What would you change?

[Callum Duncan]

Budget (including currency): £1200

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Minecraft, Subnautica, Rainbow six siege, Borderlands 3, More reasonably modern games, nothing too extreme

 I already have the peripherals, I'm upgrading from a laptop with no GPU and a Ryzen 5 2500U (4C/8T 2Ghz base 3.8Ghz boost w/ Vega 8 graphics) which is obviously a huge upgrade. I'm going to be buying in the next month or so, the only thing I cant do at the moment is upgrade to a B550 board but I do plan on it. I'm going to be playing 1080p @144hz. It says 900 here but I have other things in my amazon basket such as more case fans and thermal paste cable ties etc, plus I will only be buying off amazon and some of this stuff is from other places. Thanks for the help!

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	£194.78 @ Senetic
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	£30.82 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£109.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£104.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£32.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£33.58 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card	£312.94 @ More Computers
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	£84.98 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	EVGA 600 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	£49.99 @ Amazon UK
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Monitor	Sceptre C248B-144RN 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£955.04
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-18 22:19 BST+0100

 

[Lurick]

Drop the cooler, the stock cooler is great to get you started and then if you find it's too loud or you want to push more performance then look at something else. The 212 Evo isn't exactly top notch either. Swapped out the PSU and GPU for something better. The KO is about on part with a 2060 Super iirc and the PSU is better quality as well.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	£194.78 @ Senetic
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£109.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£104.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£32.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£33.58 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO ULTRA GAMING Video Card	£339.99 @ Amazon UK
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	£84.98 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£60.46 @ Scan.co.uk
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Monitor	Sceptre C248B-144RN 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£961.74
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-18 22:24 BST+0100

 

[Callum Duncan]

2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Drop the cooler, the stock cooler is great to get you started and then if you find it's too loud or you want to push more performance then look at something else. The 212 Evo isn't exactly top notch either. Swapped out the PSU and GPU for something better. The KO is about on part with a 2060 Super iirc and the PSU is better quality as well.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	£194.78 @ Senetic
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£109.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£104.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£32.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£33.58 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO ULTRA GAMING Video Card	£339.99 @ Amazon UK
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	£84.98 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£60.46 @ Scan.co.uk
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Monitor	Sceptre C248B-144RN 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£961.74
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-18 22:24 BST+0100

 

I don't think my cpu comes with a wraith cooler

[Lurick]

Just now, Callum Duncan said:

I don't think my cpu comes with a wraith cooler

It does, all AMD CPUs come with a stock cooler.

[Callum Duncan]

Just now, Callum Duncan said:

I don't think my cpu comes with a wraith cooler

nevermind im just blind

 

[aexel05]

If you can, wait for the B550 Mobos, which will launch in about a month. As I heared they will support Zen3 too.

 

[Callum Duncan]

Just now, jonahadami said:

If you can, wait for the B550 Mobos, which will lauchn in about a month. As I hear they will support Zen3 too.

 

 

yea that's the plan, my cpu doesn't have integrated graphics so it should be compatible, although if they cost too much more I might have to stick with with b450, x570 is just too far out my budget, I don't really need it anyway

[Callum Duncan]

7 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Drop the cooler, the stock cooler is great to get you started and then if you find it's too loud or you want to push more performance then look at something else. The 212 Evo isn't exactly top notch either. Swapped out the PSU and GPU for something better. The KO is about on part with a 2060 Super iirc and the PSU is better quality as well.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	£194.78 @ Senetic
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£109.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£104.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	SanDisk SSD PLUS 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£32.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£33.58 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO ULTRA GAMING Video Card	£339.99 @ Amazon UK
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	£84.98 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Gold 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£60.46 @ Scan.co.uk
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Monitor	Sceptre C248B-144RN 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£961.74
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-18 22:24 BST+0100

 

well done by the way, you managed to increase my performance and still kept the same budget even though you couldn't see everything else

[ShinRamen]

I would get the 3600 instead of the 3600X - the extra price is not worth it unless you get it basically for the same price. Here's a build with a 3600, B450 motherboard (same quality as the Tomahawk Max), faster ram (tighter timings), way better 1TB NVMe SSD, way better video card, corsair case with great airflow and a better PSU (if you want to get the Focus Gold, make sure you get the Focus Plus Gold - the old version had some flaws). If you prefer the looks of the Tomahawk or the iCue 220T case, just switch the components out, I'm quite a bit under your budget.

Also get the windows license from ebay or some place else on the grey market. That should even save you enough money to get a X570 motherboard (Asus PRIME X570-P), which would give you the ability to upgrade to the upcoming Ryzen 4000 CPUs in the future, if you so desire.
 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£152.00 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£94.84 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£92.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£105.48 @ Ebuyer
Video Card	Asus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB TUF Gaming X3 OC Video Card	£360.97 @ Amazon UK
Case	Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	£70.84 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£50.36 @ Amazon UK
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
Monitor	Sceptre C248B-144RN 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£927.48
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-18 22:50 BST+0100

 

 

 

[Callum Duncan]

Hey so my graphics card has changed since your post, im going through a lot of iterations because i want to get this right, i want my price to performance to be aa high as possible, im now using the motherboard you suggested, a 2060 super (gigabyte windforce oc edition) and the regular 3600 as you reccomended, id rather stick with ths corsair 220T and corasair vengence(now 3600) as want my pc to show the front fans plus the glassy rgb look is my favourite. My budget is actually significantly higher over 900, its roughly 1200 including the monitor, however pc parts picker doesnt show everything such as extra fans and stuff like that, everything is in my amazon basket and im happy to take screenshots if you would like. Thanks. 

 

Edited May 21, 2020 by Callum Duncan