Advice On New Build Please

Adalard

Adalard

Adalard

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Hi all,

I built a new rig back in 2012 after advice from some of you guys here, thanks for that. I'm here many years later and want to build another one!

I'm nowhere near as up to date with all the components as I was back then and I was hoping for some advice from you guys. I've identified a few core components that I'd like in my build:

Crucial P2 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail

Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey

AMD Radeon Pro WX4100 Professional Graphics Card - 4GB GDDR5 - 1024 Stream Processors

and was hoping you would give me on advice on:

Suitable PSU
Suitable motherboard
Is my old Antec 300 case suitable?

I've still got the old one with the case and was wondering if there's any reason I can't use this case for the new one. Everything still works fine.

Many thanks in advance.
 
Hi,

Your old case should be alright.

But why the professional graphics card? Is it because you can't find anything within your budget?
If so, these are the worst times to purchase a new graphics card, sometimes 2 or 3 times higher retail price than the normal.

The other components:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £211.00 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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You get a quite significant discount on these.
 
Hello mate,

Thanks for the recommendations, I've added the PSU and motherboard to my list.

Will I need another heatsink for the Ryzen?

Re the GPU I was unsure. I've currently got a 1050ti in my low budget PC and I get less than 70fps in Rocket League. Looking for something that will keep me above 100fps solidly.

Think maybe I should purchase the rest of the rig and wait for a good GPU to be available and on offer?

Cheers.
 
Well,

the professional graphics card is 50% slower than the GTX 1050 Ti :(

Yes, you will need a new AM4-compatible cooler for the processor.

This one but its height is 157 mm, I don't know if it would fit in the recommended max tolerance of your case which is 155 mm :(

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £48.65 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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You should try because the cooler is rated up to 210-watt.
 
Oh boy, that is sure to be a close fit! I may be ready to roll the dice though.

I was looking at 1650s for a GPU but couldn't see any in stock on OC so just put that one down. I think a 1650 should be enough for the rig, what do you think?
 
Adalard said:
Hello mate,

Thanks for the recommendations, I've added the PSU and motherboard to my list.

Will I need another heatsink for the Ryzen?

Re the GPU I was unsure. I've currently got a 1050ti in my low budget PC and I get less than 70fps in Rocket League. Looking for something that will keep me above 100fps solidly.

Think maybe I should purchase the rest of the rig and wait for a good GPU to be available and on offer?

Cheers.
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What is the spec of your current build? You might not need a full upgrade as the Nvidia is likely limiting the performance.
 
This is the build:
Gaming PC HP 8300 Elite Quad Core i5-3470, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB, WiFi, Windows 10 64Bit Desktop PC Computer With Antivirus (Renewed)

But this new rig won't involve that at all. Going to get all new components to go in Antec 300 if I can.

I'll mainly be wanting it for Rocket League (and other PC games I might want to get), having lots of tabs of chrome open simultaneously and playing movies/TV shows with lightning fast load speeds from the SSD. Currently at £650 at the moment and still need to add in the GPU. I don't wanna go any higher than £800 really.
 
 
Thanks for the recommendations Joxeon. That GPU is over 50% of the price by itself and the CPU has been downgraded massively. Is this the optimal build for the budget, will the CPU not become a bottleneck and the 16gb RAM instead of 32gb cause RAM deficiencies?
 
Adalard said:
Thanks for the recommendations Joxeon. That GPU is over 50% of the price by itself and the CPU has been downgraded massively. Is this the optimal build for the budget, will the CPU not become a bottleneck and the 16gb RAM instead of 32gb cause RAM deficiencies?
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The GPU is the single most important component of a gaming build so you will get far more fps with a 3600 + 6600XT vs a 5600X + GTX 1050ti / 1660 etc.

Also the CPU is actually quite a good fit for the 6600XT which is the same speed as a 5700XT and as you can see from this you need to have a GPU like a RTX 3070 or faster to notice a performance difference between a 3600 and 5600X

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I'm using 16gb of ram in my gaming PC with a RTX3080 and haven't had any issues.
 
Currently using a 5800X after upgrading from a 3600 but as you can see from a couple of gaming benchmarks I did before and after the upgrade that even with a GPU as powerful as a 3080 the difference was fairly small at around 10% at best and nothing in other games. For reference jumping to a 3080 from a GTX1070ti was around 120% fps increase.
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