Rate my new build

[Lexicalje]

Good afternoon all,

New member here, used to be around many many years ago but have only just got back into PC building. Essentially i haven't built anything myself since the ole P4 Northwood days, yes, i am that old.

Anywho, i decided a new gaming PC was something i wanted to do for a little project, so i bought me some components and built something myself from scratch, just wondered what people think because it seems to be running rather well.

Ryzen 7 1700 (I got it cheap, hence why i didnt go for a 2600)
Coolermaster Masterliquid 240 Lite (Can i just say this thing was a bitch to fit, really made me angry).
MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
16Gb Corsair DDR4 3000mhz (XMP profile 2 enabled)
RTX 2060 FE
Corsair MP510 240Gb boot drive
Sandisk SATA SSD for everything else
Corsair 650w Gold PSU
Phanteks P400s case

Think thats all thats relevant anyway...

Have dabbled a bit in the old overclocking and have managed to get the CPU to run at 4Ghz all core overclock @ 1.35v. Seems to max out at about 55-60c temps wise, from reading around that seems fairly decent. Tried to run it at 4Ghz with 1.325v but i didnt like it. But the temps seem ok to me, although Ryzen master doesnt feel that accurate. The RTX 2060 is running at +120 core and +1000Mhz memory, although i havent pushed the memory any further. Although running time spy it seemed to boost up to about 2050Mhz core on its own (Even though GPU-Z only shows 1800Mhz, but as far as i can see thats because of this GPU boost thing which i dont quite understand).

Time Spy score is about 8200 and 16300 in fire strike. 1700 and something in cinebench.

Does that all seem about right? I did some comparisons online and it felt about right.

 

[WantoN]

Nice setup mate, good stuff.

Personally I’d have gone for a second hand 10 series rather than the 2060, but by no means a bad choice.

Glad to hear you’ve gotten back into it, I did the same a few years back and love it more than ever. Just completed a WC build from almost all second hand parts, most fun I’ve had on a ‘hands on’ project in years.

 

[Lexicalje]

Yes I deliberated for ages and ages over the graphics card. I almost bought a second hand 1070 about 3 times but I just kept thinking for £220 or whatever they cost when I was looking I could have an RTX2060 for £100 more and it came with a free game making it more like £70 more. So in the end I just went with the 2060. Seems to be running at about 2070 speeds so I’m quite happy and it seems to be about as fast as a 1080 which was going for about £350 second hand when I was looking.

It is remarkably rewarding doing it yourself and technology has moved on so much from when I last did it all. No more crushed cpu cores or burnt out stuff from over clocking. Everything seems much safer these days!