I am buying parts for decent gaming PC. I have 2k budget. This is what im about to buy.

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Jay_38

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Are these parts compatible? Will one bottleneck the other? Will it play battlefield, and recent games?

Parts:
ATX: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119322&ignorebbr=1

GPU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487299&ignorebbr=1

PSU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151186&ignorebbr=1

RAM: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232419&ignorebbr=1

MOTHERBOARD: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813145043&ignorebbr=1

CPU: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117824&ignorebbr=1

SSD: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147373&ignorebbr=1

Thank you!

 
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Biggest thing I don't like is the oversized PSU. 650W for a <150W GPU and a 65W CPU? Your gaming load might not even cross 200W, which means you'll load the PSU to ~33%. You can easily drop down to the 550W and still not even load the PSU to 50%. You've picked a great PSU but the math says it's just too large.

I agree that getting another drive to store things is a good idea. I'd also look into another ram stick for dual channel and a CPU cooler at some point. I'm sure it's just the budget holding these things back?
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Looks pretty good, but you can upgrade your gpu to a 1060 if you want. Also, if you got a 120 gb SSD for the os and other frequent programs and a 1tb or possibly 2tb hdd for others. you could save some cash and yet get more storage. Hard drive performance only affects loading times.
 
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Biggest thing I don't like is the oversized PSU. 650W for a <150W GPU and a 65W CPU? Your gaming load might not even cross 200W, which means you'll load the PSU to ~33%. You can easily drop down to the 550W and still not even load the PSU to 50%. You've picked a great PSU but the math says it's just too large.

I agree that getting another drive to store things is a good idea. I'd also look into another ram stick for dual channel and a CPU cooler at some point. I'm sure it's just the budget holding these things back?
 
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Just a few notes:
The SSD you have linked, is a 2.5'', but your motherboard supports the M.2 chipset.
Code: 
[url=https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=9SIA12K3UA7517]https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=9SIA12K3UA7517[/url]
Here is the same model you chose, but in the right chipset. It costs $60 extra.

Your motherboard supports up to DDR 4000 and you have only chosen DDR4 3000. You have four 288 pin slots for memory with a maximum capacity of 64gb. I would recommend at least 16gb. You are free to purchase 2 of those sticks, but you can usually save $10-$20 if you buy the 2x8GB pack instead.

Determining the power supply requires more info than you have provided, but I always find this site useful
Code: 
[url=https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator]https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator[/url]
It will need information such as how many fans you plan on running, additional PCI cards, LEDs, monitors etc.


Below are the recommended settings for Battlefield
Code: 
    OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later.
    Processor (AMD): AMD FX 8350 Wraith.
    Processor (Intel): Intel Core i7 4790 or equivalent.
    Memory: 16GB RAM.
    Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB.
    Graphics card (Nvidia): Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB.
    DirectX: 11.1 Compatible video card or equivalent.

Your i5-8400 is pretty close to the i7-4790, here is a comparison:
Code: 
[url=http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4790-vs-Intel-Core-i5-8400/2293vs3939]http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-4790-vs-Intel-Core-i5-8400/2293vs3939[/url]


Hope this helps.
 
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Firstly that increase in memory speed is not worth the cost, you won't see the performance per dollar at all. However more importantly he is using a locked processor. Without the ability to overclock the processor DDR4-3000 is about as fast as you can get, in fact some boards won't even do that. Running memory beyond that many times requires small tweaks to the CPU to be stable.
 
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Normally I'd say the GPU is good advice, however the 1060 and anything equivalent is so massively overpriced these days, the point needs to be mentioned. I honestly would never pay what they are charging for them right now (At least $400).

Secondly, in this day and age no you don't want to drop the size of that boot drive. If you have that extra space you can install frequently used programs there, why not enjoy the speed.
 
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Firstly that increase in memory speed is not worth the cost, you won't see the performance per dollar at all. However more importantly he is using a locked processor. Without the ability to overclock the processor DDR4-3000 is about as fast as you can get, in fact some boards won't even do that. Running memory beyond that many times requires small tweaks to the CPU to be stable.
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Good catch Rogue Leader. I am still using DDR3-1333, so this space age technology is still all theoretical to me.
 
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