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I´m new to pc-building and wanted to build a mid-range gaming pc. Is this build reasonable?
I invested a few days of research but it would be awesome if someone with more experiance could judge my build.

 

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (AM4, 3.40GHz, Unlocked)

 

MSI B350I Pro AC

 

ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 DUAL O6G

 

Thermaltake Gaming PCI-E 3.0 X16 Riser Cable

 

Corsair Vengeance LPX (2x, 8GB, DDR4-3000, DIMM 288)

 

Crucial SSD MX500 500GB, M.2 2280, SATA3 (500GB, M.2 2280)

 

Noctua Kühler Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 (3.70cm)

 

Kolink Rocket (Small Form)

 

Silverstone Strider SFX Series (450W)

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4 minutes ago, erlor said:

I´m new to pc-building and wanted to build a mid-range gaming pc. Is this build reasonable?
I invested a few days of research but it would be awesome if someone with more experiance could judge my build.

for a new "builder" really not suggest a mini ITX size.

you need to do plenty research make sure each parts fits, nightmare in cooling & cable management, will not look neat. no room for errors ...etc...

sfx / itx parts are most expensive, m-atx is a sweet spot

 

note that you picked a sata ssd for your m.2 slot

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11 minutes ago, erlor said:

I´m new to pc-building and wanted to build a mid-range gaming pc. Is this build reasonable?
I invested a few days of research but it would be awesome if someone with more experiance could judge my build.

 

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (AM4, 3.40GHz, Unlocked)

 

MSI B350I Pro AC

 

ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 DUAL O6G

 

Thermaltake Gaming PCI-E 3.0 X16 Riser Cable

 

Corsair Vengeance LPX (2x, 8GB, DDR4-3000, DIMM 288)

 

Crucial SSD MX500 500GB, M.2 2280, SATA3 (500GB, M.2 2280)

 

Noctua Kühler Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 (3.70cm)

 

Kolink Rocket (Small Form)

 

Silverstone Strider SFX Series (450W)

Budget and country so that we can suggest something better :D

 You got 2600 but why not get a motherboard with precision boost?

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11 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

for a new "builder" really not suggest a mini ITX size.

you need to do plenty research make sure each parts fits, nightmare in cooling & cable management, will not look neat. no room for errors ...etc...

sfx / itx parts are most expensive, m-atx is a sweet spot

 

note that you picked a sata ssd for your m.2 slot

thanks.
 

- I m going for mini ITX because I need a small PC. This build is quite similar and fits, so I hope mine would as well, donßt you think so? 
 https://www.pcgamesn.com/mini-pc-build-for-gaming

- I went for the m.2 slot because of the space-requirements. Would something like this improve performance significantly? 
 Samsung 960 EVO (250GB, M.2 2280)

 

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18 minutes ago, mikedrewsmy said:

Budget and country so that we can suggest something better :D

 You got 2600 but why not get a motherboard with precision boost?

My Budget is around 1300 CHF which is around 1340 usd...and I live in CHF.
Shoud I go for the 1600 with this motherboard? 

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23 minutes ago, erlor said:

My Budget is around 1300 CHF which is around 1340 usd...and I live in CHF.
Shoud I go for the 1600 with this motherboard? 

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Not sure if your budget of 1300 is inclusive of display or just the rig.

 

Total is 1090 francs including international delivery.
I'm sure u can get it cheaper if you purchase it from the stores in Switzerland.

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3 minutes ago, mikedrewsmy said:

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Total is 1260 francs including delivery.
I'm sure u can get it cheaper if you purchase it from the stores in Switzerland.

wow. Thanks:)
Are you shure that it will fit into this case(with the stock cooler and GPU mounted directly on the motherboard)?
Could I also go for the case I chose(with a riser cable for the GPU)? I want something without "bells and whistles (aka glass and led)"

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13 minutes ago, erlor said:

wow. Thanks:)
Are you shure that it will fit into this case(with the stock cooler and GPU mounted directly on the motherboard)?
Could I also go for the case I chose(with a riser cable for the GPU)? I want something without "bells and whistles (aka glass and led)"

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The stock cooler would fit. That case is for MATX but still it looks nice enough for an ITX.

On second thought, if you don't mind about it's dimensions (398mm x 276mm x 351mm)
Why not go for mATX ?

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15 minutes ago, mikedrewsmy said:

 


The stock cooler would fit. That case is for MATX but still it looks nice enough for an ITX.

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This is what I found in a local shop(You ordered two cpu´s)...the case specs say that a full sized card fits(up to 300mm)... so a 6gb 1060 could make more sense right?

 

Thanks a lot for your help*

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5 minutes ago, erlor said:

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This is what I found in a local shop(You ordered two cpu´s)...the case specs say that a full sized card fits(up to 300mm)... so a 6gb 1060 could make more sense right?

 

Thanks a lot for your help*

Since you're cool with the size of the case, why not get a MicroATX board instead of MiniITX? 
Yeah 1060 6GB would be better :D

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7 minutes ago, mikedrewsmy said:

Since you're cool with the size of the case, why not get a MicroATX board instead of MiniITX? 
Yeah 1060 6GB would be better :D

I would prefere the kolink rocket...but I also like everything fitting in the case. You think I could fit your proposed build in the small case(with riser cable and the small noctua cooler)?

With the corsair 280x, there's really no reason to stay with miniITX, right? Components would stay the same right?

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3 minutes ago, erlor said:

I would prefere the kolink rocket...but I also like everything fitting in the case. You think I could fit your proposed build in the small case(with riser cable and the small noctua cooler)?

With the corsair 280x, there's really no reason to stay with miniITX, right? Components would stay the same right?

Yup.

I suggest you just go ahead with the 280x and go ahead with MicroATX.

It's small enough but at the same time has the ability to be upgraded in the future.

Extra 2 slots for Ram, extra PCI-E if u ever want to run SLI.

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17 minutes ago, mikedrewsmy said:

Yup.

I suggest you just go ahead with the 280x and go ahead with MicroATX.

It's small enough but at the same time has the ability to be upgraded in the future.

Extra 2 slots for Ram, extra PCI-E if u ever want to run SLI.

Yeah, probably a good idea. Just to make sure: you're talking about the msi b450m gaming plus and the other components would stay the same right...

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1 minute ago, erlor said:

Yeah, probably a good idea. Just to make sure: you're talking about the msi b450m gaming plus and the other components would stay the same right...

Can you give me the link to your local store?
I'll try and make another build for you.

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4 minutes ago, mikedrewsmy said:

Can you give me the link to your local store?
I'll try and make another build for you.

Thanks for your awesome support!

Its Digitec.ch 

Steg.ch and brack.ch are slightly more expensive...

Small and functional gaming in microITX for 1000-1300

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35 minutes ago, erlor said:

Thanks for your awesome support!

Its Digitec.ch 

Steg.ch and brack.ch are slightly more expensive...

Small and functional gaming in microITX for 1000-1300

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Highlights include a better GPU (GTX 1070), Sweet-ASS RAM (i love my vengeance rgb pro) and of course the better performing 2600X.
You can omit the RAM and save some more if you want but im loving my vengeance rgb pro and recommending it to others.

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7 minutes ago, mikedrewsmy said:

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Highlights include a better GPU (GTX 1070), Sweet-ASS RAM (i love my vengeance rgb pro) and of course the better performing 2600X.

AWESOME!  thanks for helping me out. 
so now I only need to decide if I go for the 1100 build ore the 1300 :/ ...Will let you know what I decided to do

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1 minute ago, erlor said:

AWESOME!  thanks for helping me out. 
so now I only need to decide if I go for the 1100 build ore the 1300 :/ ...Will let you know what I decided to do

On the 1100 build, you can change the itx board to matx and save further. Use the same one as the one i chose on the 1300 build.

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2 minutes ago, mikedrewsmy said:

On the 1100 build, you can change the itx board to matx and save further. Use the same one as the one i chose on the 1300 build.

yeah. Would do! 
you think the performence increase is worth the 200 bucks? How's the upgradability from both?

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3 minutes ago, erlor said:

yeah. Would do! 
you think the performence increase is worth the 200 bucks? How's the upgradability from both?

Well 2600X and 2600 is basically the same with almost the same overclocking capability but idk why i leaned more towards 2600X  :P
Maybe because of the 30 francs difference.
I like the heatshield & RGB on the Vengeance RGB Pro.

1070 is for sure better than 1060.

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On 9/11/2018 at 2:49 PM, mikedrewsmy said:

Well 2600X and 2600 is basically the same with almost the same overclocking capability but idk why i leaned more towards 2600X  :P
Maybe because of the 30 francs difference.
I like the heatshield & RGB on the Vengeance RGB Pro.

1070 is for sure better than 1060.

Hi, I went with the 1300 version. Works great:D

Thanks for your help

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