Buying new computer. Thoughts?

Scorpion Ghost said:

Last year i bought 3 computers. 2 of the ready made, and 3rd i bought components and put together. Now i need to get another one, the best one i ever had.

A person i know advised me on the components and stuff. But i wanna run it by yall to see if im missing anything important, some crazy incompatibility between the compoments i may run into, or something.

Here are the components I'm thinking of buying:

36 GB Ram ($250) - Kingston HyperX DDR4 32GB (2x16GB), 3200Mhz, CL17, XMP HyperX Predator (HX432C16PB3K2/32)

Ryzen 7 ($250) - AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, 8 Core (3,7GHz/4,3GHz turbo), 16 Threads, 4MB L2 cache, 16MB L3 cache, 105W, Wraith Prism RGB LED Cooler (AM4)

Box and power supply ($30) - Ms Industrial SOLDIER 500, sa napajanjem 500W (MS-500)

Motherboard ($100) - ASRock AM4 B450M PRO4 DDR4/SATA3/GLAN/2,1/USB 3,1

SSD ($60) - AData XPG 256GB SX8200 Pro, M,2 2280, PCIe Gen3x4 NVMe 1,3, 3500/3000MB/s (ASX8200PNP-256GT-C)

That's about $700 at best, and another $50 for monitor (second hand) + mouse + keyboard + graphics card (second hand). Let's say $800 total.

Give me your thoughts guys.

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I would say spend a bit more on the power supply. I mean 500W should be fine with no GPU but i would still get an upgrade on that.

Scorpion Ghost said:

Thats a myth, a thing of the past.

Like it used to be German products are high quality and Chinese are shit. But today its not as true anymore.

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Its still true. I bought a BMW in Germany made in Germany and I drove the exact same BMW in China made in China. The quality difference is enormous. I also saw it in many other german cars in China. The paradox is the cars are way more expensive in China, but the quality is far worse.

Scorpion Ghost said:

Correct, that I am.

When you say better power supply, better how? More Watts? Better brand?

I'm gonna use it... not for video or photo creation/editing, not for running any heavy graphics programs, and not for gaming... I'm gonna use it to open a bunch of Firefox browsers and visit websites with them, and even the images are disabled on all the browsers so they never even load on the various websites being visited.

I wish I knew if a better graphics card would help me any, but with the current knowledge I have about all this, a graphics card only serves my purposes to display the computer on the monitor, so I don't really need a good one.

But the motherboard I'm thinking of buying:

Motherboard ($100) - ASRock AM4 B450M PRO4 DDR4/SATA3/GLAN/2,1/USB 3,1

That's what I'm stuck on. Not sure if it's good enough or if I should go for a better one............. i don't even know what would make a better motherboard other than it being more expensive

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Then graphics is fine but better power supply. RAM and CPU will use it. Just to be safe, take a better brand and more watts like 650W.

Ok, so I decided to make a few changes, mainly because of the suggestions to get a better power supply, but also because I found a bit cheaper ram with the same specs and lower CL (the one in my OP is CL17 for $250, the one I found is CL16 for $200, everything else the same - GB, MHz, brand). It's my understanding that lower CL is better, so there we go.

I plan to order everything on Monday. I really hope I don't mess up on something stupid, like specs for motherboard/box, or any compatibility issues or something.

So here's where I'm at now.

36 GB Ram ($200) - 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4/3200 KINGSTON HX432C16FB3K2/32, HyperX Fury

Ryzen 7 ($250) - AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, 8 Core (3,7GHz/4,3GHz turbo), 16 Threads, 4MB L2 cache, 16MB L3 cache, 105W, Wraith Prism RGB LED Cooler (AM4)

Box ($10) - Chieftec CQ-01B-OP - Tip: Midi Tower, Podržani formati: ATX, microATX, Ležišta za spoljne uređaje: 2x5,25", 1x3,5", Ležišta za hard diskove: 3x3,5", Maksimalni broj slotova: 7, Priključci na prednjem panelu: 2xUSB 2,0, 2x3,5mm audio (1x slušalice, 1x mikrofon), Ležišta za ventilatore: 3x120mm, 2x80mm, Dim.: 428mm 410mm x 160mm, Masa: 4,5kg

Power supply ($50) - Chieftec ELP-600S 600W - 1 piece of CPU 4/8 pin cable - 2 PCIe 6/8 pin cables - 4 SATA cables - 2 Molex cables - 1 Floppy cable - 140 mm x 150 mm x 87 mm - 120 mm fan - 85% efficiency - Automatic Fan Controller - Protection: - SCP - Lock Protection - OVP - Surge Protection - UVP - Low Voltage Protection - OPP - Overcurrent protection

Motherboard ($100) - ASRock AM4 B450M PRO4 DDR4/SATA3/GLAN/2,1/USB 3,1

SSD ($60) - AData XPG 256GB SX8200 Pro, M,2 2280, PCIe Gen3x4 NVMe 1,3, 3500/3000MB/s (ASX8200PNP-256GT-C)

That's about $700 at best, and another $50 for monitor (second hand) + mouse + keyboard + graphics card (second hand). Let's say $800 total.

I did a calculation using some calculator I found online, and for my setup I should require about 570W according to the calculator, and the 600W power supply should do it. And I did cheap out a little bit on the power supply, but not entirely. I read mixed reviews about Chieftec power supply brand. The other low end options I had for PSUs are Zeus, MS Industrial, Njoy, LC, Falcon - and for these I found no mixed reviews, only bad ones.

Also the box has 2 spaces for fans on the side, which is the main reason I chose it. I will put 2 fans on it, for any help it will do. I can't get water/liquid cooling system now and I can't get some super expensive airflow specific box.

So anyway, that's where I'm at now. If anyone has anything to say, speak now

You maximum budget?

PinguSpy said:

You maximum budget?

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My maximum budget is $0 dollars.

But I make allowances for stress while on this earth, so based on my needs and wants and availability and prices, it went up to about $800 dollars

So...

I ordered the Ram, the CPU, the Hard Disc, and the Box. Tomorrow I'll order the Motherboard and Power Supply, because the place I need to order from doesn't work until tomorrow. I'll also order the monitor and jump out get a mouse and keyboard tomorrow.

I'm stuck on the graphics card...

A guy told me to get a 2GB graphics card, but the guy I buy my graphics cards doesn't have any. The one he had was pcie x8, but I need pcie x16 to work properly. Then there's also ddr3 and ddr4 and ddr5 on the graphics cards, but I have no idea what those are and which to go for. Then I also like graphics cards that don't have a fan on them, but the guy I talked to told me it's very hard to get the type of graphics card that I need without a fan.

So I don't know, I'm stuck on the stupid graphics card. The one thing I couldn't care less about I gotta get stuck on.

Any help?