Criticism for a noob PC builder

[AlexWirtes]

Hi everyone! I'm looking for a little feedback on this build.

My intention is to build a well rounded machine that can crush as a gaming/media/multitasking

dominate games like For Honor, Monster Hunter: World, X-com 2 and Middle Earth: Shadow of War at 1080p @ 60fps or whatever max required specs.

She should be able to handle programs such as Photoshop, FL Studio, and RPG Maker without a hitch. Even if a game is occasionally running in the background.

I like to game, talk to friends, listen to music, and watch YouTube all at the same time. So, multiple displays and multitasking are both very appealing. Bottom line, I want it to crush anything I throw at it.

That being said, I only have a limited knowledge on the intricacies of picking out parts. Let alone actually building this. Any suggestions on making this beast purr are wholeheartedly welcomed. Thanks for reading this over!

The PC in question: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NFPPBP

 

[FabioXN7]

That's a good rig although I would go with a GTX 1070 or 1080 instead of a 1060 specially because you'll be going hard on gaming as you state, as for HD why did you picked 2 HDS with 1 TB each when you could simply get 1 HD with 2 TBs instead all in one?

 

[AlexWirtes]

I was hitting the bong when I was selecting parts. >.>

 

[SoggyTissue]

general rule of thumb: 16GB ram, more if you plan to have several programs/games on each screen ... 24-32GB is a bit mad but doable.

you will need a monster cpu, 6+ cores because future games will start using more than 4; and current games using 4 will mean 2+ cores will be free from games to do all the other things like video, stream, skype, walkthroughs, browser prawn. (not truely how cores work but a good visual).

I would say get a larger 500GB ssd and then a sshd slave, you lose 500GB but gain slightly more flexible loading times from the sshd slave.

I would reccomend a 1070 8GB at least if youre gonna be doing 3+ monitors with potentially games running on each?

Is sound important enough for a soundblaster? mobo sound is reasonable already, unless you love your sound.

Always pack a big psu so that you have no fear if you ever want to upgrade.

 

[R_1]

What FabioXN7 said and you'll only need a 550W PSU and the G3 550W is almost just as efficient as the P2 but its built on a newer, smaller platform. you could use the saved money for the GPU upgrade.
Are you planning to AID-0 those drives?
I understand the need for three network adaptors but 2 audio cards? if you are not going to use the hardware on the motherboard you could go with a cheaper model.

 

[AlexWirtes]

The site wont let me pick a processor with more than 4 cores. Something may need to be swapped out to make up for those extra cores.
RAM: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200
Graphics: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB DUKE OC
PSU: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX
HDD: Western Digital - Gold 2TB 3.5- 7200RPM
SSD: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5"
Sound: I really wanna hear my music! Bass/Treble everything.

To clarify I don't intend on running more than one game at a time. Just programs.

I will update frequently for everyone to reference: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/AlexWirtes/saved/qYMqsY

 

[R_1]

this is how I would go with that money
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2knb9W
left the creative on, but I suggest trying the onboard before buying a dedicated card, high end boards have high end audio.
I assumed you already had a 1060

 

[AlexWirtes]

The list is updated again. Not sure what I should do about a processor now.

 

[boosted1g]

Since also doing media/multitasking have you considered a Ryzen build?

For your needs a 1070 is completely fine. If not gaming 4k a 1070 is completely fine.

Do yourself a favor and get Sasmung or Crucial SSD, WD SSD drives use what all the other budget ones use - Toshiba 3D TLC, this is much slower than Samsung and Crucial drives at random read/write.

G2/G3/GQ PSU is plenty good enough.

I would at least hold off on the audio card to at least see if the onboard audio chipset is sufficient for you.
There is not much of a difference between the audio on gaming motherboards vs $100 sound cards

Also your memory is 2 different frequencies. You can get 32GB for $230 which is only $20 more than what you have listed.
When buying 2 different sets (or non-matching sticks) there is always the chance of them not playing nice together, even if the values or even the model numbers are exactly the same.

 

[LeRock]

Hi everyone! I'm looking for a little feedback on this build.

My intention is to build a well rounded machine that can crush as a gaming/media/multitasking

dominate games like For Honor, Monster Hunter: World, X-com 2 and Middle Earth: Shadow of War at 1080p @ 60fps or whatever max required specs.

She should be able to handle programs such as Photoshop, FL Studio, and RPG Maker without a hitch. Even if a game is occasionally running in the background.

I like to game, talk to friends, listen to music, and watch YouTube all at the same time. So, multiple displays and multitasking are both very appealing. Bottom line, I want it to crush anything I throw at it.

That being said, I only have a limited knowledge on the intricacies of picking out parts. Let alone actually building this. Any suggestions on making this beast purr are wholeheartedly welcomed. Thanks for reading this over!

The PC in question: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NFPPBP

Just saying, you don't NEED to spend $1400 to achieve what you want to achieve.

Anyways, RAM is the most important component for multitasking, and having many tabs open all at once, so 16gb would be much more beneficial than 8gb.

And for GPUs - wouldn't having more VRAM be better for multi tasking, or does VRAM not apply to these sort of things? Thus, maybe a GTX 1060 6gb, would easily run Shadow of War, hell I can run Shadow of Mordor on my GT 1030 at 1080p incredibly smoothly (non gaming GPU).

That's all I can make a comment on, hopefully it's useful?

 

[AlexWirtes]

Latest and greatest taking all of this into consideration minus the CPU since I'm still having issues swapping it for a 6 core

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/AlexWirtes/saved/qYMqsY

 

[SoggyTissue]

depends on the 6+ core, would require a different motherboard. x99 etc.

as Boosted suggests, the cheapest option for more cores would be a ryzen (again you would need a different mobo), but i would always go with what i would feel comfortable with.