AMD ryzen 2600x build opinion

[styx1911]

First time building an AMD based pc. My main reason is running programs like Maya, Blender, Unity etc with 1080p 60 fps gaming as an after thought.There is no HDD cause ill use an older 2tb one that i have. Im planning on OC-ing the cpu a little. Any suggestions about changing something. Have in mind i live in a third world country so i dont have a lot of options about the parts nor are the prices this low. I just need a green light from you guys before buying the components.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($218.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken M22 Liquid CPU Cooler  ($82.58 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-M2 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Kingston - HyperX Predator RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2933 Memory  ($174.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.49 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB ROG STRIX Video Card  ($512.49 @ Walmart) 
Case: NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($105.48 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $1269.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-18 14:00 EST-0500

[lmeneses]

If you wanted to, you could switch to the 2600 non-x variant, which is a heck of a lot cheaper for basically the same performance. For that cpu, you don't really need an aio; a cheaper air cooler for around $40 would do. Other than that it is fine

[Guest]

That motherboard is total junk. Drop the cooler if needed to get something better.

[styx1911]

5 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

That motherboard is total junk. Drop the cooler if needed to get something better.

Do you have any suggestions for a board ? If i'm gonna pay more i would want it to support the zen2 chips that come out next year. 

[r2724r16]

Just now, styx1911 said:

Do you have any suggestions for a board ? If i'm gonna pay more i would want it to support the zen2 chips that come out next year. 

Get an ASRock X470 Fatal1ty K4 ATX

 

Check out this build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HcW9vn

[Jurrunio]

That cooler is pretty rubbish, only use it because you like the look of the CPU block and don't really care about good performance.

[Jurrunio]

Just now, r2724r16 said:

Get an ASRock X470 Fatal1ty K4 ATX

 

Check out this build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HcW9vn

that mobo isnt that good either

[styx1911]

8 minutes ago, lmeneses said:

If you wanted to, you could switch to the 2600 non-x variant, which is a heck of a lot cheaper for basically the same performance. For that cpu, you don't really need an aio; a cheaper air cooler for around $40 would do. Other than that it is fine

I was planing on buying that cooler in a month or something, thats why i chose the X version, the Wraith Stealth (on the non X variant) is pretty shit

[r2724r16]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

that mobo isnt that good either

Certainly better than the MSI one the OP had earlier. Do you have any other recommendations?

[styx1911]

5 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

Get an ASRock X470 Fatal1ty K4 ATX

 

Check out this build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HcW9vn

from the Asrock x470, only the MB ASROCK AM4 X470 Master SLI  is available in my country. Is that good enough ?

[r2724r16]

1 minute ago, styx1911 said:

the MB ASROCK AM4 X470 Master SLI  is available in my country. Is that good enough ?

Yes, that's a good motherboard. 

[styx1911]

And could someone please explain why would i want a more expensive motherboard? I looked at the specs on the MSI that i posted, and it has all the things that i think I need, what am i paying the extra 80$-100$ for ?

[lmeneses]

9 minutes ago, styx1911 said:

I was planing on buying that cooler in a month or something, thats why i chose the X version, the Wraith Stealth (on the non X variant) is pretty shit

well yea but you can get a very good air cooler for $30 that can easily hand that cpu. 

 

1 minute ago, styx1911 said:

And could someone please explain why would i want a more expensive motherboard? I looked at the specs on the MSI that i posted, and it has all the things that i think I need, what am i paying the extra 80$-100$ for ?

vrms mostly 

[Jurrunio]

9 minutes ago, styx1911 said:

I was planing on buying that cooler in a month or something, thats why i chose the X version, the Wraith Stealth (on the non X variant) is pretty shit

non-X version could be cheap enough for you to buy the cooler right away. However the M22 can be beaten by air coolers at this price like the Noctua NH-D15 easily, so no reason to use it unless you're all on for looks.

 

Just now, styx1911 said:

And could someone please explain why would i want a more expensive motherboard? I looked at the specs on the MSI that i posted, and it has all the things that i think I need, what am i paying the extra 80$-100$ for ?

It doesn't any VRM heatsink. Put a Ryzen 7 in it, or overclock a Ryzen 5, VRMs will overheat and throttle the CPU. You'll end up going nowhere.

 

Also partly because we don't know how much power Zen 2 CPUs will draw when overclocked, so there's some conservative estimates in there as well.

[styx1911]

Just now, lmeneses said:

well yea but you can get a very good air cooler for $30 that can easily hand that cpu. 

 

vrms mostly 

Is there a Micro ATX with better VRMS then ? Cause i really dont need 4 RAM slots, 2 PCI-E 3.0 x16 etc that u find on a ATX board.

[styx1911]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

non-X version could be cheap enough for you to buy the cooler right away. However the M22 can be beaten by air coolers at this price like the Noctua NH-D15 easily, so no reason to use it unless you're all on for looks.

 

It doesn't any VRM heatsink. Put a Ryzen 7 in it, or overclock a Ryzen 5, VRMs will overheat and throttle the CPU. You'll end up going nowhere.

 

Also partly because we don't know how much power Zen 2 CPUs will draw when overclocked, so there's some conservative estimates in there as well.

Im not gonna lie, its the looks. I would get the x42 if its available when i make the purchase 

[lmeneses]

3 minutes ago, styx1911 said:

Is there a Micro ATX with better VRMS then ? Cause i really dont need 4 RAM slots, 2 PCI-E 3.0 x16 etc that u find on a ATX board.

Most of the good mATXs have 4 dimm slots anyway, but this one https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119141

[styx1911]

Just now, lmeneses said:

Most of the good mATXs have 4 dimm slots anyway, but this one https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119141

That one is also available here and its a pretty good price. 

[lmeneses]

Just now, styx1911 said:

That one is also available here and its a pretty good price. 

[Guest]

Not the TUF either as they are also junk boards 

 

Where are you shopping at ?

[styx1911]

1 minute ago, lee32uk said:

Not the TUF either as they are also junk boards 

 

Where are you shopping at ?

https://www.anhoch.com

https://ddstore.mk

The second one has more options. If the page is in Macedonian, you can change it on the flag at the page.

[styx1911]

As you can see most of the boards are 300 series... Not a lot to choose from.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, styx1911 said:

As you can see most of the boards are 300 series... Not a lot to choose from.

Yeah you are not wrong there  Could you order from a different Country ? Maybe Germany or UK etc ? as that would give you more choice. Places like Amazon should ship to Macedonia.

[styx1911]

3 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

Yeah you are not wrong there  Could you order from a different Country ? Maybe Germany or UK etc ? as that would give you more choice. Places like Amazon should ship to Macedonia.

I think that it depends on what u are ordering, can you give me the best motherboard option in the uk/ger amazon store so i can check ?

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, styx1911 said:

I think that it depends on what u are ordering, can you give me the best motherboard option in the uk/ger amazon store so i can check ?

Something like an MSI Tomahawk would be fine. It is ATX but you are going with an ATX case so it will look better than a mATX one.

 

If you do want micro ATX then there is the MSI Mortar.

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Hy97YJ/msi-b450-tomahawk-atx-am4-motherboard-b450-tomahawk

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/FZvbt6/msi-b450m-mortar-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-mortar