New PC Build - Spec Check

barebumsmack · 18 Mar 2020 at 10:44

Hi, I'm looking to upgrade from my current system, which seems to be struggling with running CSGO, chrome and discord at the same time:

i5 3570k
ASUS P8Z77-V LX
8GB Ram (not sure what it is)
GTX970

At the moment I'm looking at this:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £269.99
1 x MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £124.99
1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £79.99
1 x be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £82.99
1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500 Midi Tower Case - Black= £69.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 510 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive RV.1 (ZP1000CM3A001)= £149.99
1 x be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler= £62.99
1 x MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Super Ventus OC 8192MB PCI-Express Graphics Card= £469.99

Total: £1,324.08 (includes shipping: £13.20)

I mainly play FPS (CSGO) and have a 1440p monitor at 144hz

The main question I have is should I ditch the GPU and stick with the 970 until the new cards are realeased?

I've mainly gone for Bequiet parts based on noise and looks. Selected the Pro Carbon for WIFI versatility.

Any help is appreciated.

Cheers.

orbitalwalsh · 18 Mar 2020 at 11:29

barebumsmack said:
Hi, I'm looking to upgrade from my current system, which seems to be struggling with running CSGO, chrome and discord at the same time:

i5 3570k
ASUS P8Z77-V LX
8GB Ram (not sure what it is)
GTX970

At the moment I'm looking at this:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £269.99

1 x MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £124.99

1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £79.99

1 x be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £82.99

1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500 Midi Tower Case - Black= £69.95

1 x Seagate Barracuda 510 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive RV.1 (ZP1000CM3A001)= £149.99

1 x be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler= £62.99

1 x MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Super Ventus OC 8192MB PCI-Express Graphics Card= £469.99

Total: £1,324.08 (includes shipping: £13.20)

I mainly play FPS (CSGO) and have a 1440p monitor at 144hz

The main question I have is should I ditch the GPU and stick with the 970 until the new cards are realeased?

I've mainly gone for Bequiet parts based on noise and looks. Selected the Pro Carbon for WIFI versatility.

Any help is appreciated.

Cheers.

£10 more

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1b3-gi.html

better customer service from Gigabyte with RMA

7yr warranty vs 5 and fully modular

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitf...plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-22b-bx.html

@Plec has that case !

guessing your monitor is G-Sync

barebumsmack · 18 Mar 2020 at 11:42

Good question, it's the aoc q27g2u - which is definitely Freesync but not 100% sure if it's G-sync... :/

orbitalwalsh · 18 Mar 2020 at 12:18

barebumsmack said:
Good question, it's the aoc q27g2u - which is definitely Freesync but not 100% sure if it's G-sync... :/

freesync Prem - no G-sync at the moment ...

to be honest GTX 970 is still plenty with GS:GO

Under £300 without blowing the bank if you do go and play games like New COD etc

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1bk-gi.html

your 8GB of ram might be slowing things down on your current PC

barebumsmack · 18 Mar 2020 at 12:20

Excellent, I'll save a few pennies for now then. Thank you very much for your help orbitalwalsh!

orbitalwalsh · 18 Mar 2020 at 12:22

barebumsmack said:
Excellent, I'll save a few pennies for now then. Thank you very much for your help orbitalwalsh!

that case and cooler is very quiet !
would say upgrade ram and see how you get on .
Before pulling triggers, see your CPU/RAM and GPU useage percentage when your doing everything on the go . If your getting tearing on the screen- most likely due to no sync tech and faster ram rates then monitor can handle or big dips

barebumsmack · 18 Mar 2020 at 12:28

Ah sorry the saving pennies was directed at ditching the GPU for now and sticking with the 970. My system is having all kinds of issues like BSD and losing SSDs randomly, I'd like to be shot of these headaches especially when working from home on it

So will buy the rest this afternoon.

orbitalwalsh · 18 Mar 2020 at 13:43

barebumsmack said:
Ah sorry the saving pennies was directed at ditching the GPU for now and sticking with the 970. My system is having all kinds of issues like BSD and losing SSDs randomly, I'd like to be shot of these headaches especially when working from home on it

So will buy the rest this afternoon.

sink a little more into PSU

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seas...w-80-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-06y-ss.html

same as corsair are very quiet but with Corona Virus, they have been hit hard with PSU manufacture

barebumsmack · 18 Mar 2020 at 14:01

Order has just gone in thanks. I splurged a bit on the PSU and got a platinum modular be quiet, I know the warranty isn't as good and it's more expensive but sub 20db at full load plus I'd be lying if I didn't say that I'm a sucker for matching things... :rolleyes:

orbitalwalsh · 18 Mar 2020 at 14:09

barebumsmack said:
Order has just gone in thanks. I splurged a bit on the PSU and got a platinum modular be quiet, I know the warranty isn't as good and it's more expensive but sub 20db at full load plus I'd be lying if I didn't say that I'm a sucker for matching things...

I have their Flagship . Most like Corsair have Zero RPM at lower loads but Silent Wing Fans are very quiet ! although check length of the unit as it would be a little long for that BASE 500