SFF PC build planning

[Leetee]

Planning a new PC to start fresh as i'm moving to Windows 10. Below are the listed parts I'm thinking about getting for it:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U9S 46.44 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus - ROG Strix B450-I Gaming Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING X Video Card  ($284.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - SF 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($99.89 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($99.39 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1033.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-09 17:18 EDT-0400

 

1) PC parts picker tells me that my motherboard and CPU are incompatible, which i have a feeling is only because Zen2 just recently launched. I'm assuming its perfectly compatible so let me know if I'm wrong!

 

2) I know the new 5700 series and Super cards just came out, but those cards all seem to be out of the range of what I'm looking to spend, and that aside I'm primarily playing gonna be doing a lot of photoshop work and as for games i'm mostly playing Final Fantasy XIV which doesn't have super high requirements. The 1660 Ti seems to be a good sweet spot, but that was based on my research before any reviews on the 5700 or Super cards. Is this still the case? My monitor is a 1440p, 60Hz.

[Mira Yurizaki]

3 minutes ago, Leetee said:

1) PC parts picker tells me that my motherboard and CPU are incompatible, which i have a feeling is only because Zen2 just recently launched. I'm assuming its perfectly compatible so let me know if I'm wrong!

It's not compatible out of the box. It would require a BIOS update to get it to work with a Ryzen 3000 CPU. However, it doesn't look like the board you selected has a feature to update it without a compatible CPU.

 

Supposedly AMD has a program where they'll send you a compatible CPU to update the BIOS with, but I'm not sure if that's still a thing or if it's a thing for getting older boards to work with Ryzen 3000 CPUs.

 

3 minutes ago, Leetee said:

2) I know the new 5700 series and Super cards just came out, but those cards all seem to be out of the range of what I'm looking to spend, and that aside I'm primarily playing gonna be doing a lot of photoshop work and as for games i'm mostly playing Final Fantasy XIV which doesn't have super high requirements. The 1660 Ti seems to be a good sweet spot, but that was based on my research before any reviews on the 5700 or Super cards. Is this still the case? My monitor is a 1440p, 60Hz.

The 1660 Ti is fine.

[VEXICUS]

6 hours ago, Leetee said:

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You missed the case and storage in your build...

I'll recommend something like this...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($329.00 @ B&H) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450I GAMING PLUS AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team - T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP - EX900 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS OC Video Card  ($294.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Silverstone - SG13 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($57.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Rosewill - Capstone 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $991.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-09 23:54 EDT-0400

 

Windows keys an be had fr around $10-15 from sites like kinguin, scdkeys, eBay.

[Leetee]

10 hours ago, VEXICUS said:

You missed the case and storage in your build...

I'll recommend something like this...

 

Windows keys an be had fr around $10-15 from sites like kinguin, scdkeys, eBay.

Thanks, but the storage and case were not in question so i omitted that information out. And in regards to windows key, i'd rather not go the route with a grey area key. They work, but from my experience they don't work for longer than 6 months. I'd rather not have to deal with the license key expiring on me.