New AMD build

dudo626 · September 17, 2019

(second try xD)

So hi first off all. I'll be getting an entirely new setup so I need advice and recommendations on the following build.

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	€329.90 @ Caseking
Motherboard	MSI X570-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard	€187.58 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€102.00 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card	MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB MECH OC Video Card	€429.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Monitor	Samsung C32HG70 31.5" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€1199.18
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-17 14:32 CEST+0200

I've already got a comment(on the first post I made) for the MOBO that I should take a Carbon model which is stretching it a bit for me. Better to step down to X470? Not exactly sure what am I losing or gaining between them. Should I do manual overclocking or is the automatic good enough?

I'm missing a cooler in there since I want to get the tray CPU. Planned on going for Noctua NH-D15 but do I really need it? I do want it to be quiet tho but if it isn't necessary, I'd rather get something like Cooler Master MasterAir MA610P for it's looks.

About the case... Really don't know what to get. Suggestions on what looks nice that's not too difficult to work around? I prefer to have a big tower. Also, how many vents do I need and which ones should I put in even?

I also have no idea what HDD should I get. What's there to even consider when getting one? I doubt the performance differences are too big between low and high end. I'd probably go for 1-2TB on that.

Monitor doesn't have the price, I've found it for ~450€.

Feel free to be very critical about this, I want opinions and thoughts of what can and should be changed and why. I am aware I probably don't need such a CPU but I'm not giving up on it tho.

Vishera · September 17, 2019

PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/Rz68TC

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor (€329.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard (€118.80 @ Alza)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (€80.89 @ Alternate)
Storage: Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€69.95 @ ARLT)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€43.98 @ Alternate)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB PULSE Video Card (€437.99 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case (€98.88 @ Mindfactory)
Monitor: Samsung C32HG70 31.5" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor
Total: €1180.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-17 15:06 CEST+0200

The MSI B450 TOMAHAWK can handle any Ryzen CPU.

There is no need for 32GB of RAM for gaming.

Samsung SSDs are good but extremely overpriced,The Kingston A2000 has DRAM cache and 5 years warranty.

Western Digital 7200 RPM Blue is pretty good,I have the same exact model myself,It's 5 years old and i am happy with it.

I went with the Fractal Design Meshify C for maximum airflow.

Beowulff83 · September 17, 2019

What do you plan on doing with this pc?

dudo626 · September 17, 2019

I'd like to play some of the newer titles that I'm not comfortable doing with my current PC. Another issue that I'm running into is playing modded minecraft. Some suff is really badly optimised so I hoped going overboard with this setup would counter that. I also tend to have a fair bit of stuff opened in the background, typically tens of Firefox tabs.

@Vishera Fair points but I did noticed you changed the GPU, why is that?
And for the SSD yeah I get it but should deliver better performance (that's probably unnoticable?)?