Quiet affordable medium sized system

[MartinStacey433]

I'm looking to replace my current antique with an quiet affordable medium-range machine for general use, gaming, and listening to music. So, decent affordable gaming, not really high speed. I want to keep around a lot of photos and media files. My proposed build comes to 853 pounds. I could stretch a bit further for a noticeable performance difference. Yes, I know it's an overspecced power supply. I'm wondering if shelling out another 30 quid for a Samsung EVO 970 M.2 ssd is going to make enough difference to care about. Thoughts, anyone?

Case
COOLERMASTER SILENCIO S600 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.1GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 - HDMI
1st Storage Drive
4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/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
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
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
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Price: £853.00 including VAT and Delivery

 

[Resistance100]

what monitor will you be using with it and what type of games?

 

[Martinr36]

As above and this is worth a read

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[MartinStacey433]

Sorry about that... The corresponding monitor is an NEC MultiSync244WMi. This is a 1920x1200 monitor that usually runs at 1920x1080 because we duplicate the display on our television. Its claimed refresh rate is 56-60Hz. My son plays Fortnite and Assassin's Creed and otherwise favours world-dominaton strategy games, though he might yet want to play more FPS games. One day we'll go for 4K everything but this isn't the year.