New to building PC, can anyone spare some insight?

zek777

Member
Greeting, I'm on my way to build my first PC. And after checking out PCS configuration page, I came up with this.

CaseCOOLERMASTER ELITE 130
CASEProcessor (CPU)AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.35GHz/20MB CACHE/AM4)
MotherboardASUS® ROG STRIX X470-I GAMING (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s)
Memory (RAM)16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz
Graphics Card8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Hard Disk1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 2.5" SSHD
1st M.2 SSD Drive512GB SAMSUNG 970 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 2300MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY DriveNOT REQUIRED
Power SupplyCORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Processor CoolingCorsair H55 Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal PasteCOOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Sound CardONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired NetworkingWIRELESS-N (300Mbps) 3dBi HIGH GAIN USB ADAPTER

My budget is around $1300 to $1600, the cheaper the better.

Can someone take a look and point out any problem with this build? (heating, power supply, space available)
Also, how much potential for further future upgrade this build has? (More storage, more ram, etc.)
Thank you very much.
 

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
What county is this shipping to (you say price in USD too?)

What does the above spec cost?

What will you be using the system for? Gaming? Any specific software?

If gaming, what monitor are you pairing it with?

How bothered are you about noise?
 

zek777

Member
I'm in Switzerland so the price is VAT excluded. The budget I quoted is for the price that I will pay to PCS only.
My mistake, it's CHF not USD. Just got to Switzerland recently so old habit hasn't changed yet.
It's roughly 1650CHF.

I'm going to use it for some gaming (around Witcher 3 level for example). But not Max setting. I would prefer performance over quality.
Testing out some PS3 emulation (not really sure about the spec requirement yet, the emulator has not made it to 1.0 yet).
Run some statistic (not very heavy, school stuffs).
If possible, I want it to be good enough for a few years later. When even 4k become a normal standard, I can still play at low setting.

Not sure about monitor yet. Any suggestion for an affordable monitor?
Just one, small enough to be able to put on a work desk, no need for fancy visual technology.

Don't really care about noise. In fact, if louder equals more cooling, I will take it.
Can we install extra fans in? If yes, how much does it affect power supply?
 
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