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R5 1500X Build (suggestions please)

What do you guys think about this build? Is it the best performance I can get for a $650 full setup?

I know I could cheap out on the monitor, keyboard, and mouse, however this is about the minimum I can go for quality.

If you're wondering, I live in the US.

Also, I was going to add a hard drive and 8gb of ram a bit farther down the line.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BJWTTH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/BJWTTH/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($35.54 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus - VS228H-P 21.5" 1920x1080 Monitor  ($49.99)
Keyboard: Redragon - Karura K502 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($23.68 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Redragon - Centrophorus M601 Wired Optical Mouse  ($12.99 @ Amazon)
Speakers: Logitech - S-150 1.2W 2ch Speakers  ($9.22 @ Amazon)
Total: $648.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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What do you think? :D

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I'll do my magic on it

Im mostly on discord now and you can find me on my profile

 

My Build: Xeon 2630L V, RX 560 2gb, 8gb ddr4 1866, EVGA 450BV 

My Laptop #1: i3-5020U, 8gb of DDR3, Intel HD 5500

 

 

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Get the 1600. Overclock it. Replace the PSU 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | CPU Cooler: Stock AMD Cooler | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 | GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB Zotac Mini | Case: K280 Case | PSU: Cooler Master B600 Power supply | SSD: 1TB  | HDDs: 1x 250GB & 1x 1TB WD Blue | Monitors: 24" Acer S240HLBID + 24" Samsung  | OS: Win 10 Pro

 

Audio: Behringer Q802USB Xenyx 8 Input Mixer |  U-PHORIA UMC204HD | Behringer XM8500 Dynamic Cardioid Vocal Microphone | Sound Blaster Audigy Fx PCI-E card.

 

Home Lab:  Lenovo ThinkCenter M82 ESXi 6.7 | Lenovo M93 Tiny Exchange 2019 | TP-LINK TL-SG1024D 24-Port Gigabit | Cisco ASA 5506 firewall  | Cisco Catalyst 3750 Gigabit Switch | Cisco 2960C-LL | HP MicroServer G8 NAS | Custom built SCCM Server.

 

 

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The first suggestion as you can see is save for the ryzen 1600 :P

Get 3000mhz ram to run on 2933 which will provide your performance is close enough to peak.

Get a Seasonic 520w PSU instead.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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Only having 120gb of storage can be rough. I'm also surprised you aren't getting a cheaper CPU and a better GPU. I guess it depends on what you'll be doing with it but people seem to like gaming here so GPU tends to be a higher priority.

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1 minute ago, Abdul201588 said:

Get the 1600. Overclock it. Replace the PSU 

Replace it with what?

Not to mention I'm not getting an aftermarket cooler and Ryzen pretty much hits a barrier at 4 GHz and beyond. R5 1500X auto-overclocks with XFR to 3.9GHz with the stock cooler.

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1 minute ago, MegaVoltz said:

Replace it with what?

Not to mention I'm not getting an aftermarket cooler and Ryzen pretty much hits a barrier at 4 GHz and beyond. R5 1500X auto-overclocks with XFR to 3.9GHz with the stock cooler.

ya but extra cores are great 

My Personal Computer

 

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz (OC 3.8) 6-Core Processor

Cpu cooler DEEPCOOL Gamer Storm CAPTAIN 240EX WHITE 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC ATX AM4 Motherboard 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3000MHz RAM 8x3

Storage: SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 256GB SATA III

Storage:SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 500GB SATA III
Video Card: RTX 2060
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: EVGA 550 B3 550W

Peripherals

Monitor: Acer XF240H 24" TN Free-Sync ,144 Hz 

Keyboard: Corsair k95 RGB platinum

Mouse: Razer basilisk

Headset: Hyperx cloud alpha pro

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1 minute ago, Eric++ said:

Only having 120gb of storage can be rough. I'm also surprised you aren't getting a cheaper CPU and a better GPU. I guess it depends on what you'll be doing with it but people seem to like gaming here so GPU tends to be a higher priority.

There is a big gap in price between the best dual-cores and the cheapest quad-cores. Plus it has hyper-threading. I can always upgrade my GPU later.

I would add a hard drive fairly soon. I can get by with 120GB for now.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($158.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($65.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($47.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($204.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($26.99 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: Asus - VS228H-P 21.5" 1920x1080 Monitor  ($49.99) 
Keyboard: Logitech - MK120 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($13.89 @ OutletPC) 
Speakers: Logitech - S-150 1.2W 2ch Speakers  ($9.22 @ Amazon) 
Other: Rosewill FBM-01 ($22.99)
Total: $655.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-05 21:54 EDT-0400

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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Just now, MegaVoltz said:

There is a big gap in price between the best dual-cores and the cheapest quad-cores. Plus it has hyper-threading. I can always upgrade my GPU later.

I would add a hard drive fairly soon. I can get by with 120GB for now.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9QbQ2R got you corved really well

Im mostly on discord now and you can find me on my profile

 

My Build: Xeon 2630L V, RX 560 2gb, 8gb ddr4 1866, EVGA 450BV 

My Laptop #1: i3-5020U, 8gb of DDR3, Intel HD 5500

 

 

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1 minute ago, MegaVoltz said:

Replace it with what?

Not to mention I'm not getting an aftermarket cooler and Ryzen pretty much hits a barrier at 4 GHz and beyond. R5 1500X auto-overclocks with XFR to 3.9GHz with the stock cooler.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $54.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-05 21:53 EDT-0400

 

 

The R5 1600 comes with an aftermarket cooler. 

 

Look at the link below. Tons of videos overclocking the CPU. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=r5+1600+overclock

 

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | CPU Cooler: Stock AMD Cooler | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 | GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB Zotac Mini | Case: K280 Case | PSU: Cooler Master B600 Power supply | SSD: 1TB  | HDDs: 1x 250GB & 1x 1TB WD Blue | Monitors: 24" Acer S240HLBID + 24" Samsung  | OS: Win 10 Pro

 

Audio: Behringer Q802USB Xenyx 8 Input Mixer |  U-PHORIA UMC204HD | Behringer XM8500 Dynamic Cardioid Vocal Microphone | Sound Blaster Audigy Fx PCI-E card.

 

Home Lab:  Lenovo ThinkCenter M82 ESXi 6.7 | Lenovo M93 Tiny Exchange 2019 | TP-LINK TL-SG1024D 24-Port Gigabit | Cisco ASA 5506 firewall  | Cisco Catalyst 3750 Gigabit Switch | Cisco 2960C-LL | HP MicroServer G8 NAS | Custom built SCCM Server.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Vernw3 said:

ya but extra cores are great 

I'm on a pretty fixed budget. The stuff I do doesn't ever utilize more than 8 threads.

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1 minute ago, Vernw3 said:

ya but extra cores are great 

Yes but I don't think that's a priority for this kind of budget build.

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Just now, Billy_Mays said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9QbQ2R got you corved really well

The RX 560 gets creamed by the 1050 Ti in terms of raw performance.

Not to mention the RAM you listed would not let me upgrade to 16GB in the future.

Also there are cheaper options available. RAM is kind of expensive right now.

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Just now, MegaVoltz said:

The RX 560 gets creamed by the 1050 Ti in terms of raw performance.

Not to mention the RAM you listed would not let me upgrade to 16GB in the future.

Also there are cheaper options available. RAM is kind of expensive right now.

I know but I'm using an Igpu (i play GTA V on it so font complain) and it will because the board has 4 dim slots and that ram is the nicer option and its a good deal and it goes with a slight theme of your build

Im mostly on discord now and you can find me on my profile

 

My Build: Xeon 2630L V, RX 560 2gb, 8gb ddr4 1866, EVGA 450BV 

My Laptop #1: i3-5020U, 8gb of DDR3, Intel HD 5500

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $54.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-05 21:53 EDT-0400

 

 

The R5 1600 comes with an aftermarket cooler. 

 

Look at the link below. Tons of videos overclocking the CPU. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=r5+1600+overclock

 

 

That power supply would put me significantly over budget.

Also, do you even know the definition of "aftermarket cooler"? Aftermarket coolers are ones you buy that aren't the stock cooler. Plus I don't need 12 threads.

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Just now, Billy_Mays said:

I know but I'm using an Igpu (i play GTA V on it so font complain) and it will because the board has 4 dim slots and that ram is the nicer option and its a good deal and it goes with a slight theme of your build

There is cheaper ram available for the same performance.

Also, I'm using a case with no side window. The main components don't have to look great.

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Just now, MegaVoltz said:

There is cheaper ram available for the same performance.

Also, I'm using a case with no side window. The main components don't have to look great.

You could get a new case for the first or later upgrade because then you don't need to build a whole new PC

Im mostly on discord now and you can find me on my profile

 

My Build: Xeon 2630L V, RX 560 2gb, 8gb ddr4 1866, EVGA 450BV 

My Laptop #1: i3-5020U, 8gb of DDR3, Intel HD 5500

 

 

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13 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

The first suggestion as you can see is save for the ryzen 1600 :P

Get 3000mhz ram to run on 2933 which will provide your performance is close enough to peak.

Get a Seasonic 520w PSU instead.

Ryzen is having problems with high-speed RAM right now. The slight boost in performance between 2400 and 3000 isn't worth it in my opinion. The price-to-performance of 2400MHz ram is unbeatable rn

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Just now, MegaVoltz said:

That power supply would put me significantly over budget.

Also, do you even know the definition of "aftermarket cooler"? Aftermarket coolers are ones you buy that aren't the stock cooler. Plus I don't need 12 threads.

Sorry I derped.... I mean it comes with a stock cooler. I do know what an Aftermarket cooler is buddy. :) 

 

Also, you can't add another $20? 

 

 

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | CPU Cooler: Stock AMD Cooler | Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) | RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 | GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB Zotac Mini | Case: K280 Case | PSU: Cooler Master B600 Power supply | SSD: 1TB  | HDDs: 1x 250GB & 1x 1TB WD Blue | Monitors: 24" Acer S240HLBID + 24" Samsung  | OS: Win 10 Pro

 

Audio: Behringer Q802USB Xenyx 8 Input Mixer |  U-PHORIA UMC204HD | Behringer XM8500 Dynamic Cardioid Vocal Microphone | Sound Blaster Audigy Fx PCI-E card.

 

Home Lab:  Lenovo ThinkCenter M82 ESXi 6.7 | Lenovo M93 Tiny Exchange 2019 | TP-LINK TL-SG1024D 24-Port Gigabit | Cisco ASA 5506 firewall  | Cisco Catalyst 3750 Gigabit Switch | Cisco 2960C-LL | HP MicroServer G8 NAS | Custom built SCCM Server.

 

 

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Just now, Billy_Mays said:

You could get a new case for the first or later upgrade because then you don't need to build a whole new PC

This case is probably what I'm going to stick with. Austin Evans uses it quite a lot in his builds.

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1 minute ago, Abdul201588 said:

Sorry I derped.... I mean it comes with a stock cooler. I do know what an Aftermarket cooler is buddy. :) 

 

Also, you can't add another $20? 

 

 

 

I would love to, however it's really not beneficial at this point for me to spend more on 4 more threads I won't use. Nothing I do or will do can benefit from more than 8 threads.

Also it's $30 BTW

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1 minute ago, MegaVoltz said:

This case is probably what I'm going to stick with. Austin Evans uses it quite a lot in his builds.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vWhNHN don't whine now its more money saved $18 and dont just go by one person I know its a great case but you need to branch out into different parts of the world

Im mostly on discord now and you can find me on my profile

 

My Build: Xeon 2630L V, RX 560 2gb, 8gb ddr4 1866, EVGA 450BV 

My Laptop #1: i3-5020U, 8gb of DDR3, Intel HD 5500

 

 

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1 minute ago, Billy_Mays said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vWhNHN don't whine now its more money saved $18 and dont just go by one person I know its a great case but you need to branch out into different parts of the world

That list leaves out the price of the RX 560.

Also, the reviews of that power supply on Newegg are not pretty. Most people are complaining it has a very loud fan.

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