Considering Building 1st PC

[iinemesissssx]

I'm considering making my own PC for the first time over the next few weeks, I would appreciate if you could look over this parts list and point out any obvious errors / questionable decisions.

Mainly want this for 1080p gaming and less intensive tasks with slight future proofing (considering getting a 144hz monitor some time later). I still have a 1TB hard drive on my laptop so I don't think I'll need more than a reasonable SSD (256GB-ish minimum)

Budget is somewhat flexible but £800 + OS price seems about what I'm willing to spend but don't want to be spending more money on redundant components.(I'm from UK, not sure what components would cost in US)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor (£191.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£88.92 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£77.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card (£263.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case (£56.50 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.79 @ Alza)
Total: £795.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-13 00:23 BST+0100

 

[richiestang_78]

One change I made was your RAM

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vh8cxG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vh8cxG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor (£191.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£88.92 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Team - T-Force Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£89.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card (£263.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case (£56.50 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.79 @ Alza)
Total: £808.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-13 00:49 BST+0100

Another couple changes to consider are: 500GB SSD(it is the sweet spot for SSD price per storage and 240GB will fill up fast)

You also might want to consider buying the Ryzen 2700, the new 2nd gen Ryzens offer better single core performance for gaming if that is something you are going to do.

 

[Insomniac Jack]

Ryzen would do better with 2x 4GB sticks of RAM so it'll use dual channel mode. Also if you can afford to step up to maybe 2666Mhz that'll help but not required. Otherwise to me it seems like a solid starter build with plenty of upgrade opportunities.

 

[ArchitSahu]

Decent build but:

1. Cheaper B350 motherboard will do no harm.

2. Dual Channel RAM at 3000 Mhz is the minimum for Ryzen for optimal performance.

3. PSU is pretty decent but for the price you can do better.

Here is the revised list:
PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jxQQdX
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jxQQdX/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor (£191.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard (£69.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Team - Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£82.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card (£263.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case (£56.50 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £795.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-13 00:55 BST+0100

Same price but better and faster RAM and better quality PSU.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Go for the 2600X and update ur mobo.

Get a rx580 and go for freesync 144hz

Get a crucial mx500 ssd

Like others said, 2x4gb of 3000mhz rams and maybe a cheaper b350 mobo.