Ryzen 1 + 970 upgrade for VR Index

[itsLennee]

Hello everyone, an upgrade is due to my work/personal rig, mostly because i'm going to buy the Index next year and maybe upgrade my monitor (a Benq 1920x1080, i think it's the same that Linus throws around during his videos) to something bigger and maybe with better color fidelity for job. I'm currently with dual monitor, the already cited Benq and a Huion 1920x1080 graphic tablet (render window is still 1920x1080 tho).

 

System at the moment:

CPU: Ryzen 1600 on stock cooler

MOBO: ASUS Prime B350M-A

GPU: Zotac GTX 970 Dual Fan (funny enough, his fan controller or something like that fried and had to install an Arctic aftermarket cooler)

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaw 2400Mhz 16GB

HDD: 2xRando Seagate 7200rpm 500GB

CASE: Zalman T5 Mini Tower (good lord i hate this thing, it's mATX but has little to none cable management and terrible airflow)

PSU: Corsair CX550 80% Bronze 550W

 

Now, Ryzen is still good, i think, but a GPU, given that it has 4 years and an aftermarket cooler installed, storage and ABSOLUTELY case upgrade is in order.

 

So, this is my intention:

GPU: ASUS GTX 2070 Super https://www.nexths.it/Products/details/sku/90YV0DK3-M0NA00 575€

STORAGE: Corsair MP510 500GBhttps://www.amazon.it/Corsair-Force-MP510-NVMe-PCIe/dp/B07HR83J4S/ref=sr_1_7?__mk_it_IT=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&keywords=ssd+corsair+500gb&qid=1575908777&s=pc&sr=1-7-catcorr 88€

CASE: Cooler Master MasterBox TD500L Middle Tower  https://www.nexths.it/Products/details/sku/MCB-D500L-KANN 44€

 

For a grand total of: 707€. My max budget is 800€

Can I do better? Is my 1600 a problem for the new GPU? If you have an alternative, please link something in Europe (Amazon.de/.fr/.co.uk/.es all cool), because i'm in Italy

 

Thank you guys for your time

 

 

[boggy77]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Storage	Western Digital Green 480 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	€59.61 @ Amazon Italia
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	€556.61 @ Amazon Italia
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 ATX Mid Tower Case	€72.90 @ Amazon Italia
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€689.12
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-09 17:56 CET+0100

 

[itsLennee]

7 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Storage	Western Digital Green 480 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	€59.61 @ Amazon Italia
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	€556.61 @ Amazon Italia
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 ATX Mid Tower Case	€72.90 @ Amazon Italia
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€689.12
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-09 17:56 CET+0100

 

I saw that GPU but it is sold out right now

 

What about that WD Green? Are its performance on the same line as similar SSD, like the Corsair i linked? I never used a Green SSD

[boggy77]

5 minutes ago, itsLennee said:

I saw that GPU but it is sold out right now

 

What about that WD Green? Are its performance on the same line as similar SSD, like the Corsair i linked? I never used a Green SSD

for gaming and general use, you won't notice the difference between ssd's, not even between sata and nvme ones, so I'd get the cheapest.

[itsLennee]

1 minute ago, boggy77 said:

for gaming and general use, you won't notice the difference between ssd's, not even between sata and nvme ones, so I'd get the cheapest.

Yeah but for work 2-3 days a week I have huge work load with Premiere or Lightroom/PS (see attached image from last night session) and Rhinoceros/CAD for 2D/3D at least 2-5 times each month. Do they use only RAM or getting a good SSD has its pro? Thanks again

[boggy77]

1 minute ago, itsLennee said:

Yeah but for work 2-3 days a week I have huge work load with Premiere or Lightroom/PS (see attached image from last night session) and Rhinoceros/CAD for 2D/3D at least 2-5 times each month. Do they use only RAM or getting a good SSD has its pro? Thanks again

 

they don't seem to do a lot of writing, so most likely won't be affected by the ssd. getting faster (and potentially more) ram will help more

[itsLennee]

Just now, boggy77 said:

they don't seem to do a lot of writing, so most likely won't be affected by the ssd. getting faster (and potentially more) ram will help more

  

Ok i'll go with the Green then. Thanks a lot.

I'll add +100/150€ for more RAM to the Index budget then  Thanks

[boggy77]

Just now, itsLennee said:

  

Ok i'll go with the Green then. Thanks a lot.

I'll add +100/150€ for more RAM to the Index budget then  Thanks

you should also try to overclock your cpu, if you haven't done so already

[itsLennee]

1 minute ago, boggy77 said:

you should also try to overclock your cpu, if you haven't done so already

I didn't, it is at stock everything. Can you point me to reliable guide to understand how?

[trevb0t]

2 hours ago, itsLennee said:

Yeah but for work 2-3 days a week I have huge work load with Premiere or Lightroom/PS (see attached image from last night session) and Rhinoceros/CAD for 2D/3D at least 2-5 times each month. Do they use only RAM or getting a good SSD has its pro? Thanks again

If you're using the SSD for workload, go with NVMe. It really doesn't cost much more than SATA these days. (I've linked 1TB.)

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mr8j4D/adata-xpg-sx6000-pro-1-tb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-asx6000pnp-1tt-c