My First Build - AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

[PraneethMv]

I'm really excited to show off my first ever build! It has been my dream ever since I started watching LTT videos and finally in this Lockdown I had the opportunity to set this up. Please bear with me for this long post.

Location: India (Currency: INR)

Parts:

1. Processor: Ryzen 7 2700X - Rs. 18,000 (~230USD)

2. Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX - Rs. 6,600 (~86.69USD)

3. Memory: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 - 16GB Dual Channel (8+8) 2400MHz - Rs. 6,300 (~83USD)

4. Graphics: AMD Radeon RX580 8GB GDDR5 - Rs. 16,250 (~214USD)

5. Storage: WD Green 120GB SATA SSD - Rs. 2,000 (~27USD) (Went low on Storage as prices were jacked up because of low supply)

6. Case: Argus E1 Case with 1 fan included - Rs. 2,500 (~32USD)

7. PSU: CoolerMaster 450W

 

Overall price after discount - Rs. 52,000 (~690USD) (Bundle deal I got from a local re-seller)

 

Build Process: The build took fair bit of time due to my other engagements at work. I went with my memory on how to build a PC from all the videos I have watched, which to be completely honest, failed terribly. So I fired up some LLT video, especially the First Person PC Build (POV) video, helped me a lot. I did ran into a lot of issues:

1. Didn't POST. Fans didn't spin, no lights on the Wraith Prism cooler, no display. - Turns out I had put the front panel connectors wrong. 

2. Put all connections correctly, still no display. Got 4 beeps the first time, then in the next boot, 5 beeps. Searched the whole net, freaked out since all the sites showed that the Processor needed to be replaced. Removed and connected the GPU again, and it worked!

Booted into the Asrock UEFI utility, all RAMs and storage showing up! (ngl, best moment of my life).

 

So finally into Windows 10, downloaded few games to test. And I should say I'm not really satisfied. (There must be something I'm doing wrong). Also, a thing I forgot to mention, my display is a 40inch FHD TV (59Hz)

GTA V: Average to below Average performance. 1080p, all high settings. Radeon Adrenaline software says average was 30fps 

1. Update: Ran GTA V again with updated drivers and latest Windows, and it's great! I'm averaging around 60fps now!

2. CS GO: Pretty good. Average of 50fps (vsync on)

3. Assassin's Creed Odyssey: Didn't even run for some reason. Screen goes blank, and I have to restart. Turns out it was the driver issue here too. This gave me an average of 47fps with Very High settings (1080p)

4. Need for Speed Heat: This game was remarkable. With the vsync off, Adrenaline s/w showed an fps of 218!

 

CPU Temp was around 50-60 Celsius. 

 

That's about it. I will need few suggestions from you guys:

1. Good benchmarking software (preferably free)

2. Good way to cool down the system. (My uncle is giving me 5 DeepCool Fans, and I am not willing to invest in any AIO as of now)

3. Any other suggestions and must-have software to increase efficiency and overall performance.

 

Here are few snaps:

 

 

 

Let me know your thoughts guys! Since I'm a novice builder, all of your inputs are necessary for me.

 

Thanks!

 

[Stahlmann]

The perfomance seems way off to me. I'd check if the GPU is actually boosting it's frequency and is running under normal temps. The RX580 should run cs:go at 1080p at a few hundred fps.

[PraneethMv]

2 minutes ago, Stahlmann98 said:

The perfomance seems way off to me. I'd check if the GPU is actually boosting it's frequency and is running under normal temps. The RX580 should run cs:go at 1080p at a few hundred fps.

Yes. Seems way off to me too. Really not sure why that's happening. I installed the latest Drivers from AMD website yesterday, and today morning the display drivers crashed twice. Once while playing GTA V and once while browsing.

Do you think this has anything to do with the version of Win 10 I'm running? Mine is pretty old, I had an ISO file lying around which I used. if I'm not wrong it is 1507.

Any suggestions are appreciated!

[marmour]

9 minutes ago, PraneethMv said:

Yes. Seems way off to me too. Really not sure why that's happening. I installed the latest Drivers from AMD website yesterday, and today morning the display drivers crashed twice. Once while playing GTA V and once while browsing.

Do you think this has anything to do with the version of Win 10 I'm running? Mine is pretty old, I had an ISO file lying around which I used. if I'm not wrong it is 1507.

Any suggestions are appreciated!

I have an rx580 and a R5 2600 and I get 60fps in GTAV and 150+ in CSGO. Something definitely not quite right here. Are you able to update to the latest windows version?

[PraneethMv]

3 minutes ago, marmour said:

I have an rx580 and a R5 2600 and I get 60fps in GTAV and 150+ in CSGO. Something definitely not quite right here. Are you able to update to the latest windows version?

Yes. It is getting updated as I type. I'm sure it'll take a lot of time since it is a very old version. Will give you guys an update once it's done!

[marmour]

Just now, PraneethMv said:

Yes. It is getting updated as I type. I'm sure it'll take a lot of time since it is a very old version. Will you guys an update once it's done!

Good luck. Hopefully that works

[PraneethMv]

Anyone having RX580 8GB variant, can you post your TechPowerUp GPU-Z screenshot?

[rkv_2401]

7 minutes ago, PraneethMv said:

Anyone having RX580 8GB variant, can you post your TechPowerUp GPU-Z screenshot?

Try comparing it with this:

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-580.c2938

 

How did you install all those games on that 120GB SSD, anyway?

 

EDIT :

Also, as far as I'm aware, you can still get the Crucial MX500 250GB SSD for pretty low prices :

https://www.amazon.in/Crucial-MX500-250GB-2-5-inch-SSD/dp/B0781VSXBP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VR4SCJ5MI92N&dchild=1&keywords=crucial+mx500+250gb&qid=1592820344&sprefix=MX500+%2Caps%2C301&sr=8-1

 

Unless they don't deliver to your area due to the pandemic.

[PraneethMv]

1 minute ago, rkv_2401 said:

Try comparing it with this:

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-580.c2938

 

How did you install all those games on that 120GB SSD, anyway?

Thanks!

 

Games: I have a Seagate 500GB external hard drive, so GTA V and Assassin's Creed were on that, CS:GO is on SSD. There's no other file on that SSD anyway.

[PraneethMv]

1 hour ago, Stahlmann98 said:

The perfomance seems way off to me. I'd check if the GPU is actually boosting it's frequency and is running under normal temps. The RX580 should run cs:go at 1080p at a few hundred fps.

 

49 minutes ago, marmour said:

I have an rx580 and a R5 2600 and I get 60fps in GTAV and 150+ in CSGO. Something definitely not quite right here. Are you able to update to the latest windows version?

 

3 minutes ago, rkv_2401 said:

Try comparing it with this:

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-580.c2938

 

How did you install all those games on that 120GB SSD, anyway?

So I checked the techpowerup page and compared with my HWInfo and GPU-Z results, and there is a huge difference. My Min clock is 300MHz and Max is 1284MHz and the memory clock speed is stuck at 300MHz for the GPU!

[rkv_2401]

Oh. Well, IDK much about AMD graphics cards, but I did find this on YouTube. Might be relevant to your issue :

 

 

[PraneethMv]

1 hour ago, rkv_2401 said:

Oh. Well, IDK much about AMD graphics cards, but I did find this on YouTube. Might be relevant to your issue :

 

 

Wow. Thanks man! That totally worked! Memory clock is now at 2000MHz. I'll try out and let you know the results

[JerryJustly]

I would suggest to turn vsync off and get the avg frame rates to guage the performance