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Doing a quick update! A few days ago, I got my Ryzen 5 5600, which is a huge upgrade; performance is amazing (Thanks AM4 Socket) For cooling, I got the Noctua NH-U12A to cool the CPU and it does a great job!! Impressive numbers. I've added a Samsung 2TB SSD because I was running a little low on storage Replaced my front fans with Noctua fans because...uhhhh... That's it for now!

Thank you for the suggestion! I did what you said and got a fan splitter. I'm going to set it up now. They will all be connected to the Chassis Fan Header. Should I connect the low noise adapter to the 1700rpm fan? I feel that it might be strange having 1700 rpm and 1200 rpm fans connected to the same splitter. Hopefully it works well!

My motherboard is the Asus A320M-K. That's a good solution. Thanks! I'll go for this setup. I'm also curious if the 'low noise adapters' would work on the front fans that are connected to the PSU? I have two that I could use to prevent them from running at max.

Hi. Most of my fans are pretty silent (Noctua) except for my front case fans. I have a spare 1700 rpm Noctua CPU cooler fan and I've ordered a Noctua NF-P12 redux-1300 PWM. I currently have a 1200 rpm Noctua fan for the exhaust. I'll be having 2 of these fans at the front and one as the exhaust. The exhaust fan is connected to the motherboard while the front fans take power from the PSU. How should I arrange these 3 fans for the best cooling/noise?

This could be because their framerate is capped or resolution is lower. @Carnage1Is this the case?

I don't think you have a bottleneck issue. 60% CPU usage doesn't sound too high and 60% GPU usage doesn't sound to low. It depends on the game. What GPU and CPU do you have and what games have you seen this on? (If you don't mind me asking) Edit: Never mind, you should be getting high Usage on these heavy games assuming your framerate is not capped. Sorry about that. Is your framerate capped?

Thank you! That's an interesting combination. Your CPU is pretty solid and could game pretty well on its own too! It's also pretty capable allowing you to upgrade to many GPUs without large bottlenecks. Nice build!

This isn't a full build log but mainly just an progress log for myself A few days ago, I got my RX 6600 XT MSI Gaming X (at MSRP!), which is a solid upgrade over my GTX 1060 6GB, that's been doing well for a few years now. Ordered the Fractal Design Ion+ 560p PSU as an upgrade over the 450W Corsair PSU I previously had. Need to have a nice PSU for the GPU! I've been using my Ryzen 5 1500X for some good time now and won't be making any big upgrades to the CPU yet. My friend kindly gave me his no longer used Ryzen 3 3100, which I will upgrade to for now after updating my BIOS (around 10%-20% performance increase I think). I'm also getting an Arctic Freezer A13 X for a quieter experience in comparison to the stock cooler. In the past months, I have added a 1TB NVME M.2 SSD to the existing 256GB SSD and 1TB Hard Drive! An upgrade to 3600mhz 16GB RAM over my previous 2XXXmhz 8GB RAM was also made (even though I cannot use the full speed yet) I also replaced two of the louder front fans with quieter Arctic fans and it's been good! Around 2 years ago, I replaced the back fan with a Noctua Fan for improved airflow. In the future, I will probably upgrade my motherboard to a mATX B550 and get a Ryzen 5 5600X. Getting ready for Battlefield 2042 and playing more games with increased amazingness. (Current laptop is a Dell 2 in 1 with Ryzen 5 5500U like the XPS)

Update: I actually managed to get a MSI RX 6600 XT Gaming X and it arrived today I was pretty happy so I decided to do an update (but let me know if I shouldn't do that to older threads like this) I don't have my PSU yet so I must patiently wait. I'm getting the Fractal Design Ion+ (either 560w or 660w), which is also nicely on the Tier List!

Got it. I shall keep this in mind for whenever I purchase something like this. That is pretty useful! Thanks I also found out that the PSU (Corsair VS 450) I've been using my GTX 1060 6GB and Ryzen 5 1500X for years with is in Tier D ahah Good to know! I think I shall go with the Corsair TX 650M or Corsair TX 750M in the end Thanks for the help everyone!

Sounds good. I'm from the UK.

This is on Amazon

There is also this one (attached image), which looks decent.

Hi. I was looking for a PSU for when I (hopefully soon ) get a RX 6600 XT. Would the Corsair TX 650M work well with the RX 6600 XT? (4.7/5 Stars Amazon Reviews) Are there other recommended PSUs that I should look at? Not trying to spend too much. Thanks!

You can check to see if you game runs at the framerates that your it should be running at with your GPU. If it is...then it should be good (Task manager may just be showing 0% when it is not) You could also use software like MSI Afterburner to see if there is an increase in GPU Usage once you play Battlefield V. GPU Usage should increase a lot when going from nothing to gaming.