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I am building my first pc soon, but I need help with the parts. If anyone has any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. So far I have:

ryzen 7 2700x (I will be using the wraith prism included)
MSI gtx 1070 armor
gigabyte x470 aorus ultra gaming
corsair vengeance (16gb @ 2666mhz)
crucial bx500 240gb ssd
wd blue 1tb @ 5400
versa n26 w 600w psu

I really don't want to get anything wrong, as that would be $1000 down the drain. I also am buying the GPU used to save some money. Please let me know if this is a bad idea, and if there is anything I could save money on by getting used.
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($83.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL - SUPER LUCE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($104.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Team - T-FORCE DELTA RGB 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair - Crystal 280X MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $758.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-27 00:12 EST-0500

200 bucks for a 1070 and 40 bucks for 2 rgb fans?
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($83.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL - SUPER LUCE RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($104.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: HP - EX920 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card ($279.00 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair - Crystal 280X MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $972.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-27 03:50 EST-0500


The 280X comes with 2 fans. Put one under the gpu in the bottom and one above the cpu/mobo vrm in the top as intakes.
 
Here is the list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($164.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($69.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Video Card ($489.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg Business)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1074.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-27 04:17 EST-0500


If it is for gaming this will perform lot better than GTX1070 or GTX1660Ti build.
 
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Here is the list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($164.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($69.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Video Card ($489.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg Business)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1074.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-27 04:17 EST-0500


If it is for gaming this will perform lot better than GTX1070 or GTX1660Ti build.

This is a good idea, except I would like the higher specs of the 2700x, and a 1070 or 1660 ti is good enough for the games I will be playing. I will probably be doing some kind of video editing at some point too. Otherwise, your suggestion is a very good idea. I will probably end up chopping and changing the components from different build suggestions for my final design.
 
Here is the list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($249.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($69.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Video Card ($489.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg Business)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1114.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-27 05:48 EST-0500


If you can push budget little up then you can get this no compromise build. HDD can be added at any point of time as it is low cost investment. There is a decent and noticeable difference in performance when going for RTX2070 over GTX1070 or GTX1660Ti.
 
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Might be able to simply scrap the small 1 TB WD Blue, and too-small 240 GB SSD, and simply get a 1 TB SSD on sale....(Intel has some 1 TB 760P SSD or something for $105 or so now???)

Add a 4 TB HGST drive later for bulk storage....

1tb will be enough for my storage needs. My laptop has a 1tb HDD. I have had it for a bit over a year now and I have only put 3 GB of stuff on it. My laptop also has a 160 GB ssd, of which I have only used 60.9 GB (including windows). I also will need to budget in a monitor somewhere, as I could use my TV, but I would have to switch between inputs with my Xbox, TV and then also my PC. I also plug in my laptop when I want a "second" display.