$800-850 build, need a bit of help here!

[Hawick]

Budget (including currency): 850 USD

Country: Hungary

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

 

Hello.

 

First off, please tell me if this build is any good:

 

1.) ASUS PRIME A320M-K
2.) AMD RYZEN 5 2600 3.40GHZ AM4 BOX WITH "WRAITH STEALTH COOLER" YD2600BBAFBOX
3.) G.SKILL 16GB AEGIS DDR4 3000MHZ CL16 KIT F4-3000C16D-16GISB (2X8)
4.) ASUS DUAL-RTX2060-A6G-EVO GEFORCE RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6 ADVANCED EVO PCIE
5.) WD BLUE 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM 64MB SATA 3 WD10EZEX
6.) SAMSUNG 250GB 970 EVO PLUS M.2 PCIE M.2 2280 MZ-V7S250BW
7.) DEEPCOOL D-SHIELD V2
8.) CHIEFTEC GPS-700A8 700W

 

 

I kind of tried to analyze my own build here. What's your take on this? Could you correct me if I'm wrong?

1.) As for the motherboard, I was told if I'm not planning to OC, paired with a Ryzen 5 2600 or 3600, the VRM's will be at ok temps. I tried to save money here.

2.) The CPU is quite decent I assume, for its price of course. I'm not planning to overclock at all (this board prevents me from doing it anyway so uh, that's that).

3.) About the RAM, I've only seen positive reviews about this particular kit. CL16 is pretty standard I'd say. 3000Mhz is also decent I think.

4.) The video card is a beast (for this particular build and price - there might be a slight bottleneck if paired up with a R5 2600 but I'd say it's ok-ish?)

5.) WD Blue 1TB because I can't afford a better and faster HDD.

6.) This M.2 SSD is pretty darn good. Nothing else to say about it. I want a very fast and reliable M.2 SSD.

7.) This is a basic case, I like the design of it and two extra fans can be mounted on top. I tried to save money on here, too. It's cheap but it's good.

8.) The PSU is kinda whack but I simply cannot afford a better one.

 

After all this I still think the motherboard is kinda off. Could you recommend something else within a similar price range? Something that has better VRM cooling and has more features. I'm thinking AsRock or MSI?

 

Thanks for reading.

 

 

 

[The Sloth]

3 minutes ago, Hawick said:

1.) ASUS PRIME A320M-K

Nope,  b450M minimum. 

 

3 minutes ago, Hawick said:

1.) As for the motherboard, I was told if I'm not planning to OC, paired with a Ryzen 5 2600 or 3600, the VRM's will be at ok temps. I tried to save money here.

 

Not worth saving money on a shitty MOBO, it will cause a lot of issues down the road. 

 

4 minutes ago, Hawick said:

8.) CHIEFTEC GPS-700A8 700W

 

 

4 minutes ago, Hawick said:

8.) The PSU is kinda whack but I simply cannot afford a better one.

 

Why? even Bronze 80+ will give you much better reliability. 

[Bombastinator]

The motherboard and PSU present major potential problems.  It could work.  I could also not work and cause massive expensive headaches.

 

One issue with the motherboard/PSU/ram combo is BOTH the motherboard and the cpu need to handle 3000mhz memory.  Iirc the 2600  will go up to 3200mhz memory.  I’m not sure of that though.  Needs to be double checked.  I am MUCH less sure your a320 will do it though.  Again needs to be checked.

[Guest]

Zen+ is 2933Mhz without overclocking on the memory.  I see 3600's for cheaper than those like every day though.. 

 

They're right about the motherboard & PSU ^

[dizmo]

Responses to your 8 points:

1. It's a pretty bad motherboard, try to get at least a B450.
2. No availability on the 1600AF? How much is the 3300x?
3. RAM isn't bad.
4. It's fine.
5. There aren't really "faster" HDDs. They're all about the same as long as you have a 7200rpm one.
6. Overpriced, more like it. Get something else that's NVME but cheaper. Or drop the HDD, get a SATA SSD in a 1TB size.
7. Not bad. Nothing special.
8. Don't get a cheap PSU. You certainly can afford a better one, by cutting back in other areas or downgrading a bit. There's no point in building an awesome system that could die if the PSU fails. This is especially true if you live in an older house.

Don't bother quoting US pricing. It's not at all relevant to you.

[Hawick]

So you guys consistently say that B450 is better, I'll definitely scope it out, thanks for the suggestion.

@dizmo In Hungary, the Ryzen 5 2600 is the cheapest option 

I'll also look for a Bronze 80+ PSU then. Wonder if 500 watts will cut it?

[dizmo]

1 hour ago, Hawick said:

So you guys consistently say that B450 is better, I'll definitely scope it out, thanks for the suggestion.

@dizmo In Hungary, the Ryzen 5 2600 is the cheapest option 

I'll also look for a Bronze 80+ PSU then. Wonder if 500 watts will cut it?

If it's a quality unit it should be fine.

[Bombastinator]

A550 might be ok too though it is unknown currently.  If the block diagram and spec for it gets published we will know more.  Part of the problem with that board is it’s a320.  A 3 series.