Brand new build

[cactuskye]

I am new to the computer building scene and am in need of advice. Does the system I am planning on building have any major flaws (it will be used for gaming and streaming) Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.

CPU: Ryzen 7 2700x

cooler: be quiet dark rock 4

motherboard: MSI b450  tomahawk ATX am4

ram: corsair vengeance  LPX 16GB DDR4-3000 memory

storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200rpm hard drive and Samsung 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" SSD

video card: MSI GeForce 1660 ti 6GB Ventus xs oc

power supply: Corsair  CXM 550 W 80+ bronze semi-modular ATX

case: NZXT H500i ATX mid tower

 

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, cactuskye said:

 

You should wait a week for Ryzen 3000 to drop on July 7th.

If you're only going to be gaming at 1080p a used RX 570-580 can be had for around $100 and has perfectly fine performance.

 

NZXT cases will run hot in general, you should get something with a mesh front panel.

[Derrk]

may want to also consider getting a small SSD, just for the operating system if nothing else

[Sorenson]

27 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

You should wait a week for Ryzen 3000 to drop on July 7th.

If you're only going to be gaming at 1080p a used RX 570-580 can be had for around $100 and has perfectly fine performance.

 

NZXT cases will run hot in general, you should get something with a mesh front panel.

NZXT cases are fine thermal wise. Science Studio did a video on it recently, and it cooled quite well. Also the 1660ti is a nice step up over the 580, which struggles with newer gamers at 1080p.

[Streetguru]

20 minutes ago, Sorenson said:

NZXT cases are fine thermal wise. Science Studio did a video on it recently, and it cooled quite well. Also the 1660ti is a nice step up over the 580, which struggles with newer gamers at 1080p.

They don't compare well to a case with mesh for more proper cooling, the H500 is just the least worse NZXT case, and the bonus features on the "i" model aren't really worth it.

 

the Coolermaster MB511 is around the same price and has better cooling potential.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/N622FT/cooler-master-masterbox-mb511-atx-mid-tower-case-mcb-b511d-kann-s00

The RX 580 is half the price, and can run modern games just fine, at most you'd just drop shadow and AA settings to get your fps up a bunch, the 1660ti is maybe 15-30fps ahead on average, but that's still over 60fps on the RX 580 in most games at high/ultra.

 

as well the RX 590 is finally down to a decent price of $200, though I'd take a cheaper used RX 580 over it.
https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3445-evga-gtx-1660-ti-xc-review-benchmark

 

 

[VEXICUS]

2 hours ago, cactuskye said:

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I'll recommend something like this....

 

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Team - T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX6000 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS OC Video Card
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

[cactuskye]

15 hours ago, Derrk said:

may want to also consider getting a small SSD, just for the operating system if nothing else

I already have a 500 GB SSD, do I need more?

 

[cactuskye]

14 hours ago, Streetguru said:

the Coolermaster MB511 is around the same price and has better cooling potential.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/N622FT/cooler-master-masterbox-mb511-atx-mid-tower-case-mcb-b511d-kann-s00
 

 

 

Ok I'll take a look at it

[Derrk]

5 hours ago, cactuskye said:

I already have a 500 GB SSD, do I need more?

 

sorry, i must have missed the 500gb 860 evo when i first read it. That should be plenty

[Sorenson]

20 hours ago, Streetguru said:

They don't compare well to a case with mesh for more proper cooling, the H500 is just the least worse NZXT case, and the bonus features on the "i" model aren't really worth it.

 

the Coolermaster MB511 is around the same price and has better cooling potential.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/N622FT/cooler-master-masterbox-mb511-atx-mid-tower-case-mcb-b511d-kann-s00

The RX 580 is half the price, and can run modern games just fine, at most you'd just drop shadow and AA settings to get your fps up a bunch, the 1660ti is maybe 15-30fps ahead on average, but that's still over 60fps on the RX 580 in most games at high/ultra.

 

as well the RX 590 is finally down to a decent price of $200, though I'd take a cheaper used RX 580 over it.
https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3445-evga-gtx-1660-ti-xc-review-benchmark

 

 

Yes a case with a mesh front panel will run cooler. However, unless you’re as overly picky as Steve aka Tech Jesus you will probably never notice it, especially with a 2700x (which runs cooler than intel’s offerings) and a dark rock 4. My cpu and GPU run perfectly cool in my h200i

 

For the 1660ti almost every step up in graphics cards is “only a 15-30 FPS difference”. That 15-30 can be the difference between getting a solid 60fps and not.

[Streetguru]

On 7/2/2019 at 8:00 PM, Sorenson said:

Yes a case with a mesh front panel will run cooler. However, unless you’re as overly picky as Steve aka Tech Jesus you will probably never notice it, especially with a 2700x (which runs cooler than intel’s offerings) and a dark rock 4. My cpu and GPU run perfectly cool in my h200i

 

For the 1660ti almost every step up in graphics cards is “only a 15-30 FPS difference”. That 15-30 can be the difference between getting a solid 60fps and not.

At least the RX 5700 is out now and looks pretty great for $350, especially once people discover how to overclock it. Just need the partner cards.

But if your case restricts cooling you can lose fps if your hardware isn't able to boost to it's full potential.