Friend about to finally buy parts. Wanted to check one last time

[Railgun]

Hey,

 

The time has come for my friend to finally build his computer and I wanted to share the part list one last time to make sure there are no objections. I haven't been keeping up with the market lately so maybe there's a surprise waiting for us.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ccC9Cb

 

Thanks

 

[Majestic]

Is the motherboard on the more expensive side to later-on upgrade?

[Lurick]

Dual channel ram will benefit ryzen by a good bit so if you can drop the 1x8Gig stick to a 2x4Gig kit I would go that route, you've got 4 RAM slots in that board so you can easily add in 2 more sticks later on.

[Jurrunio]

2200g has the same CPU performance, cost $5 less and has greater resale value because of the integrated graphics

 

B350 Gaming 3 isnt that good of a motherboard. The usual choice is the Asrock AB350 Pro4 because it's cheap and performs well, though the Asus Prime B350-Plus matches the color theme

 

Ryzen is memory bandwidth starved, so a dual channel memory kit is a must since they dont cost extra. High frequency is less important because they do cost more.

 

 

[Railgun]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Dual channel ram will benefit ryzen by a good bit so if you can drop the 1x8Gig stick to a 2x4Gig kit I would go that route, you've got 4 RAM slots in that board so you can easily add in 2 more sticks later on.

Alright, that's an easy change.

2 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Is the motherboard on the more expensive side to later-on upgrade?

Yeah. I also didn't really want to go cheap on Mobo's just to be safe. Decent amount of usb and pci-e, and I don't know if cheap mobo's are risky or not. This is one area that may or may not benefit from improvement

[Lurick]

Swapped out for some faster ram and a 2x4 kit as well, dropped the GPU down to a faster and cheaper one. Also swapped out the wireless card for something a bit better for a few bucks more.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($99.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($91.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.86 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.90 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($179.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($23.98 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I REV 4.2 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Acer - G227HQLbi 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($95.42 @ OutletPC)
Total: $753.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-10 13:21 EDT-0400

[Railgun]

3 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Swapped out for some faster ram and a 2x4 kit as well, dropped the GPU down to a faster and cheaper one. Also swapped out the wireless card for something a bit better for a few bucks more.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($99.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($91.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($53.86 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.90 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($179.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($23.98 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I REV 4.2 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Acer - G227HQLbi 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($95.42 @ OutletPC)
Total: $753.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-10 13:21 EDT-0400

GPU seems to be the same one? Thanks for the other changes though

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, Railgun said:

GPU seems to be the same one? Thanks for the other changes though

Oh, lol, thought it said $189 when I saw your original build, whoops x.x

[Railgun]

9 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

2200g has the same CPU performance, cost $5 less and has greater resale value because of the integrated graphics

 

B350 Gaming 3 isnt that good of a motherboard. The usual choice is the Asrock AB350 Pro4 because it's cheap and performs well, though the Asus Prime B350-Plus matches the color theme

 

Ryzen is memory bandwidth starved, so a dual channel memory kit is a must since they dont cost extra. High frequency is less important because they do cost more.

 

 

What makes the Asrock board better? Color theme isn't too important, he doesn't care that much about it

[kelvinhall05]

Faster dual-channel RAM. Other than that, it's a good build.

[Jurrunio]

7 hours ago, Railgun said:

What makes the Asrock board better? Color theme isn't too important, he doesn't care that much about it

compared to the Gaming 3? Price. Same performance, for less.