Question First Time PC Building Help Needed

[BinnieThePooh]

Hi, I am currently trying to build my first gaming PC with the help of my brother. We put together a list of parts but are unsure as to how compatible they are.

Approximate Purchase Date: June 30th

Budget Range: maximum at around $700 Before Shipping and Tax

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Digital Art, Office Work

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: CPU, GPU, RAM, Motherboard, PSU

Do you need to buy OS: No, Maybe?

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, amazon.com

Location: Riverside, CA, USA

Parts Preferences: N/A

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: I am not sure what type of license I have for my Windows installation.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My old desktop isn't really suitable for my hobbies.

Parts Selected:

Processor: Intel i5 - 9400F
https://www.newegg.com/intel-core-i5-9th-gen-core-i5-9400f/p/N82E16819117981?Item=N82E16819117981

GPU: MSI Radeon RX 580
https://www.newegg.com/msi-radeon-rx-580-rx-580-armor-8g-oc/p/N82E16814137118?Item=N82E16814137118

Motherboard: MSI B360-A Pro
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813144155?Item=N82E16813144155

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 2x4GB DDR4-2666
https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-8gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820231890?Item=N82E16820231890

PSU: Rosewill Arc 450W
https://www.newegg.com/rosewill-arc...elsius/p/N82E16817182295?Item=N82E16817182295

Wireless Adapter: Rosewill RNX-AC1900PCE
https://www.newegg.com/rosewill-rnx-ac1900pce-pci-express/p/N82E16833166121?Item=N82E16833166121

Case: Cougar MX330-X
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811553030?Item=N82E16811553030

For the hard drive, we were thinking of transferring a 1TB HDD from my old prebuilt HP desktop. Are these components compatible? Also, did we miss anything and is there anything we should be concerned about? Thank you in advance.

Edit: fixed formatting

 

[Lutfij]

You're going to have to include details for your build, following the stylizing of the post in this thread. You're going to have to need to look at a better PSU, if you choose the right board, you get wifi built in.

 

[Vic 40]

Might be that the motherboard comes with a bios/uefi that doesn't support that pretty recent cpu so keep that in mind. If buying from a shop ask them to update the bios for you. They might ask a small fee for this.
You use an expensive wifi adapter,think of using a cheaper one and get some money free for a better psu.

Think you're on a tight budget,may i ask what the max is?

You need to realize that you most likely will have to reinstall windows clean to get the system running without hick ups.Make back ups of things you want to keep before transferring the hdd to the new system.

 

[BinnieThePooh]

You're going to have to include details for your build, following the stylizing of the post in this thread. You're going to have to need to look at a better PSU, if you choose the right board, you get wifi built in.

Alright, thank you, I'll update the post shortly and look into an alternate motherboard and PSU. Do you have any recommendations?

Might be that the motherboard comes with a BIOS/UEFI that doesn't support that pretty recent CPU so keep that in mind. If buying from a shop ask them to update the bios for you. They might ask a small fee for this.
You use an expensive wifi adapter, think of using a cheaper one and get some money free for a better PSU.

Think you're on a tight budget, may I ask what the max is?

You need to realize that you most likely will have to reinstall windows clean to get the system running without hiccups. Make backups of things you want to keep before transferring the HDD to the new system.

Thanks for the reply. How would I go about reinstalling Windows? Also, my budget is around $700, I'll update my post shortly.

 

[g-unit1111]

For the hard drive, we were thinking of transferring a 1TB HDD from my old prebuilt HP desktop. Are these components compatible? Also, did we miss anything and is there anything we should be concerned about? Thank you in advance.

A 1TB hard drive will be a major bottleneck, and your Windows license won't transfer over to the new machine - keep those two things in mind if you are going to do this. You're better off buying an SSD if you can increase your budget. You can also use your 1TB drive as secondary storage, but I would not use it as primary. This is what I would suggest:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($145.74 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($123.98 @ Newegg Business)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks - P300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($52.00 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Walmart)
Total: $716.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-24 19:07 EDT-0400