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[OfficialAdz101]

Hey all, this is my current build idea.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	£257.95 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£104.97 @ Box Limited
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£103.98 @ Aria PC
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£103.94 @ BT Shop
Video Card	Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card	£389.97 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply	BitFenix Whisper M 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£102.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1063.40
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-27 17:50 BST+0100

Do I have the best possible parts for the money I am spending? Or is there potentially an upgrade or some money to be saved?
Many thanks,

Adz.

[LauriHimself]

6 minutes ago, OfficialAdz101 said:

Or is there potentially an upgrade or some money to be saved

what are you going to do with the system? if you are just gaming, i'd go for a 3600 instead. there is not really something to be gained with a 3700x

[OfficialAdz101]

Just now, LauriHimself said:

what are you going to do with the system? if you are just gaming, i'd go for a 3600 instead. there is not really something to be gained with a 3700x

Gaming and streaming

[JJCooper_]

Do you have a case picked? Other than that it looks fine.

[OfficialAdz101]

Just now, JJCooper_ said:

Do you have a case picked? Other than that it looks fine.

Yeah this is the case I picked https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BFVL2PC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[LauriHimself]

1 minute ago, OfficialAdz101 said:

Gaming and streaming

ok, if you are streaming there might be some benefits there. but as i have no experience with streaming myself i leave it to someone else wether a 3600 would be enough

[boggy77]

build looks good. case looks terrible.

[JJCooper_]

4 minutes ago, OfficialAdz101 said:

Yeah this is the case I picked https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07BFVL2PC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

See, on the photo the case looks to have little airflow in the front. The system will be choked. Did you consider a mesh front case?

[LauriHimself]

7 minutes ago, OfficialAdz101 said:

Yeah this is the case

there is close to ZERO airflow in that thing

as i see it the case is designed to draw air in on the side right behind the front panel, but also the fans are mounted right behind that "mesh", so the fans are pretty much suffocated.

 

i'd stay away from cases with TG frontpanels in general

 

EDIT:

to clarify: TG frontpanel cases CAN have decent thermals, as long as the fans are recessed far enough, or they can draw air from somewhere else

[JJCooper_]

Just now, LauriHimself said:

ok, if you are streaming there might be some benefits there. but as i have no experience with streaming myself i leave it to someone else wether a 3600 would be enough

I stream on a 3600X and it runs just fine. But if the budget allows, the 3700X will be better in streaming