[SOLVED] Seeking advice for a decent gaming pc

[cubeseeker]

Hi,
Finally stepped towards building my first pc. I m quite the newbie at that but did my homework and here is what i came up with:

• First of all, i aim to use the build below for mainly gaming purposes (have been playing on an 11 year old laptop with lowest graphics on very few games i could run so i m not going for the best of the best) and day-to-day usage.
• Core i5 9400F
• Asus ROG STRIX B360-F Gaming 2666 mhz(OC) M.2 ATX
• G.Skill 8 gb Ripjaws V 3000mhz CL16 DDR4
• MSI Geforce GTX 1660 Ti Gaming X 6G 6GB GDDR6 192-Bit PCI Express 3.0 x16
• SSD: Crucial 250 gb MX500 m.2
• HDD: WD 1TB Blue 64MB Cache 7200 Rpm

Note: The links are for reference purposes only. I m already nearing my budget with these components, and still got a PSU and Case to include.

What do you guys think?
And is a 500W PSU enough for the build above?

 

[Phaaze88]

For emulators and older games, it's not bad.
For more recent and upcoming titles, it's dated in the cpu and ram.

 

[mdd1963]

I'd avoid the 9400F, and choose a B450/R5-2600 combo, even if it costs a little more. Gaming will only get tougher for 6c/6t CPUs going forward..

 

[mdd1963]

If you check prices of your pair of combined drives vs. a single 1 TB Intel NVME 660P, you might be able to skip the smallish 250 GB drive and the woes of a slow 'spinning drive' life altogether...

 

[Pickachu]

I would recommend you to go with AMD cpu+mb.
With this combo of Amd cpu+mb you can upgrade your gpu and ram.
Whats your budget?

 

[cubeseeker]

@Phaaze88 @mdd1963
If i up the cpu to i7 9700/F/K/KF i assume it would be more up to date game wise. I never considered amd so i ll look deep into that. I've read that amd was leaning towards multitasking, which i wont be doing excessively. Regarding the ram, i ll double that in a few weeks. As for the drives, i already have the WD 1TB HDD, so it s a bit late for Intel 1TB NVMe 😕

@Pickachu
As stated above i never considered amd but i will check. In USD my budget is around 1000 bucks. Let me remind that i still require a PSU and a case.

Thank you

 

[Pickachu]

@Phaaze88 @mdd1963
If i up the cpu to i7 9700/F/K/KF i assume it would be more up to date game wise. I never considered amd so i ll look deep into that. I've read that amd was leaning towards multitasking, which i wont be doing excessively. Regarding the ram, i ll double that in a few weeks. As for the drives, i already have the WD 1TB HDD, so it s a bit late for Intel 1TB NVMe 😕

@Pickachu
As stated above i never considered amd but i will check. In USD my budget is around 1000 bucks. Let me remind that i still require a PSU and a case.

Thank you

For 1096$ check this build:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/PfXFyk

 

[Phaaze88]

Something like this then?
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($172.76 @ Walmart)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Best Buy)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($83.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($114.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply ($102.98 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: ARCTIC ACFAN00119A 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan ($8.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: ARCTIC ACFAN00119A 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan ($8.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: ARCTIC ACFAN00119A 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan ($8.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $931.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-28 17:53 EDT-0400

 

[cubeseeker]

I passed days collecting information around and never came upon that website.. İn the last hour i searched for amd, looks quite nice so far.
@Pickachu sorry mate, cant see your build.
@Phaaze88 if i decide to go with amd, i believe it ll be something like you did, thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Pickachu]

I passed days collecting information around and never came upon that website.. İn the last hour i searched for amd, looks quite nice so far.
@Pickachu sorry mate, cant see your build.
@Phaaze88 if i decide to go with amd, i believe it ll be something like you did, thanks for the suggestion.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($172.76 @ Walmart)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Best Buy)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($74.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card ($499.99 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.77 @ Amazon)
Total: $1096.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-28 18:21 EDT-0400

 

[Phaaze88]

You're welcome.
You may be adamant to switch over to AMD, but as it is currently, they just offer more for folks working with low to moderate budgets.
Intel will pretty much screw you over right now... 10th gen is scheduled to launch later this year and may have more to offer.

 

[cubeseeker]

@Pickachu that looks nice, might want to change the corsair 2x8gb for an alternative. thanks for the suggestion.
@Phaaze88 that s what i noticed so far. apparently they re giving intel a run for it, heh.

This was very helpful, thank you guys.