Hi, it's been a long time since I was on here but wanted to get back in to the overclocking and gaming scene. Last time I was here I was building machines with AMD Thunderbird AXIA chips! Anyway, after some reading around I've come up with this and just wanted to check whether it'll all sit together well. It'll be used for some games and photoshop/lightroom.
Is it worth paying the bit extra for the 1600x? I've read the 1600 overclocks quite well anyway. Also is the stock cooler any good? I want a quiet machine now so have been looking at the AIO kits, specifically the Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240 AIO CPU Cooler or Cooler Master Seidon 240V AIO CPU Cooler but am a little unsure. Any advice on what would be decent? I'll be doing a bit of overclocking so want something that will hold up.
Are the m.2 SSD's much cop? I've currently got an 128gb sata one but games will be run off a 1TB WD drive.
Thanks for any input!
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Is it worth paying the bit extra for the 1600x? I've read the 1600 overclocks quite well anyway. Also is the stock cooler any good? I want a quiet machine now so have been looking at the AIO kits, specifically the Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240 AIO CPU Cooler or Cooler Master Seidon 240V AIO CPU Cooler but am a little unsure. Any advice on what would be decent? I'll be doing a bit of overclocking so want something that will hold up.
Are the m.2 SSD's much cop? I've currently got an 128gb sata one but games will be run off a 1TB WD drive.
Thanks for any input!
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
- 1 x Asus ROG Strix B350-F AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £117.95
- 1 x Team Group Dark Pro "8Pack Edition" 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/= £188.99
- 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £248.99
- 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £84.95
- 1 x Samsung SM961 Polaris 256GB M.2-2280 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £158.99
- 1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW)= £106.99