New Value Build - Will you validate?

[Brad_53]

I am looking to replace my 7 year old PC that's playing Fortnite at 900p and low settings. My goal is a new value system that will last me 5+ years. My monitor is 1440p60 without FreeSync or G-Sync. I don't necessarily play the latest games or even a lot of games these days but when I do I like fluid play at 60+ FPS.

Below is what I currently have in mind. Of all of the items, I consider the 1070 Ti a splurge with the particular model below just being a placeholder for the time being while I look for sales.

I don't plan to OC off the bat, but maybe down the road if I ever feel I have become CPU limited.

I didn't add any HDDs to the list since I already have two 1TB 3.5" that I run in mirror mode for the bulk of my data. I'll just reuse them for the time being. I currently back up to a third 2TB 3.5" HDD, but I haven't decided if I will take that one internal or external with this build.

I am in no rush for this so I plan to at least wait until the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals come out.

Anyways, any suggestions for change?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($159.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($124.99 @ Newegg Business)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($86.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($359.99 @ Newegg Business)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($65.33 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $917.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-23 13:53 EDT-0400

 

[Petarded]

replace the 860 Evo with Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 PCIe NVMe, the speed difference is light and day

 

[Brad_53]

replace the 860 Evo with Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 PCIe NVMe, the speed difference is light and day

I can see that on paper, but the price difference didn't seem worth it for the very minimal (almost non-existent) differences in game load times. Am I mistaken or are there other areas where I will perceive a real world speed difference? Thanks for opening discussion.

 

[King_V]

My understanding is that for almost all standard home/consumer use and workload, there's almost no benefit gained from the NVMe SSD.

The speed advantage only comes through for certain narrowly specific tasks.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Just one change to your build : change the mobo to msi tomahawk B450 or Asus tuf B450.

 

[Brad_53]

Just one change to your build : change the mobo to msi tomahawk B450 or Asus tuf B450.

The Motherboard is actually what I'm the least confident on with this build. Can you give me a little insight on why you made the change? I'll definitely put some effort into looking at your suggestion.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

It's an atx case, so an atx mobo. Those tomahawk and tuf have better vrm and build quality.