Is this a good computer?

[bjdoty01]

I have been trying to make a good gaming computer for not to expensive. I was trying to hit a budget of 750. But I can go a little over it. I put this computer together asking one of my friends for advice because I don't know much about computers and my dad occasionally. I am trying to get some more advice to see if I could change anything?

This is the computer I put together on PCPartPicker:
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/BakProject/saved/PLGsJx

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Computer Without clicking on the link:

* Intel i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core
* B360 Gaming Plus ATX LGA1151 Mother Board
* Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 X 4GB Strips)
* Kingston A400 - 120GB SSD
* Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM
* MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1
* Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

-- Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case

Total: Approx. $874

 

[velocityg4]

I'd go with something like this instead. Performance is practically identical, larger SSD, lower price and better quality PSU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($178.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($68.09 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Team - L5 LITE 3D 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini Video Card ($284.82 @ Amazon)
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Gold 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $792.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-17 23:41 EDT-0400

 

[ElectrO_90]

Because Velocity has saved you $100
You could in theory upgrade the 1060 to a 1070 for $50 more than your original quote.

 

[bjdoty01]

@Velocityg4 but wouldn't the mini card have a worse time with the cooling then a full sized card?

And sorry for negative voting your comment, it helped a lot. (I'm new to this site and don't know what everything does.)

 

[ElectrO_90]

No, in fact being smaller in theory it should have better cooling, because it's made for smaller places, so cooling has to be better.

 

[velocityg4]

@Velocityg4 but wouldn't the mini card have a worse time with the cooling then a full sized card?

And sorry for negative voting your comment, it helped a lot. (I'm new to this site and don't know what everything does.)

Cooling is fine. I have some of those (from EVGA but the same size) in a mining rig in a hot garage. The larger coolers really just keep it quieter. Perhaps there are some higher limits if you overclock a card. Anyways I have single, dual and triple fan models. All temps are within 2 or 3 C at the same settings and load.

I think you can undo your downvote. Look around my post. I think there is an option to do so.

 

[bjdoty01]

@Velocityg4 Right now the full sized GTX 1060 that I've selected is on a -$52 Promo. So would the full size or the mini be best? I know they would be super close on performance, but what would be better?

 

[velocityg4]

Well if you can get them for the same price after mail in rebate. I'd get the MSI. Just because it is quieter and looks better, IMHO. Technically there isn't much reason to choose one over another. Just noise and aesthetics. There's probably some minor differences in factory clock rates. Those don't matter since you can set them yourself using MSI Afterburner. You can use Afterburner on non MSI cards. They just need to be a recent nVidia GPU.

 

[bjdoty01]

I have settled down with the computer a little changes here and there. The link to the final build is this.

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/BakProject/saved/2VJvVn

 

[velocityg4]

Looks pretty good. The Supernova G3 is the same price an better quality.

Not sure what you need the Deepcool fan for. An 80mm fan won't move much air. Just adds noise.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($178.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B360M DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($68.09 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($83.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Inland - 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1 Video Card ($284.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ B&H)
Total: $827.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-25 18:08 EDT-0400