5600X3D all AMD build but it's paired with a bad GPU

[iHardware Shelden]

So this is not something I had planned on doing but here we are...

 

After reading and watching about the rather bazar 5600X3D and having no self control I decided to pick up the RAM, Motherboard and CPU combo at Microcenter. Which can be found here

 

I had 0 reason for doing this other than upgrading to something that officially supports Windows 11 and some random memory detection issues on my current X99 based system. I also hope this will give me an incentive to get back into some PC gaming and try out some newer titles... but that is where this gets "fun" since I will be pairing this with my XFX R9 390 until I decide to upgrade the GPU. At least it is all AMD? 

 

Here is a link to my old build log on this current system if you are curious! Everything has remained the same minus changing over to a Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4P paired with a Xeon E5-1650v3 and 32GB of ECC 2400 4x8gb and a few little things like newer and less hard drives. https://linustechtips.com/topic/537405-sleeper-inwin-q2000-case-mod/#comment-7126881

 

Anyway let's get into the build! Also if you are building a system around the 5600X3D I would love to see it or hear what you think of it so far! GPU recommendations?

 

Here are the parts as linked above:

CPU - Ryzen 5 5600X3D

Heatsink - Deepcool AK620

RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws 2x8gb 3200 DDR4

Motherboard - ASUS B550-Plus Wifi II

GPU - XFX R9 390 8Gb

Storage - Crucial P5 Plus 1TB NVMe SSD, 1TB WD Blue Sata 2.5 SSD and a 1TB WD Black 3.5 Hard drive

Case - InWin Q2000

Power Supply - EVGA Supernova 750 watt semi modular

 

All of this will be built on a 2001 Honda CRV folding table!

 

 

[iHardware Shelden]

Just about to tear into the system but before I did here is a quick R23 Cinebench run and CPU-Z info on the current X99 setup

[SorryBella]

2 hours ago, iHardware Shelden said:

GPU - XFX R9 390 8Gb

I mean its not so bad, Its equal to RX480 8GB in performance. Just, much much much hotter.

[iHardware Shelden]

4 minutes ago, SorryBella said:

I mean its not so bad, Its equal to RX480 8GB in performance. Just, much much much hotter.

She is a toasty one, will be interesting to see with this CPU how that goes. It was usually sitting around 70c-73c playing Rust and doing Folding@Home.

 

Interesting I've honestly never looked at performance comparisons with newer cards, I've been out of the hardware news since around Skylake and 9xx series (same time I bought this gpu) 

 

The card is honestly great for what I've been using it for even currently, the 8gb of VRAM definitely paid off long run over a GTX 970 which I almost got. It's also paired with a FreeSync 120hz monitor at 1080p and I've ran the unofficial drivers since AMD dropped support for this card last year.

 

I think my biggest push to buy a new card will be Titanic Honor and Glory/Project 401 or a higher resolution display

[iHardware Shelden]

It's coming together, I can only hope this motherboard didn't need a BIOS update to post, if it does post I'll be updating it ASAP given what reviews have said about performance issues on out of date ones.

[iHardware Shelden]

[iHardware Shelden]

She boots! Time to get Windows installed and stuff updated.

 

Are there any benchmarks that people would be interested in me running?

 

[DJ46]

Wow, I knew there was something about this build that was calling out to me when I first saw it, but I totally glossed over the case in the parts list.

Love it!

 

Hope you've got the airflow figured out though. (I didn't need to, in fact I chose my old beige box to have fewer holes to block.)

[iHardware Shelden]

1 hour ago, DJ46 said:

Wow, I knew there was something about this build that was calling out to me when I first saw it, but I totally glossed over the case in the parts list.

Love it!

 

Hope you've got the airflow figured out though. (I didn't need to, in fact I chose my old beige box to have fewer holes to block.)

Yeah she stays cool even with these hot components! Got x2 fans up front also I believe are 120mm. Had the case modified back in high-school to fit the larger fans since originally it had 3 80mm fan mounts. That was sufficient for the dual pentium III server that was in this before but not for the FX 6300 and 650 ti I had originally and especially these components now!

 

Glad you like the build! Thank you

[thrasher_565]

can add a fan or 2 to the bottom if needed to help gpu temps. but looks good.

could cut the mesh off the fans too.

Edited July 10, 2023 by thrasher_565

[iHardware Shelden]

3 hours ago, thrasher_565 said:

can add a fan or 2 to the bottom if needed to help gpu temps. but looks good.

could cut the mesh off the fans too.

Yeah Temps are great honestly, I added the mesh fan covers on to prevent the cables from going into the fans since this case doesn't have a basement or room behind the motherboard to really route them. Running test the CPU doesn't go higher than 70c and GPU 73c under full load so ill call that a win!