Gaming PC Build help (budget: €900)

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Hello guys, I'm looking for a 2nd and final opinion on this PC build that I got with help from another forum plus some personal adjustments. The PC will be used for gaming and some casual streaming:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (€114.24 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€110.56 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: Crucial - Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (€92.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Crucial - BX300 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€68.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€46.55 @ Amazon Italia)
Video Card: KFA2 - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC Video Card (€150.60 @ Amazon Italia)
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case (€117.81 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: Corsair - Vengeance 400W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€63.80 @ Amazon Italia)
Monitor: AOC - G2460VQ6 24.0" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor (€129.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Total: €895.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-13 21:26 CET+0100
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I chose a relatively expensive case because i'd like the PC to be as silent as possible and it seemed the best for cooling and noise dampening, but I'm opened to any proposal. Would you guys do anything differently?

Thank you a lot in advance.
 
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vapour
get dual channel ram instead of single stick, your pc will struggle in streaming due to only 4 threads, gaming is fine.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€161.29 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard (€78.95 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3466 Memory (€107.01 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Crucial - BX300 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€68.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€46.55 @ Amazon Italia)
Video Card: KFA2 -...
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get dual channel ram instead of single stick, your pc will struggle in streaming due to only 4 threads, gaming is fine.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€161.29 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard (€78.95 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3466 Memory (€107.01 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Crucial - BX300 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€68.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€46.55 @ Amazon Italia)
Video Card: KFA2 - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC Video Card (€150.60 @ Amazon Italia)
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (€60.66 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (€87.20 @ Amazon Italia)
Monitor: AOC - G2460VQ6 24.0" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor (€129.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Total: €891.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-13 21:43 CET+0100
 
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I would only mention that 8100 natively supports up to 2400 Mhz RAM. Sure you can OC it on that board, but then you probably would want faster RAM anyway. So, either get 2400 or something like 3000 Mhz; plus 2x4 Gb is better then 1x8.
And, as above post shows, Ryzen build is probably better at this budget, due to high prices of 8th gen boards.
 
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Thank you a lot for the answers, guys. Sorry for my ignorance, but when I choose the RAM frequency should I look for both CPU and mobo compatibility? In that case, since I have no intention to overclock, for vapour's build should i stick to a 2400 mHz RAM, according to the motherboard compatibility page? (https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-AB350M-Gaming-3-rev-10#sp) (and also CPU page http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Zen/AMD-Ryzen%205%201400.html)
 
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you can either manually set up DOCP setting written on ram or XMP in BIOS to run 3000+, those are not overclocking due to ram is clocked 3000+. This is not like overpowering ram to make them run higher than their factory clock speed. The OC in ram speed is kind of misleading, but manufacturer can not guarantee it runs 3000+ for any ram, that is probably why they add it. G.SKill will very likely run 3000+ with proper setting, again, not overclocking setting, just proper ones.

Furthermore, Ryzen benefits a lot from 3000+ ram compared to Intel, definitely get the ram I recommended if you go with Ryzen route.
 
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I see, thanks a lot for the explanation. I'll get the build you suggest but I think I'll exceed the budget a bit to stick to the Meshify C case, just because it's seems much more silent :)
 
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