new pc builder, build advice.

[Alex Chapa]

I am really new when it comes to building pc's. I have read a couple of articles and watched the same amount of videos to feel confident enough to attempt my own build. I am aiming for a mid range build under $1,200 us dollars.

I hope for the build to be good for at least 2 years before i need to upgrade anything major. By good, I mean, I hope to accomplish 60 fps at 1080P with high settings(turning off AA, Water reflections and turning down shadows do not bother me so much).

I went to pc part picker and picked out some things I think are ok, but would like some advice to see if what I picked out meets the above requirements, or if there are things I could do better. Here is the link https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L2t7TB.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I hope to become really good at building and tinkering with computers.

 

[littlefishy]

If you wanna save up some money since you´re a bit over the budget and only looking for 1080p, maybe you would consider saving $100 and going for a 1060 6GB edition, it will still give you 1080 at ultra on most games with very good fps, indeed the rx 580 is a bit better than it, but would be a bit more affordable.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: *AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($176.27 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($177.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card ($339.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ B&H)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $1289.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-11 20:39 EDT-0400

Are you planning just some gaming or something else?

 

[btmedic04]

Looks good to me. just to backend off of what littlefishy said, I have a GTX 1060 3GB and it plays my games at max settings at 1920x1080 (war thunder, CoD WWII, eve online to name a few)

 

[littlefishy]

Yeah the 1060 3GB is almost same performance as the 6GB, I would just recommend the 6GB to make it a bit more futureproof, also another option since I just saw it, is maybe getting instead another PSU, it seems seasonic 550W 80+ Gold Fully modular is at sale on Newegg right now at $60 so that would allow changing the R5 1600 for the R5 1600X which will give a boost in gaming.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

I edited your list a bit with following changes:
double the SSD capacity fro 23$ (same performance, warranty, reliability)
no need for cooler, 1600 comes with one that is decent enough. 212 evo will not do much better, so in a future you can add a better cooler.
Swapped the GPU, way too expensive without justification.

CPU: *AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($176.27 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: *Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($177.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($123.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card ($329.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1234.68

if your religion requires RX 580
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QvGj4D/gigabyte-radeon-rx-580-8gb-aorus-8g-video-card-gv-rx580aorus-8gd

 

[Alex Chapa]

If you wanna save up some money since you´re a bit over the budget and only looking for 1080p, maybe you would consider saving $100 and going for a 1060 6GB edition, it will still give you 1080 at ultra on most games with very good fps, indeed the rx 580 is a bit better than it, but would be a bit more affordable.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: *AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($176.27 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($177.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card ($339.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ B&H)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ Adorama)
Total: $1289.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-11 20:39 EDT-0400

Are you planning just some gaming or something else?

yes, mainly gaming, i do not edit or render videos. I do not plan on it in the future either. thank you for the suggestion!

 

[Alex Chapa]

I edited your list a bit with following changes:
double the SSD capacity fro 23$ (same performance, warranty, reliability)
no need for cooler, 1600 comes with one that is decent enough. 212 evo will not do much better, so in a future you can add a better cooler.
Swapped the GPU, way too expensive without justification.

CPU: *AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($176.27 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: *Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($177.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($123.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card ($329.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1234.68

if your religion requires RX 580
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QvGj4D/gigabyte-radeon-rx-580-8gb-aorus-8g-video-card-gv-rx580aorus-8gd

ok cool! thank you so much! i will probably run with this build.

 

[Alex Chapa]

So almost 7 years later I finally built my computer lol. i choose to go with a ryzen 5 3600, x570 asus tuf gaming mobo, rtx 2060 super gpu, seasonic 650 w gold, 16 gb cosair rgb 3200mhz ddr4 ram, nzxt h510 case, 1 tb kingston ssd, cooler master hyper rgb evo 212. I am running into some snags with the build but i started a new thread for that this year 2020.