[SOLVED] Comparing Builds, Need Opinions.

[litgamer]

I'm not an expert in the world of gaming, but I do know enough to know what's good, what I need, and the best out there. I'm having trouble of deciding whether I should "upgrade" my desktop a little bit, or to just change my SSD that I have and possibly buy another 92mm fan for the front of the case. ( The Dell case has ONLY 2 fan areas, both 92mm )

CURRENT DESKTOP SPECS ( PREBOUGHT DELL )
CPU - I5 8400
GPU - (Hynix/Dell) GTX 1060 3GB
MEMORY - 2x8GB 2444MHZ ( Unsure of the brand, came pre-installed )
PSU - 460W ( Some sort of Dell PSU. NON-MODULAR)
CPU COOLER - Intel Stock Cooler
STORAGE - Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD, SATA SSD ( Dell Brand ) ( An odd inquiry of mine is that it's SATA, but the SSD is indeed in the M.2 SSD slot )
MOBO - Dell 0PXWHK
CASE - Dell Inspiron 5680 Case




WHAT I WANT TO UPGRADE TO SPECS ( The CPU, GPU, MEMORY, POSSIBLY PSU, and the HDD will be the same )
CPU - I5 8400
GPU - (Hynix/Dell) GTX 1060 3GB
MEMORY - MEMORY - 2x8GB 2444MHZ ( Sometime in the future I may upgrade to the Corsair Vengeance LPX C16 or C15 )
PSU - PSU - 460W ( Some sort of Dell PSU. NON-MODULAR)
CPU COOLER - Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
STORAGE - STORAGE - Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD, Mushkin Pilot 500gb M.2, NVMe, PCIe, GEN 3 x4
MOBO - Gigabyte Z390 UD ( Seemed to be the best for its price, especially if I buy used )
CASE - Fractal Design Focus G ( White )


Please do inform or recommend other parts for the build I'm thinking of going to. If I were to upgrade to the setup above the price would be around $305. I would be buying the case, CPU cooler, SSD ( Possibly ), mobo, WINDOWS 10 PepeHands, and 120mm fans.

 

[dajuukes]

Using a prebuilt motherboard in a new case can be tricky. If you can afford it, I would suggest to buy a retail one to use so you have much more flexibility for the future.

Everything else looks fine (not really going to make much of a difference, however). About your inquiry with the SATA SSD in a M.2 slot, this is perfectly normal. M.2 is simply a "socket", and NVMe/SATA are data transfer standards. Most M.2 SSDs advertised are NVMe (due to NVMe needing high-bandwidth and speed slots) but it is also possible to run SATA in a M.2.

 

[litgamer]

Thanks for letting me know about the SATA SSD. As for the mobo, I might bite the bullet and buy one. If I do this its means buying Windows 10 which is so overpriced. For now, I'm probably going to buy the SSD and an extra fan.

 

[dajuukes]

Thanks for letting me know about the SATA SSD. As for the mobo, I might bite the bullet and buy one. If I do this its means buying Windows 10 which is so overpriced. For now, I'm probably going to buy the SSD and an extra fan.

Another good reason to purchase Windows 10 normal version is that you do not need to stick with the same motherboard (like you do with an OEM version).