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A little bit of background:
I'm in the process of building my first rig, i asked help in an italian's forum (because that's where i'm going do buy the parts) and came up with this build.  The budget is €1000 on the amazon.it store.

 

some other infos:

  • A t the moment i have a 1080p 75hx monitor, but I'm planning to upgrade it in the future
  • I don't need an HDD right now, I'll buy it in the future and focusing more budget on other more expensive components.
  • I already have all the other peripherals.
  • In the other forum they suggested me to either buy the ryzen 3600 + a CPU cooler or to buy the 3600x and use the Stock cooler.
  • They also suggested me to buy a 80+ bronze 550W PSU, but I'm not sure about it

And that's it, Can't wait to hear your suggestions LTT forums, Thanks in advance!

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Looks ok, the SSD is meh, if you want a 660p, the 1TB model should be the minimum you go for. The 512gb variant just has way too little cache.

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Don't choose PSU based solely on rating, you can have 80+Gold PSUs be awful and 80+Bronze PSUs be superb. Go to the PSU Tier List to choose from there, Tier B is recommended for budget builds, Tier A and above for higher end builds

 

Ryzen 5 3600 stock cooler is sufficient, 3600x is bad value(more expensive and slightly better than the 3600)

 

The build you linked is completely fine, but it can be tuned slightly so that you can fit in a bigger SSD, and more powerful GPU

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor €186.57 @ Amazon Italia
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard €111.89 @ Amazon Italia
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory €85.29 @ Amazon Italia
Storage Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive €112.58 @ Amazon Italia
Video Card PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 8 GB RED DRAGON Video Card €397.29 @ Amazon Italia
Case Cooler Master MasterBox MB511 ATX Mid Tower Case €40.99 @ Amazon Italia
Power Supply Antec Earthwatts Gold Pro 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply €89.00
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €1023.61
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-03 12:06 CEST+0200  

 

EDIT: added hyperlink for psu tier list

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12 minutes ago, LucaAlba297 said:

A little bit of background:
I'm in the process of building my first rig, i asked help in an italian's forum (because that's where i'm going do buy the parts) and came up with this build.  The budget is €1000 on the amazon.it store.

 

some other infos:

  • A t the moment i have a 1080p 75hx monitor, but I'm planning to upgrade it in the future
  • I don't need an HDD right now, I'll buy it in the future and focusing more budget on other more expensive components.
  • I already have all the other peripherals.
  • In the other forum they suggested me to either buy the ryzen 3600 + a CPU cooler or to buy the 3600x and use the Stock cooler.
  • They also suggested me to buy a 80+ bronze 550W PSU, but I'm not sure about it

And that's it, Can't wait to hear your suggestions LTT forums, Thanks in advance!

You can go for the 3600 since it has the same air cooler as the 3600x and perform the same.

 

The PSU is good but you can go with a 550w one instead https://it.pcpartpicker.com/product/z9CD4D/antec-earthwatts-gold-pro-550w-80-gold-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-ea550g-pro

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25 minutes ago, _d0nut said:

Don't choose PSU based solely on rating, you can have 80+Gold PSUs be awful and 80+Bronze PSUs be superb. Go to the PSU Tier List to choose from there, Tier B is recommended for budget builds, Tier A and above for higher end builds

 

Ryzen 5 3600 stock cooler is sufficient, 3600x is bad value(more expensive and slightly better than the 3600)

 

The build you linked is completely fine, but it can be tuned slightly so that you can fit in a bigger SSD, and more powerful GPU

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor €186.57 @ Amazon Italia
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard €111.89 @ Amazon Italia
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory €85.29 @ Amazon Italia
Storage Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive €112.58 @ Amazon Italia
Video Card PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 8 GB RED DRAGON Video Card €397.29 @ Amazon Italia
Case Cooler Master MasterBox MB511 ATX Mid Tower Case €40.99 @ Amazon Italia
Power Supply Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply €74.90 @ Corsair
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €1009.51
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-03 12:03 CEST+0200  

 

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Thanks!

What about buying a smaller SSD and buying this Gigabyte Nvidia RTX2060 Super Windforce OC 8G (432,83 €) or the PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (435,26 €). Because I honestly don't think i'll need 1TB SSD storage at the moment, but i don't know if those GPUs are worth 40€ more.

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1 minute ago, LucaAlba297 said:

Thanks!

What about buying a smaller SSD and buying this Gigabyte Nvidia RTX2060 Super Windforce OC 8G (432,83 €) or the PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (435,26 €). Because I honestly don't think i'll need 1TB SSD of storage at the moment, but i don't know if those GPUs are worth 40€ more.

At the same price the 5700XT is better in both performance and price compared to the 2060S. You can get a 500Gb SSD instead like the MX500 from Crucial.

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1 hour ago, LucaAlba297 said:

Thanks!

What about buying a smaller SSD and buying this Gigabyte Nvidia RTX2060 Super Windforce OC 8G (432,83 €) or the PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (435,26 €). Because I honestly don't think i'll need 1TB SSD storage at the moment, but i don't know if those GPUs are worth 40€ more.

they are, would go for the 5700xt in a heartbeat over the 2060 super. same price but the 5700xt is often compared performance-wise to a 2070, or sometimes a 2070 super/2080

 

1 hour ago, Plouffe said:

At the same price the 5700XT is better in both performance and price compared to the 2060S. You can get a 500Gb SSD instead like the MX500 from Crucial.

this^

 

also, remember to try tighten timings on your ram. you should a decent amount of free performance. there is a tutorial which tells you exactly what values to set to each setting, the whole thing should not require trial and error, and is pretty much idiot proof

 

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2 hours ago, _d0nut said:

they are, would go for the 5700xt in a heartbeat over the 2060 super. same price but the 5700xt is often compared performance-wise to a 2070, or sometimes a 2070 super/2080

 

this^

 

also, remember to try tighten timings on your ram. you should a decent amount of free performance. there is a tutorial which tells you exactly what values to set to each setting, the whole thing should not require trial and error, and is pretty much idiot proof

 

Thanks a lot! I'll follow your suggestions.

Just two more question, how does the Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (€85) compare with the Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory (€84)? Do i need to update the B450 tomahawk max BIOS in order to use it with the 3rd gen ryzen?

   
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18 minutes ago, LucaAlba297 said:

Thanks a lot! I'll follow your suggestions.

Just two more question, how does the Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (€85) compare with the Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory (€84)? Do i need to update the B450 tomahawk max BIOS in order to use it with the 3rd gen ryzen?

   

 

The 3600mhz (and Ryzen 2 love that) one will be better and at that price it's worth it and the b450 tomahawk supports ram until 4133mhz :)

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23 hours ago, LucaAlba297 said:

Thanks a lot! I'll follow your suggestions.

Just two more question, how does the Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (€85) compare with the Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory (€84)? Do i need to update the B450 tomahawk max BIOS in order to use it with the 3rd gen ryzen?

   

3600MHz should be better, for the price i'd get that. you dont need to update that mobo's bios, it is a MAX variant which means it supports ryzen 3000 out of the box

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if anyone is interested this is what i end up with:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (€187.08 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€111.89 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  (€84.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€66.00)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card  (€435.26 @ Amazon Italia)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB511 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€40.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: EVGA B3 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€75.00)
Total: €1001.21
 

If you have any other suggestions I'm happy to hear them!
Thanks!

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2 hours ago, LucaAlba297 said:

if anyone is interested this is what i end up with:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (€187.08 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (€111.89 @ Amazon Italia)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  (€84.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (€66.00)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card  (€435.26 @ Amazon Italia)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB511 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€40.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: EVGA B3 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€75.00)
Total: €1001.21
 

If you have any other suggestions I'm happy to hear them!
Thanks!

I don't know about this PSU but everything else is good :)

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor €187.08 @ Amazon Italia
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard €118.54 @ Amazon Italia
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory €74.99 @ Amazon Italia
Storage Sabrent Rocket 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive €69.99 @ Amazon Italia
Video Card PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card €429.14 @ Amazon Italia
Case Cooler Master MasterBox MB511 ATX Mid Tower Case €40.99 @ Amazon Italia
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply €82.89 @ Alternate Italia
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €1003.62
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-05 16:46 CEST+0200  

 

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