First PC Build Need Advice

Rahmss · Jul 13, 2017

How is this for my first PC Build i want to play games mostly. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/D7ddQV

Hellfire13 · Jul 13, 2017

Pretty neat. Good part choices. Should give you 60fps/1080p most games on high settings. Here is another build you can look at similar price point. Equally powerful if not more.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($157.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0 Video Card ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair - SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $555.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-13 19:47 EDT-0400

Kunra Zether · Jul 13, 2017

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - B250M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($59.92 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0 Video Card ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Gray) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($51.14 @ NCIX US)
Total: $577.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-13 20:06 EDT-0400

Close to the same amount as what you had but better processor for around $30 more plus two sticks of ram so you can use dual channel which is much better then a single stick and you can always add more since you have a total of 4 slots on this mobo and since it's mostly for gaming you probably won't need any more ram at the moment and close future. Intel processor is still going to be better for gaming with higher single core clocks then AMD but you could do an AMD build and get a 1600 with 6 cores and 12threads for not much more then this prob $30 more.

Hellfire13 · Jul 13, 2017

This is an immensely powerful 8 thread build and when overclocked, it can pretty much outsmart the Intel.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SC GAMING ACX 2.0 Video Card ($154.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair - SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $579.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-13 21:36 EDT-0400