Check my build please

Jul 30, 2018
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Hey guys,

I've just finished selecting all my components for my first gaming PC. I'm going to be buying all the parts next week so I'm hoping you guys can check to make sure everything looks good before I do buy it all.

CPU - I5-8600k
GPU - MSI GTX 1070 gaming X
MOBO - MSI intel 1151 Z370 gaming plus
RAM - Corsair vengeance LPX 16GB 3000Mhz (RED)
CPU cooler - cooler master hyper 212 LED (RED)
Case - NZXT H500 (black and red)
PSU - EVGA 650 GQ 80+ gold (80w)
Storage 1 - Kingston 240GB SSD
Storage 2 - 2TB Seagate barracuda HD
+ case fans and wifi dongle etc - comes to around £1250

PS - I know I can get some of the parts a little cheaper but im going for a red and black themed build. Let me know what you guys think. Thanks in advance

 
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I don't know your exact budget, but this would be a solid build. There are some good prices where you are on the 1070ti as I was able to find the cheaper than the 1070. The 1070ti is very close to a 1080 and it is 100 less where you are located. I also went with the Crucial MX500. It is a good drive for a good price with a little more capacity than the Kingston you chose.

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£149.99 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard (£96.88 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200...
Looks like a good build to me. If you wanted pure gaming you could go down to a lesser cpu and mobo. And get a faster graphics card. But go with whatever suits you. Depending on what you're paying for wifi adapter, you might want to double check mother boards with wifi. Might find a 2 in one that is better and cheaper.
 
Everything is compatible with the build. You don't need a 650 watt PSU. I don't know what the price is for that EVGA GQ, but I would look at a 550 watt EVGA G2.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9GcLXL
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9GcLXL/by_merchant/

Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $57.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-13 14:27 EDT-0400
 
Try to hold off until after the 20Th Sep, the new Nvidia cards launch then and this may affect prices of the current models in the following week or so.
As Tejayd suggests you could move ' down ' to the i5 8400 along with a cheaper ' B' or ' H ' chipset motherboard and put the cash towards the significantly faster GTX1070Ti.
 
How about this? Tiny bit more, but extra cores, better GPU...

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/wCR7MZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/wCR7MZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£124.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£86.89 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£176.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£135.59 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PNY - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB XLR8 Video Card (£427.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA - 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£62.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £1286.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-13 22:36 BST+0100
 
The 9600k would be launching in a month.

Get a better cooler like the cryorig h5

mx500 ssd perhaps instead of that Kingston one?

Price difference between the 1070 and the ti version is very less, would ask you to get the 1070ti.

A better mobo like the msi gaming pro carbon, asrock fatalit1y k6?
 


You dont need to add a cooler to the ryzen 1700,it comes with a perfectly capable cooler with an incorporated controllable rgb halo.

Rest of the build is a little hit & miss though.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£84.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: ADATA - XPG Z1 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£148.17 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£135.59 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PNY - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB XLR8 Video Card (£426.51 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£85.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1153.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-14 11:05 BST+0100
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£196.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC - Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/Red) CPU Cooler (£28.99 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£148.79 @ Aria PC)
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX8200 480GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£102.60 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£63.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PNY - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB XLR8 Video Card (£426.51 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£85.47 @ Amazon UK)
Other: MSI B450 Gaming PRo Carbon AC (£120.00)
Total: £1241.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-14 11:18 BST+0100
 
Probably should have mentioned before but the monitor I'm going to be getting is 1080p. Looking online the upgrade from a GTX 1070 to a GTX 1080 is like 7% performance increase on 1080p. Whereas the increase in FPS from a i5 - 8600k to the Ryzen 2 2600x is greater than that. By the looks of it.
 
Alright so I've put some of your suggested changes in the build, here's what I have got so far

CPU - I5 - 8600k
CPU cooler - Cryorig CR-H7A
MOBO - MSI Z370 gaming plus
GPU - MSI GTX 1070 gaming X
RAM - Corsair vengeance LPX (2x8) 3000Mhz (RED)
PSU - EVGA Supernova 550w G3
Memory 1 - Kingston 240GB SSD
Memory 2 - 2TB Seagate barracuda
Case - NZXT H500 (black and red)

Thoughts?
 


There is a 7% difference between the 2600 and the 8600k. The 2600x has a half a percent lead on the 2600.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_5_2600/13.html

But the pricing difference between the chips is significant. The 8600k will run you around 225 and will need an aftermarket cooler. The 2600x will be about 200 and comes with a cooler. While the 2600 is 150 and also comes with a cooler. So for the 2600 you are losing 7% performance for 33% more cost over the 8600k and .5% performance for 20% of the cost over the 2600x. That makes the 2600 really appealing and difficult to justify the more expensive CPUs.

Considering that gaming is much more dependent on the GPU than the CPU, get the cheaper CPU, and spend the money you save on a 1440p monitor or a better GPU.

With launch of the 2xxx series Ryzen parts, it is really hard to justify the Intel CPUs at their current price point.

 
I don't know your exact budget, but this would be a solid build. There are some good prices where you are on the 1070ti as I was able to find the cheaper than the 1070. The 1070ti is very close to a 1080 and it is 100 less where you are located. I also went with the Crucial MX500. It is a good drive for a good price with a little more capacity than the Kingston you chose.

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£149.99 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard (£96.88 @ More Computers)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£149.83 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£63.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB DUKE Video Card (£346.83 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£85.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1040.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-14 14:06 BST+0100
 
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Yeah, you can overclock with that motherboard and the stock cooler on the 2600 will allow for an overclock. But truth be told, the way the boost works on the Ryzen chips, they pretty much overclock themselves. In the techpowerup review, the overclocked 2600 had a 1% improvement over the stock 2600.