Helping a friend build a gaming PC

[chrisvaffel]

So I am helping my friend select parts and build his PC. He wanted it to be a reasonable price and still be able to play most new games smoothly. I am very insecure about how it will perform and such. Can any of you perhaps give me some tips or tell me if there is something I should change? These are the specs I've chosen:
- CPU: Intel i5 - 8400
- Motherboard: MSI LGA1151 z370-A PRO
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666MHz 16gb
- CPU Cooler is included in the pacage deal.
- HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5"
- SSD: Kingstor A400 120gb 2.5"
- GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Armor OC
- NZXT S340 Elite Midi Tower
- PSU: Cooler Master MasterWatt Lite 500W
- And Windows 10

 

[Hellfire13]

Budget and location?

 

[chrisvaffel]

Budget and location?

What do you mean?

 

[Hellfire13]

What is your overall budget for the PC and which part of the world are you located???

 

[chrisvaffel]

What is your overall budget for the PC and which part of the world are you located???

Location is Norway. And budget is around 10 000nok (Ca. 1225usd). The build I have chosen above is like a max at about 12-13 000nok. (ca. 1500-1600usd)

 

[Hellfire13]

This is just to give you a part idea bout what kind of hardware to look for.

Improvements...
> SSD with individual RAM cache for faster performance.
> Non overclocking board for a locked chip.
> Better case and PSU for longevity and performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor (€169.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€74.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (€141.33 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (€69.88 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€57.88 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card (€435.94 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (€50.98 @ Alternate)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€65.89 @ Alternate)
Total: €1066.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-15 23:57 CEST+0200

 

[chrisvaffel]

This is just to give you a part idea bout what kind of hardware to look for.

Improvements...
> SSD with individual RAM cache for faster performance.
> Non overclocking board for a locked chip.
> Better case and PSU for longevity and performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor (€169.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€74.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (€141.33 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (€69.88 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€57.88 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card (€435.94 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (€50.98 @ Alternate)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (€65.89 @ Alternate)
Total: €1066.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-15 23:57 CEST+0200

Thanks alot! I think I will swap the PSU for the Corsair TX550M, 550W PSU. Because the other one had alot of complaints about being loud.