New AMD Ryzen 2 Build

[Kavalier]

Hello everyone,

Sadly my current system went into limp mode, and am in need of a new system.

As I did before, I would like to ask for some suggestions regarding my hardware picks
The main purpose of this computer system is that of gaming.

The following is the hardware that I chose.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus ROG Strix X470-F Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £181.91
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 2700X 4.35GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £314.66
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit= £156.34
• 1 x Samsung 970 PRO Polaris 512GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £147.49
• 1 x ASUS ROG Ryujin Performance AIO Liquid CPU Cooler with OLED Display - 360mm= £245.78

Total: £1,090.69 (includes shipping: £44.51)​

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From other sites I added the following:

• 850W Corsair RM850X Fully Modular 80 PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply @€147.00
• 11GB EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX2080Ti XC Ultra Gaming GDDR6 PCIe3.0 VR Ready Video Card @€1399.00

Regarding the case, I will use my current one.

I would like to keep the budget for this build at around 2700 Euros.

Can you please assist me

Thanks in advance for your time,
Kavalier

 

[Kavalier]

Many thanks for your suggestions appreciate it!

For RAM which would you go for, considering the motherboard that I chose?

 

[Kavalier]

Really thinking of choosing My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Cooler Master Wraith Ripper AMD TR4 CPU Cooler with Addressable RGB= £104.99

Total: £115.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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instead of
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x ASUS ROG Ryujin Performance AIO Liquid CPU Cooler with OLED Display - 360mm= £249.95

Total: £258.65 (includes shipping: £8.70)​

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After checking a bit more seems that there are some software issues related to Ryujin.

 

[Kavalier]

Hello again everyone,

Once again thank you for your input.

Regarding Case I got the following:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW)= £124.99

Total: £135.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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Monitor:
31.5" Asus ROG Strix XG32VQ 144HZ WQHD 2560x1440 LED FreeSync Curved Gaming Monitor

So after your suggestions, the basket was updated:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - RGB Black (TF1D4= £149.99
• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX VEGA VII Phantom Gaming X 16GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £749.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 2700X 4.35GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £319.99
• 1 x Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £119.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix X470-F Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £184.99

Total: £1,536.05 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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However, now I do not know which cooler to go for since @EsaT was not convinced with build quality.

 

[Kavalier]

I appreciate your feedback

Regarding the RAM, I would like that the RAM sticks have some RGB flavour (Unless the 8PACK version gives a huge performance leap)
Cooler wise are there any other options that you would recommend?
Regarding the graphics card, I do not plan to OC it for the time being, therefore, it should stay cool temp wise.

I forgot to mention that I will use my 2 1TB HDD from my previous build that is why I chose that NVM 500 GB SSD.

Once again thanks for your input.

 

[Kavalier]

It's not a case of a huge performance leap with regard to the RAM, it's a case of actually working at it's rated speed without crashing. I, and many others had a lot of trouble with c16 RAM, and a 3200MHz c16 was often only stable at 2400MHz with Ryzen.
I have 16GB, £150 worth of it sat on a shelf because my system wouldn't run it, and I have the same chip and mobo.
Maybe BIOS and Agesa updates have done something since then, but a lot of people had a lot of problems.
The c14 just works, I know because I use it.

Than I will go for the 8Pack Version.

If you want to keep RGB ram then you want an air cooler that is offset so that it clears the ram slots. You have the Cryorig H7, H5 Universal and R1 Universal. There is also the Arctic Cooler Esports and Noctua D15S. There are others but those ones spring to mind.


The Vega VII runs hot/loud even when not overclocked. You should look at some reviews for it first as it gets a lot of bad ones (Gamers Nexus review is one).

I saw reviews, and they were mixed. What I found out is that AMD is working on a fix regarding the temperature and fan issues.

So since I will choose the 8PACK RAM, what do you recommend guys as a CPU Heathsink?

Will the AMD version work? Else shall I go for an Air Cooled heathsink or watercooled like lets say Corsair H100i?

 

[Kavalier]

I recently upgraded my boot drive to a 970 EVO Plus, the newer model of the EVO. OCUK don't seem to stock it, but it's a substantial performance boost over the EVO as far as I can tell.

Additioanlly, if you can stretch to a 1TB model, you'll get typically get higher performance over a 256/512GB model, again, as far as I understand the numbers.

I checked the numbers and they seem to be the same in terms of read/write speeds.

If you want one of the best air coolers then the BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 would be my suggestion. The 8Pack Ram is pretty tall so you might have to move the fan up a few mm. Other option is to remove the heat spreader from the ram which reduces the height. Doesn't affect performance.

For a liquid cooler then yeah any of the Corsair 240mm/280mm/360mm etc will do fine. Just check they come with an AM4 bracket if they are older versions.

I think I will start with the Ryzen 2 cooler and move from there.

With your helpful feedback I know exactly what I want know! So once again thanks for your feedback!

Once I receive the parts, will post some pictures of the build