Advice / Critic on current PC build.

[Strivey]

 

Hi! This is just a small question on what do you think about my current build and if there are some major handicaps. And maybe some suggetions on what to upgrade.  I wanted to buy myself an m.2 SSD aswell and would like to ask for some options.

Primarily used for Gaming and a lil Rendering with After Effects and Photoshop
I have no set Budget but would look for mid range stuff

I only have connected one AOC 144hz Gaming Monitor via Display Port

CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 @ 3.85Ghz
GPU: Msi Radeon RX 5700 XT Mech OC ( 2000mhz Clock and 1860mhz Vram)
Ram: 2 x 8Gb DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200mhz
PSU: BeQuiet! PurePower 500w
Mobo: ASUS PRIME B450 Plus
Drives: 500GB Intenso SSD , 1TB Toshiba HDD

 

 

OS Windows 10 Pro

 

 

Edited September 1, 2021 by Strivey

[Dedayog]

CAn you tell us what your machine is used for?  Work, games, editing, etc?

 

What's your budget and location?

 

There is a template in the "Read First" thread in this forum, please follow that.  It helps us suggest things.

[Dr0idGh0sT]

It seems well balanced setup.

You can get WD black SN750 drives, They are on sale right now, You can get 500GB or 1TB depending on your budget.

[Jonathan Lee]

Is your computer having any problems with the current games or program you're using? Build looks relatively balanced to me.

 

Only thing I would consider upgrading to is a 3700X, as they are pretty good deal right now. Also opens up the PC for multitasking which is super liberating experience when you start doing it :D. Not having to close all my programs to game is very nice.

 

The 5700XT is still a very capable card today so I'd probably hold on to it until rtx 40 series and AMD 7000 series launches.

 

More RAM? That's a pretty easy upgrade. Only would recommend it if you do multitask a lot.

 

Some m.2 SSD's you can consider:

Silicon Power A80

ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro

ADATA XPG GAMMIX S7

Mushkin Pilot-E

[Ydfhlx]

See used market prices for 5700XT and 6700XT. Since the first is great for mining, and latter pretty bad, you could upgrade really cheap, or even for basically free.

 

Then, if you play CPU-heavy titles at 1080p, you could consider CPU upgrade as well.

[Strivey]

11 hours ago, Jonathan Lee said:

Is your computer having any problems with the current games or program you're using? Build looks relatively balanced to me.

 

Only thing I would consider upgrading to is a 3700X, as they are pretty good deal right now. Also opens up the PC for multitasking which is super liberating experience when you start doing it :D. Not having to close all my programs to game is very nice.

If i were to upgrade to a Ryzen 7 3700x i should upgrade Cooling aswell since i have been Using the Stock Cooler for my Ryzen 5 and he keeps getting a bit too noisy for me when playing Games like CSGO. Also it seems like i just noticed but AMD states that the 2600 only supports Memory speed up to 2933mhz but i have mine set to 3200.

 

[Ydfhlx]

5 hours ago, Strivey said:

Also it seems like i just noticed but AMD states that the 2600 only supports Memory speed up to 2933mhz but i have mine set to 3200.

 

Yeah, that's called memory overclock, and it's totally normal to do this.

 

CSGO is also pretty cpu bound, so that is probably worth upgrading cpu for. Your motherboard should support Zen 2 CPUs as well.

[Jonathan Lee]

9 hours ago, Strivey said:

If i were to upgrade to a Ryzen 7 3700x i should upgrade Cooling aswell since i have been Using the Stock Cooler for my Ryzen 5 and he keeps getting a bit too noisy for me when playing Games like CSGO. Also it seems like i just noticed but AMD states that the 2600 only supports Memory speed up to 2933mhz but i have mine set to 3200.

 

The 3700X does come with a stock cooler which is enough to keep it cool. I do hear it is quite loud though. You can look into an after market cooler if you want a quieter cooler. You can check out Noctua NH-U12S, Scythe Mugen 5 or Scythe Fuma 2. They are all good options.

[GeorgeMKane]

I added the Corsair psu, if you feel like you want to change that. If you're overclocking anything other than the RAM, you definitely should upgrade that. If not, you should still be okay with that 500W psu, but I would recommend upgrading that too.

 

Definitely double the RAM, if you have room in your budget for it. Recommend getting the exact same kit, if you can.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8YkGp2

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($289.99 @ Adorama)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S redux 70.75 CFM CPU Cooler  ($49.95 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus TUF B450-PLUS GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Western Digital SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($114.99 @ Newegg)
$629.90