Building my first PC

[Taheru]

Hi everyone first of all thanks for reading this. Moving on

 

Im planning on building my very first pc with this parts (not sure yet about the case) I have a budget of $1200 CND but dont mind exceeding for like $100 more I dont plan to use 2 or more monitors but i do plan on upgrading the computer in the future I have a mouse,keyboard, and a monitor already so the money is just mainly for parts. I plan to buy a windows 10 and this computer is going to be mainly used for gaming and programming (which i think does not matter at this case) 

 

My parts are down below:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/gqK6q4

 

Motherboard : MSI B360 Gaming Plus ATX Intel Coffee Lake LGA 1151 Motherboard

 

CPU : Intel Core i5-8600K Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.3GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W BX80684i58600K

 

GPU : ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Dual-fan OC Edition VR Ready Dual HDMI DP 1.4 Gaming Graphics Card (DUAL-GTX1060-O6G)

 

RAM : Corsair Vengeance LPX Black Memory Kit 16GB DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) 

 

CPU Cooler : Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2)

 

Hard Drive : Western Digital 1TB 3.5" 7200 RPM SATA III 64MB Cache Desktop Hard Drive (Blue)

 

SSD : Kingston Digital A400 SSD 120GB SATA 3 2.5” Solid State Drive SA400S37/120G - Increase Performance

 

Power Supply : Corsair Semi-Modular ATX CX450M Power Supply CP-9020101-NA

 

P.S : Do not mind the case in the partpicker since im not really sure what case to get yet. I dont know if im missing something.

 

Sorry for the long post i am unsure if i have the right parts at the PartsPicker so i copy and pasted the parts i currently have. Im not sure if each part is compatible with each other as well and comments would be very much appreciate. I also just picking parts randomly with what i think is best please and thank you

 

 

[BluFlareYT]

Hi dude I've had my time in building pcs so I'd like to suggest you to get better clocked Memory(RAM) If u are getting turbo edition for intel then u should definitely get 2666mhz clocked ram from Ballistix 

P.S. if I were to suggest a case then it would depend completely on Ur budget so pls drop me a reply so I can suggest one

[GoldenLag]

What is your current monitor?

[BluFlareYT]

I am currently using an ASUS ROG 34 INCH ULTRA WIDE GAMING MONITOR 100HZ refresh rate with G-SYNC

Expensive but nice

I actually found a rely epic black Friday deal

[GoldenLag]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($208.91 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($118.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($85.75 @ shopRBC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($73.50 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($499.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($88.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $1296.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-08 05:16 EDT-0400

 

 

Way more value in this build.

 

For future upgrades i recommend a second set of the DDR4 ram and a new CPU. No need to change anything else for a long while

[BluFlareYT]

I guess

[GoldenLag]

1 hour ago, BluFlareYT said:

I guess

Did you just hijack this thread?

 

 

@Taheru what monitor are you using. I completely missed that it wasnt you who responded to my question

Edited August 8, 2018 by GoldenLag

[Herman Mcpootis]

4 hours ago, Taheru said:

My parts are down below:

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/gqK6q4

try this instead:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($237.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Motherboard: MSI - B360M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($84.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($184.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($86.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($499.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($54.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($58.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $1258.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-08 09:05 EDT-0400

[Taheru]

@GoldenLag I am so sorry i was at sleep I am using MSI Optix G27C2 as my monitor

[GoldenLag]

27 minutes ago, Taheru said:

@GoldenLag I am so sorry i was at sleep I am using MSI Optix G27C2 as my monitor

No worries. I was just wondering in case your monitor had freesync or Gsync.

 

We all need sleep anyhow

[Taheru]

6 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

No worries. I was just wondering in case your monitor had freesync or Gsync.

 

We all need sleep anyhow

My monitor has freesync also thank you

[Taheru]

@Herman Mcpootis Those parts are nice and cheaper as well... I will definitely keep the parts in mind thank you

[GoldenLag]

15 minutes ago, Taheru said:

@Herman Mcpootis Those parts are nice and cheaper as well... I will definitely keep the parts in mind thank you

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($208.91 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($80.50 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($184.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($85.75 @ shopRBC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.95 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($499.99 @ Memory Express) 
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($88.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $1279.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-08 11:29 EDT-0400

 

Updated my build aswell. Made a few changes

 

The only real differenc between my build and @Herman Mcpootis seems to be the his better CPU, his slightly worse PSU and a tiny bit cheaper case

[Taheru]

@GoldenLag Would the intel i5-8600k still be available even with the motherboard that @Herman Mcpootis posted. Would any of the parts be affected other than the processor  if i change the motherboard?

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, Taheru said:

@GoldenLag Would the intel i5-8600k still be available even with the motherboard that @Herman Mcpootis posted. Would any of the parts be affected other than the processor  if i change the motherboard?

no point getting an 8600k when you're not getting a Z370 board, so just stick with an 8400 or 1600.

[Taheru]

@Herman Mcpootis Are there going to be noticeable differences? Since from what ive read, i5-8600k is a really good processsor and if getting a Z370 processor then i would do so but if it doesnt really make that big of a difference then ill just stay with the parts that you guys suggest

[Phentos]

1 hour ago, Taheru said:

@Herman Mcpootis Are there going to be noticeable differences? Since from what ive read, i5-8600k is a really good processsor and if getting a Z370 processor then i would do so but if it doesnt really make that big of a difference then ill just stay with the parts that you guys suggest

The 8600K is an unlocked processor meaning it's meant to be overclocked. That is wasted on anything but a Z370 board.

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 hours ago, Taheru said:

@Herman Mcpootis Are there going to be noticeable differences? Since from what ive read, i5-8600k is a really good processsor and if getting a Z370 processor then i would do so but if it doesnt really make that big of a difference then ill just stay with the parts that you guys suggest

slight clock speed bump on the 8600k, but you won't notice it anyways and you could always get the locked 8600 if you really wanted it.

[Taheru]

@Phentos and @Herman Mcpootis took you guys' advice and decided just to stick with the suggested parts and here are my new parts:

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/VBRfFt

 

Also is the CPU Cooler be enough or do i still have to change it? 

 

CPU : Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor

 

Motherboard : MSI - B360M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

 

CPU Cooler : Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

 

Memory : G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory

 

SSD : Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

 

Hard Drive : Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

 

GPU : MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card

 

Case : Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case

 

PSU : SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

[Herman Mcpootis]

18 minutes ago, Taheru said:

@Phentos and @Herman Mcpootis took you guys' advice and decided just to stick with the suggested parts and here are my new parts:

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/VBRfFt

the stock cooler is good enough, otherwise it's fine.

[Phentos]

20 minutes ago, Taheru said:

@Phentos and @Herman Mcpootis took you guys' advice and decided just to stick with the suggested parts and here are my new parts:

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/VBRfFt

That's a decent build. Can you not switch to a better motherboard though? The ASRock B360 Pro4 is much better than that dinky little MSI board. 

 

Also B360 only supports up to DDR4-2666 RAM. The 3000Mhz RAM in that build would technically be a waste. That being said, G.SKILL Aegis RAM seems to be really cheap and with the way RAM prices are you might as well keep it.

[Taheru]

@Phentos  I will have to stick with the motherboard and ram for now since ive already exceeded my budget by $100+  but i will still keep the parts in mind for future upgrades tho..

 

Edit: Would it still run the RAM properly even with the motherboard?

 

I really appreciate the help @GoldenLag , @Herman Mcpootis , and @Phentos any other suggestions would be very much be appreciated 

[Taheru]

Sorry for the annoying post i changed the parts once again since im scared that the RAM might not work.. My new parts are 

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/whqLw6

 

I just changed the parts once again to 

 

Motherboard : MSI - B360 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

 

RAM : G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory

 

but everything else stayed the same though this exceeded my budget so much but its okay

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, Taheru said:

Sorry for the annoying post i changed the parts once again since im scared that the RAM might not work.. My new parts are 

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/whqLw6

 

I just changed the parts once again to 

 

Motherboard : MSI - B360 GAMING PLUS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

 

RAM : G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory

 

but everything else stayed the same though this exceeded my budget so much but its okay

the older aegis kit will work, it just runs at 2666mhz max. get that instead.

[Taheru]

@Herman Mcpootis  oh i see i did not know ill stick with the old one then thank you again, i learned alot

 

Thank you guys again