PC build - advice for a 1st time (hesitant) builder

ali3ta1r

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Hey all,

Right, I believe this is the Mecca of places to come for one seeking some expert advice on a build I've put together. And prior to parting with the best part of £1000 I'd like to ensure there's no oversights been made by myself (a first time builder/computer novice).

So the purpose of this set-up is to act as a workstation/office during the day (emails & Office, no heavy duty stuff) but a solid gaming rig in the evenings with scope for upgrades and future proof.

Points of note...
1. Monitors: I own 2 x AOC I2769VM 27" LED Monitor with Speakers, the dual set-up is needed for the day-job and I want both monitors running in HD (hence the Displayport - HDMI adapter).
2. Bluetooth: I choose the Gigabyte GC-Wb867D-I as I understand it has Bluetooth capabilities and that's good for running Spotify to my BOSE speaker.
3. Sound/Speakers: This is something I might look at once I've saved up some £ (if needed).
4. Memory: I don't download much, hence why there's no HDD. Something I thought about adding later (if needed).
5. Optical Drive: I can't think of the last time I used a CD.

So below is the tower I'd like to hook it up my monitors too, and the order I (hesitantly) am looking to place:

Tower
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cryorig H7 SINGLE TOWER HEATSINK WITH 120MM FAN
Adapter: AM4 BRACKET FOR H7 COOLER (TYPE B)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: VENGEANCE LPX 16GB (2X8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHZ
Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB
Video Card: GEFORCE GTX 1050TI STRIX 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400S Black
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 550W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste
Dual Screen Adapter: StarTech Displayport to HDMI

So can anyone with a little bit more experience than myself offer their expert advise if there's anything I'm missing to complete my build? Any changes to the above set-up that would improve it? My budget probably has another £100 if needed.

Really appreciate your time reading this and looking forwards to the expert feedback.

~Alistair
 


Total budget is 1000 for all those above? Major usage other than gaming?
 
THIS is what you have, minus the adapters and the Arctic Silver:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£175.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£33.94 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£107.95 @ BT Shop)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£107.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB STRIX Video Card (£169.95 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case (£56.66 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 550W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£95.47 @ Box Limited)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (£27.63 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £930.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-15 19:11 GMT+0000


THIS one will save you a few more quid.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£175.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£93.95 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£155.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - PM961 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£105.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0 Video Card (£161.91 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case (£56.66 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.19 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter (£27.63 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £854.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-15 19:38 GMT+0000

You can even save a bit more by going with this PSU instead:
Corsair TX550M Gold

The savings can go toward the OS if needed.