My First Build

[Elephantstone76]

Hi Folks

 

Want to move from a Quosmio gaming laptop onto a desktop.

 

Been watching a few videos and was hoping you could suggest some parts swaps that would bring the cost down but same spec on the processor and video card.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Elephantstone76/saved/pv2V6h

Thanks

[Slottr]

Whats this build for? Gaming? Any productivity?

[Br3tt96]

Would swap the seagate for a Western Digital

[Elephantstone76]

For gaming mostly, will work on it as well, but I dont do CAD or rendering etc.  Will also be used for some heavy accounting type work as well

[Guest]

Why would you buy a sound card? It's just a waste of the PCI-e slot. Otherwise the build look fine. 

[Slottr]

8 minutes ago, Elephantstone76 said:

For gaming mostly, will work on it as well, but I dont do CAD or rendering etc

Get a 2600(non X) and not a 2700, scrap the cpu cooler and get a cheaper air cooler like a dark rock 4, find a cheaper power supply such as a grey unit CXM from corsair or a G2 from EVGA around the 650w mark.

 

Also that is one pricey ass motherboard.

 

 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  (£144.97 @ Box Limited) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler  (£56.82 @ More Computers) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS GAMING 5 WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£173.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£148.79 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£75.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£50.39 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 DT GAMING Video Card  (£531.01 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair - Obsidian Series 500D ATX Mid Tower Case  (£119.99 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£96.96 @ Ebuyer) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£87.04 @ PC World Business) 
Total: £1485.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-13 21:19 BST+0100

[Elephantstone76]

Would moving down to the Ryzen 5 2600 make much difference from the 7?  Also Im glad you noted the motherboard, I was hoping for an alternatibe board selection.

[Derrk]

I would drop the soundcard. Swap the seagate for WD (still go with 7200rpm). the Wraith Prism CPU cooler that comes with the 2700x has plenty enough cooling if you want to save money. Go with a lesser MOBO, and for best performance on ryzen look for RAM that has cas-latency 14 and Samsung B-die.