Building a long lasting(5y+) system around a 5600x

[kedainis]

Hello,

Managed to snag a 5600X a few weeks earlier than I was expecting, totally unprepared besides a general budget.

Budget (including currency): ~500-700 euros

Country: Latvia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: (Almost exclusively FPS) gaming 1080p@240hz, everything else could be done just as well on a pi.

Other details: As the title says - I would like to keep this system for 5+ years without doing any major upgrades besides the GPU. Pretty much the same as my current i7-4771 build.

Will get a 6800xt when things normalize a bit. Most likely will keep everything at stock.

 

What I am keeping from my old build:

SU800(500GB) - linux drive

1080ti(for now)

Be quiet 500dx case

 

What I'm thinking of getting at the moment:

B550 Tomahawk ~160euros - seems good all around, the IO on the back is a bit disapointing, but that's the only thing I don't like about it

G.skill F4-3600C16D-16GTZR ~ 130euros - 3600mhz, nice timings, dual rank

970 Evo 1TB MZ-V7E1T0BW ~ 140 euros - Windows drive

PSU - I don't have a clue, I'm pretty sure my Corsair 550W would be fine with the 1080ti, but the recommended wattages for the 6800xt cards seem outrageous, surely I don't need a 850+W PSU?

 

 

 

[boggy77]

3 minutes ago, kedainis said:

B550 Tomahawk ~160euros - seems good all around, the IO on the back is a bit disapointing, but that's the only thing I don't like about it

take a look at an b550 aorus elite or pro or at an asus b550 strix and see if they have similar prices and better io. also, all other b550 boards from msi are pretty good and worth considering if they have the ports you need.

3 minutes ago, kedainis said:

G.skill F4-3600C16D-16GTZR ~ 130euros - 3600mhz, nice timings, dual rank

sounds a bit expensive for 16gb, i agree 3600c16 is ideal, but i wouldn't pay more than 100 euros on 16gb of ram nowadays.

4 minutes ago, kedainis said:

970 Evo 1TB MZ-V7E1T0BW ~ 140 euros - Windows drive

i hope it's windows+ games, as you don't need 1tb just for windows. also, a kingston a2000 or wd sn550 would work as well here to save some money.

5 minutes ago, kedainis said:

PSU - I don't have a clue, I'm pretty sure my Corsair 550W would be fine with the 1080ti, but the recommended wattages for the 6800xt cards seem outrageous, surely I don't need a 850+W PSU?

if you overclock and push the gpu to 400w and cpu to 100w, you'll need a good 650w-700w psu.

with everything at stock, it might work with your existing 550w unit.

[kedainis]

36 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

take a look at an b550 aorus elite or pro or at an asus b550 strix and see if they have similar prices and better io. also, all other b550 boards from msi are pretty good and worth considering if they have the ports you need.

Yeah I'm also thinking of just getting a MSI Bazooka, don't really need the additional features of the Tomahawk, just some nice-to-haves that I might have some use for in the future

51 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

sounds a bit expensive for 16gb, i agree 3600c16 is ideal, but i wouldn't pay more than 100 euros on 16gb of ram nowadays.

Don't seem to be almost any 16gb 3600mhz cl16 kits under a 100, and the ones around a 100 have terrible timings, so like eh? It's just 30 euros more.

52 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

i hope it's windows+ games, as you don't need 1tb just for windows. also, a kingston a2000 or wd sn550 would work as well here to save some money.

Yeah, I have 550GB used on two SSDs for Windows+games at the moment.

53 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

if you overclock and push the gpu to 400w and cpu to 100w, you'll need a good 650w-700w psu.

with everything at stock, it might work with your existing 550w unit.

Yeah that's what I thought until I saw the official recommendations and lots of people confidently suggesting 800+ PSU's for 6800xt builds.

 

I'm getting a new one anyways, since I'm giving the i7-4771 to my little brothers(have a cheapo CM case laying around, and the build is still pretty decent, especially once they will get the 1080ti back in it).

Anything from the A-tier on the PSU list, 600-700W should do fine, right?