Help a troop build a PC

[grumblinggremlin]

Greetings!
Ex-army mechanic here. Honorably discharged and recent college graduate thanks to the GI Bill. I'm looking to give building a computer a try to celebrate my first civilian job since flipping burgers in high school! I'm pretty good with putting things together when given a pile of parts, but hardware clueless so could use some help making sure the right parts are in my pile.

The system will be used mainly for gaming (From Witcher to Battlefield to WoW). Possibly of note, I do enjoy having two monitors to view videos/netflix when playing more relaxed games.
From poking around here a bit, I threw together a basic parts list:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9Ysd9J

I'd greatly appreciate if someone would verify that there are no potential issues between parts, as said I'm hardware clueless. And if you see a part that just seems iffy and would recommend a comparable replacement, I sure won't mind.

Beyond that, I could use some advice on a case and a monitor. Especially the monitor.
Given the proposed system, what am I looking for that can take advantage of it but not needlessly outclass it? Been running my old (6+ year old) PC on an LG 32CS560 TV, and guessing an actual monitor will look a bit nicer than a TV. Any suggestions in the $100-$250 range at a size somewhere around 32"(+/-6")? Or even just what resolution and other fancy words I should keep an eye on.

Thanks for your help!

 

[USAFRet]

For your CPU and motherboard...

Change to this combo to save a couple $$
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3777067

 

[grumblinggremlin]

For your CPU and motherboard...

Change to this combo to save a couple $$
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.3777067

Very cool, thank you

 

[maxalge]

Greetings!
Ex-army mechanic here. Honorably discharged and recent college graduate thanks to the GI Bill. I'm looking to give building a computer a try to celebrate my first civilian job since flipping burgers in high school! I'm pretty good with putting things together when given a pile of parts, but hardware clueless so could use some help making sure the right parts are in my pile.

The system will be used mainly for gaming (From Witcher to Battlefield to WoW). Possibly of note, I do enjoy having two monitors to view videos/netflix when playing more relaxed games.
From poking around here a bit, I threw together a basic parts list:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9Ysd9J

I'd greatly appreciate if someone would verify that there are no potential issues between parts, as said I'm hardware clueless. And if you see a part that just seems iffy and would recommend a comparable replacement, I sure won't mind.

Beyond that, I could use some advice on a case and a monitor. Especially the monitor.
Given the proposed system, what am I looking for that can take advantage of it but not needlessly outclass it? Been running my old (6+ year old) PC on an LG 32CS560 TV, and guessing an actual monitor will look a bit nicer than a TV. Any suggestions in the $100-$250 range at a size somewhere around 32"(+/-6")? Or even just what resolution and other fancy words I should keep an eye on.

Thanks for your help!

an i5 8400 is superior for gaming

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Bt7KpG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Bt7KpG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($178.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360 HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($81.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.09 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC2 Gaming iCX Video Card ($449.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($94.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1068.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-18 21:30 EDT-0400

 

[richiestang_78]

8400 is slightly better, however it will not be as good for gaming while streaming as well as a lot productivity work since it has less threads. If gaming is you're primary function then get the 8400, save a few bucks and you will have better performance overall.

 

[smorizio]

if you have a local micro center look at there cpu and mb combo. also walk in and look at there monitors. just like newer tv you have to look at see if you like the color on the panel your looking at. just like tv there are now mate and glossy screens and 3 or four types of screens...lcd/led/oled. the newer screens now are curved. on your boot os drive swap it out for 20.00 more m2 ssd. there are a lot faster then the older sata drives. the wd blue and green drives are not bad drives. the lower end wd drives do have a higher failure rate then the red/black drives. if you have a lot of personal photos or work have a good back up plan...ext drive..online...with these newer drives some time they will just die and take your data with them. hold of a few weeks if you can on the gpu. it looks like nvidia is going to drop there 11xx cards soon. so there going to be faster then the older gpu for about the same price.

 

[King Dranzer]

Here is the list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($298.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - H310M S2P Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($59.55 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot - Signature Line 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($73.63 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.09 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB ARMOR Video Card ($464.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus - VA325H 31.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor ($198.40 @ Amazon)
Total: $1363.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-19 00:04 EDT-0400

Intel i7-8700 and GTX1070Ti combo is around 55% more powerful than R5 2600X and GTX1060 combo and around 30% more powerful than i5-8400 and GTX1070 combo which is a huge gain.

Generally I would have recommended 24" monitor but as you have using 32" 1080p TV cutting down on size will be dis-satisfactory. That 32" ASUS monitor is good but need to adjust its settings a bit check out Amazon.com reviews.

Corsair 200R is a great case comes with good quality and is easy to work in and spacious. The best at that budget range.

Skipped WindowsOS for now as you can run PC without activating Windows just fine. You will be missing some basic Windows features but that will not limit your usage of installed software or games in any way. You can activate it in future no problem.