My first gaming pc build

[justin2926]

I’m building a $675 budget gaming pc with the GPU being used from ebay and the motherboard being manufacture refurbished.

 

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 ($149.99 on amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte AB350M Gaming 3 (refurbished) ($69 on newegg)

RAM: 2x4GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400MHz ($75 on newegg)

GPU: GTX 1060 6GB (finding a used one under $240 on ebay)

Storage: 128GB Sandisk Z400s M.2 (I pulled this one off of my broken laptop)

PSU: EVGA 500 BQ ($37 from amazon prime day)

Case: InWin 301 ($76 on amazon)

Fans: Thermaltake Riing 12 Red LED Triple pack (the inwin case doesn’t include any fans but these are $35 on amazon)

Fan Splitter: Rosewill Fan Splitter (My motherboard has 3 fan headers, 1 for cpu, 2 for case, but it’s $4 on amazon)

 

All comes a total of just about $675. Of course it might be less if I find a 1060 6GB under $240, which I stumbled across a ton. All of these prices includes tax but are not exact. Each part price are just and estimate but are a few cents more or less.

 

I know the InWin 301 has bad airflow but it was the smallest I can find other than the thermaltake v21 being wide. I’m using high static pressure fans and hopefully the temps won’t be as bad as I’ve seen/heard from reviews of this case. I also heard that it also has bad cable management but I’ve seen some pictures and they actually aren’t that bad. Anyways, how do you guys like it?

[AskTJ]

What monitor are you planning on using?

 

What ram speed?

[justin2926]

28 minutes ago, AskTJ said:

What monitor are you planning on using?

 

What ram speed?

I’m planning to use the HP 23es monitor. It’s $119 at bestbuy and I know it’s not the best monitor, but it does the job.

 

Ram speed is 2400Mhz. I forgot to list it.

[AskTJ]

5 minutes ago, justin2926 said:

I’m planning to use the HP 23es monitor. It’s $119 at bestbuy and I know it’s not the best monitor, but it does the job.

 

Ram speed is 2400Mhz. I forgot to list it.

For Ryzen you're going to need faster to get the most out of the CPU? What is the PC for?

[justin2926]

1 minute ago, AskTJ said:

For Ryzen you're going to need faster to get the most out of the CPU? What is the PC for?

Gaming. The ram was $69. It was the cheapest I could find.

[AskTJ]

2 minutes ago, justin2926 said:

Gaming. The ram was $69. It was the cheapest I could find.

3000 would be best.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/memory/#s=403000&Z=16384002&sort=price&page=1

[justin2926]

2 minutes ago, AskTJ said:

3000 would be best.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/memory/#s=403000&Z=16384002&sort=price&page=1

I’m in a $675 budget. I can overclock the RAM but not a huge difference. Also I think 16GB is overkill.

[Sernefarian]

Could save some money on the case and get probable better airflow at the expense of maximum fan capacity with either of these.

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353057

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353061

Edited July 21, 2018 by Sernefarian
spacebar was being a butt.

[justin2926]

46 minutes ago, Sernefarian said:

Could save some money on the case and get probable better airflow at the expense of maximum fan capacity with either of these.

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353057

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811353061

I’m looking for a small MicroATX mini tower and the inwin 301 was the slimmest I could find.

[Sernefarian]

IIRC the size difference between the In Win and those two is roughly 3-4 inches of height and 3 inches of depth.