SusanJoy

Thanks so much!  After a bit of fighting with the dang thing to get any video output, I'm up and running and very happy with it.

Thanks for your response.  I'll look into the black drive.  I already have a 1-year old WD blue 1TB drive I was planning to reuse.  What about using that one for the OS and get black drives for the RAID?

My husband used a power supply calculator online and entered all the specific hardware we plan to use, including the tower fans, etc, and it came out to 380-ish W.  He wanted to go with a 400W supply and I rolled my eyes at him (as any loving wife would do, I'm sure) and went with 500.  Do you think it is important to do more than that? I can increase the wattage, but I'm curious about why I should. . . I like to learn.  :-)

Hi Brian! My husband and I have been trying to put together a list of parts for a new computer for me. Primarily for photo editing, but I do a little bit of gaming as well (nothing overly demanding).  I want longevity out of this thing, but I was also hoping to spend a couple hundred less than where we are currently sitting.  Do you see anywhere I could cut back a little and not lose a ton of performance and longevity? Or, on the flip side, do you see anything here that you think isn't going to cut it and we should change or beef up a bit?  Here's what we have:

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8 core
Motherboard: MSI ATX DDR4 AM4 AMD X370 Chipset SATA IIIRAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2x16)
Video Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Dual fan
Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB  (we will have 3 total, 1 for the OS and apps, and 2 - 1 TB mirrored drives exclusively for photos)
Power Supply: EVGA 500 W
Dell Ultrasharp U2415 24 inch
Windows 10 Home

Thank you for any thoughts/advice you have.