Starting the process of building a new PC (Canada)

[soulofwar]

Here is what I have built so far on PCPARTBUILDER:

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($84.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 Memory ($194.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card ($299.97 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: Rosewill - GUNGNIR X ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.52 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit ($159.50 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1153.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-01 12:28 EDT-0400

So far I had to buy the powersupply because my current tower power supply stopped working so since I bought it not too long ago I would like to use it. Bought the tower also.

My current build:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/1/2018, 12:31:09
Machine name: DESKTOP-G3RTO8O
Machine Id: {80AFA2BB-BBE5-43A6-A9A8-7713125C5A38}
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 17134) (17134.rs4_release.180410-1804)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-7751
BIOS: BIOS Date: 09/21/12 10:49:18 Ver: 04.06.05 (type: BIOS)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16330MB RAM
Page File: 6798MB used, 11963MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Available, no HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.17134.0001 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Display Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 660 Ti
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Device (POST)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1183&SUBSYS_36683842&REV_A1
Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER]
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
Display Memory: 11194 MB
Dedicated Memory: 3029 MB
Shared Memory: 8165 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Mostly looking for advise currently shopping for the best cash to power ratio. Willing to wait and see what are the price on black Friday. Even thinking of maybe keeping the video card for this year and change next year.

Looking for advice on different option I could look at.

Thanks

 

[srimasis]

You can save some bucks by buying the Windows 10 key from ebay for about 3-5$. It works well and should save you about 150$. Rest of your build looks good. Don't forget the SSD though.

 

[bmockeg]

You can save money and get a 2600 instead of the 2600x. You can easily overclock the 2600 to equal performance.

 

[TJ Hooker]

FYI, 3600 MHz RAM is very fast for Ryzen CPUs, I don't know how much luck you'd have getting it to run at that speed.. I would get some a ~3200 MHz kit that's on the motherboard memory QVL.

https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B450M%20Pro4/index.asp#Memory

Also, the Armor series are MSI's budget cards that come with cheaper coolers. I've seen a number of people complain that the 580 Armor can run kinda hot/noisy. You can usually solve/improve this through undervolting (with no impact to performance) so it's not a huge deal, but if you were hoping to overclock the card you may want to look into a different model.

 

[logainofhades]

You can save some bucks by buying the Windows 10 key from ebay for about 3-5$. It works well and should save you about 150$. Rest of your build looks good. Don't forget the SSD though.

Horribly bad advice. Those keys are not legit. Run win 10 unlicensed, until you can afford a legit key.

 

[soulofwar]

You can save money and get a 2600 instead of the 2600x. You can easily overclock the 2600 to equal performance.

I'll look into it any alternative I can look at? I mean I'll decide on exact model when I see a nice rebate. Ryzen seemed a better bang for the buck so i want wit h this one.

Thanks

 

[soulofwar]

FYI, 3600 MHz RAM is very fast for Ryzen CPUs, I don't know how much luck you'd have getting it to run at that speed.. I would get some a ~3200 MHz kit that's on the motherboard memory QVL.

https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B450M%20Pro4/index.asp#Memory

Also, the Armor series are MSI's budget cards that come with cheaper coolers. I've seen a number of people complain that the 580 Armor can run kinda hot/noisy. You can usually solve/improve this through undervolting (with no impact to performance) so it's not a huge deal, but if you were hoping to overclock the card you may want to look into a different model.

I honestly not sure what to aim for on motherboard and ram. I know how to look at teh benchmark for CPU and GPU and base my choice on those but for this I'm never sure what to choose... Any good suggestion? Honestly took that one for the store MI technology to pair my 120SSD drive to my 1tb mechanical drive and hopefully get good performance and not have to buy a 500ssd drive. Also wanted to eventually add a third monitor to my setup.

Else than that really just went with the price... :/ On newegg they try to bundle them with the asrock x470 series in some way. Not interested inrunning SLI/Crossfire in anyway so, thought that quality of motherboard was less important.

For the RAM the V series at 3600 were just 10$ more than the 3200 ... figured it would be better in the long run.

 

[soulofwar]

You can save some bucks by buying the Windows 10 key from ebay for about 3-5$. It works well and should save you about 150$. Rest of your build looks good. Don't forget the SSD though.

Horribly bad advice. Those keys are not legit. Run win 10 unlicensed, until you can afford a legit key.

I just put it there to show what I was gonna run for OS. Already settled on that front.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Every B450 motherboard will have StoreMI. That mobo is fine, I think this one would be ok too: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/pBWfrH/msi-b450-a-pro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450-a-pro

As I said above, for RAM get a kit that's on the motherboard's supported memory list close to 3000-3200 MHz that you can find for a decent price.

Edit: I should clarify, the choice of motherboard makes essentially no difference on performance, other than possibly affecting max overclock and/or memory speed. For the most part you can just get whatever mobo has all the slots you need that you can find for a decent price.

 

[madmatt30]

You can bring the price down there, I would stick with the pro 4 , its easily the best budget board out there in that price range.

I honestly think that seasonic is a little weak to be running a 580 on, it'll work but I'd look at replacing when you can afford to personally.

 

[srimasis]

You can save some bucks by buying the Windows 10 key from ebay for about 3-5$. It works well and should save you about 150$. Rest of your build looks good. Don't forget the SSD though.

Horribly bad advice. Those keys are not legit. Run win 10 unlicensed, until you can afford a legit key.

I am running them in two of my PCs. Never had a problem. And obviously only buy them from reputed sellers with good reviews.

 

[soulofwar]

Every B450 motherboard will have StoreMI. That mobo is fine, I think this one would be ok too: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/pBWfrH/msi-b450-a-pro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450-a-pro

As I said above, for RAM get a kit that's on the motherboard's supported memory list close to 3000-3200 MHz that you can find for a decent price.

Edit: I should clarify, the choice of motherboard makes essentially no difference on performance, other than possibly affecting max overclock and/or memory speed. For the most part you can just get whatever mobo has all the slots you need that you can find for a decent price.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($249.00 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($113.99 @ PC-Canada)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($178.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card ($299.97 @ Amazon Canada)
Total: $841.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-01 16:45 EDT-0400

So I guess this would be my best bet? Would I be better served in that price range in intel/nvidia?