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Planning My First PC Build - Any Suggestions?

HowBoutNo
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So, I've never built a computer myself before so I want to know if there's any other considerations I should make to my current build setup. This build is focused on gaming, however I will probably also be doing other things like video editing.

This current setup will be a huge and much needed upgrade to the current laptop I'm running on (i7-6700HQ, 16 GB DDR3L, GTX 960M) but I'm not entirely sure if I have everything that I need here or if I need to change/add something on top of this. I'm not really looking to go too far over the current price.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $149.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard $59.99 @ Newegg
Memory Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $99.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $72.99 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $58.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card $309.99 @ Newegg
Case Cooler Master - MasterCase H500 ATX Mid Tower Case $69.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $19.99 @ Newegg
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $98.89 @ OutletPC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total (before mail-in rebates) $1025.71
  Mail-in rebates -$85.00
  Total $940.71
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-22 13:35 EST-0500  

 

 

First Setup:
CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 | CPU COOLER: Arctic Freezer 33 eSports ONE | MB: Gigabyte B450M DS3H | RAM: 2x8GB Team T-Force Vulcan DDR4-3000 | GPU: ASUS Dual GTX 1070 O8G | STORAGE: XPG 240GB NVMe SSD (Boot), Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM | PSU: Rosewill LEPTON 600W | CASE: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L

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Looks good, may want to look into a better psu and maybe mobo. Also, do you really need an Evo? I would just get a cheaper 500gb ssd and use the money elsewhere. You could also just use the free version of windows 10 even tho it has a watermark and some limited features

PC: CPU: i5-9600k - CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 - GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6 - Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 - RAM: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB DDR4-3000 - PSU: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply - Case: Thermaltake - Core G21 TG

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I would most certainly have at the very least a 600W PSU.

 

450W seems a bit low to me, but then again I'm running 850 which I know is overkill but makes me sleep better.

AsRock X99 Taichi MB // Intel Core i7-6800k Overclocked @ 4.0GHZ // Noctua NH-U14S Cooler // Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 // EVGA GeForce 980Ti SC+ // Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD // 2TB WD Gold HDD // Corsair RM850 PSU // Corsair Obsidian Series 750D // Asus VG248QE 144Hz

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GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD5H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 // Intel Core i5-3570k Overclocked @ 4.2GHZ // Noctua NH-L9x65 Cooler // Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 // EVGA GeForce 960 // 250 GB WD Blue HDD // EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G3, 80+ GOLD // Corsair Carbide Series 100R

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