New to PC building and put together a 1080p 144hz build, thoughts on the GPU & if I should swap it?

Koalmax · November 24, 2020

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$279.99 @ Staples
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$84.50 @ Vuugo
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL19 Memory	$84.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$69.98 @ Amazon Canada
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$69.75 @ Vuugo
Video Card	ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Challenger D OC Video Card	$479.99 @ Newegg Canada
Case	Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$75.99 @ Newegg Canada
Power Supply	Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$104.99 @ Amazon Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1275.18
	Mail-in rebates	-$25.00
	Total	$1250.18
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-24 18:02 EST-0500

Is the list I have together so far, I'm just iffy on the GPU and whether or not I should swap it out or not.

Anyone have any opinions on what I chose? Budget is preferably under $1300, any other part advice is helpful too.

Bombastinator · November 25, 2020

There was a time when the recommended PSU size for a 5700xt was 650w. There are people who think that is high, especially if the PSU is of good quality. The new crop of GPUs has not gotten to cards that works well at lower resolutions like 1080p yet so the only current option is older cards. I expect this to change pretty soon. I’ve been a champion of waiting for the new cards, which is something I’ve been doing myself, but I’ve been waiting for a year, and the launches have been first heavily delayed, then did not contain adequate product. There is talk that Jan/feb 2021 may see adequate amounts of product, but the whole thing is starting to feel kind of “mañana” to me.

The 5700xt is more of a 3.5k card than a 4k card, but 1080p@60 is only 1k, so for 1080p@60 or 1080p@144 (2k) it’s perhaps overkill. It would depend on the game. The next cars down would be a 5700 which might be worth looking at.

Koalmax · November 25, 2020

4 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

There was a time when the recommended PSU size for a 5700xt was 650w. There are people who think that is high, especially if the PSU is of good quality. The new crop of GPUs has not gotten to cards that works well at lower resolutions like 1080p yet so the only current option is older cards. I expect this to change pretty soon. I’ve been a champion of waiting for the new cards, which is something I’ve been doing myself, but I’ve been waiting for a year, and the launches have been first heavily delayed, then did not contain adequate product. There is talk that Jan/feb 2021 may see adequate amounts of product, but the whole thing is starting to feel kind of “mañana” to me.

The 5700xt is more of a 3.5k card than a 4k card, but 1080p@60 is only 1k, so for 1080p@60 or 1080p@144 (2k) it’s perhaps overkill. It would depend on the game. The next cars down would be a 5700 which might be worth looking at.

Thanks my man, I'll take a look into the benchmarks with a 5700 - really appreciate the advice.

Was there anything about other parts in the build that seems like it could use improvement or is it good?

Bombastinator · November 25, 2020

11 minutes ago, Koalmax said:

Thanks my man, I'll take a look into the benchmarks with a 5700 - really appreciate the advice.

Was there anything about other parts in the build that seems like it could use improvement or is it good?

There might possibly be adjustments based on what is available or cheap but that stuff seems to change without warning. The GPU and PSU stuff seemed like the only bit to me that looked like it needed addressing.

Digging kind of deep, One thing that might be worth checking is if that SSD is actually m key. There were at one time some WD blue m.2 drives that were m&b key and they were limited to sata6 speeds. That’s sort of marginal though as even that speed won’t affect game play materially currently. Plus they may no longer even be sold.

Edited November 25, 2020 by Bombastinator