Question What do you think?

[Kishan25]

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ExtremelyRough/saved/YMQykL

This is my first build. Any changes I should make? Maybe find somewhere to cut the cost.

 

[PC Tailor]

Depends, what are you using it for?

Personally:

• I would avoid the System Power PSUs and up your budget to get a better quality unit instead. They are a budget line.
• Also you'll get no real benefit from using an M2 over a regular SATA 2.5 SSD (Just in case you selected it for this reason only). You won't even get benchmark differences being as the M2 is SATA based anyway.
• 500GB might fill up quickly if your using the rig for gaming for example. A backup HDD is usually a good combination.

As your list states, you may also need a BIOS update in order to run the 2600 on that board - depending on what BIOS the seller ships with.

 

[Kishan25]

Depends, what are you using it for?

Personally:

• I would avoid the System Power PSUs and up your budget to get a better quality unit instead. They are a budget line.
• Also you'll get no real benefit from using an M2 over a regular SATA 2.5 SSD (Just in case you selected it for this reason only). You won't even get benchmark differences being as the M2 is SATA based anyway.
• 500GB might fill up quickly if your using the rig for gaming for example. A backup HDD is usually a good combination.

As your list states, you may also need a BIOS update in order to run the 2600 on that board - depending on what BIOS the seller ships with.

Well, I really don't know much about PSU's. I assumed they're basically all the same. If you have any recommendations, id appreciate it. Also, i was gonna get a regular SSD but the m.2 was actually the same price as the cheapest SSD I could find for the same GB so I don't see why not. I've heard m.2 last longer as well.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

M.2 drives don't last longer than a comparable quality 2.5in drive. In fact, M.2 drives might run hot on boards with no M.2 heat syncs where the m.2 slot is underneath the hot GPU. However, this isn't much of an issue as most boards (like the one in the list below) have M.2 heatsyncs. You can buy a much faster M.2 NVME 512gb drive for the same price as the SATA drive listed.

3200mhz will bump performance a bit and generally doesn't cost much more than 3000mhz.

Not all power supplies are created equal. Cheap ones are known to fail and potentially damage other hardware in the system.

I believe that model motherboard is just a bad option asit may not support the R5 2600 out of the box. I would buy a quality b450 motherboard.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor | $144.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler | ARCTIC - Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler | $39.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard | Gigabyte - B450 AORUS PRO WIFI (rev. 1.0) ATX AM4 Motherboard | $109.99 @ Amazon
Memory | Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | $84.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Intel - 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card | Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING OC PRO WHITE Video Card | $379.99 @ Newegg
Case | NZXT - H500 ATX Mid Tower Case | $69.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply | Corsair - CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | $62.98 @ Newegg
Monitor | BenQ - GW2765HT 27.0" 2560x1440 60 Hz Monitor | $279.00 @ Amazon
Keyboard | EagleTec - KG011 Wired Gaming Keyboard | $41.99 @ Amazon
Mouse | Logitech - G203 PRODIGY Wired Optical Mouse | $33.99 @ Amazon
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1322.69
| Mail-in rebates | -$15.00
| Total | $1307.69
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-09 17:56 EDT-0400 |

 

[Kishan25]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor | $144.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler | ARCTIC - Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler | $39.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard | Gigabyte - B450 AORUS PRO WIFI (rev. 1.0) ATX AM4 Motherboard | $109.99 @ Amazon
Memory | Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | $84.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Intel - 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card | Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING OC PRO WHITE Video Card | $379.99 @ Newegg
Case | NZXT - H500 ATX Mid Tower Case | $69.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply | Corsair - CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | $62.98 @ Newegg
Monitor | BenQ - GW2765HT 27.0" 2560x1440 60 Hz Monitor | $279.00 @ Amazon
Keyboard | EagleTec - KG011 Wired Gaming Keyboard | $41.99 @ Amazon
Mouse | Logitech - G203 PRODIGY Wired Optical Mouse | $33.99 @ Amazon
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1322.69
| Mail-in rebates | -$15.00
| Total | $1307.69
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-09 17:56 EDT-0400 |

That motherboard was my first choice but the I wanted something white. And after looking at the reviews for the board they do now ship the board with the newest bios is what i heard.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Yea, I figured you wanted white, hence the white/RGB ram. The X370 motherboard should work since it has a newer bios, however, I cannot tell if the latest bios has ryzen 3000 support if you intend to upgrade in the future. It seems the latest bios is old and only added support for Athlon dual cores.
Id still go for a white B450 or X470 motherboard for future support.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor | $144.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler | ARCTIC - Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler | $39.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard | Asus - Prime X470-Pro ATX AM4 Motherboard | $139.89 @ OutletPC
Memory | Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | $84.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Intel - 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card | Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING OC PRO WHITE Video Card | $379.99 @ Newegg
Case | NZXT - H500 ATX Mid Tower Case | $69.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply | Corsair - CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | $62.98 @ Newegg
Monitor | BenQ - GW2765HT 27.0" 2560x1440 60 Hz Monitor | $279.00 @ Amazon
Keyboard | EagleTec - KG011 Wired Gaming Keyboard | $41.99 @ Amazon
Mouse | Logitech - G203 PRODIGY Wired Optical Mouse | $33.99 @ Amazon
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1372.59
| Mail-in rebates | -$35.00
| Total | $1337.59
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-09 19:42 EDT-0400 |

 

[mdd1963]

I don't see anything in your list that stands out as being overly 'exorbitant' or superfluous,..(i.e., no stupid $300-$400 cases, no $100 worth of useless RGB fans/lighting strips, etc...)

If planning on 1440P gaming, a GTX2060 is a very good starting point...so hard to cut any costs on GPU...

The R5-2600 is already quite sensible, budget-wise....

 

[g-unit1111]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor | $144.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler | ARCTIC - Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler | $39.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard | Gigabyte - B450 AORUS PRO WIFI (rev. 1.0) ATX AM4 Motherboard | $109.99 @ Amazon
Memory | Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | $84.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Intel - 660p Series 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card | Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING OC PRO WHITE Video Card | $379.99 @ Newegg
Case | NZXT - H500 ATX Mid Tower Case | $69.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply | Corsair - CXM 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | $62.98 @ Newegg
Monitor | BenQ - GW2765HT 27.0" 2560x1440 60 Hz Monitor | $279.00 @ Amazon
Keyboard | EagleTec - KG011 Wired Gaming Keyboard | $41.99 @ Amazon
Mouse | Logitech - G203 PRODIGY Wired Optical Mouse | $33.99 @ Amazon
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1322.69
| Mail-in rebates | -$15.00
| Total | $1307.69
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-09 17:56 EDT-0400 |

This build isn't bad but I will say that Arctic Freezers are trash - there's definitely way better CPU coolers you can get.

Like this: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Gqp323/cryorig-cpu-cooler-m9a

Or this: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/C7mLrH/be-quiet-cpu-cooler-bk013

Or this: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WDPzK8/deepcool-gammaxx-gt-295-cfm-cpu-cooler-gammaxx-gt

 

[Bob Bobson]

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/ExtremelyRough/saved/YMQykL
This is my first build. Any changes I should make? Maybe find somewhere to cut the cost.

I would ditch that cooler, pickup some noctua or dark rock, its not that more expensive and ways better. Bump up that memory to 3200mhz. That mobo is not bad, asrock and asus make decent boards, i would avoid gigabyte though. Otherwise solid build.

PS: Dont you wanna game at higher refresh rate? I would get 144Hz monitor, even at a cost of having only full HD.[/QUOTE]

 

[Kishan25]

This build isn't bad but I will say that Arctic Freezers are trash - there's definitely way better CPU coolers you can get.

Like this: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Gqp323/cryorig-cpu-cooler-m9a

Or this: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/C7mLrH/be-quiet-cpu-cooler-bk013

Or this: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WDPzK8/deepcool-gammaxx-gt-295-cfm-cpu-cooler-gammaxx-gt

Do I need an aftermarket cooler if I don't plan on overclocking? I've heard that it's always better to get an aftermarket cooler and I want my CPU to last as long as possible.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

The stock cooler is enough for that cpu at stock. The stock cooler keeps the cpu cool enough that the lifespan isnt lengthened any by a better cooler.