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Krongfah
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I'm upgrading my PC with

 

- Ryzen 5 2600X

- ASUS X370-Pro

- Sandisk 500GB SSD

- 16GB of Kingston Hyper-X 2400hz RAM

- Will be using my old GTX970 for a while then upgrade maybe to 1070ti or 1080 the end of the year

 

I'm currently looking at Corsair VS650 but that doesn't look very good and it's not modular.

Is there any recommendation? I don't really wanna spend more than $100 on PSU but I wouldn't want to risk cheaper alternatives if they're not good.

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25 minutes ago, Krongfah said:

 

Seasonic Focus Gold is the easy choice

 

But what hardware do you already own? Should be getting 3000mhz-3200mhz RAM, and an X470 motherboard

 Next gen GPUs will be out by the end of the year. If you're just gaming at 1080p your 970 is fine.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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31 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Seasonic Focus Gold is the easy choice

 

But what hardware do you already own? Should be getting 3000mhz-3200mhz RAM, and an X470 motherboard

 Next gen GPUs will be out by the end of the year. If you're just gaming at 1080p your 970 is fine.

 

 

The only stuff I've already got that are usable is my case, hdd, and my 970. The rest are more than 5 years old pieces of crap. (DDR3 RAM OMFG)

 

RAM prices in my country is through the roof rn so I can't really afford 16GB of 3000mhz-3200mhz RAM at all.

What are really the difference between X370 and X470 btw? From my research, it's not a lot and I'd prefer to save a few buck if I can. But the prices different isn't that big so idk tbh.

 

I'll probably watch the GPU market for a while and see what future gen holds. I still can't afford 1440p monitor anyway and 1080p gaming is not that big of a deal.

 

And Seasonic Focus Gold is literally not available in any retailer in my country, at all. Seems like our PSU market here is slower than NA and EU by a few years...

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For PSU i really do like the EVGA modular range.  The fact they already come with braided cables also makes the whole setup look cleaner.

MSI MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI Motherboard, AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Desk-top Processor (12-core/24-thread, 140MB cache, up to 5.6 GHz max boost), CORSAIR VENGEANCE DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz CL30 AMD EXPO iCUE Compatible Computer Memory, Samsung 990 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD, 2 TB, PCIe 4.0, 7,450 MB/s read, 6,900 MB/s write, Internal SSD, 2 x Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s 5400 RPM 256 MB Cache for Computer Desktop PC Laptop (ST4000DM004), MSI MPG A1000G PCIE5 Power Supply Unit, UK Plug - 1000W, 80 Plus Gold Certified, Fully Modular ATX 3.0, PCIe 5.0 GPU, XILENCE XC982 LQ240PRO AIO COOLER, XFX Speedster MERC 310 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB 1 x AOC CU34G2XE & 1 x Samsung U32J59XUQ 3840 x 2160 4K, 1 x Samsung Evo 970 Evo Plus NVME PCI-E 1TB, 1 x Samsung Evo 850 250GB, 1 X Sandisk Ultra II SSD 240GB + 2 X 4TB Seagate Barracuda SATA III,  MZHOU 7 Ports PCIe USB 3.0 Card,  2 x UGREEN Hard Drive Enclosure 3.5 inch External SATA Disk Caddy Reader USB 3.0 2.5 3.5 HDD SSD 16TB UASP Case Dock Station With 12V 2A Power Adapter For Windows with 6TB Seagate Barracuda SATA III, Fractal Design Pop XL Case + 4 Fractal Design 140mm Case Fans, Logitech MX Vertical & MX Ergo Trackball Mouse using same USB unifying device, Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard, Windows 11 Pro x64 Retail, 6TB Seagate USB 3.0 Backup Plus Hub, Blue Yeti Microphone, Logitech C922 Pro HD,  Logitech C920 Pro HD, Bit Defender Total Security 2021.

 

Second PC (Cyclops) - MSI 990FXA Gaming, AMD FX 8370 4Ghz, Corsair 16GB Vengeance Red 9-9-9-24 1600Mhz, Arctic Cooling Freezer 13, Asus Strix 1050TI 4GB, 1 X Acer 27" Full HD Monitor, 1 X Sandisk Ultra II SSD 240GB, 1 x Samsung Evo 850 250GB, 2 X Seagate Barracuda 2TB, 1 X WD Black 2TB, 1 x ASUS 16x DVDRW, X-Case Eagle III Case, 3 X Corsair AF 120 Case Fans, EVGA 850 G2 80+ Gold + PSU, Logitech MX Master Mouse, Corsair K30 Keyboard, Logitech C920 Webcam, R0DE NT1-A Microphone, Scarlet 212 Audio Interface (Revision 2), Windows 10 Pro X64 Retail, Bit Defender Total Security 2021, 2TB Seagate Expansion USB Hard Drive.

 

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Printers Include - Canon MG5750, Canon, IP8750,  Canon Pixma Mega tank G5050 & 2 X Samsung Xpress C410W.

 

1 X Zexrow Xbox360 Wired Game Controller.

 

TP Link Archer AX6000 Cable Router Wifi6 with a Virgin Media Hub 4.0 in Modem only mode running 1GB Fibre internet.

 

Samsung Galaxy S21+ 256GB Mobile Phone.

 

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6 hours ago, Krongfah said:

 

 

The only stuff I've already got that are usable is my case, hdd, and my 970. The rest are more than 5 years old pieces of crap. (DDR3 RAM OMFG)

 

RAM prices in my country is through the roof rn so I can't really afford 16GB of 3000mhz-3200mhz RAM at all.

What are really the difference between X370 and X470 btw? From my research, it's not a lot and I'd prefer to save a few buck if I can. But the prices different isn't that big so idk tbh.

 

I'll probably watch the GPU market for a while and see what future gen holds. I still can't afford 1440p monitor anyway and 1080p gaming is not that big of a deal.

 

And Seasonic Focus Gold is literally not available in any retailer in my country, at all. Seems like our PSU market here is slower than NA and EU by a few years...

Can you link us a store you can buy from.

My account is almost entirely dormant. Hope you all are having a grand time. Many years of fun were had here.

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6 hours ago, Krongfah said:

 

The X470 board will just have an updated BIOS from the start, B450 is also fine with like the ASrock Pro 4.

And all of the X470 boards are alright/solid, while some of the X370 boards are just B350 boards with the different chipset(average VRMs, ect.)

 

You also get StoreMI with X470 which is neat.

Just get the fastest/cheapest RAM you can then, Ryzen can benefit a lot from fast memory.

 

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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20 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Can you link us a store you can buy from.

Well, I could actually buy from a different variety of local retailers but the main ones that also have online stores are these

 

https://www.jib.co.th/web/

https://online.advice.co.th/

 

As you can probably tell, they don't have nearly as good of stuff as you guys have in the US and EU but this is almost as good as the market can get in Thailand.

 

I could buy from Newegg and Amazon, of course. But the import tax and shipping fees are too high to make that worth it.

 

Such is life for a PC gamer in South East Asia.

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2 hours ago, Krongfah said:

Would you guys recommend COOLERMASTER MasterWatt 650?

 

Or CORSAIR TX 650M?

The Corsair is much better, however the 550W would be plenty for a GTX 1080 system.

My account is almost entirely dormant. Hope you all are having a grand time. Many years of fun were had here.

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