New Ryzen Build for Friend

[jiyeon]

Hi, so my friend is looking for a new PC since his FX PC is obviously outdated and underpowered for streaming on Twitch. I was tasked with creating a parts list for him, he specifically asked for a Ryzen build, with everything else in my hands. I've created this list below for him, I think it's typical of a PC user and particularly a streamer.

 

• His budget is unlimited but he said to stay reasonable in what parts to pick.

• I chose an RX graphics card but he said he doesn't mind.

• This build is for gaming & streaming, with music work in between

• He won't be building a new PC until late-2018 to 2019

 

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($210.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($102.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Samsung) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($37.09 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 570 4GB ROG STRIX Video Card  ($219.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $836.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-17 13:44 EDT-0400

 

URL: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/X2GJtg

[Firewrath9]

i would recommend the 1800x as its so cheap rn, buy a mid end cooler like a noctua, 16 gb of ram is a must for gaming and streaming, get a 8gb 570, the extra vram will help  an a TX550m as it is better and only 10$ more, get a x370 mobo for increased performance, get more ssd space.

[Streetguru]

9 minutes ago, seoz said:

 

Should be fine but you probably want a case that actually has airflow like a Masterbox 5 Black

 

And he'll want to throw a fan over the VRM if he's doing heavy overclocking.

Drop the SSD or hard drive and upgrade the GPU to an RX 580 8GB though, or use that money for 16GBs of RAM

 

Would highly suggest you stretch for 16GBs of RAM in any event

The R5 2600 would be better for gaming, assuming the BIOS is updated, which is probably is by now.
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/w2t3Hh
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/w2t3Hh/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($210.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($59.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 580 8GB AORUS 8G Video Card  ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $813.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-17 14:04 EDT-0400

[Firewrath9]

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($239.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U12S SE-AM4 CPU Cooler  ($59.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 KILLER SLI/ac ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR MK2 OC Video Card  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair - 270R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $924.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-17 14:05 EDT-0400

 

[Sernefarian]

This costs a little more, but has an NVMe M.2 that should outperform your initial choice and is in the same capacity bracket, more powerful CPU and GPU, as well as 16GB of ram. Costs slightly more however.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX8200 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($78.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($37.09 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR MK2 OC Video Card  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $864.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-17 14:10 EDT-0400

[Streetguru]

21 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

 

You'd be better off with an R7 2700 and X470 motherboard in that case.

[seon123]

43 minutes ago, seoz said:

He won't be building a new PC until late-2018 to 2019

Then planning a part list is sort of pointless, as a new Intel platform, a new AMD HEDT platform and next gen GPUs are expected to be launched by then. 

[Streetguru]

47 minutes ago, seoz said:

• He won't be building a new PC until late-2018 to 2019

If he doesn't have the whole budget now just buy a cheap R3 2200G PC and he'll be fine.

[jiyeon]

25 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

You'd be better off with an R7 2700 and X470 motherboard in that case.

That was also an option on the table but we didn't know the budget at the time. 

[jiyeon]

17 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Then planning a part list is sort of pointless, as a new Intel platform, a new AMD HEDT platform and next gen GPUs are expected to be launched by then.

Well partly, we could leave the GPU out to see how the new GPUs fair against the old ones. That's really the only portion of the list that could be outdated had he build by the end of this year.

[jiyeon]

47 minutes ago, Sernefarian said:

This costs a little more, but has an NVMe M.2 that should outperform your initial choice and is in the same capacity bracket, more powerful CPU and GPU, as well as 16GB of ram. Costs slightly more however.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX8200 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($78.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($37.09 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR MK2 OC Video Card  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $864.00

I like this list, but now that I think of it, would it not be better to go for Ryzen 7 2XXX and an X470 motherboard? I totally forgot about the 2nd gen Ryzen CPUs and my friend has a lenient budget anyway.

[AHundredPigs]

On 7/17/2018 at 1:03 PM, Streetguru said:

Should be fine but you probably want a case that actually has airflow like a Masterbox 5 Black

 

And he'll want to throw a fan over the VRM if he's doing heavy overclocking.

Drop the SSD or hard drive and upgrade the GPU to an RX 580 8GB though, or use that money for 16GBs of RAM

 

Would highly suggest you stretch for 16GBs of RAM in any event

The R5 2600 would be better for gaming, assuming the BIOS is updated, which is probably is by now.
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/w2t3Hh
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/w2t3Hh/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($210.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($59.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 580 8GB AORUS 8G Video Card  ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $813.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-17 14:04 EDT-0400

While I don't plan on overclocking, I will take the advice on the better case. I like plenty of storage so I would drop the SSD in favor of 16GB of RAM

[Sernefarian]

On 7/17/2018 at 1:59 PM, seoz said:

I like this list, but now that I think of it, would it not be better to go for Ryzen 7 2XXX and an X470 motherboard? I totally forgot about the 2nd gen Ryzen CPUs and my friend has a lenient budget anyway.

 

I'd most certainly say it would be a higher performing system and if the budget has room for it as well then game on. 

[AHundredPigs]

On 7/17/2018 at 1:39 PM, seon123 said:

Then planning a part list is sort of pointless, as a new Intel platform, a new AMD HEDT platform and next gen GPUs are expected to be launched by then. 

The purpose was to have a goal to look forward to because I don't plan on buying top-notch components for my build, but I also do plan on taking a bigger step forward from my current Bulldozer build