Ryzen upgrade

[T_Hastings]

So I built my mini-ITX Steam Machine back in 2019. The budget was tight, so I went with an i3-6100 with a plan to upgrade to an i7 later. However, Ryzen seems to be a reasonable option these days. I don't plan to do any overclocking whatsoever, so I'd buy an A320 and a 2700X with some 2x8 GB 3200 MHz RAM. The rest would stay the same.* If all goes well, the final build would look like this:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor	$227.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard	Asus ASUS Prime A320I-K AM4 AMD A320 SATA 6Gb/s Mini ITX AMD Motherboard Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard
Memory	Kingston HyperX Predator 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$102.00 @ Amazon
Storage	Transcend 32 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$22.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Toshiba P300 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$62.84 @ Amazon
Storage	Toshiba P300 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$62.84 @ Amazon
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB ARMOR V1 Video Card
Power Supply	EVGA 430 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$99.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$578.64
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-06 03:05 EST-0500

 

What do you guys think? Even though I'm happy with the concept, it would be good to know if I'm planning to shoot myself in the foot.

 

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* The PSU would be upgraded with the GPU later down the line.

[Meganter]

6 minutes ago, T_Hastings said:

 

Hello,

 

Even though you don't plan to overclock, A320 motherboard are really poor in terms of quality or specs.

 

A 32Gb SDD won't be enough too, 128Gb would be the minimum and even that is really low.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$189.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	$89.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Kingston HyperX Predator 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$102.00 @ Amazon
Storage	Intel 660p 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$49.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3 GB ARMOR V1 Video Card
Power Supply	EVGA 430 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	$99.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$606.94
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$586.94
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-06 03:21 EST-0500

 

[T_Hastings]

Thanks for the input! Exactly the thing I was wondering about regarding the A320. I wouldn't expect problems from a reputable brand like Asus, but it would still be a risk?

 

The SSD is intentionally small. I run GNU+Linux, and the root directory doesn't take more than 15 GB, so for that purpose it's still plenty. Does not help with RoTR load times though, that's true.

[Sakkura]

Do you do stuff that needs 8 cores? For gaming and light workloads you might be better off with a Ryzen 5 3600.

[SavageNeo]

Good ssd.better brand psu better gpu. bettee Best ram for ryzen.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$189.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$59.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 256 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$49.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$32.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 570 4 GB RS XXX Video Card	$99.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$58.54 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$591.48
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$561.48
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-06 04:24 EST-0500

 

[T_Hastings]

9 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

Do you do stuff that needs 8 cores? For gaming and light workloads you might be better off with a Ryzen 5 3600.

 

These days not really, that's true. The occasional photo editing isn't much. Actually, I'd even turn off SMT to maximize per core performance. Price is the limitation now, the additional $35 wouldn't really translate to a big change in performance. In my region (EU) the 2600X and 2700X are priced very close on the other hand.

[T_Hastings]

12 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

Good ssd.better brand psu better gpu. bettee Best ram for ryzen.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$189.99 @ B&H
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$59.99 @ Newegg
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 256 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$49.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$32.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 570 4 GB RS XXX Video Card	$99.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$58.54 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$591.48
	Mail-in rebates	-$30.00
	Total	$561.48
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-06 04:24 EST-0500

 

 

I just mentioned the parts I already have, not shopping for GPU, PSU, storage this time. Thanks anyway, will keep in mind!

[Meganter]

1 hour ago, T_Hastings said:

Thanks for the input! Exactly the thing I was wondering about regarding the A320. I wouldn't expect problems from a reputable brand like Asus, but it would still be a risk?

 

The SSD is intentionally small. I run GNU+Linux, and the root directory doesn't take more than 15 GB, so for that purpose it's still plenty. Does not help with RoTR load times though, that's true.

Well then I suppose 32Gb is enough, still feel very low  

 

1 minute ago, T_Hastings said:

These days not really, that's true. The occasional photo editing isn't much. Actually, I'd even turn off SMT to maximize per core performance. Price is the limitation now, the additional $35 wouldn't really translate to a big change in performance. In my region (EU) the 2600X and 2700X are priced very close on the other hand.

The 3600 will be better then if you game more than anything else.

[T_Hastings]

1 minute ago, Plouffe said:

Well then I suppose 32Gb is enough, still feel very low  

 

The 3600 will be better then if you game more than anything else.

Yes, it's an uncommon use case for an SSD

 

This is a compelling argument for the 3600... It'd be more or less the same for future-proofing as well, right? I mean, multi-threaded games won't just explode, requiring 6+ cores in the coming, say, 5 years?

[Meganter]

2 minutes ago, T_Hastings said:

This is a compelling argument for the 3600... It'd be more or less the same for future-proofing as well, right? I mean, multi-threaded games won't just explode, requiring 6+ cores in the coming, say, 5 years?

Yeah 6 cores is not yet the minimum requirement for AAA games and with HT you are good for the next 5 years.

[Elisis]

3 minutes ago, T_Hastings said:

I mean, multi-threaded games won't just explode, requiring 6+ cores in the coming, say, 5 years?

That's the thing, we don't know. There's a possibility of it happening, especially if you look at Vulkan and the like.

[T_Hastings]

25 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

Yeah 6 cores is not yet the minimum requirement for AAA games and with HT you are good for the next 5 years.

 

24 minutes ago, Elisis said:

That's the thing, we don't know. There's a possibility of it happening, especially if you look at Vulkan and the like.

 

Okay, so I did a bit deeper research on the 3600... I must agree with Plouffe, because even in Vulkan titles, where the 2700X came out on top in average framerates, the lows were still higher on the 3600. Didn't expect that. I'll try to stretch the budget so the 3600 fits. The cheaper RAM suggested by SavageNeo will help with that!

[Meganter]

4 minutes ago, T_Hastings said:

 

Yup, use PCP with your currency and note which one is already purchased with the budget you want so we can help with more accuracy