New Ryzen Build: Thoughts?

[Sir Snuffy]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/SirSnuffy/saved/KJPbv

 

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£178.95 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£108.99 @ BT Shop) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£123.00 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£134.99 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£55.80 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX Video Card  (Purchased For £498.00) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  (£73.92 @ More Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Monitor: BenQ - GW2765HT 27.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor  (£220.00) 
Total: £1476.63

 

Anything else you'd recommend? I probably won't go with the red RAM and white case, just using them as models. Gonna go with the black P400 and maybe RGB RAM. 

[knightslugger]

soild.

[TVwazhere]

Try to get 3000 or 3200 RAM, it'll help with performance overall, as AMD's architecture scales really well with ram speed, especially when overclocking.

[JHY]

Your build is great, but if you prefer silence get Cryorig H7 or something.

[jeffery7466]

£6 more for 3200MHZ memory here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0143UM4TC/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

 

Looks awesome otherwise.

[Sanctorum]

Just get faster RAM, other than that it's perfect.

[Sir Snuffy]

Thanks for the replies.

 

Is the 1700 better value? I am also planning to do some programming, especialy when I'm at uni (also making games), or does the 1600 work great?

[TVwazhere]

4 minutes ago, Sir Snuffy said:

Thanks for the replies.

 

Is the 1700 better value? I am also planning to do some programming, especialy when I'm at uni (also making games), or does the 1600 work great?

1600 will be great.

[jeffery7466]

7 minutes ago, Sir Snuffy said:

Thanks for the replies.

 

Is the 1700 better value? I am also planning to do some programming, especialy when I'm at uni (also making games), or does the 1600 work great?

I am no expert, but I guess it depends on what kind of programming (e.g. scientific image analysis?) you will be doing.

[Sir Snuffy]

Just now, jeffery7466 said:

I am no expert, but I guess it depends on what kind of programming (i.e. scientific image analysis?) you will be doing.

Depends on the project, the course is Computer Science so anything can come up

 

I might stick with the 1600 anyhows. Thanks for the replies guys.

[knightslugger]

28 minutes ago, PCNoobie said:

Your build is great, but if you prefer silence get Cryorig H7 or something.

Or if you don't enjoy routing cables buy an M.2 variant of the SSD

[Sir Snuffy]

Just now, knightslugger said:

Or if you don't enjoy routing cables buy an M.2 variant of the SSD

I was considering that. They are more expensive though. Is it worth getting an nvme over sata ssd?

[knightslugger]

11 minutes ago, Sir Snuffy said:

I was considering that. They are more expensive though. Is it worth getting an nvme over sata ssd?

You don't have to get NVMe to use that M.2 slot. Buy a SATA drive just like ya are, just the M.2 verint.

[Sanctorum]

I wouldn't bother with the 1700 over the 1600 unless you really plan on using a lot of core whore programs. The R5 1600 is plenty for gaming and some workload stuff. Don't bother with an m.2 SSD unless you're going NVMe and there's really no need to get an NVMe SSD, at least not right now. Stick with the 2.5" form factor for your SATA SSD instead of using up your m.2 slot, it's just shooting yourself in the foot in terms of future upgrades. Plus you'll be using an HDD anyway so it's literally one extra SATA data cable from the mobo to SSD as the SATA power cable you use for the HDD will also be usable for the SSD. I don't know why people pretend 2.5" SSDs are troublesome for cables lmfao. Plus that way you can easily add a nice m.2 NVMe SSD in the future, like a 960 EVO if you want/need one as a small upgrade at any point. 

[knightslugger]

9 minutes ago, Sanctorum said:

I wouldn't bother with the 1700 over the 1600 unless you really plan on using a lot of core whore programs. The R5 1600 is plenty for gaming and some workload stuff. Don't bother with an m.2 SSD unless you're going NVMe and there's really no need to get an NVMe SSD, at least not right now. Stick with the 2.5" form factor for your SATA SSD instead of using up your m.2 slot, it's just shooting yourself in the foot in terms of future upgrades. Plus you'll be using an HDD anyway so it's literally one extra SATA data cable from the mobo to SSD as the SATA power cable you use for the HDD will also be usable for the SSD. I don't know why people pretend 2.5" SSDs are troublesome for cables lmfao. Plus that way you can easily add a nice m.2 NVMe SSD in the future, like a 960 EVO if you want/need one as a small upgrade at any point. 

unless the location of the 2.5" brackets are far away from the 3.5" bays (which is a growing trend these days). I don't see m.2 going away anytime soon, so I'm not sure what you're going on about in terms of upgradability. Agree with you that for the casual user (one who does not perform ENORMOUS overhead tasks that require as many IOPS as you can get, which is niche, or blazing fast transfers between other just as fast devices) does not need NVMe.

[jeffery7466]

2 hours ago, Sir Snuffy said:

Depends on the project, the course is Computer Science so anything can come up

 

I might stick with the 1600 anyhows. Thanks for the replies guys.

I've never heard of computing students needing their own high grade desktops. The department usually has their own high performance desktops. Though I might be wrong.

Which uni are you going to, if you don't mind telling?

 

[Sir Snuffy]

Just now, jeffery7466 said:

I've never heard of computing students needing their own high grade desktops. The department usually has their own high performance desktops. Though I might be wrong.

Which uni are you going to, if you don't mind telling?

 

I'm creating this rig for myself, so it's not uni-bound. But seeing as I am going to uni and will probably be bringing projects home, I was wondering if the 1700 was the better buy in the long run.

 

Thinking about it more, I'm not sure what I would be doing that would need the power the 1700 has  So the 1600 it is.