I need opinion on which of 2 builds is better

thelordember · Oct 31, 2017

I am getting my first ever gaming pc and im doing on a budget. I have one build with a better motherboard but only 500gb hdd and ~60gb ssd and the other has a little lesser of a mother board with 1tb hdd and ~60gb ssd https://pcpartpicker.com/user/TheLORDEMBER/saved/T4Gjcf

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/TheLORDEMBER/saved/9fRFdC

vapour · Oct 31, 2017

Ryzen loves fast and dual channel rams, that psu is not good. For your budget, get this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($106.97 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3466 Memory ($92.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB GAMING Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Case: DIYPC - Ranger-R4-R ATX Mid Tower Case ($25.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($36.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $554.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-31 10:56 EDT-0400

Atomicdonut17 · Oct 31, 2017

In a budget sense, I'd go with the A320M build. While the motherboard is an Essential SFF board, that's just fine. It will support everything, and you get more mass storage, as 1TB these days is almost essential given the increasing file size of nearly everything.

vapour · Oct 31, 2017

Atomicdonut17 :

For Ryzen build, A320 loses a major selling point : Overclocking. If on stock, even a G4560 can beat Ryzen 1200 and is 20% cheaper.

Atomicdonut17 · Oct 31, 2017

vapour :

I don't think he intends to overclock given the components. Yes, they can, but if you're going to be that worried on overclocking, the R3 1200 isn't exactly a killer engine. And he's using a stock cooler, assumably. I agree with you on the G4560.

Satan-IR · Oct 31, 2017

Yes I would omit AData SSD any day of the week to get a better board, RAM and esp. graphics card since it's a gaming PC.

Also the WD over the Seagate HDD.

Add a better/bigger SSD later when you can.

vapour · Oct 31, 2017

Atomicdonut17 :

vapour :

I don't think he intends to overclock given the components. Yes, they can, but if you're going to be that worried on overclocking, the R3 1200 isn't exactly a killer engine. And he's using a stock cooler, assumably. I agree with you on the G4560.

But many can OC to 3.8 G with stock cooler (Intel stock cooler just sucks), it is huge boost.

vapour · Oct 31, 2017

@ OP
Too small SSD is not worth it. SSD has two major benefits, booting and game loading speed and not affecting game FPS. You will want to get a 250+ gb ssd to put OS and several games on it to make the most out of SSD.

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