My First Build

[mattjax12]

Hi there everyone this is my first post to these forums.

 

I am wanting to build my first gaming computer. my budget is around 850 dollars but this is flexible to a certain extent. I am building this computer to game on and hopefully be able to upgrade to at least 2 high refresh rate 1080p monitors and also I do a little bit of video editing on the side, nothing major. I am going to be living in a dorm room at college so that is something I am taking into account I do like a little bit of rgb, I've caught the bug. Here is what I have so far in ideas of what I think I want as part of my build what do you guys think and what do you recommend I would love to hear it.

 

For my graphics card, I am thinking about buying a gtx 980 or 980ti used for good price to performance what do you guys think?

For my processor I think I want and amd ryzen 5 but I am not sure which one? I was going to buy one in a bundle with at least the asus B350 rbg mother board, so I am not sure which one of those to get if any.

I really dont know what power supply to get I was thinking a semi modular corsair 550.

I was also thinking about getting 8 gb of ram at first is that enough?

For storage I was thinking about an SSD drive for a boot drive then a large 2 tb hard drive for mass storage.

 

as for cases I was between the p350x or the Coolermaster Hp500 because it also comes with a free rgb 120mm aio.

 

Both work with aura link thats why I wanted the asus board.

 

What do you guys think and recommend would love to hear it

 

also as of now I only have a mac book so that is why I am making my first personal windows desktop.

 

 

[Addison Adkins]

https://www.amazon.com/VG248QE-1920x1080-144Hz-Gaming-Monitor/dp/B00B2HH7G0/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1527568245&sr=1-5&keywords=144hz+monitor

this is my monitor! It is 1080p with 1ms response time and 144us refresh rate.

Hope that helped.

[mattjax12]

1 minute ago, Addison Adkins said:

It did what do you think about which case I should chose Im really stuck on that choice

 

 

[Addison Adkins]

Do you need an atx, micro atx, or mini itx

[mattjax12]

ATX

[Addison Adkins]

This is my case https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XS364S8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=scattervoltyt-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B06XS364S8&linkId=ae953a84766433ef39f43ac84b64a90d

It comes with 1 can preinstalled 3 hard drive spots and 2 ssd spots has tons of room for a graphics card and is atx

[mattjax12]

what would you chose between the 2 cases I was between

[SliceT]

For 850 you would do go with this:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3L434q
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3L434q/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($174.92 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($181.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Hitachi - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($37.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($295.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($58.56 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - BQ 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $862.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-29 06:03 EDT-0400

[mattjax12]

4 hours ago, SliceT said:

For 850 you would do go with this:

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3L434q
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3L434q/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($174.92 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($181.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Hitachi - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($37.50 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  ($295.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 Window ATX Mid Tower Case  ($58.56 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - BQ 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $862.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-29 06:03 EDT-0400

Thank you and you would go with a new 1060 6gb over a used 980 ti?