£1500 gaming rig for a friend
- Thread starter Megahurtz400
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How do you know what he needs? If he doesn't need it, who needs it?
Are you advocating that X570 should not be bought by anyone or what?
Right, feedback sent to mate,
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- He wants to go for a 2070 as he'll be getting a 1440p 144h monitor in the near future.
- Wants 2 x m2 slots on the mobo.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £289.99
- 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £74.99
- 1 x Phanteks AMP 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £86.99
- 1 x Corsair Force MP510 series 960GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F960GBMP510)= £139.99
- 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken ECO Advanced CPU Cooler - 120 mm= £29.99
- 1 x Fractal Design Meshify C Blackout Midi Tower Case - Black Light Tempered Glass= £89.99
- 1 x ASUS ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £119.99
- 1 x KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER EX 1CLICK-OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £435.00
- 4 x Arctic Cooling F14 Silent Case Fan - 140mm= £5.99
Total: £1,304.09 (includes shipping: £13.20)
crap board
respecced because offers have changed.
better mobo
better cooled gpu with longer warranty
higher wattage psu (fwiw) because cheaper
better case (with rgb! lol)
better cooler
My basket at Overclockers UK:
better mobo
better cooled gpu with longer warranty
higher wattage psu (fwiw) because cheaper
better case (with rgb! lol)
better cooler
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £289.99
- 1 x MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £119.99
- 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £74.99
- 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER WindForce OC 3X 8G 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £449.99
- 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £74.99
- 1 x Corsair Force MP510 series 960GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F960GBMP510)= £139.99
- 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air Midi Tower DRGB Case - Black= £83.99
- 1 x Scythe SCMG-5PCGH Mugen 5 "PCGH Edition" CPU Cooler= £46.99
Total: £1,295.62 (includes shipping: £14.70)
That might be an issue. The Ryzen 3700 only has 24 PCIE lanes and 4 are used for the chipset, leaving 20. That's 16 for the GPU and 4 for one NVME drive. The other NVME drive will share the other 4 lanes with whatever else the chipset is doing.
Soldato
He is building a gaming pc. He won't gain anything by going with an X570 board.
Soldato
@Megahurtz400
Why does he need 2 x M.2 slots ? If he wants an NVMe SSD then stick a 1TB like the WD Blue in the M.2 slot. Any additional SSD storage can be SATA based.
The B450 Gaming Pro Carbon has 2 x M.2 slots but one of them is pcie 2.0 x4 so you wouldn't get the most out of an NVMe SSD as you would with a pcie 3.0 x4 slot.
Why does he need 2 x M.2 slots ? If he wants an NVMe SSD then stick a 1TB like the WD Blue in the M.2 slot. Any additional SSD storage can be SATA based.
The B450 Gaming Pro Carbon has 2 x M.2 slots but one of them is pcie 2.0 x4 so you wouldn't get the most out of an NVMe SSD as you would with a pcie 3.0 x4 slot.
depends though. obvs if it's like a sammy 970 or mp510 or sabrent rocket populating the 2nd m.2 slot, then no
but if it's something cheaper like the intel 660p or the el-cheapo gigabyte/wd sn550 then its no different as these drives don't run at full speed anyway
Soldato
for 1500 he could go with one of the builds mentioned, but with the 3600 considering its a gaming pc, so get a build around the 1k mark then use the remaining budget for a nice quality gaming monitor. got the budget, so might as well get it all at once.
Soldato
You are getting half the bandwidth though vs a pcie 3.0 x4 slot. Real world performance won't really be noticeable though if he is just gaming, but thought I would still mention it to the op nonetheless.