Question Would this gaming build work and should I change anything?

[pcnoob68]

I'm completely new to building PCs and would like some help on whether this would work.

GPU: Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 1060 WF2 6GB

CPU: Intel Core i7-8700 3.20GHz 12MB

Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Plus

DDR4 Memory: Coasair Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB 3000MHz

Cooler: MSI Core Frozr XL Processor Fan (black)

Computer Case:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/NZXT-Tempered-Supports-MicroATX-Motherboards/dp/B07D7KR2Y8?ref_=Oct_BSellerC_430498031_0&pf_rd_p=087510be-8187-5aa2-a1bf-e1e7b3cb394a&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-6&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=430498031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=55ATFNF2PHZ95TZ1S4B8&pf_rd_r=55ATFNF2PHZ95TZ1S4B8&pf_rd_p=087510be-8187-5aa2-a1bf-e1e7b3cb394a


SSD Drive: SanDisk SSD Plus 480 GB Sata III 2.5 Inch Internal SSD

 

[AngelTech]

You can get a 1660 Ti for cheaper and is more powerful than the 1060 (at least in America check your prices to decide)

 

[pcnoob68]

your

In UK the 1060 is about £50 cheaper (70$)

 

[AngelTech]

I see then go for the 1060 unless you can get a 1660 or 1660 Ti on sale

 

[Vic 40]

You have a budget? people here can make a draft via the pcpartpicker for a good build. What case is that one linked? Link doesn't go to amazon.

Think you can do with a less expensive cooler and maybe other parts so that a better gpu can maybe be chosen.

 

[pcnoob68]

You have a budget? people here can make a draft via the pcpartpicker for a good build. What case is that one linked? Link doesn't go to amazon.

Think you can do with a less expensive cooler and maybe other parts so that a better gpu can maybe be chosen.

I would say my rough budget would be around £1000 (1250$) and yes I know about pccartpicker and have used for links etc.

 

[Shektron]

This would be a better PC in my opinion:

PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£114.94 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£69.78 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£129.18 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.11 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card (£249.97 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair - SPEC-DELTA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.95 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.11 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £736.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-07 13:21 BST+0100

The processor would be the Ryzen 5 3600, it's launching today and should be available soon enough, unfortunately it's not listed on pcpartpicker yet. This would be a much better PC for the price, and I don't think it would cost more than your budget with the processor either, the 3600 is launching at $200, there's enough room for that.

You could probably make some further compromises and even fit an RTX 2060 in there, though I think the 1660 Ti is fine if you don't want Ray Tracing.

 

[Vic 40]

What about this?

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor (£278.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - M9 Plus 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler (£26.99 @ AWD-IT)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z390 GAMING X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£124.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£86.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Team - MS30 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£71.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.76 @ PC World Business)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card (£249.97 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - H500 ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.95 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£67.99 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £1012.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-07 13:41 BST+0100

Thougfht about this motherboard as well,
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...awk-atx-lga1151-motherboard-mag-z390-tomahawk
has some rgb on it as wel as good quality.
Case is subjective of course.

The new Ryzen is something to look at since prices are revealed this day/tomorrow.

 

[ConanLock]

Within your £1000 budget, something like this would be good. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/wgmtjy. I manually set the price of the CPU to the expected Ryzen 5 3600X price. The motherboard I chose supports MSI flashback, which will allow the updating of the BIOS without a CPU, meaning you can get Ryzen 3000 support without having to get another CPU just to update.

 

[pcnoob68]

Within your £1000 budget, something like this would be good. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/wgmtjy. I manually set the price of the CPU to the expected Ryzen 5 3600X price. The motherboard I chose supports MSI flashback, which will allow the updating of the BIOS without a CPU, meaning you can get Ryzen 3000 support without having to get another CPU just to update.

I'd rather go with a multiple fan GPU so would this build still be possible with dual fans?

 

[ConanLock]

Sure thing. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/P3YxXP. The GPU is a whole 2p cheaper, comes with 2 fans and a higher boost speed. It's all around better, I'm not sure why I missed it when I made the first one.

 

[ConanLock]

The 3600x is now on PCPartPicker UK. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3ZfwNQ

 

[pcnoob68]

The 3600x is now on PCPartPicker UK. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/3ZfwNQ

Would it be better to go for a Ryzen 7 2700x it's not that much higher price, has got 8 cores and has got a higher clock speed (4.4GHz). Also it's likely to go down before I buy it (2 months)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SXMZLPK/?tag=pcp0f-21&th=1

 

[ConanLock]

Yes it definitely would be!

 

[ConanLock]

That looks good. If you aren't particular about that case, then you can get a better PSU and more storage instead. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/72Fz29.

 

[AngelTech]

You could get just a 2700 and overclock it.

 

[Shektron]

Would it be better to go for a Ryzen 7 2700x it's not that much higher price, has got 8 cores and has got a higher clock speed (4.4GHz). Also it's likely to go down before I buy it (2 months)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SXMZLPK/?tag=pcp0f-21&th=1

For gaming the 3600X would be a bit better IMO, plus games currently don't need more than 12 threads, which the 3600X has. Of course, with a 60 Hz monitor the 2700X would also be fine. But if you have a 120 Hz or more display, you should definitely go with 3600X rather than 2700X.

 

[pcnoob68]

Does this mean anything (quoted from pccartpicker)

Note:The motherboard M.2 slot #1 shares bandwidth with SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports. When the M.2 slot is populated, two SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports are disabled.

 

[ConanLock]

Not really, unless you want to use those SATA 6 GBs ports.