Never built before, help!!

[M13Wilkinson]

Budget (including currency): £1500 

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Work and Gaming. Work shouldn't be demanding on system.

Other details Peripherals already owned. Monitor desired is Samsungs CRG9, not sure if the Odyssey G9 release will improve the price of this and also concerned if the system, gpu specifically can cope with the real estate and demands of this monitor. Essentially 2 27" 1440p monitors. 

Working from home a lot which will become semi permanent now so want a nice setup for productivity but also a gaming setup. Don't currently game on PC but would essentially trade in my PS4 Pro on 4k TV to become more PC based.

Please share any thoughts on my build particularly around ability to game; I'd like to play AAA titles, Monitor will have 120hz refresh rate, enjoy playing COD as FPS and more graphically demanding games I assume in Witcher, Assassins Creed etc.

Build doesn't include cost of X570 yet. Cost wise it seems too big a jump to any RTX 2080's for the performance difference but correct me if I'm wrong or it's just what I'd need. As with everyone trying to make something that will last a good few years.

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£155.50 @ AWD-IT) 
Motherboard: MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  (£103.98 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£172.40 @ Alza) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card  (£479.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case  (£115.00 @ Currys PC World) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£119.99 @ Box Limited) 
Total: £1146.86
 

Thanks

[Fasauceome]

3 minutes ago, M13Wilkinson said:

Motherboard: MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard 

Are you dead set on this board? There are some nice cheap options that could sustain a Ryzen 7 at good clocks if you were interested in saving.

[Mateyyy]

2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Are you dead set on this board? There are some nice cheap options that could sustain a Ryzen 7 at good clocks if you were interested in saving.

To be fair, it's a great motherboard for $200, but if going with a B450 means OP could upgrade to a 2080 SUPER then that's something to consider.

[boggy77]

you don't need a £200 board for a £150 cpu.

you also don't need a £180 ssd

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	£260.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£93.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£92.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Silicon Power 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£117.99 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card	£683.19 @ Amazon UK
Case	Silverstone PS15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	£50.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£77.58 @ Aria PC
Case Fan	ARCTIC F12 PWM PST - Value Pack 53 CFM 120 mm Fans	£19.28 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1396.47
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-05 17:17 BST+0100

 

[M13Wilkinson]

5 hours ago, boggy77 said:

you don't need a £200 board for a £150 cpu.

you also don't need a £180 ssd

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	£260.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£93.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£92.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Silicon Power 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£117.99 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB XC GAMING Video Card	£683.19 @ Amazon UK
Case	Silverstone PS15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	£50.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£77.58 @ Aria PC
Case Fan	ARCTIC F12 PWM PST - Value Pack 53 CFM 120 mm Fans	£19.28 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1396.47
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-05 17:17 BST+0100

 

Thanks,I take your point about motherboard having watched a few videos. The fact I'm hoping this build to last a few years leaves little point splashing out on an x570 if not using the features am I right?

Happy to make saving with RAM.

Is there any reason to go with a fully modular PSU rather than semi?

 

And what's your thoughts on being able to display a reasonable FPS on the Samsung CRG9?

 

Thanks again

[boggy77]

8 minutes ago, M13Wilkinson said:

Thanks,I take your point about motherboard having watched a few videos. The fact I'm hoping this build to last a few years leaves little point splashing out on an x570 if not using the features am I right?

Happy to make saving with RAM.

Is there any reason to go with a fully modular PSU rather than semi?

 

And what's your thoughts on being able to display a reasonable FPS on the Samsung CRG9?

 

Thanks again

The txm and rm are of similar quality. Not worths spending 40 more. The 2080s is more than capable of handling that monitor. Maybe not 120fps in all games