New pc build completion.

[RubberDuck12]

Hi guys just about finished building a new pc for gaming. My question is what gpu should i opt for given my hardware choices.

Antec isk 2600m (case)
Ryzen 2600x
MSI B450m Gaming Plus
8gb Team force vulcan ram
Cooler Master ML120L
Samsung EVO 850 480gb
WD Red 2TB
Evga Bronze B2 750w

I have an Asus VG248

Is it better to go for a vega 56 (pulse) or a GTX 1070Ti?

Thanks

 

[orbitalwalsh]

not the best tier unit PSU ?

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/986897-psu-tier-list-21-legacy/

would push RTX 2060 or Vega 56 - least vega you'll get 3 free games

also push 16gb of ram if you can

depends on the games you play as well , some have rtx 2060 in the lead some the vega 56, or with rtx 1660ti beating vega 56 but using half the wattage

 

[4K8KW10]

Hi guys just about finished building a new pc for gaming. My question is what gpu should i opt for given my hardware choices.

Antec isk 2600m (case)
Ryzen 2600x
MSI B450m Gaming Plus
8gb Team force vulcan ram
Cooler Master ML120L
Samsung EVO 850 480gb
WD Red 2TB
Evga Bronze B2 750w

I have an Asus VG248

Is it better to go for a vega 56 (pulse) or a GTX 1070Ti?

Thanks

Hi, more RAM will be important and RX Vega 56 is much cheaper:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX VEGA 56 Pulse 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11276-02-40G)= £289.99

Total: £299.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)
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The reference Vega 56 is only 250 pounds

 

[RubberDuck12]

Thanks guys, I was leaning towards the vega but just needed a little push

 

[tamzzy]

needed a little push

push

 

[RubberDuck12]

Waiting for delivery tomorrow. Any guides on how to u/volt and o/c cpu?

 

[tamzzy]

Any guides on how to u/volt and o/c cpu?

just let ryzen do it's own thing.
ryzen is pretty smart with it's self-overclocking algorithms, you don't actually gain too much by manually overclocking.

Spoiler: long-ish post about how it works

PB2 is the newer implementation of...you guessed it...PB1, which gives finer granularity over core clocks depending on how many cores are loaded. in contrast, PB1 only had this implementation for the first 2 cores.

(source: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12625/amd-second-generation-ryzen-7-2700x-2700-ryzen-5-2600x-2600/5)

XFR 2 is temperature dependent, ie, if your CPU is cool enough, then your all core speeds will be boosted, but vcore stays the same

PB2 and XFR2 is implemented in CPU microcode, so is independent of the mobo

PBO is different from PB2 and XFR2 in that it requires mobo compatibility (ie, not all boards support it). PBO takes into account temperature and voltages and boosts voltage for a higher clockspeed, if both temp and voltage are not at its limits.
the issue with PBO is that it tends to give too much voltage, hence the CPU will hit its temperature limit faster - therefore if one uses PBO, one will preferably require a negative offset (anywhere between 0.05v to 0.1v) to hit the max PBO boost clocks.
(see my previous post for why MSI wasn't the best - but now is)

shamelessly stolen image, but i think explains PB2, XFR2, PBO very well.

source: http://www.xanxogaming.com/reviews/gigabyte/b450-aorus-pro-wifi-english/4/

what you have to do when you finish the build is to update to the latest MSI bios, and then use offset voltage.

how to set CPU core voltage to offset, from auto. see: https://www.overclock.net/forum/13-amd-general/1718046-msi-finally-added-offset-mode.html
set the CPU offset mark to negative from auto. IIRC auto = positive
usual range is -0.05 to -0.1v. play with it and i'd aim for -0.1v (as long as no crashes). -0.1125v if you have a good chip

 

[RubberDuck12]

Nice one, thanks.