Help potentially improve this gaming build

[Agent Ardalan]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/v4tjRJ

Above is the system we're trying to build. Maximum budget is around CAD$2000 .

Are there any problems you can see with this build? Anything that can be improved?

Frankly we found most of this build as a package on newegg and it didn't seem that bad.

Thanks.

 

[azaran]

Off the cuff...
Swap out the PSU. The EVGA G1 series weren't well made.
For $1 more you can get a EVGA GQ
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/kz7CmG/evga-power-supply-210gq0650
For $6 more you can get a Seasonic Focus Gold
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/qn7v6h/seasonic-focus-gold-650w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-ssr-650fm

The SSD isn't bad, but it could be better.
If you care enough about the performance I'd suggest throwing $33 at it and pick up a Corsair MX500
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/4mkj4D/crucial-mx500-250gb-25-solid-state-drive-ct250mx500ssd1

Also did you factor in cost of the OS?

 

[CRO5513Y]

At your budget, i'd get this instead...

Faster SSD, Better PSU, Ryzen 7 vs 5, X470 vs B450 Motherboard, Better case (imo), EVGA GTX 1080 for cheaper, Same speed RAM just different colour for cheaper...

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XNG7sZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XNG7sZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor ($389.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($162.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($194.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.94 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ACX 3.0 Video Card ($640.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ PC-Canada)
Monitor: MSI - Optix MAG24C 23.6" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($339.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $2003.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-02 02:25 EDT-0400

It's $3 over budget but if this is a problem, drop down Motherboard to B450 or slightly PSU like the Corsair TXM / EVGA SuperNOVA G instead which are good units too. Hope this helps!

 

[Agent Ardalan]

Off the cuff...
Swap out the PSU. The EVGA G1 series weren't well made.
For $1 more you can get a EVGA GQ
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/kz7CmG/evga-power-supply-210gq0650
For $6 more you can get a Seasonic Focus Gold
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/qn7v6h/seasonic-focus-gold-650w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-ssr-650fm

The SSD isn't bad, but it could be better.
If you care enough about the performance I'd suggest throwing $33 at it and pick up a Corsair MX500
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/4mkj4D/crucial-mx500-250gb-25-solid-state-drive-ct250mx500ssd1

Also did you factor in cost of the OS?

I replaced the PSU as you said with the Seasonic.

Wer also changed the motherboard to a Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard

And the ram to G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000.

We already own an OS

 

[Agent Ardalan]

At your budget, i'd get this instead...

Faster SSD, Better PSU, Ryzen 7 vs 5, X470 vs B450 Motherboard, Better case (imo), EVGA GTX 1080 for cheaper, Same speed RAM just different colour for cheaper...

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XNG7sZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XNG7sZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor ($389.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($162.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($194.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.94 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ACX 3.0 Video Card ($640.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ PC-Canada)
Monitor: MSI - Optix MAG24C 23.6" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($339.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $2003.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-02 02:25 EDT-0400

It's $3 over budget but if this is a problem, drop down Motherboard to B450 or slightly PSU like the Corsair TXM / EVGA SuperNOVA G instead which are good units too. Hope this helps!

This looks really good but I failed to add that I also have to buy mouse and keyboard and with those and the tax It'll be well above 2K.

The motherboard has a $40 so it's pretty much the same as the b450. I downgraded the psu to corsair txm 550.

Thank you very much.

 

[CRO5513Y]

At your budget, i'd get this instead...

Faster SSD, Better PSU, Ryzen 7 vs 5, X470 vs B450 Motherboard, Better case (imo), EVGA GTX 1080 for cheaper, Same speed RAM just different colour for cheaper...

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XNG7sZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XNG7sZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor ($389.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($162.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($194.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.94 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ACX 3.0 Video Card ($640.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ PC-Canada)
Monitor: MSI - Optix MAG24C 23.6" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($339.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $2003.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-02 02:25 EDT-0400

It's $3 over budget but if this is a problem, drop down Motherboard to B450 or slightly PSU like the Corsair TXM / EVGA SuperNOVA G instead which are good units too. Hope this helps!

This looks really good but I failed to add that I also have to buy mouse and keyboard and with those and the tax It'll be well above 2K.

The downgrades you mentioned don't actually do much though.

Thank you very much.

Does this leave enough room then? B450 Motherboard instead of X470, slightly slower SSD but still same size, Semi-modular version of the PSU and Gigabyte instead of EVGA 1080 which will make very little difference, just cooler.

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Mtg88Y
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Mtg88Y/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor ($389.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($125.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($194.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card ($609.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.99 @ PC-Canada)
Monitor: MSI - Optix MAG24C 23.6" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($339.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $1899.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-02 02:50 EDT-0400

 

[Agent Ardalan]

At your budget, i'd get this instead...

Faster SSD, Better PSU, Ryzen 7 vs 5, X470 vs B450 Motherboard, Better case (imo), EVGA GTX 1080 for cheaper, Same speed RAM just different colour for cheaper...

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XNG7sZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XNG7sZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor ($389.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($162.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($194.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.94 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ACX 3.0 Video Card ($640.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ PC-Canada)
Monitor: MSI - Optix MAG24C 23.6" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($339.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $2003.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-02 02:25 EDT-0400

It's $3 over budget but if this is a problem, drop down Motherboard to B450 or slightly PSU like the Corsair TXM / EVGA SuperNOVA G instead which are good units too. Hope this helps!

This looks really good but I failed to add that I also have to buy mouse and keyboard and with those and the tax It'll be well above 2K.

The downgrades you mentioned don't actually do much though.

Thank you very much.

Does this leave enough room then? B450 Motherboard instead of X470, slightly slower SSD but still same size, Semi-modular version of the PSU and Gigabyte instead of EVGA 1080 which will make very little difference, just cooler.

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Mtg88Y
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Mtg88Y/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor ($389.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($125.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($194.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card ($609.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.99 @ PC-Canada)
Monitor: MSI - Optix MAG24C 23.6" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($339.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $1899.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-02 02:50 EDT-0400

Downgrading the monitor to a g24c makes it more promising aswell. Thank you I'll have to relay the information and I'll see what happens. There is tax aswell after all.

Also, will the semi modular psu be enough to connect everything in this setup? Apprently they only have 1 pcie cable and as far as I remember you need 2 for the vga.

 

[CRO5513Y]

At your budget, i'd get this instead...

Faster SSD, Better PSU, Ryzen 7 vs 5, X470 vs B450 Motherboard, Better case (imo), EVGA GTX 1080 for cheaper, Same speed RAM just different colour for cheaper...

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XNG7sZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/XNG7sZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor ($389.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard ($162.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($194.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.94 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ACX 3.0 Video Card ($640.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ PC-Canada)
Monitor: MSI - Optix MAG24C 23.6" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($339.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $2003.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-02 02:25 EDT-0400

It's $3 over budget but if this is a problem, drop down Motherboard to B450 or slightly PSU like the Corsair TXM / EVGA SuperNOVA G instead which are good units too. Hope this helps!

This looks really good but I failed to add that I also have to buy mouse and keyboard and with those and the tax It'll be well above 2K.

The downgrades you mentioned don't actually do much though.

Thank you very much.

Does this leave enough room then? B450 Motherboard instead of X470, slightly slower SSD but still same size, Semi-modular version of the PSU and Gigabyte instead of EVGA 1080 which will make very little difference, just cooler.

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Mtg88Y
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/Mtg88Y/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor ($389.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($125.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($194.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($64.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card ($609.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.99 @ PC-Canada)
Monitor: MSI - Optix MAG24C 23.6" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($339.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $1899.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-02 02:50 EDT-0400

Downgrading the monitor to a g24c makes it more promising aswell. Thank you I'll have to relay the information and I'll see what happens. There is tax aswell after all.

Also, will the semi modular psu be enough to connect everything in this setup? Apprently they only have 1 pcie cable and as far as I remember you need 2 for the vga.

Yes you can, it has 2x PCIe connectors for a Graphics card. Semi-Modular just means all the requires cables (Motherboard, CPU, etc) are all fixed into the PSU, whereas on Fully-Modular all cables can be unplugged.