Need advice on Gaming Rig again :)

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Hi Everyone,

I posted a few weeks ago asking for spec advice on a gaming PC for a friend at work which I followed, built and setup as per your advice and it's prefect, they love it :)

Now i have another friend at work who wants a Gaming PC for their child but they have a slightly different display specs and tighter budget so just want some advice.

They have a monitor which runs at 1920x1080@240 MAX
No specific game type mentioned but It's for a young teenager so I assuming they play fortnite type stuff
Needs Wifi connection
don't need mouse keyboard or headset
don't need Windows
Budget is £900ish

Any suggestions would be great,

let me know if you need anything else,

Cheers guys :)
 
Hi mate, the model monitor is 27GK750F-B which is Freesync but G-Sync Compatible.

I was thinking AMD Ryzen 5 3600 as the CPU but not sure what GPU only that maybe an AMD for the freesync but I'm a Nvidia guy and don't know much about AMD cards :)
 
Cheers for the heads up, you have confirmed what I was thinking. So I have come up with the below:

CPU: RYZEN 5 3600 SIX CORE 4.2GHZ (SOCKET AM4) PROCESSOR
Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX-
Case: CoolerMaster MasterBox MB520 RGB Midi Tower
Power Supply: FOCUS GX-650 650W 80+ GOLD MODULAR POWER SUPPLY
RAM: Patriot Viper Steel 16GB(2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz
GFX: Zotac GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER 8192MB GDDR6
SSD: WD BLUE 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6GBPS SOLID STATE DRIVE
CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo White - 2 x 120mm
Extra Case Fan: Arctic Cooling P12 PWM PST Black Fan - 120mm

It's based off a previous build you guys helped me with and its a little over the 900 budget but I may be able to convince them.

Would you say this is ok?
Cheers
 
Hey cheers guys for your help, lots of good suggestions,

So yea it seems if i want to keep with the MSI carbon then its worth sticking with what I had BUT I do like the Micro-ATX setup and I think the 5700XT you have there is better than the 2060 Super I had picked out.

So Ill think Ill go with OrbitalWalsh suggestion build and just add the wifi adapter that Quartz kindly suggested and see how it goes.

And I would always encourage parents to build PCs with their child but in this case my work colleague wouldn't have a clue where to start, not her thing at all :)

Cheers
 
oh, another quick question, Is the stock cooler that comes with that CPU any good?

I usually buy an aftermarket one of some description to help with temps which is why I was going to get the Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo. Not sure if I should still do that. :/

Cheers again
 
Hey cheers for the info, I've already placed the order now with your first listing which my work colleague really liked. I agree that for only what 9 pounds more the Aorus would off been a better option but I guess its too late now. I'm sure the Gaming OC will be fine though.

Cheers again for all your help :)
 
yea ill see if they want to switch to that card and if not dispatched by then ill call OC up and change over but they gone AWOL at the moment so they may miss out lol

They also went with the USB wifi adapter anyway so no problems there :)
 
Hey there,

Ok quick question, all the parts arrived and everything was going well but the gfx card is a couple of mm too long to fit with one of the front fans installed on the Silverstone case. The only place I could move it too is the roof so do I put it near the front of the roof as a inlet to keep the 2 in and 1 out or near the back as an exhaust which would only leaves one in and 2 outs? or leave it with one in and one out.

another option is I do have a few 140 fans non RGB which I could swap the front or back or both?

frustrating as its only out by a few mm :(
 
OK iv'e removed both front 120mm fans and put in 1 140mm fan in its place just above the gpu. I have currently just left the rear 120mm fan. will this be enough air flow or should I add a another 120mm exhaust on the back? and as its not possible to direct the air flow onto the gpu directly will this effect performance?

Or should I contact OC and just swap over the case or GPU for one that fits without risking air flow?

I just don't know what to do here??? This isn't even for me so I cant guess or bodge things here :confused::confused::confused:
 
Hi mate,

Cheers for your reply,

Ok for now I have moved the 2 front RGB fans to the back swapping out the non rgb rear and fitting the other to the top as exhausts. I fitted a 140mm Phanteks PH-F140SP I had from a previous build in the front to get the air in and it covers the top of the case all the way down to the top of the GPU. The GPU kind of cuts the case in half with all the air flow above it and then what ever it can get below it :) Ill carry on setting this up and see what kind of temps the GPU gets but getting a slim fan for the bottom half the case would certainly help but ill have to check with the person i'm building it for if they want to spend more money unfortunately :/

and with 2 completely different front fans its not gonna look so good either lol but when your gaming on it hopefully they wont care..

Ill take a look what they got on the slim fans see what would best work.

Cheers for your help mate.
 
Hi mate,

I currently have it all setup, windows installed and running fine, all temps normal as far as I can see though I still got side panel to put on yet to be fair.

Here are some pics

https://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h258/GoblinKG/20200314_170131.jpg

https://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h258/GoblinKG/20200314_170157.jpg

https://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h258/GoblinKG/20200314_170206.jpg

Not sure the fans will fit inside the front cover unfortunately so ill need to fit a slim fan if i want air on gpu. when i checked the specs myself i thought it should have just fitted so not sure if wrong specs somewhere. Ill keep an eye on it and see whats happens as nothing more I can do about it now.

Cheers.
 
Yea so just tried playing something and GPU crashed out after 10 minutes looks like it got too hot.. :( everything is running at stocks

In all honesty will fitting a slim design fan do the trick here?
 
yep im an idiot, I had the top fan wrong way round lol swapped it and both CPU and gfx card much cooler. had 74 CPU and 80 GPU which is much better and I could even improve on that a bit more with some fan curves,

BUT its unbelievable, i'm now getting weird artifacting in windows and massive screen flicker when using certain windows. If I go in a browser for example pictures and text bars have these weird flicking diagonal lines in them like a big cross through the image, and if i click on the speakers icon it flickers like mad and sound stopped working in game. games run fine with no issues besides the sound?

Im now thinking there is something wrong with the card?? ive reinstalled the drivers no change, ill try reinstalling windows but I'm unsure.
 
Hi mate,

Tried different displays same issue, current display has Gsync but not Freesync, other display had no sync tech.

I don't have another GPU I can bung in there unfortunately.

I used the AMD Cleanup util when i previously uninstalled and reinstall the drivers but no difference either. not sure is DDU is any different or better?
 
Ok so I reformatted and reinstalled windows. Everything was fine then i install the driver and the issue came straight back.

I tried the Afterburner and reduced core by 200 but it wouldn't let me reduce the memory clock but it still causing the issues?
 
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