Question First time building PC from scratch

SeekerLogan

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Hey guys, gonna be building a PC from scratch for the first time soon and was wondering if you guys had any recommendations for me, budget is around £1500-£2000, this is what i have thus far, thinking of adding a couple of Noctua fans to the case to help with airflow, any recommendations or help is appreciated, thanks

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/72YrTB
 
Personally I'd go with a Ryzen 2nd Gen platform but the build looks good thus far. I'd also have tried to build an matx/mitx system for that price point.

Edit: Revised Build,
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£124.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Fractal Design - Celsius S24 87.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£98.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£82.48 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£124.68 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£125.28 @ Box Limited)
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£65.21 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card (£669.09 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£83.27 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£85.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1459.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-27 18:32 BST+0100


For about 40 pounds more you can get the R5 2600x. You could buy the R7 for the same amount of money you're shelling on the i5.
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£192.78 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Fractal Design - Celsius S24 87.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£98.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£82.48 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£124.68 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£125.28 @ Box Limited)
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£65.21 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card (£669.09 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£83.27 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£85.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1526.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-27 18:34 BST+0100

Re-edit: with NVMe SSD instead of 2.5" SSD

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£192.78 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Fractal Design - Celsius S24 87.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£98.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M Steel Legend Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£82.48 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£124.68 @ Kustom PCs)
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£129.00 @ Box Limited)
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£65.21 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING OC WHITE Video Card (£675.55 @ Technextday)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£83.27 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£85.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1537.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-27 18:38 BST+0100
 
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Personally I'd go with a Ryzen 2nd Gen platform but the build looks good thus far. I'd also have tried to build an matx/mitx system for that price point.
Forgive my ignorance, I haven't kept myself up to date with computer hardware, is Ryzen that much better than Intel? And what are the benefits of matx/mitx as opposed to atx?