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That water cooler is a waste of money of this kind of budget. Ram is too low. This makes far more sense.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus...
Are you trying to stay under a certain budget? You have a very low end board that is super small. Only one stick of ram, and only 4GBs as well. But for some reason you have a $150(!) cooler. I'd drop the cooler down to a 212 or similar model, and put the extra $100 into ram and possibly a better board. Better CPU if you have any funds left over.
 


Not sure what that was so I made some adjustments. You don't need a CPU cooler, the CPU comes with one and it's fine. Changed the PSU, MB and memory also.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-A320M-HD2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($60.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($106.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB GAMING X 4G Video Card ($194.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.90 @ Newegg)
Total: $567.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-05 11:38 EST-0500
 


Are you serious about the A320 MB?
 


Nothing wrong with it on a budget build and that is what this seems to be, could always get a higher end board though.
 
1300X is 3.5 by default, good to have, stock cooler is decent
4 gb is too small, 8 gb ram is a must nowadays
better motherboard
550 psu can allow future upgrades and this is better quality

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($128.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.68 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC Edition Video Card ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $586.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-05 11:45 EST-0500
 


Likely won't matter one way or the other really.

Have to see what they want to do or not.
 


Have to see if there is a budget and what they want to do with it.

Personally I would have gone with a faster CPU and better MB, but have to wait and see.

 


That water cooler is a waste of money of this kind of budget. Ram is too low. This makes far more sense.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Dual Video Card ($244.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $625.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-05 15:09 EST-0500

or if you want an SSD.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($60.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Storage: Toshiba - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($42.19 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC Edition Video Card ($164.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $658.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-05 15:15 EST-0500
 
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