDT-0400

 

Reasons:

• Better mobo
• Slightly faster ram
• Better GPU
• Better SSD
• Way better PSU

@vexicus365 This one looks amazing, great price and looks pretty neat! And thanks for the "reasons" that helps a lot 

[VEXICUS]

2 hours ago, Lulzino said:

@vexicus365 This one looks amazing, great price and looks pretty neat! And thanks for the "reasons" that helps a lot 

No prob. ..??

Enjoy ur build..