Building a pc. $1000 challenge

[Gamble]

How does the one look? I like the board for built in wifi but it doesn't allow for the fastest memory speeds
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XjQzr7

Figured I can start at the bottom of the Ryzen chip and upgrade later when prices get lower. And then add water cooling.
As long as I have a power supply and motherboard I don't have to upgrade later.

 

[Gamble]

Found a interesting review on the ryzen 1700 vs the 1800x and for $300 more for the 1800x you get about 200mhz. Big whoop

Started to order some parts today
(2) 1tb WD data hard drives
(2) 24" benq monitors

The price of the SSD for that much data just seems crazy for now. I can wait until the price drops a few years from now, but to have 1tb of storage and then have a backup for $100 for both drives seems hard to beat. I do plan on doing a m.2 SSD for the OS. I think this will be the best bang for the buck, I just have to figure out what size is good for it. I don't want to run out later but at the same time don't want to upgrade it later. So maybe 256 should be plenty

 

[Gamble]

looks like my monitor prices dropped a little and i got a $60 refund
only need now is cpu and ram.

lol budget

here is the build
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Vxc7jc

 

[bmoore04]

Any of the sites still do barebone kit sets? When I built my PC I got a really good deal from tigerdirect (Although they seem to be dead now)

 

[Gamble]

Any of the sites still do barebone kit sets? When I built my PC I got a really good deal from tigerdirect (Although they seem to be dead now)

tiger direct prices seem really high to me. I got everything from amazon or newegg. They seem to compete with each other. newegg also doesn't have to charge tax in IL so they got a lot of my money

all parts purchased now to being the build when they show up.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16819117726


Why amd? I would of paid the few more bucks for the i7

 

[bmoore04]

tiger direct prices seem really high to me. I got everything from amazon or newegg. They seem to compete with each other. newegg also doesn't have to charge tax in IL so they got a lot of my money

all parts purchased now to being the build when they show up.

They changed ownership or something recently. Used to get some screaming deals from them.

 

[Gamble]

https://m.newegg.com/products/N82E16819117726


Why amd? I would of paid the few more bucks for the i7

First was the budget but I clearly burned through that
I was always an AMD fan in the athlon days then they sucked dick but now they seem impressive for the price. So figured I would try it