Zen 2 PC.

[Beastly710]

So i'm looking for suggestions and or thoughts on a new PC i'm going to be building soon.  

As said in the title it is going to be using the newest AMD Ryzen processors, and a few other "overkill" items in my build that my friends to think I would need. 

Build is going to be used for a Workstation and a Gaming/VR PC/Possible Streaming PC.

 

All Prices Shown Will Be In USD $.

Here are the specs: 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X. $499.99.

MOBO: AsRock - X570 Phantom Gaming X. $349.99.

CPU COOLER: NZXT - Kraken X72 360mm AIO. $195.99.

CPU PASTE: Thermal Grizzly - Kryonaut 1g. $9.31.

RAM: Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 64gb (4x16gb) 3200mhz. $329.99.

HDD: Toshiba X300 4tb 3.5in 7200rpm. $104.89.

SSD1: Samsung 860 Evo 2.5in. $137.99.

SSD2: Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2 $217.89. 

GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 8gb XC Hybrid Gaming. $749.99. 

CASE: NZXT - H700I Black Mid Tower. $179.99 

PSU: NZXT - E 850W 80+ Gold Fully Modular. $150.99 

CASE FAN1: NZXT AER RGB 2 140mm. $32.99.

CASE FAN2: NZXT AER RGB 2 Starter Pack 120mm. $129.99 

 

Total Cost of Zen 2 Build is: $3,081.11

 

I'm eager to what you will suggest I change either for a party swap or something even better, thanks for all the help in advance. 

Posting this again to get more suggestions, made a few changes since last revision. 

[alatron978]

cpu cooler is overkill and buy 3600 cl18 ram if the price isnt stupidly higher

[Viper9]

Hello,

 

For gaming/streaming you don't need 64GB of RAM, 16GB is enough. You don't need that thermal paste, because I'm pretty sure there's some that comes with the AIO Cooler. 

 

IMO Toshiba hard drives are crap (I've seen a lot of them fail), go with Western Digital or Seagate instead. 

[Beastly710]

33 minutes ago, Viper9 said:

Hello,

 

For gaming/streaming you don't need 64GB of RAM, 16GB is enough. You don't need that thermal paste, because I'm pretty sure there's some that comes with the AIO Cooler. 

 

IMO Toshiba hard drives are crap (I've seen a lot of them fail), go with Western Digital or Seagate instead. 

It will also be used for a workstation so 64 gb is fine, also the TIM the CPU cooler comes with is booty cheeks, and i'll pick a WD or seagate hdd instead.

[lansing]

Your system doesn't even need 650 watt. And there're the g.skill RAM for less money with the same capacity if you're not really into RGB.

 

And I'm assuming that you're buying two ssd, the nvme one for system booting, and the sata one for game storage? I would go both nvme instead because the slower 1TB nvme ssd now is the same price if not less than the samsung 860 evo.

[geo3]

What kind of workstation? Depending on workload that gaming card might be better swapped out for  a Titan or Quadro. 

[illegalwater]

8 hours ago, Beastly710 said:

SSD1: Samsung 860 Evo 2.5in. $137.99.

SSD2: Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2 $217.89.

Don't bother with Samsung SSDs, they're overpriced and the competition has caught up in performance. The MX500 performs just as well as the 860 and is $30 cheaper. The SX8200 trades blows with the 970 Evo Plus and is $70 cheaper ($100 cheaper, but idk how much longer this sale will last).

 

EDIT:

Your motherboard has 3 m.2 slots, you could ditch the SATA SSD altogether and go with two 1TB SX8200 and still save some cash.

[Beastly710]

On 7/13/2019 at 5:04 PM, geo3 said:

What kind of workstation? Depending on workload that gaming card might be better swapped out for  a Titan or Quadro. 

A titan or quadro is waaaaay out of my budget.

[Beastly710]

On 7/13/2019 at 5:41 PM, System32.exe said:

Don't bother with Samsung SSDs, they're overpriced and the competition has caught up in performance. The MX500 performs just as well as the 860 and is $30 cheaper. The SX8200 trades blows with the 970 Evo Plus and is $70 cheaper ($100 cheaper, but idk how much longer this sale will last).

 

EDIT:

Your motherboard has 3 m.2 slots, you could ditch the SATA SSD altogether and go with two 1TB SX8200 and still save some cash.

Thanks for the input, but i've read that the Mobo i chose has 4 m.2 slots.