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Hello.  I am completely new to pretty much all things computers but I have decided to try and build a new PC. It will be used as a family computer and some gaming (nothing to extreme). My budget it 750 USD but that includes a monitor and the OS. Here are the parts I have selected. Any advice is appreciated.  Thanks in advance for your imput.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($93.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.72 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: ADATA - XPG Z1 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($122.92 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.90 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB AERO ITX Video Card  ($134.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 400W ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($95.89 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Sceptre - E225W-1920 22.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($84.99 @ Walmart) 
Total: $731.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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11 minutes ago, Perrin Aybara said:

Hello.  I am completely new to pretty much all things computers but I have decided to try and build a new PC. It will be used as a family computer and some gaming (nothing to extreme). My budget it 750 USD but that includes a monitor and the OS. Here are the parts I have selected. Any advice is appreciated.  Thanks in advance for your imput.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($93.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.72 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: ADATA - XPG Z1 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($122.92 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.90 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB AERO ITX Video Card  ($134.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 400W ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($95.89 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Sceptre - E225W-1920 22.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($84.99 @ Walmart) 
Total: $731.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Everything looks half way decent except the power supply. I would get a better one that has proper voltage regulation. 

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13 minutes ago, Perrin Aybara said:

Hello.  I am completely new to pretty much all things computers but I have decided to try and build a new PC. It will be used as a family computer and some gaming (nothing to extreme). My budget it 750 USD but that includes a monitor and the OS. Here are the parts I have selected. Any advice is appreciated.  Thanks in advance for your imput.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($93.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.72 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: ADATA - XPG Z1 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($122.92 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.90 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB AERO ITX Video Card  ($134.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 400W ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($95.89 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Sceptre - E225W-1920 22.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($84.99 @ Walmart) 
Total: $731.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3GRdq4 here is the updated list after adding a decent power supply. 

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I'd rather sacrifice a bit of performance now for a much better starting point for future upgrades.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2YZMFt
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2YZMFt/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($150.98 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.95 @ Adorama) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C TG ATX Mid Tower Case  ($88.96 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($95.89 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: HP - 22cwa 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $730.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Swapped out (changed without spending extra): Mobo (MSI one just isnt as good, with worse power delivery but cost more because it's physically bigger).

 

Sacrificed: Graphics card, use the Vega 8 integrated graphics instead. new games should run at 1080p with minimum graphics, or 720p at medium to high settings.

HDD: You can add this one in later, just plug in and format it. No need to reinstall OS just to change the boot drive.

 

Gained: A PSU that can hold a lot more upgrades and is much better built (or rather, the EVGA 400w 80+ is poorly built).

1080p IPS monitor: Cheap TN look really bad. Color sucks, viewing angle sucks, like everything but the price sucks

High frequency memory: All Ryzen CPUs benefit from high bandwidth memory. High frequency = high bandwidth.

500GB SSD: Anything you'd want in your boot drive will fit in, maybe a couple of smaller games as well.

Good case: Airflow, space for mounting radiators, big air coolers etc. You can practically use the same case forever, so I wont save money here.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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try this instead and get OS from reddit for $25.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($94.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial - Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($81.82 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Inland - 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Toshiba - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 570 4GB ROG STRIX Video Card  ($244.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: DIYPC - DIY-F2-P MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($29.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: AOC - G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor  ($99.99 @ Best Buy) 
Total: $719.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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