My First Build

[rwalker4557]

Hello Everyone,

I am currently designing my first build and before I start buying parts iI would like to know if what I have will work.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/J3qsvn

 

When you go to the link there will be 5 SSD's, Here is why (Incase it matters)

SSD1: 250GB - Primary Drive

SSD2: 500GB - Personal Storage

SSD3: 500GB - Business Storage (I help my Father with his side job)

SSD4: 500GB - Non-Profit Storage (My family is part of fish keeping club *LAME I KNOW LOL*)

SSD5: 1TB - Overflow Storage

 

Computer Uses...

1: Normal Day-2-Day Use

2: Running Virtual Machines (I like to F*** with fake tech support at night when i can't sleep)

3: OBS for screen recording

4: Creating digital signage

5: Visual Studio (Programming Software)

6: Eventually switch over to IP cameras and record using this machine onto a 8TB WD Purple Drive (Max 16 Cameras)

[bleedblue]

Instead of a ton of 500GB SSD's, why not get a bigger SSD and partition it?

[jiyeon]

That's a boat load of SSDs, gosh. As a unit, the build is solid, except that 850W PSU, you can go as low as 550W for the PSU if you want, unless you're thinking of upgrading your graphics card in the future or doing something with that 850W?

[Cereal5]

You can step down the PSU to save $20-30, and you can get a couple 1TB SSDs are partition them, or even just makes a password locked folder for your stuff. Unless you want to be able to take them out and transport them separately. You can also save probably $100+ by switching out to cheaper RAM. a basic 16x2 kit should be like $275, with RGB adding maybe $50-75. Unless that's what you really want

 

Side note on the monitors - if you're not gaming, you can probably save $20-30 per monitor by switching down to 60Hz. There's almost $100 right there.

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

all good, but if you can pick a cheaper B450 and upgrade to R7 2700 is better

you also need to watch out on m.2 slot if you use later, it will disable 1-2 sata ports

[GoldenLag]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($209.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($139.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.95 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($167.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($167.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.39 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 580 8GB Gaming 8G Video Card  ($249.97 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT - H700 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($71.11 @ Amazon) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($124.89 @ My Choice Software) 
Other: DYMO LabelWriter 450 Thermal Label Printer (1752264)  ($66.69 @ Amazon) 
Other: Acer Nitro VG220Q bmiix 21.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Zero Frame IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYNC Technology - 1ms VRB | 75Hz Refresh (2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA)  ($127.28 @ Amazon) 
Other: Acer Nitro VG220Q bmiix 21.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Zero Frame IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYNC Technology - 1ms VRB | 75Hz Refresh (2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA)  ($127.28 @ Amazon) 
Other: Acer Nitro VG220Q bmiix 21.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Zero Frame IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYNC Technology - 1ms VRB | 75Hz Refresh (2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA)  ($127.28 @ Amazon) 
Other: SIIG USB 3.0 9-Port HUB + 1-Port 2.1A Charging with 12V/5A Power  ($78.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2236.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-17 04:21 EDT-0400

 

some adjustments to the build.

 

partition one of the SSDs into 2 500GB part

 

you might also want to look into some bigger monitors

 

you can also pick up a windows key from kinguin for 25$

[SHROUD]

24 minutes ago, rwalker4557 said:

Hello Everyone,

I am currently designing my first build and before I start buying parts iI would like to know if what I have will work.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/J3qsvn

 

When you go to the link there will be 5 SSD's, Here is why (Incase it matters)

SSD1: 250GB - Primary Drive

SSD2: 500GB - Personal Storage

SSD3: 500GB - Business Storage (I help my Father with his side job)

SSD4: 500GB - Non-Profit Storage (My family is part of fish keeping club *LAME I KNOW LOL*)

SSD5: 1TB - Overflow Storage

 

Computer Uses...

1: Normal Day-2-Day Use

2: Running Virtual Machines (I like to F*** with fake tech support at night when i can't sleep)

3: OBS for screen recording

4: Creating digital signage

5: Visual Studio (Programming Software)

6: Eventually switch over to IP cameras and record using this machine onto a 8TB WD Purple Drive (Max 16 Cameras)

Build something like this.....

U can even swap those Samsung drives with cheaper adata drives, granted u won't get similar speeds....

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($86.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($141.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($297.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($167.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($238.00 @ B&H) 
Case: NZXT - H700 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.01 @ Newegg) 
Other: DYMO LabelWriter 450 Thermal Label Printer (1752264)  ($66.69 @ Amazon) 
Other: Acer Nitro VG220Q bmiix 21.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Zero Frame IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYNC Technology - 1ms VRB | 75Hz Refresh (2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA)  ($127.28 @ Amazon) 
Other: Acer Nitro VG220Q bmiix 21.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Zero Frame IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYNC Technology - 1ms VRB | 75Hz Refresh (2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA)  ($127.28 @ Amazon) 
Other: Acer Nitro VG220Q bmiix 21.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Zero Frame IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYNC Technology - 1ms VRB | 75Hz Refresh (2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA)  ($127.28 @ Amazon) 
Other: SIIG USB 3.0 9-Port HUB + 1-Port 2.1A Charging with 12V/5A Power  ($78.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2330.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-17 04:33 EDT-0400

[Cereal5]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($297.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($167.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($167.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 570 4GB ROG STRIX Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - H700 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($87.95 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit  ($124.89 @ My Choice Software) 
Monitor: AOC - i2267Fw 22.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: AOC - i2267Fw 22.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Monitor: AOC - i2267Fw 22.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Other: DYMO LabelWriter 450 Thermal Label Printer (1752264)  ($66.69 @ Amazon) 
Other: SIIG USB 3.0 9-Port HUB + 1-Port 2.1A Charging with 12V/5A Power  ($78.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2188.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-17 04:36 EDT-0400

 

Added an R7 2700 (2700X is another $30 if desired), changed RAM to save over $100, switched the PSU out, switched out the monitors, switched GPU brand (which is currently offered with free games on Newegg), switched two 500GB SSDs for one 1TB, and more money can be saved by going with a cheaper case, another change in SSD configuration, etc

[rwalker4557]

Thank you everyone for your input I'm currently at work and posted this on my break.  I just got a few minutes to check this and was surprised from all the responses this early in the morning. When i get off and get home i'll look through the suggestions to since i just quickly looked over it.  

 

The 2 comments that popped out to me tho were to get bigger SSD's and to partition them & cheaper case.

1) Bigger SSD's (YES) I don't know why I didn't consider this since I currently do it with my 2TB external HDD

      - 250GB Primary

      - 1TB (~500GB Personal & ~500GB Business)

      - 1TB (~500GB Non-Profit & ~500GB Overflow Storage)

2) My heart is set on that case, so thats not changing lol plus I think my girl already ordered it for my birthday

 

Thank you all again for your input, I am open to more suggestions

[rwalker4557]

Ok so I went through all the suggestions and I think I did pretty good making some changes.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KWGLbX

 

SEOZ - Suggested I get a smaller PSU to save some money. I now have a 620W on the list.  I would of gone smaller but this one made more sense Price Per Watt, plus i can still upgrade parts in the future if I want.

 

bleedblue - Suggested I get bigger drives and partition them.  I now have 500GB SSD as my primary, 3TB WD Blue (partition to ~750GB Personal Files, ~750GB Business Files, ~750GB Non-Profit Files, ~750GB Extra Space)

 

Cereal5 - Also suggested getting a cheaper PSU, getting cheaper RAM & also different monitors.  I went through and found some cheaper RAM only downside is it's red, which who knows I may like how the red and blue look together. I also went and found some 60Hz monitors I like the monitors that he suggested but since I want to mount them, they have to have VERSA Mounting Holes.

 

GoldenLag - Suggested the ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX motherboard, I was looking at this motherboard before and I liked it but the I was iffy about the price, I did look around and saw great reviews tho.

 

SHROUD - Suggested going with the R7 2700 CPU, I didn't choose that one but I did change my CPU choice to a R7 1700

 

I will say my only concern is the graphics card I choose, all the videos I've seen about building computers (Linus Tech Tips, Jays2cents, Bitwit) they all use gaming cards.  Im just worried that I won't be able to view the bios or get things setup because the motherboard won't pass an image to the card I've chosen (if that makes sense) the motherboard has display ports on it but from what i understand those ports are useless unless you have a ryzen cpu that has G at the end (example: R7 1700G) doesn't exist i know just an example.

 

Once again the computer usage is as follows

Computer Uses...

1: Normal Day-2-Day Use

2: Running Virtual Machines (I like to F*** with fake tech support at night when i can't sleep)

3: OBS for screen recording

4: Creating digital signage

5: Visual Studio (Programming Software)

6: Eventually switch over to IP cameras and record using this machine onto a 8TB WD Purple Drive (Max 16 Cameras)

[SHROUD]

1 hour ago, rwalker4557 said:

Ok so I went through all the suggestions and I think I did pretty good making some changes.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KWGLbX

 

SEOZ - Suggested I get a smaller PSU to save some money. I now have a 620W on the list.  I would of gone smaller but this one made more sense Price Per Watt, plus i can still upgrade parts in the future if I want.

 

bleedblue - Suggested I get bigger drives and partition them.  I now have 500GB SSD as my primary, 3TB WD Blue (partition to ~750GB Personal Files, ~750GB Business Files, ~750GB Non-Profit Files, ~750GB Extra Space)

 

Cereal5 - Also suggested getting a cheaper PSU, getting cheaper RAM & also different monitors.  I went through and found some cheaper RAM only downside is it's red, which who knows I may like how the red and blue look together. I also went and found some 60Hz monitors I like the monitors that he suggested but since I want to mount them, they have to have VERSA Mounting Holes.

 

GoldenLag - Suggested the ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX motherboard, I was looking at this motherboard before and I liked it but the I was iffy about the price, I did look around and saw great reviews tho.

 

SHROUD - Suggested going with the R7 2700 CPU, I didn't choose that one but I did change my CPU choice to a R7 1700

 

I will say my only concern is the graphics card I choose, all the videos I've seen about building computers (Linus Tech Tips, Jays2cents, Bitwit) they all use gaming cards.  Im just worried that I won't be able to view the bios or get things setup because the motherboard won't pass an image to the card I've chosen (if that makes sense) the motherboard has display ports on it but from what i understand those ports are useless unless you have a ryzen cpu that has G at the end (example: R7 1700G) doesn't exist i know just an example.

 

Once again the computer usage is as follows

Computer Uses...

1: Normal Day-2-Day Use

2: Running Virtual Machines (I like to F*** with fake tech support at night when i can't sleep)

3: OBS for screen recording

4: Creating digital signage

5: Visual Studio (Programming Software)

6: Eventually switch over to IP cameras and record using this machine onto a 8TB WD Purple Drive (Max 16 Cameras)

You can significantly reduce the price of the system by going with something like this......

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($208.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($110.39 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($271.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($167.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($167.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8GB Video Card  ($209.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Other: DYMO LabelWriter 450 Thermal Label Printer (1752264)  ($66.69 @ Amazon) 
Other: Acer Nitro VG220Q bmiix 21.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Zero Frame IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYNC Technology - 1ms VRB | 75Hz Refresh (2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA)  ($126.45 @ B&H) 
Other: Acer Nitro VG220Q bmiix 21.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Zero Frame IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYNC Technology - 1ms VRB | 75Hz Refresh (2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA)  ($126.45 @ B&H) 
Other: Acer Nitro VG220Q bmiix 21.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Zero Frame IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYNC Technology - 1ms VRB | 75Hz Refresh (2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA)  ($126.45 @ B&H) 
Other: SIIG USB 3.0 9-Port HUB + 1-Port 2.1A Charging with 12V/5A Power  ($58.17 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1928.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-19 01:33 EDT-0400

 

There's no point with going with so many ssds. U can simply purchase two 1 tb drives ND partition them. This will save u a lot of money.

[rwalker4557]

13 minutes ago, SHROUD said:

You can significantly reduce the price of the system by going with something like this......

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor  ($208.89 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty X470 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($110.39 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($271.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($57.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($167.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($167.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8GB Video Card  ($209.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Other: DYMO LabelWriter 450 Thermal Label Printer (1752264)  ($66.69 @ Amazon) 
Other: Acer Nitro VG220Q bmiix 21.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Zero Frame IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYNC Technology - 1ms VRB | 75Hz Refresh (2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA)  ($126.45 @ B&H) 
Other: Acer Nitro VG220Q bmiix 21.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Zero Frame IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYNC Technology - 1ms VRB | 75Hz Refresh (2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA)  ($126.45 @ B&H) 
Other: Acer Nitro VG220Q bmiix 21.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) Zero Frame IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD Radeon FREESYNC Technology - 1ms VRB | 75Hz Refresh (2 x HDMI Ports & 1 x VGA)  ($126.45 @ B&H) 
Other: SIIG USB 3.0 9-Port HUB + 1-Port 2.1A Charging with 12V/5A Power  ($58.17 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1928.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-19 01:33 EDT-0400

 

There's no point with going with so many ssds. U can simply purchase two 1 tb drives ND partition them. This will save u a lot of money.

 

I already changed my storage around, you quoted my post that has the revised part list, if you go to the link you will see that i only have 1 ssd as my primary and 2 HDD.  I took a good bit of the suggestions and reworked my list.