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lunarfreakz

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Hello Tom's Hardware Community,

I am buying my first gaming pc ever and I have a budget of 1500euro however would love to spend as little money as I possibly can to get above minimum requirements for most of the popular games now (COD, Fortnite, Mount&Blade and some others). I did a lot of research on finding out what is good for what and which is better than what. Here is the finally specifications that I had customized for 1,507euros.

Case= Sharkoon Skiller SGC1
Processor (CPU)= Intel Core i5-8600k
Cooling= Scythe Mugen 5 PCGH
Memory (RAM)= 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4-2400Mhz (I think its 2x8GB)
Graphics Card (GPU)= GTX 1070Ti 8GB
Motherboard= MSI Z370-A PRO
HDD= Seagate Barracuda 1TB
SSD= Samsung 860 EVO 250GB
Power Supply= 650W Corsair RM650X
OS= Windows 10 Home 64-bit

1. Are these components good for the price of 1,507euro? (A company is assembling it for me and I am aware it would be a lot cheaper if I built it myself, however I am very scared I will do something wrong when building it)
2. How long do you think it could last? (will it have to be replaced or solely upgraded - GPU/CPU?)
3. Are these components and specs too high for games as I mentioned above? If so, what components and specifications would be ideal/cheaper?

Any answers, recommendations and solutions are very appreciated!
 
Solution
The M.2 drive in that build shares the same connection pathways as a sata particular sata port. Not sure if I would trust that €24.00 Windows listing. That is far below normal cost for Windows, and might not be legit keys, and could end up with you spending more to get a proper license. If you are willing to take the risk, my build drops another €74. This would put my system more in line with King's if I went 8700k, and the GTX 1080. You could load win 10 onto a USB drive, using Microsoft's media creation tool, install windows, and leave it unactivated till you could afford to buy a proper license. You lose out on some customization options, and get an annoying watermark that will let you know you need to register windows, but it will...


Amazon isn't the seller, a different seller is. Just because it is on Amazon, doesn't mean it is legit. People get scammed
there just as well as anywhere else.

@Lunarfreakz, yes the drivers will come with the motherboard, but you may have to download them, from the manufacturer, unless you have an optical drive lying around.
 


How will I know which manufacturer? (let's say I use the build that I set as the solution)
 


That means all the Microsoft Windows license listed on Amazon are not legit. Because all of them are sold by different sellers on Amazon and none of them are sold directly by Microsoft.
 


Amazon.com - second link.
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That product is provided by Microsoft but not sold by. Please check sellers list.