pcpartpicker Does this all look ok?

[Candril]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/J2b3Rk

 

Hi there, does the ram work ok with a Ryzen 5 2600?

 

Also is that a good and sensible PSU choice?

 

Will be putting my current 970 gtx 4GB GPU in the build.

 

Thanks.

 

Matt

[Daniel Z.]

Get this instead, the CPU is significantly better

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£172.00 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£89.99 @ Box Limited
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£52.98 @ Box Limited
Storage	PNY CS900 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£74.98 @ Ebuyer
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 55 ATX Mid Tower Case	£39.60 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£64.97 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£494.52
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-01 02:39 GMT+0000

 

[Bombastinator]

Also for what it’s worth I’ve had trouble with big old monitors with my gtx970 and recent win10 updates.  You may not.

[Bombastinator]

2 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

Get this instead, the CPU is significantly better

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£172.00 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£89.99 @ Box Limited
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£52.98 @ Box Limited
Storage	PNY CS900 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£74.98 @ Ebuyer
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 55 ATX Mid Tower Case	£39.60 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£64.97 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£494.52
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-01 02:39 GMT+0000

 

How much more money is the 3600x? If it’s more than only a little it’s not worth doing.

[Daniel Z.]

3 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

How much more money is the 3600x? If it’s more than only a little it’s not worth doing.

The 3600x is not worth it most of the time, but going from a 2600 to 3600 is very worth it

[Bombastinator]

1 minute ago, Daniel Z. said:

The 3600x is not worth it most of the time, but going from a 2600 to 3600 is very worth it

Depends on the price difference.  Basically all it is is a stock fan upgrade.  If stock cooler is used it is sometimes worth it if the price is almost the same.

[VEXICUS]

14 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Depends on the price difference.  Basically all it is is a stock fan upgrade.  If stock cooler is used it is sometimes worth it if the price is almost the same.

I agree that there is a cooler upgrade going from 3600 to 3600x. But there is a TDP upgrade as well. 3600 + snowman = best combo.

[Candril]

I am budget limited to the 2600, the 3600 is around £70 more for me currently, my plan is if I start seeing problems in three or so years then I will upgrade to a 3000 series or a 4000 if that cpu will still work with my motherboard, 2600 will be a huge upgrade anyway as going from an i5 2500k at stock speeds (Mobo is broken and can no longer overclock) and going from 8 to 16gb ram, as for graphics card my 970 is doing ok, I play at 1080p 60hz so it's still got a bit of life in it yet for me.

 

Anybody got any feedback on the PSU? Is there an equivalent at around the same price point that is any better?

[Bombastinator]

18 minutes ago, VEXICUS said:

I agree that there is a cooler upgrade going from 3600 to 3600x. But there is a TDP upgrade as well. 3600 + snowman = best combo.

If the price difference between a 3600 and a 3600x is even the same I would agree with you.  If you can get ahold of one.

[Bombastinator]

33 minutes ago, Candril said:

I am budget limited to the 2600, the 3600 is around £70 more for me currently, my plan is if I start seeing problems in three or so years then I will upgrade to a 3000 series or a 4000 if that cpu will still work with my motherboard, 2600 will be a huge upgrade anyway as going from an i5 2500k at stock speeds (Mobo is broken and can no longer overclock) and going from 8 to 16gb ram, as for graphics card my 970 is doing ok, I play at 1080p 60hz so it's still got a bit of life in it yet for me.

 

Anybody got any feedback on the PSU? Is there an equivalent at around the same price point that is any better?

All I can do is point you at the tier list in the PSU subforum.
 

as to prices he got you a 3600 for the same money.

[Bombastinator]

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[Candril]

6 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

All I can do is point you at the tier list in the PSU subforum.
 

as to prices he got you a 3600 for the same money.

Only by taking out the second 1tb SSD I have in the build, need 2tb storage and had so many HDD's fail on me and start to lose major performance and with my current 6 year old boot SSD still going strong I see the extra spent on those now will pay for itself in longevity, reliability and speed over the life of the build and possibly beyond, around £480 is my firm budget for this build.

[boggy77]

Got the prices down a bit and got a better motherboard.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	£108.00 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£65.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport AT 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	£64.25 @ Amazon UK
Storage	TCSunBow X3 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£80.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	TCSunBow X3 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£80.98 @ Amazon UK
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£21.60 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£49.99 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£471.78
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-01 08:03 GMT+0000

 

[Bombastinator]

4 hours ago, Candril said:

Only by taking out the second 1tb SSD I have in the build, need 2tb storage and had so many HDD's fail on me and start to lose major performance and with my current 6 year old boot SSD still going strong I see the extra spent on those now will pay for itself in longevity, reliability and speed over the life of the build and possibly beyond, around £480 is my firm budget for this build.

Ssds wear differently than HDs.  It’s possible in your situation they might wear a lot longer.  HDs wear by number of hours used while SSDs wear by numbers of writes. (But not reads) If you run the machine a lot but don’t actually write to a drive that much it could happen.  SSDs can get worn out very very fast in some enterprise uses.  Boot SSDs get written to quite rarely.  It’s possible an SSD used as a main drive may not have the longevity your boot SSD did.