First build, workstation + gaming

[stefstefstef]

Hi guys,

 

I'm close to purchase my first workstation / gaming rig. Hoping to get some advice on what I've put together. I think the GPU could be upgraded in 1 to 2 years if needed. The other parts I'm hoping to last for a while. What do you think? Will it fit and work together?

1. AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Boxed € 495,-
2. Gigabyte Aorus X570 I PRO WIFI € 229,-
3. Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G € 455,-
4. NZXT H210 black/white € 84,90
5. be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 € 74,50
6. Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK64GX4M2D3600C18 € 396,88
7. Corsair RM750 (2019) € 95,95
8. Corsair Force MP600 1TB € 215,-

going to purchase in The Netherlands, so prices might be different from the US.

[Samfisher]

That case may or may not have terrible airflow, I can't seem to decide.  The rest looks good tho.  I'd go for an RMx PSU if you can find one that fits an ITX case.

[Mateyyy]

That Dark Rock Pro is going to be super tight in that case. Are you set on Mini-ITX, or do you not mind Micro-ATX/ATX?

[stefstefstef]

3 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

That Dark Rock Pro is going to be super tight in that case. Are you set on Mini-ITX, or do you not mind Micro-ATX/ATX?

I would prefer a bit smaller case, but I don't want to mess around with a super SSF build, and I think the NZXT cases looks pretty cool. Would you recommend going with the H500 series instead?

[VEXICUS]

16 minutes ago, stefstefstef said:

Hi guys,

 

I'm close to purchase my first workstation / gaming rig. Hoping to get some advice on what I've put together. I think the GPU could be upgraded in 1 to 2 years if needed. The other parts I'm hoping to last for a while. What do you think? Will it fit and work together?

1. AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Boxed € 495,-
2. Gigabyte Aorus X570 I PRO WIFI € 229,-
3. Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G € 455,-
4. NZXT H210 black/white € 84,90
5. be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 € 74,50
6. Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK64GX4M2D3600C18 € 396,88
7. Corsair RM750 (2019) € 95,95
8. Corsair Force MP600 1TB € 215,-

going to purchase in The Netherlands, so prices might be different from the US.

Switch the ram to 3600mhz cl16. The one you have got is a 3600mhz cl18 kit.

You can even drop the dark rock pro 4. The stock cooler just performs fine and has RGB as well.

Replace the PSU with RMx, formula gold, whisper m any one of them.

Also, do you seriously need a PCIe gen 4 SSD?

Also, are you dead set on a mini itx build?

[Mateyyy]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	€509.00 @ CD-ROM-LAND
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler	€69.90 @ CD-ROM-LAND
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	€233.95 @ Azerty
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	€385.85 @ Megekko
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€168.95 @ Megekko
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card	€448.95 @ Azerty
Case	NZXT H210 Mini ITX Tower Case	€89.85 @ CD-ROM-LAND
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 11 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	€109.85 @ Azerty
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€2016.30
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-22 09:06 CET+0100

Changed it around a little bit. More compact but still more than adequate CPU cooler, better PSU, and swapped out the SSD as I don't think the extra on-paper speed would be worth €40-50, and the 970 Evo is among the best NVMe SSDs on the market. 

[boggy77]

Best itx case with good airflow

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	€509.00 @ CD-ROM-LAND
CPU Cooler	NZXT Kraken X42 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	€119.00 @ Azerty
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	€233.95 @ Azerty
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	€398.55 @ Newegg Netherlands
Storage	Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€224.85 @ Azerty
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card	€448.95 @ Azerty
Case	Silverstone SG13 Mini ITX Tower Case	€52.95 @ CD-ROM-LAND
Power Supply	Corsair RMx White (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	€132.00 @ Azerty
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€2119.25
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-22 09:13 CET+0100

 

[stefstefstef]

5 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	€509.00 @ CD-ROM-LAND
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black 55 CFM CPU Cooler	€69.90 @ CD-ROM-LAND
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	€233.95 @ Azerty
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	€385.85 @ Megekko
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€168.95 @ Megekko
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card	€448.95 @ Azerty
Case	NZXT H210 Mini ITX Tower Case	€89.85 @ CD-ROM-LAND
Power Supply		€109.85 @ Azerty
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and be quiet! Straight Power 11 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply discounts
	Total	€2016.30
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-22 09:06 CET+0100

Changed it around a little bit. More compact but still more than adequate CPU cooler, better PSU, and swapped out the SSD as I don't think the extra on-paper speed would be worth €40-50, and the 970 Evo is among the best NVMe SSDs on the market. 

I agree perhaps the SSD is not worth it, the PSU, is also a good tip! thanks!

 

5 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

Best itx case with good airflow

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	€509.00 @ CD-ROM-LAND
CPU Cooler	NZXT Kraken X42 Rev 2 98.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	€119.00 @ Azerty
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	€233.95 @ Azerty
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	€398.55 @ Newegg Netherlands
Storage	Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	€224.85 @ Azerty
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card	€448.95 @ Azerty
Case	Silverstone SG13 Mini ITX Tower Case	€52.95 @ CD-ROM-LAND
Power Supply	Corsair RMx White (2018) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	€132.00 @ Azerty
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€2119.25
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-22 09:13 CET+0100

 

I'm wondering about the CPU cooler, the NZXT X42 vs the Noctua NH-U12S vs the Dark Rock Pro. It it worth it to upgrade to an AIO?

 

 

For the RAM I haven't found a 2 stick set of cl16 kit, any suggestions worth looking at?

[boggy77]

52 minutes ago, stefstefstef said:

I agree perhaps the SSD is not worth it, the PSU, is also a good tip! thanks!

 

I'm wondering about the CPU cooler, the NZXT X42 vs the Noctua NH-U12S vs the Dark Rock Pro. It it worth it to upgrade to an AIO?

 

 

For the RAM I haven't found a 2 stick set of cl16 kit, any suggestions worth looking at?

Generally aio's are better suited for small itx builds. The case is already small and crammed, no point in exhausting the hot air from the cpu in the case itself. I think the x42 is one of the best 140mm aio's. 

I don't think they make 3600c16 for 32gb sticks. 

[stefstefstef]

Quick question will the Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G fit? looking at pictures it might be too long or thick?

[boggy77]

16 hours ago, stefstefstef said:

Quick question will the Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G fit? looking at pictures it might be too long or thick?

use pcpartpicker, they filter for this like this. if yu put the case in the build, they will only allow you to select gpu's that fit

[igormp]

What kind of workstation things do you mean to run? Just keep in mind that some software will only work with nvidia.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, igormp said:

Just keep in mind that some software will only work with nvidia.

Such as ?

[igormp]

8 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

Such as ?

Anything machine learning (since those require CUDA and have practically no support for anything else), Renderers such as Octane, math stuff like Numba, the list goes on and on.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, igormp said:

Anything machine learning (since those require CUDA and have practically no support for anything else), Renderers such as Octane, math stuff like Numba, the list goes on and on.

I wasn't disputing you, just curious to know. Workstation builds are not really in my field of knowledge. 

[igormp]

1 hour ago, lee32uk said:

I wasn't disputing you, just curious to know. Workstation builds are not really in my field of knowledge. 

Dw, I didn't think of it this way haha

 

Since this is mostly a forum targeted at young gamers, it's common for most people here not to know about details on other use cases.