Am i missing anything from my PC build?

[grillmaster96]

So i am happy to say i will be purchasing my first ever gaming PC, but considering i am very new to this i am a little worried that i may be forgetting something or not picking the right components for the type of gaming i want to do. My budget is around 1200 - 1400$ and im just looking for something that will play AAA titles at 1080p, 60 FPS and above. Since i am too lazy to list all the parts here is the link to the system i am interested in purchasing:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/s2K96X

So yeah the main questions im looking answers for are:

1. Are all the components compatible? (I know the website says they are but i trust a real person over an automated system any day)
2. Is this PC good enough for AAA titles and how long will it be good for?
3. Am i missing any important components? The only component i can think of is an SSD but that would put me a little over budget and i rather put that money towards the 1080. So besides an SSD, what else do i need? Or do i already have everything i need? (Yes i have a monitor and peripherals)
4. The case i want is not capable of holding an optical drive.. so how do i install the copy of windows i am going to have to purchase with this PC? I am not actually going to build the PC myself, i will be taking it to a local computer shop and pay them to do it for me because i really don't want to risk doing it myself, despite how easy people say it is. So yeah when i do take it to the local shop how will he install windows for me if i dont have an optical drive?

 

[Barrelmaker85]

Hi Grillmaster96. This looks like a pretty solid build you have lined up.

#1. Parts are compatible. Pcpartpicker is quite reputable and reliable, if they say they are compatible then you are good.

#2. It is definitely good enough for AAA titles. I would say you are good for the next handful of years, 4-6, with this build, unless they come out with some crazy new engine that every new game runs on and only the titan can handle (not going to happen).

#3. You have everything needed to build and run your computer. Personally I would say you are pretty heavy in the GPU. I think you would be just as good dropping down to the 1070 which would balance out your system a little better and free up some extra budget for the SSD. Even if you don't want to do that, you could still find a good SSD for the $85 you have left in your budget, it just may keep you in the 120GB range on storage. But I would strongly recommend getting the SSD for your OS and then using the HDD for all your files and games, etc. If you store everything on an HDD you are going to notice slower speeds as time goes on, and it will only get worse. If you store the OS on the SSD you will always have fast boot times, and if program loading off the HDD slows down it won't effect your OS boot speed. Don't miss out on the SSD, I think you will regret it later.

#4. Build that thing yourself bro. You will have so much fun doing it. I just finished my first one a couple months ago. I was really nervous about it, but once I got going I couldn't stop. You will know your computer better if you build it yourself also. Plus, you don't want someone else's hands on your girl, you are the only one who should be all up in that. But if you do want someone else to break it in for you I understand. It is a big investment. If you don't have an optical drive you will need to create a windows OS creation tool on a thumb drive. Ask the person putting it together if he wants you to do this or if he can download it himself. If he can download it himself then he just needs the product key when loading it. Optical drive not necessary.

Good luck. Hope that helps.

 

[Karadjgne]

I can't honestly recommend an i5 for gaming. They are just too limited with 4 thread availability, especially for AAA games like BF1, GTA:V, Starwars Battlefront, and others. Extremely common to see 100%cpu usage and consequently, throttling. Moving upto an i7 build puts total closer to $1450.
The psu is junk. Evga did a slick thing with the SuperNOVA branding, the NEX should be under the bottom shelf. With Evga, stick to B2/B3, G2/G3 series, far superior.
Lack of SSD for boot drive will seriously hurt in Steam games, nobody wants to play with ppl on HDD, load times take far too long. Same for games that use multiple areas like skyrim or fallout, where every map change is a different instance, requiring constant reloading from the HDD. Gaming gets annoying when just going inside means you have time for a smoke break, and the map is still loading when you get back.
1080 is really wasted on 1080p/60Hz, you'll end up probably swamping the cpu with framerates, just making it throttle, sooner. The gtx1070 is still a little heavy, but far more balanced for the application than a gtx1080.
No need for thermal paste, the included paste with that cooler is far superior to Arctic Silver 5 anyways, if you feel you must, Arctic MX4 or better yet, Noctua NT-H1 would be a far wiser choice.

Windows10 comes on a USB flash drive. When installing to an SSD, do not plug in the hdd, it just confuses things. Leave the ssd as only drive, install windows, plug in hdd.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.65 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($99.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($111.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.64 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($459.89 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.90 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1273.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-20 01:33 EDT-0400

 

[smorizio]

http://www.techradar.com/news/intel-coffee-lake-release-date-news-and-rumors
i would go with a coffee lake cpu and mb combo. if you have a micro center near you look at there combo deals.

 

[Karadjgne]

From everything I've heard about CoffeeLake, it'll be released primarily as a mobile cpu at first, with future expansion into pc. Also rumors that its going to be nothing more than Broadwell revisited, with limited pc options and no real benefit to the wait. A 15% increase in performance is honestly chump change. That's a measly 2-3 fps gain on a 1080/60Hz monitor. The only ppl who'll see any minor benefit gaming are those pushing 1440/144 or 4k resolutions on a 1080 sli or better.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

My take at the ryzen :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.65 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - T-Force / Night Hawk 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($125.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.38 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($459.89 @ B&H)
Case: Deepcool - EARLKASE RGB ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12G 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($56.89 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1208.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-21 00:55 EDT-0400