Excited about my new build - any thoughts?

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StuPC

Member
I know it's overpowered for what I need it for (gaming, family workhorse, streaming, web work, etc.) but it's been 10 years since I last bought a new PC (also from PC Specialist!) so I wanted to make it worth getting excited about. ;-)
Hoping for very fast load times and high level 1080p gaming. Have a 4Tb HDD (less than 18 months old) to move from current PC to this build, hence relatively small storage.

Should be good for another ten years, with a few judicious upgrades through that time, I hope.
But have I gone completely over the top here?

Case
COOLERMASTER SILENCIO S600 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12 Core CPU (3.1GHz-4.3GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 520 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 5000MB/R, 2500MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H80i V2 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
What is the budget? For 1080p gaming it's huge overkill on the GPU front. What monitor are you pairing the system with? What games are you interested in?

There are a number of changes to be made but need to know the above first :)
 
Dan79

Dan79

Bronze Level Poster
What did it come too and whats your budget.?

I'm wondering if it could be rebalanced a bit to get you a 1440 144hz machine
 
A

AshW

Member
I'd recommend the 5700 XT over the 2060 Super if you're considering 1440p 144hz gaming, the benchmark results are exceptional for 1440p/144hz on the 5700 XT gpu, you also get 2GB more dedicated memory in the GPU. I would also consider going for a higher watt PSU as it future proofs you for any potential upgrades.
 
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StuPC

Member
Hi all,

Budget was supposed to be sub-£1200, but PCS GPU prices seemed so good I decided to splurge on upgrading my GeForce GTX 1050 Ti now.

System cost with GPU is almost dead-on £1500. If the wife finds out, I'm a dead man!

It's only the regular 2060, not the Super. Plus, monitor is 1080, so wasn't considering 1440. Would like to have ray tracing, but is 1440p/144Hz possible? Could update monitor in future...

PSU is 100W over the spec, so have some wriggle room there...
Noise is VERY important, so looking for quietest possible build.

Thanks for the responses! :)
 
S

StuPC

Member
Scott said:
What is the budget? For 1080p gaming it's huge overkill on the GPU front. What monitor are you pairing the system with? What games are you interested in?

There are a number of changes to be made but need to know the above first :)
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Monitor is a 1080p 60Hz AOC - nothing special.
Games right now are Doom Eternal, Nazi Zombies 4, some Minecraft and Fortnite...
 
S

StuPC

Member
Nursemorph said:
For £1500, here is an example build of a high-end 1440p system which would also work as a VR system if necessary...this is a system @Scott in his excellent PC build guide put together:


Case
FRACTAL FOCUS G BLACK GAMING CASE (Window)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 520 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 5000MB/R, 2500MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 12 to 14 working days
Price: £1,477.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/s53z4nNKy!/


The PSU is a bit high but it usually has a 750W in the spec but the config won't allow it as they are currently out of stock. As for buying the build, it depends what "could update monitor in future" would look like time-wise...if it's a month or two then sure but, if you are thinking next year or beyond, then may not be worth it.
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Yeah, it's only a possible monitor update, and would be towards the end of this year, if at all.
As I say, important this build is QUIET (for various reasons), hence the COOLERMASTER SILENCIO S600 and the Corsair 550W PSU.

Interested why you've added the HDD - I have a 4TB HDD for all document and media storage, and a 480Gb SSD (which I forgot to mention) for games - I'm planning to add both of them into this build.

As for CPU, I went top-spec to future-proof for many years (current build has a Core i7 320, which was insane when I bought it back in 2010, but never regretted buying. Ryzen 5 feels a little...small?
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
This would be as quiet a system as you could get. I think the 3900 would be overkill to be honest. Less peak frequency too, for gaming, so I would drop that down to the 3800X which is a powerhouse of a CPU. There's no point in going OTT with the GPU, the 1660 Super has your monitor covered. If you do decide to upgrade in a year or 2, upgrade the GPU to match whichever level of gaming you want at that time. Everything in this build would support any level of gaming or upgrading you want to have in the future.

Case
FRACTAL DEFINE 7 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Eight Core CPU (3.9GHz-4.5GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 SUPER - HDMI, DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
NOT REQUIRED
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 12 to 14 working days
Price: £1,494.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/U2UKEFxhqp/
 
S

StuPC

Member
Scott said:
This would be as quiet a system as you could get. I think the 3900 would be overkill to be honest. Less peak frequency too, for gaming, so I would drop that down to the 3800X which is a powerhouse of a CPU. There's no point in going OTT with the GPU, the 1660 Super has your monitor covered. If you do decide to upgrade in a year or 2, upgrade the GPU to match whichever level of gaming you want at that time. Everything in this build would support any level of gaming or upgrading you want to have in the future.

Case
FRACTAL DEFINE 7 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Eight Core CPU (3.9GHz-4.5GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 SUPER - HDMI, DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
NOT REQUIRED
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 12 to 14 working days
Price: £1,494.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/U2UKEFxhqp/
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Hi Scott,

I think you're right. :) Have taken your advice and switched to the 3800X and the 1660 Super. Had to stick with the original case as your suggestion won't accommodate a DVD drive, which I need.

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to recommend for me!

Best,
Stu
 
G

Grumpywurzel

Bright Spark
As @Scott said, the Define deffo has the option to add the DVD/Blue-Ray Drive-
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