$1000 budget PC building need some advice

kurosakiichigo950625 · Nov 13, 2018

Hi all, I am actually going to start pc building and it is my first time. I would also like you all to give some advice on my build.

My budget is about $1000

The spec I am trying to build is as such
Processor - Ryzen 5 2600x
MoBo - ASUS ROG Strix B450-F
RAM - HyperX Predator 3200MHz 2x8GB (Bought)
SSD - Kingston A400 SSD 240GB (Bought)
HDD - Seagate Barracuda HDD 1TB
PSU - EVGA SuperNOVA 550 GD Gold 550W
Casing - Segotep LUX II ATX tower (Bought)
GPU - (undecided)
Cooler - Stock

Surveyed price:
Ryzen 5 2600x + ASUS ROG Strix B450-F bundle - $355
(Used) Sapphire Nitro+ RX570 8GB GDDR5 - $150
(Used) Sapphire Nitro+ RX580 8GB GDDR5 - $190
(Used) Zotac GTX 1060 6GB mini - $170
(Used) XFX RX480 8GB - $150
(Used) Zotac GTX 1060 3GB AMP/ ASUS Dual GTX 1060 3GB - $137.5

Should I go for the bundle now or I should wait for Black Friday/Cyber Monday?
Also I am looking at a bunch of ex-mining/used graphic cards to fit to the build for 1080p gaming. Which one of these are still decent buy at the price offered by the seller?

Please advice. Thank you very much!

SgtScream · Nov 13, 2018

I marked items as purchased from list above. I just wanted you to see your options:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($218.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($104.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Crucial - BX300 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB ARMOR Video Card ($385.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair - Carbide 400C White ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $783.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-13 10:13 EST-0500

WildCard999 · Nov 13, 2018

I wouldn't go used on a GPU, for $160 you can get the Asus Dual RX 580 4gb, it's a excellent GPU. I bought it for my system this past Friday and it games really well and stays cool. When your not gaming the fans turn off so the system stays quiet.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 4 GB Dual Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $159.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-13 10:23 EST-0500

The rest of your build looks good, if you do get this RX 580 I'd pair it with a Freesync monitor. And if you live close to a Microcenter the newer LG 2560x1080/75hz/IPS/Freesync/HDR monitors are $100 off, $199 for the 29" (LG 29WK600-W) & $299 for the 34" (LG 34WK650-W) version. I'm getting the 34" version today

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kurosakiichigo950625 · Nov 13, 2018

SgtScream :

Thanks for the suggestion on the MoBo choice, I will keep an eye out if there is any price drop, I actually live in South East Asia, the mentioned price is actually converted from my local currency (MYR) to USD for easier calculation. By the way, the 1070 Ti bump will need me to juice out a better PSU :ouch:

, I might unable to afford that as I am allocating some budget for the UPS and some peripheral. So I can't go all in on the $1000 budget.

Another question would be, if I were to change to another MoBo, how can I check that RAM I bought are compatible? as different MoBo have different RAM kit support right?

Anyway, thanks again for your response.

kurosakiichigo950625 · Nov 13, 2018

WildCard999 :

I actually saw some RX 580 4GB cards but still kinda expensive, guess the South East Asian people are still drunk in crypto, but, is 4GB suffice for 1080p? there is actually one for about $184 (Edit: for Asus Dual it was $274). And sadly, I live too far from Microcenter to enjoy the discounts. haha,

WildCard999 · Nov 13, 2018

kurosakiichigo950625 :

Most games will be fine with 4gb vram for 1080P or 2560x1080P. When I had a 1080 ti and was using it on my 4K HDTV I barely saw more then 6gb and this was on the absolute highest settings but this depends on the game. I just wouldn't recommend going with less then 4gb (1060 3gb) as you may run out and experience performance issues.

kurosakiichigo950625 · Nov 13, 2018

WildCard999 :

kurosakiichigo950625 :

Most games will be fine with 4gb vram for 1080P or 2560x1080P. When I had a 1080 ti and was using it on my 4K HDTV I barely saw more then 6gb and this was on the absolute highest settings but this depends on the game. I just wouldn't recommend going with less then 4gb (1060 3gb) as you may run out and experience performance issues.

Alrighty then, thank you so much for your response. I guess I have made up my mind. :bounce:

, time to go Team Red. a complete jump from Team Blue & Green.

WildCard999 · Nov 13, 2018

I've bounced between both over the years and right now AMD seems to have the advantage in mid range cards price to performance but also with Freesync monitors as there at least $200 cheaper then the Gsync versions.

kurosakiichigo950625 · Nov 14, 2018

WildCard999 :

I see, actually, this is the first time I shift to AMD, as I have seen a lot of Youtube pc builder complimenting the Ryzen+ lineup. Just I am not so sure about the GPU though, as some of my friends says AMD GPU is bad, but didn't mention why. Other than that, what I see the downside was only the extra power draw.

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