New build - sanity check

[namarath]

Just planning my new build and wanted to ask for some feedback. 

 

As for the motivation: my old rig has now around 8 years and has an Intel Q6600 in it... that's probably all I need to say about it ;).

What do I need the new rig for: coding, probably some content creation with 3D in Blender as well as videos/streaming, and gaming (in this order). I plan to use the new machine for the next 5 years, so want to make this as future proof as possible. Minor changes like adding another 16-32 GB RAM is planned, but not for example changing the CPU.

Note: gaming is not a priority right now, so I do not need a new GPU atm. I probably will add something like a RX580 in the coming months.

 

Budget: 900 €, but mind, that this includes some 250-300 € reserved for a GPU, which I do not want to purchase right now.

This leaves around 650 € for the main parts (CPU, MB, RAM, SSD and case)

 

Where buying: Germany - Cyberport, Notebooksbilliger or ComputerUniverse

 

Parts taken from the old rig: 650 GB HDD as storage, 600W PSU, HD5770 GPU (for now) + of course display, keyboard, mouse...

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (~250 €)

MB: Asus Prime B350-Plus ATX (~ 100 €)

RAM: 16 GB (2x8) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3000 CL15 (~ 130 €)

Storage: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB M.2 NVMe (~ 130 €)

Case: some ATX case (~ 70 €)

 

Total: 680 € - which is around the planned 650 €

 

Three questions that are bothering me somewhat:

1. I do know Ryzen likes faster RAM, but is the jump from 3000MHz to 3200MHz RAM worth the additional €€€? Or is the perf increase negligible (I would assume so...)

2. I was initially thinking about getting the Ryzen 7 1700, but could not justify spending the additional ~100€. Or am I wrong here? Should I cut down on some other parts (RAM, GPU) to get the 1700?

3. Will the MB with B350 be able to utilise the Samsung EVO 960 M.2 to its full potential? I am not sure which M.2 generation is used in the B350 nor whether the M.2 connection actually uses PCIEv2 or v3.

 

Thanks to all who read until this point

[Castdeath97]

Why not get a 850 instead? SATA SSDs are already plenty fast and allow you to get more storage for the money or to save up for a GPU.

[genexis_x]

Drop the NVMe SSD and get 850 EVO. Save the money to upgrade your PSU.

 

The 1600 is fine as you don't have the budget to buy 1700.

[Castdeath97]

By the way how large are the files that you regularly transfer? If they way too large you may want to consider a NVMe, but then again if you can't afford the capacity it's kinda counter productive.

[tom_w141]

@namarath While it is true ryzen likes faster RAM the bigger gains are from 2133 to 3000. 3000-3200 will have far less impact so don't worry about it being necessary.

 

1700 user here with that exact same RAM as OP

[namarath]

1 hour ago, Castdeath97 said:

Why not get a 850 instead? SATA SSDs are already plenty fast and allow you to get more storage for the money or to save up for a GPU.

The thing is the the 850 PRO 250 GB is actually more expensive than the 960 EVO 250GB (140 vs 130 €). The 850 EVO 250 GB would be some 30 € cheaper, but moving to 500GB would again raise the price to ~160 €. So the 960 EVO was supposed to be a middle ground.

 

Will consider this though, and maybe move to the bigger SATA SSD instead of NVMe or just save some €€ with the 250GB 850 EVO

[namarath]

39 minutes ago, tom_w141 said:

@namarath While it is true ryzen likes faster RAM the bigger gains are from 2133 to 3000. 3000-3200 will have far less impact so don't worry about it being necessary.

 

1700 user here with that exact same RAM as OP

That is also what I thought picking the 3000MHz RAM. 
Thanks for the feedback