Build Advice Is this a good gaming rig? (NEW)

[diablius]

Two years ago i bought my HP Omen 870-224. Warranty expired last year and I'm making my own this time. I have a budget around $900 (without tax lol). Is this any good?
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/c4zM9J
Also planning on using wraith spire cooler

 

[richiestang_78]

If you can get 3200mhz speed RAM, its usually only a couple bucks

Unless you really are in love with that case I would get something cheaper then put the money you save into a either a 1660ti or maybe a 500GB SSD. (Samsung and Crucial 500GB are both well under 100 dollars these days)

 

[diablius]

If you can get 3200mhz speed RAM, its usually only a couple bucks

Unless you really are in love with that case I would get something cheaper then put the money you save into a either a 1660ti or maybe a 500GB SSD. (Samsung and Crucial 500GB are both well under 100 dollars these days)

I think i'm gonna stick with the case i like it, but it was $10 more for 3200. I could go that far.
Would a 250gb ssd work?

 

[diablius]

i heard a soild state isn't needed, would it make much of a difference?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Yes, a 250GB class SSD would work. You could get a good deal on an intel 660p NVME SSD right now.
Solid state drives aren't required and a SATA HDD will work, however, solid state drives are now really inexpensive and can make your boot and program load times a quarter of what they would be on an HDD.
SSDs also draw less power and are more reliable than a traditional hard drive. Once you switch to an SSD you will never want to go back to a hard drive as a boot drive.
Also, 3200mhz ram for AMD Ryzen is a good idea.
BTW you can get a 3tb 7200rpm hdd for less than that 1tb drive costs.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Are you planning on overclocking?
You could get more gaming performance by getting a slightly slower R5 2600 and a 1660ti.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

If you were to omit that case you could get this setup
PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor | $219.89 @ OutletPC - 2 more cores than the 2600x and turbo speeds only 100mhz apart.
Motherboard | Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard | $66.99 @ Newegg - decent board
Memory | Team - T-Force Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | $79.99 @ Newegg Business - 3200 for great performance
Storage | Team - MS30 256 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $29.99 @ Newegg Business - THis is a good deal on a 256gb ssd (m.2 sata)
Storage | Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $48.49 @ AMAZON] - 3 times the size of the old drive and cheaper.
Video Card | MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB ARMOR OC Video Card | $278.98 @ Newegg - Better than the 1660
Case | Cooler Master - MasterBox MB511 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case | $66.99 @ Newegg - Good looking and RGB
Power Supply | SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply | $61.98 @ Newegg - The CX550M isnt a bad unit by any means but the $2 more seasonic has 70 more watts and more modularity.
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $853.30
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-03 18:23 EDT-0400 |
If you still want that case you can downgrade back to a 2600x and the 1660.

 

[diablius]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/cycM9J i updated my list! this would be mor ein my budget anyway

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Looks good. I STRONGLY suggest to get an ssd tho. Once you get one you never want to go back.

 

[mdd1963]

i heard a soild state isn't needed, would it make much of a difference?

standard SATA-spec SSDs are so inexpensive these days, I can't imagine intentionally installing an OS on a spinning drive any more....except for tinkering/playing/testing while an SSD is on order, perhaps...