[SOLVED] First $1000 build, how did i do?

[NoobUser117]

Hey guys,

im doing a build for my mom who has, for the last 8 years been using nothing but laptops, and while they have worked pretty okay, she's ready for a nice computer.

She normally uses her current laptop for gaming, and day-to-day activities(youtube,bills,ect).

The rough budget on this is $1000 USD, and we are hoping to get everything ready this week or next.


She's going from this:

HP Pavilion(Current Laptop)

i5-6200U 2.3Ghz
8GB ram
Intel® HD Graphics 520


To This(which i am kinda proud of, Considering im new waters when it comes to higher end hardware)

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/asadperson/saved/pjGGf7



Intel Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor

CRYORIG M9i CPU Cooler

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI

G.Skill Aegis 16 GB

Western Digital Blue 250 GB

Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB

Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB

EVGA 600W

windows 10


So guys, how did i do?? Any suggestions, or tips are more then welcomed, as i said before, im more of a lower, lower end guy.

Thanks guys

 

[haza12d]

Will this be on an open air test bench? You are missing a case. 😊

And will your mom need all that storage? If not, ditch the SATA drives for a 500GB/1TB NVMe drive.

What kind of games does your mom play? You might want to consider a 3600x for something that is geared towards productivity if that's what she'll be spending most of her time doing.

Other than that the build looks good 👌

 

[NoobUser117]

Will this be on an open air test bench? You are missing a case. 😊

And will your mom need all that storage? If not, ditch the SATA drives for a 500GB/1TB NVMe drive.

What kind of games does your mom play? You might want to consider a 3600x for something that is geared towards productivity if that's what she'll be spending most of her time doing.

Other than that the build looks good 👌

Sorry, i should have put in i have a case on hand. she plays world of warcraft, diablo 2/3(The newer game) and a few others, which is why i thought a larger drive would be best, however i will look into the NVMe drives, Thanks Haza .

 

[Hellfire13]

Intel is bad value right now, specially when they are on the verge of launching their next gen. processors...
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/future-hardware-releases/
Also that PSU in your build is garbage.

Here is how to get Windows cheap...
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/get-windows-10-free-or-cheap,5717.html
You can even activate it later. There is no effect on performance...
https://www.howtogeek.com/244678/you-dont-need-a-product-key-to-install-and-use-windows-10/

This should be better...

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor | $174.15 @ Amazon
Motherboard | MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard | $114.99 @ B&H
Memory | G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory | $85.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $119.99 @ Newegg
Video Card | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB Video Card | $399.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply | SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | $89.99 @ B&H
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $985.10
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-20 00:59 EDT-0400 |


And if you are still biased towards Intel, then...

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor | $199.89 @ B&H
CPU Cooler | ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler | $46.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard | ASRock Z390M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard | $107.99 @ Amazon
Memory | G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | $69.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $119.99 @ Newegg
Video Card | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB Video Card | $399.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply | SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | $89.99 @ B&H
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $1034.83
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-20 01:47 EDT-0400 |