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Please advise on this i5 build

Jun 11, 2018
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It's been 10 years since I've built a rig, and some things seem to have changed. I wanted your overall advice on this build. For these components, my budget is around 600, I can go up to 700 if there's something really important to consider. Will these work well together, and is there some tweaking, i.e. RAM type/brand etc, or mobo, I should consider? The mobo is M.2 capable, I think it's SATA, so there'd be no difference between a 2.5" and an M.2 right? I'd have to get a PCI-e card to get NVMe M.2? (no idea)

The computer will be used for home office stuff, and some video editing. I'm using onboard graphics, I don't do any gaming etc. I want to future proof as much as I can.

GIGABYTE H370 HD3 (Is this a good mobo?)

Ballistix Sport LT 16GB Kit (I just went off Amazon reviews, would love an opinion on this, looking for 16GB DDR4 for this mobo)

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD

Intel Core i5-8400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.0GHz Turbo LGA1151 300 Series 65W (Using Arctic MX-4 thermal paste)

Thank you!