Need help with gaming PC build for 930$

Dec 9, 2018
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Hello guys,

I am thinking of building my first 1080p gaming PC very soon (most likely for Christmas). I have a budget of 930$ and I am willing to push it to 950$ maximum. I live in Bulgaria, so this is around 1600 lv. / 1630 lv maximum. I really need help as I've been trying to find the perfect parts for 2 months. I think I will be going with the Ryzen 5 2600 and 2x4GB of RAM running on dual channel. I am totally confused after a lot of researching about the other components. I am really nervous about the PSU and the cooling of the PC specifically. I also do not know if I could fit a 1060 6GB in this budget, or should I go for the 3GB Dual, or even maybe MSI Radeon RX 580 8GB Armor OC. The site that I am building my PC on is https://ardes.bg/configurator. Oh, I also forgot to mention that I've never built a PC (like putting all the components together) in my life, so I might go with the PC company Ardes building it for me which costs about 29,50$. Any help is much appreciated!
 
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Thank you very much for taking your time to answer! I've taken under consideration your suggestions as they seem really fitting to my budget and needs. I would be really thankful if you would be able to leave your feedback on the following build I've also been considering:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (3.4GHz) - 215$
Cooler: Gelid Solutions Siberian Pro - 12$
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4 - 103$
RAM: 2x4GB DDR4 3000 Team Group T-Force Vulcan - 88$
HDD: 2TB WD Blue WD20EZRZ - 76$
GPU: MSI Radeon RX 580 8GB Armor OC - 279$
Case: COUGAR MX310 Black - 46$
PSU: 550W Seasonic Focus+ 550 Gold - 103$
Building the PC - 28$

Thank you very much again for taking your time. :)
 
The system looks pretty good. The only reservation I would have is the lack of an SSD. Running a 2TB 5400rpm drive as boot would be a slowish system for my taste, but each to their own.

Perhaps consider a 250GB or 500GB SSD such as:

https://ardes.bg/product/250gb-ssd-crucial-mx500-ct250mx500ssd1-106916

or

https://ardes.bg/product/500gb-ssd-crucial-mx500-ct500mx500ssd1-108811

Add a 1TB HDD (ideally 7200rpm) to a 500GB SSD would be a sweeter setup, unless you really want everything on one drive.
 
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Hey,

Thank you so much for the advice! Sorry for the delayed response but work has been really stressful for the last week and a half. I went ahead and added a 120GB SSD by Kingston A400 (Will be used for OS and boot). I spoke a with a tech support guy from the company I will be buying my build from (Ardes.BG) and he said I would be better off with the ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming K4 - B450 GAMING K4 motherboard (40$ more than the previous one) as the one I had chosen would need a BIOS upgrade and the CPU probably would not start the first time. It's a little bit over my tight budget but if that's really the case I am willing to spend a bit more on this motherboard. I've also added the Deepcool XFan 120 which costs about 6$. I think of ordering the build tomorrow or most likely Wednesday as I will be working weekend shifts this weekend and the tech guy said it will take up to 3 days to be at my doorstep. It sucks, yeah!