First Build - Check Compatibility and Looking for Recommendations

[Haaydon]

Budget (including currency): $2000 (~USD 1500)

Country: Singapore

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: E-sports & Triple-A title at mostly 1080p & some in 1440p 

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'm new to PC building and have no existing parts to work with. I'm looking for a smaller form factor build, so far I've came up with a list below. Do let me know what I should change and what GPU will you guys recommend. Thanks in advance!
 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix B550-I 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z 3600 2x8GB

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB
Case: NZXT H210i

Power Supply: NZXT C750 Gold 
GPU: RTX3060ti or RX6600XT?

[my name is guru iam tech]

14 minutes ago, Haaydon said:

Budget (including currency): $2000 (~USD 1500)

Country: Singapore

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: E-sports & Triple-A title at mostly 1080p & some in 1440p 

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'm new to PC building and have no existing parts to work with. I'm looking for a smaller form factor build, so far I've came up with a list below. Do let me know what I should change and what GPU will you guys recommend. Thanks in advance!
 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix B550-I 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z 3600 2x8GB

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB
Case: NZXT H210i

Power Supply: NZXT C750 Gold 
GPU: RTX3060ti or RX6600XT?

Which shop are you using 

Amazon or Lazada or Newegg 

Using A Gen3 SSD When You Can Use Gen4 is Neither bad nor good

I Would Recomend a WD SN850 

If You Want Very Good FPS And Awesome Raytracing, You can go with RTX 3060ti

If You Want Very Good FPS And You Don't Care About Raytracing And Want To Go Cheapo, You Can Go With RX6600XT

But RTX3060ti Can Outperform RX6600XT

For RAM Why not Going for The Adata XPG Spectrix Longdimm 3600mhz

They Are Cheaper Here In Malaysia

[Somerandomtechyboi]

22 minutes ago, Haaydon said:

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB
Case: NZXT H210i

Trash

970 evo is overpriced, get a cheaper ssd like kingston a2000. Rip yoyr airflow if you go for an nzxt case so rip temps

 

22 minutes ago, Haaydon said:

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix B550-I 

I think you can get cheaper b550 boards

 

23 minutes ago, Haaydon said:

Memory: G.Skill Trident Z 3600 2x8GB

Go for tridentz neo if you are overclocking, if not then go for the cheapest 3200mhz cl16 kit you can find

[Haaydon]

58 minutes ago, my name is guru iam tech said:

Which shop are you using 

Amazon or Lazada or Newegg 

Using A Gen3 SSD When You Can Use Gen4 is Neither bad nor good

I Would Recomend a WD SN850 

If You Want Very Good FPS And Awesome Raytracing, You can go with RTX 3060ti

If You Want Very Good FPS And You Don't Care About Raytracing And Want To Go Cheapo, You Can Go With RX6600XT

But RTX3060ti Can Outperform RX6600XT

For RAM Why not Going for The Adata XPG Spectrix Longdimm 3600mhz

They Are Cheaper Here In Malaysia

I'm looking to get parts from local retailer.
Does raytracing make a huge difference in graphics? is it worth the extra money?

[Haaydon]

51 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Trash

970 evo is overpriced, get a cheaper ssd like kingston a2000. Rip yoyr airflow if you go for an nzxt case so rip temps

 

I think you can get cheaper b550 boards

 

Go for tridentz neo if you are overclocking, if not then go for the cheapest 3200mhz cl16 kit you can find

Do you have any recommendations for cheaper B550 ITX or mATX boards? Also what case would you recommend? (Prefer to have tempered glass side panel)

[my name is guru iam tech]

2 minutes ago, Haaydon said:

I'm looking to get parts from local retailer.
Does raytracing make a huge difference in graphics? is it worth the extra money?

yes it does in few games though

the most is from minecraft it is so realistic when rtx on in minecraft

other games not that of a diffrence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD0nHDb5_bE

[my name is guru iam tech]

2 minutes ago, Haaydon said:

Do you have any recommendations for cheaper B550 ITX or mATX boards? Also what case would you recommend? (Prefer to have tempered glass side panel)

MSI B550 Mortar Gaming Wifi ITX

Case: Lian Li Lancool Mesh 2 or Lian Li Dynamic O11

[KKLawrence]

7 minutes ago, Haaydon said:

I'm looking to get parts from local retailer.
Does raytracing make a huge difference in graphics? is it worth the extra money?

Is RTX a Total Waste of Money?? - YouTube

Check out this video to choose between the GPU. I''d personally go for the AMD card tho, because I don't think it makes that much of a difference now and in the next 1-2 years.

Nvidia has also DLSS going for it, so if the titles you mainly play support it, maybe go for it.

But on the other hand, as expensive as the 3060ti is, you can sometimes get an RX 6700 XT for the same price, which outperforms the 3060ti, so now my list which card to look for first:

RX 6700 XT, then 3060ti and last RX 6600 XT.

 

Here's a list of all the parts I'd recommend. The cooler is from amazon and performs quite well (recently tested by Gamers Nexus) and the other parts are quite standard.

If you can't get the Team Group Ram, the crucial ballistix or corsair vengeance kit's look also good. G.Skill Trident Z is most of the time a few bucks more then these two.

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/22bFz7

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Vetroo V5 52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE DARK Za 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($64.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($99.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: NZXT C 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($118.92 @ Amazon) 
Total: $863.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-18 01:57 EDT-0400

[Haaydon]

24 minutes ago, my name is guru iam tech said:

MSI B550 Mortar Gaming Wifi ITX

Case: Lian Li Lancool Mesh 2 or Lian Li Dynamic O11

Thanks a lot for your help, I'll look into them!

[Haaydon]

13 minutes ago, KKLawrence said:

Is RTX a Total Waste of Money?? - YouTube

Check out this video to choose between the GPU. I''d personally go for the AMD card tho, because I don't think it makes that much of a difference now and in the next 1-2 years.

Nvidia has also DLSS going for it, so if the titles you mainly play support it, maybe go for it.

But on the other hand, as expensive as the 3060ti is, you can sometimes get an RX 6700 XT for the same price, which outperforms the 3060ti, so now my list which card to look for first:

RX 6700 XT, then 3060ti and last RX 6600 XT.

 

Here's a list of all the parts I'd recommend. The cooler is from amazon and performs quite well (recently tested by Gamers Nexus) and the other parts are quite standard.

If you can't get the Team Group Ram, the crucial ballistix or corsair vengeance kit's look also good. G.Skill Trident Z is most of the time a few bucks more then these two.

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/22bFz7

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ B&H) 
CPU Cooler: Vetroo V5 52 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE DARK Za 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($64.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($99.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: NZXT C 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($118.92 @ Amazon) 
Total: $863.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-10-18 01:57 EDT-0400

Thanks for the GPU recommendations! Is the Ryzen stock cooler not good enough? I'm not looking to overclock or anything.

[my name is guru iam tech]

14 minutes ago, KKLawrence said:

Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive

I would call this a overpriced piece of sht

it is overpriced like something for nothing lol

it is just not worth the money

[my name is guru iam tech]

Just now, Haaydon said:

Thanks for the GPU recommendations! Is the Ryzen stock cooler not good enough? I'm not looking to overclock or anything.

it does not come with stock cooler

go with a cheap air cooler

[KKLawrence]

25 minutes ago, my name is guru iam tech said:

I would call this a overpriced piece of sht

it is overpriced like something for nothing lol

it is just not worth the money

It has good longevity and also a cache. I wouldn't boot of a drive without cache. Maybe the SN750 as a compromise? But not something like a Crucial P2 or Kingston a2000 or SN 550 as they all don't have cache and will therefore have a shorte lifespan.

 

Maybe some drive of that tier: (from the SSD Tier list)

 

Tier B (High-end)

• ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762)
• Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12)
• Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P)
• Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12)
• Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12)
• Digifast - Ace (Phison E12)
• Galax - HOF (Phison E12)
• Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12)
• Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12)
• HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN)
• Inland - Premium (Phison E12)
• KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12)
• Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN)
• LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12)
• Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN)
• MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12)
• Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12)
• Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12)
• Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093)
• PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12)
• Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Exercia Plus (Phison E12S)
• Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12)
• Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris)
• SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary)
• Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12)
• Silicon Power - P34A80 (Phison E12)
• SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus)
• Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN)
• Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267)
• Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary)
• Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)

[KKLawrence]

29 minutes ago, Haaydon said:

Thanks for the GPU recommendations! Is the Ryzen stock cooler not good enough? I'm not looking to overclock or anything.

And yeah, it does come with a stock cooler, but it is first of all barely enough and second it is downfiring. I like tower coolers for the better airflow in the system. And you'll have more headroom and less possibility of thermal throttling when doing soft overclocks. I wouldn't recommend going full oc on this Motherboard tho.

[Haaydon]

58 minutes ago, KKLawrence said:

And yeah, it does come with a stock cooler, but it is first of all barely enough and second it is downfiring. I like tower coolers for the better airflow in the system. And you'll have more headroom and less possibility of thermal throttling when doing soft overclocks. I wouldn't recommend going full oc on this Motherboard tho.

Thanks for your help! Will look at the other drives as well to see whats the options are available