New Build Suggestions?

[Olayaolu]

Hey Guys! New to this forum and was just wondering if anyone could provide any suggestions on my current build i'm ordering online.

 

Budget (including currency): £1,200

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: All games at 1080p

Specs: 

Case:	COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH RGB GAMING CASE
CPU:	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard:	ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WiFi (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
RAM:	16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card:	8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti
Boot Drive:	128GB ADATA SX6000 LITE M.2
PSU:	CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Total Price:	£1,107

Please note I already have a 2TB SSD for games and such that I will be installing once the build arrives.

Thank you!

[brob]

A larger boot ssd would be good. 128GB gets eaten up pretty quickly. I'd suggest 512GB or more, but 256GB at a minimum.

[Olayaolu]

5 hours ago, brob said:

A larger boot ssd would be good. 128GB gets eaten up pretty quickly. I'd suggest 512GB or more, but 256GB at a minimum.

Damn does just windows 10 alone eat up that much space alone these days!? 

[Guest]

I wouldn't bother with the 128GB SSD. Just put Windows/Games on the 2TB one instead.

 

Also 3200MHz - 3600MHz Ram is usually the same sort of price. 

 

i.e:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£67.11 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £67.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-12 12:10 GMT+0000

[Olayaolu]

24 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

I wouldn't bother with the 128GB SSD. Just put Windows/Games on the 2TB one instead.

 

Also 3200MHz - 3600MHz Ram is usually the same sort of price. 

 

i.e:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£67.11 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £67.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-12 12:10 GMT+0000

The reason I want a separate M.2 for windows is so it will boot up faster. The separate SSD I have for games is just a WD 2.5”. 
 

I will consider getting 3600 MHz RAM instead though! 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Olayaolu said:

The reason I want a separate M.2 for windows is so it will boot up faster. The separate SSD I have for games is just a WD 2.5”. 
 

I will consider getting 3600 MHz RAM instead though! 

There won't be much of a difference in boot time between a SATA and NVMe SSD. Also lower capacity SSD's are poor value as you can usually get a 500GB or so for not much more. The lower capacity SSD's can also have lower endurance and read/write speeds etc.

 

The SX8200 PRO 512GB can be had for £52.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/kVzkcf/adata-xpg-sx8200-pro-512-gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-asx8200pnp-512gt-c

[Olayaolu]

14 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

There won't be much of a difference in boot time between a SATA and NVMe SSD. Also lower capacity SSD's are poor value as you can usually get a 500GB or so for not much more. The lower capacity SSD's can also have lower endurance and read/write speeds etc.

 

The SX8200 PRO 512GB can be had for £52.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/kVzkcf/adata-xpg-sx8200-pro-512-gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-asx8200pnp-512gt-c

Oh okay thanks for the information! I didn’t know that. I will likely keep a separate drive for windows only but upgrade it to a higher capacity like the one you suggested