New Gaming build

[Slim Pickens]

Budget (including currency): $1,500USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, Streaming, Photo/Video editing, basic 3d modeling. 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I have a Ryzen 7 3700x, and a ROG Strix B-550f in hand. I have On the way, a 700w psu, an MSI geforce 1660 super, a Samsung 970 EVO plus 250gb ssd, a seagate barracuda 500gb hdd, and 16gb (2x8) of Corsair DDR4 ram. Im not going to be playing many fps games. Mostly simulators, city builders, and survival games. Is this over kill? Anything im missing? Anything i need to think about?  Im literally a total noob. Watched plenty of videos on Linus Tech Tips but i have a hard time filtering/retaining information. Thankyou to any information you may have on my situation. (P.S. when i say noob i mean noob, i understand mechanical aspects, like this sends a signal here and it does this. But the programing and software stuff im just starting to learn.

 

[zeusthemoose]

Return your psu and get a better one. Something like a Corsair rm or rmx, cooler master mwe gold, or beQuiet! Pure power 10 or 11. Also no need for 700watts so you should get a 550w or 650w. More good ones are listed in the psu tier list in my signature. Go for something tier b+ or better.
 

Also, return the storage. Get 1 1tb NVMe ssd. Something like a crucial p1 or Kingston a2000.

 

And if you can (Not as big a deal as the two above), replace that ram with a cl16 set. 3200 or 3600mhz is good. But stick with 2x8gb configuration like you already got.

 

 

[Slim Pickens]

@zeusthemoose i understand with the power supply. Id like to stick to 700w just because i want to. And understand getting a better one. 

whats the reason for larger ssd? How much does the brand matter? 
 

reason for different ram?

 

Thankyou!

[zeusthemoose]

7 minutes ago, Slim Pickens said:

Id like to stick to 700w just because i want to. And understand getting a better one. 

Please make sure you get a good model psu. It is one of the most important parts as a bad psu can fry your entire system.

 

8 minutes ago, Slim Pickens said:

whats the reason for larger ssd? How much does the brand matter? 

Larger ssd because for about the same price as the 250gb ssd and 500gb hdd, you can get the 1tb which would be significantly faster than the hdd. 1tb is better for you because games have massive file sizes and you will likely have a bunch of videos for your editing, which will fill up 750gb very quickly.

Brand doesn’t matter too much as long as it is a known brand and the ssd comes with a cache. The two I mentioned are pretty much the best budget m.2 NVMe ssds with a cache.

 

10 minutes ago, Slim Pickens said:

reason for different ram?

A kit of cl16 3600mhz ram should be available for basically the same price and will likely give you a few percentage points increase in performance. For a few extra bucks, it is worth it. But if you can’t find any cl16 3600 close in price to the kit you chose, don’t switch.

[Avocheeseado]

Return or cancel the PSU. it is tier D (only for very cheap builds) on the Tier List. Get something like the Corsair CX (2017) or Cooler Master MWE Gold.

Also, that case has pretty bad airflow, a P300A, P400A or Corsair 275R Airflow will be much better. The RAM is decent, but you can find some 3600 CL16 Kits for the same price which is slightly better but not that big of a deal. 

Finally, the storage. Return the HDD and SSD as for the combined price, you can get a 1TB SSD which will be so much better. For example the Kingston A2000. Samsung EVO SSDs are very expensive and not worth it.

[Nena Trinity]

The PSU looks like a fire-hazard god in the high heavens do not risk it! Anyhows I would done it the way I wrote in my signature.

[Slim Pickens]

@zeusthemoose @Avocheeseadothese are whats in stock and wont take until next month to get to me. I was able to cancel the other parts as they had not shipped yet. The crucial p1 was out of stock till the 16, and this Psu is one of the few in stock corsairs i could find. As far as the case, if i need to, i have the tools to make it have better ventilation. And the ram ill live with. Also is it a bad idea to store stuff on hdds and Just replace it when full? (Like swap to whatever hdd has the game i want and save it to the ssd to play. Then if im not gunna play it for awhile move it back to the hdd.)
 

I really do appreciate your help! And will be reading other topics when i get to the point of booting it up and installing an os. And eventually overclocking when i get a better than stock cooler. hopefully yall approve of my new choices.
And thankyou again! 

[zeusthemoose]

Those are very good parts, great choices!

As for the case, I was looking at reviews and it scored well with no complaints of bad airflow so it should be good without any modification.

 

1 hour ago, Slim Pickens said:

Also is it a bad idea to store stuff on hdds and Just replace it when full? (Like swap to whatever hdd has the game i want and save it to the ssd to play. Then if im not gunna play it for awhile move it back to the hdd.)

It’s not a bad idea to have extra storage, even if it is hdd. You can even play off of a hard drive (which is what I do) I recommended the 1tb ssd over what you chose before because ssds are a very reasonable price and 1tb should be big enough. What I recommend is you put your most used games, apps, and what you are actively editing on the ssd and if you add on a hard drive, put everything else on there.

[Slim Pickens]

And here it is. Posted first try. I am happy!

[zeusthemoose]

The build looks great! Very nice cable management!

[Slim Pickens]

Temporary setup till i get an extra ethernet cable to my game room. Getting a new cable on amazon. Any Recommendations? I have at&t fiber so want to make sure i get the best i can.