Need new PC recommendations

Heflo · November 21, 2018

Hey!

I have recently decided to buy a new PC and since I have some doubts about certian parts i don't know very much about, I would appreciate any recommendations / alternatives.

The build is designed mostly for gaming but i will use this PC for a bit of Photoshop / programming / video watching / day to day uses

Here are the parts i picked - with the rational i had in mind when picking them:

AMD Ryzen 5 2600x (with stock cooler) - Initially wanted to go with the 2700x but found out they perform practically the same in gaming

Gigabyte B450 AORUS M - Has 7.1 audio capabillity in the back panel + m.2 thermal shield. Other than that i don't know much about mobos and this one was cheap enough

G.Skill AEGIS 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3000Mhz - The cheapest 8x2 RAM i found with 3000Mhz since i heard AMD CPUs work better with higher clocked RAM. (And the price difference from 2666Mhz was irelevant)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX2070 8G WindForce - The cheapest RTX2070 i found. cheaper than most 1080 cards in here so it seemed like the right choice.

XPG SX8200 Pro 256GB - NVMe SSD for OS + chosen apps. Might be the non-pro version, 3500/3000MB/s for pro vs 3200/1700MB/s with 240GB normal (difference of about 20$ US. not sure the difference is worth it since i believe i will hardly notice it)

Antec 650W 80+ Bronze NE650M Modular - Wanted a modular PSU with at least a bronze certification, this one seemed fine enough for the cheapest price.

Antec P8 Tempered glass - I wanted dust filters and included fans. This one has 3 of each and its price was pretty good. The tempered glass is a nice bonus.

TP-Link PCI-Express TL-WN881ND 300Mbps - I need a Wi-Fi connectivity for this PC. My fear with this component is if it will be able to connect to the mobo with the graphics card and if it will cause data throttle with the PCI lanes.

This PC costs in my local currecy about 1610$ US (yes. much higher than the price you find online. Taxes and import fees are a real pain)

I don't need any monitors or peripherals.

This system is aimed to run games on 1080p on 60Hz. Yes, i know RTX2070 is an overkill for this matter, but i plan for this build to last for at least 4 years. (Last build i had has a GTX680 and it lasted for 5 years)

A big concern i have is about the choice to go with AMD CPU. Intel's CPUs outperform AMD ones in any gaming benchmark. The thing is, that if i go with i7 9700k / i5 9600k / i7 8700k it will increase the cost by about 250$-350$ (CPU + mobo + cooler) and i will actually give up on the adventages the AMD CPU has. Do you guys forsee the 2600x bottleneck below 60 FPS on games in the next 4 years? Because if not, i would definitely go with the 2600x.

Thanks for the help!

ki8aras · November 21, 2018

6 minutes ago, Heflo said:

Hey!

I have recently decided to buy a new PC and since I have some doubts about certian parts i don't know very much about, I would appreciate any recommendations / alternatives.

The build is designed mostly for gaming but i will use this PC for a bit of Photoshop / programming / video watching / day to day uses

Here are the parts i picked - with the rational i had in mind when picking them:

AMD Ryzen 5 2600x (with stock cooler) - Initially wanted to go with the 2700x but found out they perform practically the same in gaming

Gigabyte B450 AORUS M - Has 7.1 audio capabillity in the back panel + m.2 thermal shield. Other than that i don't know much about mobos and this one was cheap enough

G.Skill AEGIS 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3000Mhz - The cheapest 8x2 RAM i found with 3000Mhz since i heard AMD CPUs work better with higher clocked RAM. (And the price difference from 2666Mhz was irelevant)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX2070 8G WindForce - The cheapest RTX2070 i found. cheaper than most 1080 cards in here so it seemed like the right choice.

XPG SX8200 Pro 256GB - NVMe SSD for OS + chosen apps. Might be the non-pro version, 3500/3000MB/s for pro vs 3200/1700MB/s with 240GB normal (difference of about 20$ US. not sure the difference is worth it since i believe i will hardly notice it)

Antec 650W 80+ Bronze NE650M Modular - Wanted a modular PSU with at least a bronze certification, this one seemed fine enough for the cheapest price.

Antec P8 Tempered glass - I wanted dust filters and included fans. This one has 3 of each and its price was pretty good. The tempered glass is a nice bonus.

TP-Link PCI-Express TL-WN881ND 300Mbps - I need a Wi-Fi connectivity for this PC. My fear with this component is if it will be able to connect to the mobo with the graphics card and if it will cause data throttle with the PCI lanes.

This PC costs in my local currecy about 1610$ US (yes. much higher than the price you find online. Taxes and import fees are a real pain)

I don't need any monitors or peripherals.

This system is aimed to run games on 1080p on 60Hz. Yes, i know RTX2070 is an overkill for this matter, but i plan for this build to last for at least 4 years. (Last build i had has a GTX680 and it lasted for 5 years)

A big concern i have is about the choice to go with AMD CPU. Intel's CPUs outperform AMD ones in any gaming benchmark. The thing is, that if i go with i7 9700k / i5 9600k / i7 8700k it will increase the cost by about 250$-350$ (CPU + mobo + cooler) and i will actually give up on the adventages the AMD CPU has. Do you guys forsee the 2600x bottleneck below 60 FPS on games in the next 4 years? Because if not, i would definitely go with the 2600x.

Thanks for the help!

i don't think the 2600x will be a bottleneck anytime soon but one recommendation i could make is to buy a usb wifi dongle instead of a pcie one so you don't have to worry about space

YourCrush1234 · November 21, 2018

Sounds great for what your doing!

lmeneses · November 21, 2018

Um, I would definitely look into getting a better psu, since that is a part that you do not want to cheap out on

Heflo · November 21, 2018

1 hour ago, ki8aras said:

i don't think the 2600x will be a bottleneck anytime soon but one recommendation i could make is to buy a usb wifi dongle instead of a pcie one so you don't have to worry about space

Wouldn't it be much slower and laggy than an actual PCI connected chip? I intend to play online games on Wi-Fi for the coming year since i can't get a LAN cable from my router to where the PC will be, so i do wish it will be as stable and lag free as it can get for Wi-Fi...

1 hour ago, lmeneses said:

Um, I would definitely look into getting a better psu, since that is a part that you do not want to cheap out on

I looked and found the PSU on the 4'th tier in this forum. I have no idea how bad that makes that PSU, but for the price of 20$ i can get the Antec EA650G, which seems to be on the 2'nd tier, so i changed to that one. Thanks for the advice!

lmeneses · November 21, 2018

1 minute ago, Heflo said:

I looked and found the PSU on the 4'th tier in this forum. I have no idea how bad that makes that PSU, but for the price of 20$ i can get the Antec EA650G, which seems to be on the 2'nd tier, so i changed to that one. Thanks for the advice!

yea, it's not bad, but for the quality of your system, you would want at least tier 2 imo, tier 3 maybe depending on the manufacturer and model, but nothing less. And that is a great find!