Building a PC after 9 years

[Shinkaisin]

Country: Philippines

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games mostly

Other details: I will be reusing my GPU - GTX 1060 6GB until the new GTX 3xxx series comes out. Targeting the RTX 3070. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$101.26 @ B&H
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$249.99 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	$87.99 @ Best Buy
Storage	Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$149.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Palit GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB JetStream Video Card
Case	NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case	$69.99 @ Best Buy
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$659.22
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-28 06:56 EDT-0400

 

Planning on picking up these parts, apart from the GPU(Which I currently use on my system).

 

It's just that apparently there's a compatibility issue according to PCpartpicker:

 

"The Asus ROG STRIX Z490-A GAMING ATX LGA1200 Motherboard has an additional 4-pin ATX power connector but the Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply does not. This connector is used to supply additional 12V current to the motherboard. While the system will likely still run without it, higher current demands such as extreme overclocking or large video card current draws may require it."

 

Does this mean that I cannot use the Corsair TXM Gold 650 with the motherboard? What should I change the PSU to? The Corsair RM650 80 Plus Gold doesn't give me any compatibility issue, it's just that's $20 more expensive. Worth the extra bucks?

 

Also is the H510 case a good one, apparently it only has 2 exhaust fans included. Wondering if it's better to add 2 intake fans. 

 

 

[GDRRiley]

Get a 3700x

get a lower end tower cooler

x570 mid range board.

Change to a 3600 CL16 kit

There are cheaper NVME SSDs

case and PSU are fine.

[5x5]

Consider a 3700X or wait for Zen 3 in four months.

[Mateyyy]

If you're set on building now and going with Intel, here's the build with some slight adjustments/improvements:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$89.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$229.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$82.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$132.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 11 550 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$119.90 @ B&H
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$755.75
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-28 07:08 EDT-0400

In short: cooler is cheaper and performs similarly while looking arguably better (since you chose the old poop and tan NH-D15), Prime Z490-A is literally the same as the Strix Z490-A except for BIOS flashback iirc at $20 less, RAM has tighter timings, faster NVMe SSD (other options would be the Sabrent Rocket, ADATA SX8200 Pro, HP EX950 or Samsung 970 EVO), the case offers much better airflow, and higher quality PSU (you can swap it for a Corsair RMx, depending on which you find cheaper) - bump this up to a 650W if you also plan on upgrading to a 10900K.

 

That being said, unless you're exclusively playing competitive titles at 240Hz low settings, going with Ryzen might be a just as good, if not better option. Also, Zen 3 might tighten Intel's advantage in very high refresh rate gaming anyway, if we're to go by the leaks/rumours.

[Shinkaisin]

1 hour ago, Mateyyy said:

If you're set on building now and going with Intel, here's the build with some slight adjustments/improvements:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$89.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z490-A ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$229.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	$82.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Silicon Power A80 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$132.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 11 550 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$119.90 @ B&H
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$755.75
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-28 07:08 EDT-0400

In short: cooler is cheaper and performs similarly while looking arguably better (since you chose the old poop and tan NH-D15), Prime Z490-A is literally the same as the Strix Z490-A except for BIOS flashback iirc at $20 less, RAM has tighter timings, faster NVMe SSD (other options would be the Sabrent Rocket, ADATA SX8200 Pro, HP EX950 or Samsung 970 EVO), the case offers much better airflow, and higher quality PSU (you can swap it for a Corsair RMx, depending on which you find cheaper) - bump this up to a 650W if you also plan on upgrading to a 10900K.

 

That being said, unless you're exclusively playing competitive titles at 240Hz low settings, going with Ryzen might be a just as good, if not better option. Also, Zen 3 might tighten Intel's advantage in very high refresh rate gaming anyway, if we're to go by the leaks/rumours.

 

Sadly, the ASUS PRIME Z490-A is not available here in the country yet. As well most of the parts you listed..(Fractal Design Meshify, and the be quiet! Straight power 11 550.) I changed my ram to your recommendation, my SSD to a 970 evo plus(The only one available here),  as well as my cooler. 

 

Any thoughts on the compatibility note of pcpartpicker I listed above? 

 

Edit: Apparently I can't find a single 3600mhz CL16 here in any of the stores I can buy pc parts from. I'm stuck with 3600mhz CL18, is that bad?

Edited May 28, 2020 by Shinkaisin
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[Mateyyy]

3 minutes ago, Shinkaisin said:

Sadly, the ASUS PRIME Z490-A is not available here in the country yet. As well most of the parts you listed..(Fractal Design Meshify, and the be quiet! Straight power 11 550.) I changed my ram to your recommendation, my SSD to a 970 evo plus(The only one available here),  as well as my cooler. 

 

Any thoughts on the compatibility note of pcpartpicker I listed above? 

The note refers to the fact that the PSU only has a single 8-pin EPS connector, while the motherboard has an 8+4-pin configuration.

Unless you're into extreme overclocking (so subzero, LN2), you're pretty much guaranteed to not need more than the 384W of power a single 8-pin can supply. Even a 10900K will "only" pull around 310-330W of power at 5.2GHz. You'll run into thermal limitations before you get to exceed the power limit of the single 8-pin.

[Shinkaisin]

4 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

The note refers to the fact that the PSU only has a single 8-pin EPS connector, while the motherboard has an 8+4-pin configuration.

Unless you're into extreme overclocking (so subzero, LN2), you're pretty much guaranteed to not need more than the 384W of power a single 8-pin can supply. Even a 10900K will "only" pull around 310-330W of power at 5.2GHz. You'll run into thermal limitations before you get to exceed the power limit of the single 8-pin.

Thank you so much. I edited my post earlier but I don't think you were able to see it.

 

"Apparently I can't find a single 3600mhz CL16 here in any of the stores I can buy pc parts from. I'm stuck with 3600mhz CL18, is that bad?" Tried looking for any of the brands on any stores, no single 3600mhz CL16 available. Should I settle with 3600mhz cl18?

[Mateyyy]

14 minutes ago, Shinkaisin said:

Thank you so much. I edited my post earlier but I don't think you were able to see it.

 

"Apparently I can't find a single 3600mhz CL16 here in any of the stores I can buy pc parts from. I'm stuck with 3600mhz CL18, is that bad?" Tried looking for any of the brands on any stores, no single 3600mhz CL16 available. Should I settle with 3600mhz cl18?

It's fine, there's not really going to be any noticeable difference in performance in real-world tasks between CL16 and CL18 at 3600MHz.