Hello all,
I am a complete novice when it comes to building computers, but my husband and I decided to do a build to get better performance at a lower price point. I'm an aircraft mechanic and he is an automotive mechanic so we aren't worried about the actual building of the thing. We've been researching for quite a few months now and decided earlier this year to wait until the new GPU's were released to actually buy anything. We need some advice with a few things. Here's our build so far (I apologize if I give too much or too little information):
Initially we were looking at two different PSU's; Gamemax GP-650 and Thermaltake Smart Pro 650 RBG but I have a feeling that we should upgrade to an 850. Is it necessary to upgrade to a larger power unit? Does anyone have suggestions on PSU's?
The other thing we were unsure of is the graphics card. I don't want to spend as much as my husband because I would like to keep the build a little less expensive, but I do need the performance to be pretty high. We are both gamers and I run design software on the computer. All of the laptops we currently have fail to run the design software without massive amounts of lag. One of them was actually purchased so I could run AutoCad but it's 10 years old now and hates life.
My husband likes the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, but I'm not thrilled with the price point and I'm not sure if we can even find it in stock anymore.
What advice can anyone give us about a graphics card that's compatible with all our other components?
EDIT - We're still thinking that we're going to wait to see what's going to happen when the AMD GPU's come out in a month or so, but if we can get an RTX 3080 we may bite the bullet and go for it.
We were also thinking about incorporating an SSD as well. Is that a good idea or is it even necessary? I know it's a good idea to put your operating systems on SSDs but I know they can cost a bit.
Also, is there anything that we forgot to look at or include? I know we'll need thermal paste and all that but like I stated above, we are novices with computer building so any advice/instruction will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
TheCastle's
EDIT - Thank you to dimtodim and ChumP for all the help they gave us!
I am a complete novice when it comes to building computers, but my husband and I decided to do a build to get better performance at a lower price point. I'm an aircraft mechanic and he is an automotive mechanic so we aren't worried about the actual building of the thing. We've been researching for quite a few months now and decided earlier this year to wait until the new GPU's were released to actually buy anything. We need some advice with a few things. Here's our build so far (I apologize if I give too much or too little information):
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600 ($200)
MSI Performance Gaming AMD X470 2nd and 3rd gen AM4 DDR4 DVI HDMI Onboard Graphics CFX ATX Motherboard (X470 Gaming Plus Max)($120)- EDIT - ASUS TUF Gaming X570 Plus
- G.Skill Trident Z RBG 16GB (8+8) AMD 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 PC4 25600 ($130)
Thermaltake View 37 Motherboard Sync ARGB E-ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case with 3 ARGB 5V Motherboard Sync RGB Fans Pre-Installed($150)- EDIT - Fractal Design Meshify C
- Seagate BarraCuda 2TB HDD ($55)
- EDIT - Samsung 970 EVO 500gb M.2-2280 NVME SSD
- EDIT - Corsair RMx (2018) 850W 80+ Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
EDIT: Here's our new build list - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xh6nsk
The other thing we were unsure of is the graphics card. I don't want to spend as much as my husband because I would like to keep the build a little less expensive, but I do need the performance to be pretty high. We are both gamers and I run design software on the computer. All of the laptops we currently have fail to run the design software without massive amounts of lag. One of them was actually purchased so I could run AutoCad but it's 10 years old now and hates life.
My husband likes the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, but I'm not thrilled with the price point and I'm not sure if we can even find it in stock anymore.
What advice can anyone give us about a graphics card that's compatible with all our other components?
EDIT - We're still thinking that we're going to wait to see what's going to happen when the AMD GPU's come out in a month or so, but if we can get an RTX 3080 we may bite the bullet and go for it.
We were also thinking about incorporating an SSD as well. Is that a good idea or is it even necessary? I know it's a good idea to put your operating systems on SSDs but I know they can cost a bit.
Also, is there anything that we forgot to look at or include? I know we'll need thermal paste and all that but like I stated above, we are novices with computer building so any advice/instruction will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
TheCastle's
EDIT - Thank you to dimtodim and ChumP for all the help they gave us!
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