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Skillywilly
By Skillywilly
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Hi guys,

 

I want to build a new gaming rig. I'm living in germany and the budget is rather flexible but I wanna feel that it's a good value and that it will last me a few years. I came up with this build and would appreciate feedback. Below I will give some reasons as to why I picked a certain component, if my reasoning is off feel free to critique it.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor €219.90 @ Alternate
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - MasterLiquid 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler €76.87 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard €104.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory G.Skill - Sniper X 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory €117.77 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage Western Digital - SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive €117.80 @ Alza
Storage Western Digital - Blue 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive €57.76 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card Zotac - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING AMP Video Card €739.00 @ Amazon Deutschland
Case Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case €49.90 @ Caseking
Power Supply Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply €89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €1573.80
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Reasoning:

CPU: I wanted multi-threading for my cpu and it was either ryzen or i7. And given the prices of i7s I felt that ryzen is the way to go. Reason I went for the none-X 2700 is that I don't mind overclocking the cpu myself and 2700+aio is about the price of the 2700X. 

Motherboard: The big vrm heatsinks on tomahawk should be good for the planned oc and more expensive boards didn't seem to add much.

Memory: The tomahawk can support up to 3466mhz, so I went for the cheapest ram, that can do that.

Storage: This one is pretty up in the air. I'm unsure on the m.2 to hdd ratio and if I really need such a fancy m.2. I mainly store games on my pc, hardly any movies or other big files.

GPU: Not really set on that exact 2080. Also not necessarily set on the 2080. I just felt that given the rest of the build a 2080 would fit nicely in terms of value.

Case: Not really set on that one.

Power Supply: seemed good enough.

 

Any feedback is appreciated. If my build is way of the mark I would also appreciate a bang-for-your-buck 2080 rig suggestion.

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€219.90 @ Alternate) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (€72.89 @ Aquatuning) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€104.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Western Digital - SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (€117.80 @ Alza) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€57.76 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING AMP Video Card  (€739.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€49.90 @ Caseking) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1526.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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No point getting 3600MHz Ram for Ryzen as it is a bit hit and miss if it will run at that freq. Stick with 3000 - 3200 imo.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€219.90 @ Alternate) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC - Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler  (€33.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: MSI - X470 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€179.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€69.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€69.70 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card  (€749.00 @ Caseking) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C TG ATX Mid Tower Case  (€84.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1572.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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1 minute ago, lee32uk said:

No point getting 3600MHz Ram for Ryzen as it is a bit hit and miss if it will run at that freq. Stick with 3000 - 3200 imo.

Okay.

 

1 minute ago, lee32uk said:

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC - Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler  (€33.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Is that cooler strong enough? I read that 2700 overclocked to 4.2 ghz can draw ~170W (https://www.hardocp.com/article/2018/06/01/amd_ryzen_7_2700_overclocking_review/5).

 

5 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

Motherboard: MSI - X470 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€179.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Why do you go for that motherboard? Is it really worth 75€ more?

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11 minutes ago, Skillywilly said:

Okay.

 

Is that cooler strong enough? I read that 2700 overclocked to 4.2 ghz can draw ~170W (https://www.hardocp.com/article/2018/06/01/amd_ryzen_7_2700_overclocking_review/5).

 

Why do you go for that motherboard? Is it really worth 75€ more?

The Arctic Cooler is listed for TDP up to 210W on the Arctic website if you click on technical data.

 

https://www.arctic.ac/uk_en/freezer-34-esports-duo.html

 

The X470 Gaming Pro Carbon has a better VRM than the Tomahawk. Nothing wrong with the Tomahawk though but the Pro Carbon has a better chance of handling Ryzen 3xxx higher core count cpu's should you wish to upgrade in the future.

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If you wanted a cheaper board and different cooler.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (€219.90 @ Alternate) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler  (€72.89 @ Aquatuning) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€129.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€69.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€69.70 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card  (€749.00 @ Caseking) 
Case: Fractal Design - Meshify C TG ATX Mid Tower Case  (€84.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1560.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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4 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

The X470 Gaming Pro Carbon has a better VRM than the Tomahawk. Nothing wrong with the Tomahawk though but the Pro Carbon has a better chance of handling Ryzen 3xxx higher core count cpu's should you wish to upgrade in the future.

 That sounds like a solid idea.

 

2 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€69.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€69.70 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Why not an m.2 nvme? Is it not worth it?

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8 minutes ago, Skillywilly said:

 That sounds like a solid idea.

 

Why not an m.2 nvme? Is it not worth it?

Not for general day to day usage no. An NVMe is handy if you are working/moving lots of large files around etc. Things like Windows boot time and game load times are not really much different for the most part.

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