New build suggestions

[boypike]

Hi all,

I'm looking to build a new PC to primarily be used for gaming. It will be replacing a i5-3570K, 16GB 1600MHz, GTX 960 machine which has been cobbled together over the previous 6 years or so.

It will initially be used with a 1080p monitor, although I'm hoping to upgrade this to a 1440p g-sync in the very near future. I'm looking to keep this as quiet as possible.

I'm currently thinking something along the lines of the following. Case still to be decided.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte X570 GAMING X (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £182.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £184.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32= £109.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER ROG Strix OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £499.99
• 1 x Scythe SCMG-5100 Mugen 5 Rev.B CPU Cooler= £42.95
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply= £112.99
• 1 x Intel 660P 1TB M.2-2280 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe QLC 3D NAND Solid State Drive (SSDPEKNW010T8X1)= £119.99

Total: £1,253.89 (includes shipping: £0.00)

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Any comments/suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Plec]

Drop the 2060 -you could have a 2070 Super cheaper or similar price. If you want a NVMe i would shop around for the MP510 similar price and added cheaper, proven 3200MHz memory (same timings):

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x KFA2 GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER EX 1CLICK-OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £479.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Gaming OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £518.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Dual EVO OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £529.99
• 1 x Corsair Force MP510 series 960GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F960GBMP510)= £149.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £89.99

Total: £1,768.95 (includes shipping: £0.00)


*Great cooler choice, quality PSU - and if you want x570 solid entry level board.​

 

[Gray2233]

Agreed with Plec, also worth noting that you can get 3600mhz RAM for slightly more money than what is listed in the OP.

VULCAN TUF GAMING ALLIANCE 16GB (2X8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C19 3600MHZ DUAL CHANNEL KIT - BLAC £119.99

 

[EsaT]

It will initially be used with a 1080p monitor, although I'm hoping to upgrade this to a 1440p g-sync in the very near future. I'm looking to keep this as quiet as possible.

• 1 x Scythe SCMG-5100 Mugen 5 Rev.B CPU Cooler= £42.95
• 1 x Intel 660P 1TB M.2-2280 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe QLC 3D NAND Solid State Drive (SSDPEKNW010T8X1)= £119.99

Welcome aboard.

Unless you like the idea of chaining yourself to be Nvidia's slave, avoid G-Sync only monitors.
Also Intel is joining discrete GPU playing field in next year and they'll support VESA standard AdaptiveSync, called as FreeSync by most makers.
So in two years GPU competition situation could be entirely different.
And Nvidia finally removed that artifical from the start disable AdaptiveSync bit from drivers half year ago and most newer and good FreeSync monitors work perfectly.
Without limiting upgrade path choises.

Unless you're planning to later upgrade to at least 8 core, Scythe Mugen 5 is really overkill.
Despite of its wallet friendly price it's only step behind the best in performance.

Also that Intel 660p uses QLC, which is pretty much analog storage, needing to differentiate between ludicrous 16 charge states to avoid error.
So it has practically zero margin for charge leaking/interference.
Hence I would trust them only after they've been real world use tested for many years.