Review my build please before I hit order..

[Hudson1984]

Hi all, as some will know, I'm after a new PC, mainly for work but with some gaming punch to it.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x **B Grade** MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus XS OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £239.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x **B Grade** AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2D30= £64.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £6.49
• 1 x be quiet! SFX-L Power 500W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £99.95
• 1 x CoolerMaster MasterBox Q300L Micro-ATX Case - Black Window= £44.99
• 1 x Samsung 1TB 860 QVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76Q1T0BW)= £119.99
• 2 x MSI Optix G241VC 24" 1920x1080 VA 75Hz FreeSync 1ms Curved Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £99.95

Total: £1,042.58 (includes shipping: £26.34)​

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This is what I'm intending to go for, is all this compatable? am I missing anything? am I going too far in some areas that I could make savings?

Do I need anything else? I really need to get this thing done ASAP

 

[Hudson1984]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x **B Grade** MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus XS OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £239.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x **B Grade** AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2D30= £64.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £6.49
• 1 x CoolerMaster MasterBox Q300L Micro-ATX Case - Black Window= £44.99
• 1 x Samsung 1TB 860 QVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76Q1T0BW)= £119.99
• 2 x MSI Optix G241VC 24" 1920x1080 VA 75Hz FreeSync 1ms Curved Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £99.95
• 1 x Corsair CV Series CV650 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020211-UK)= £66.95
• 1 x Akasa DisplayPort Adapter to HDMI Female 4k - Black= £13.99

Total: £997.23 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

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couple of changes, need a cable to adapt monitor slightly.
changed PSU as it seems it will fit in the box.

 

[mickyflinn]

Personally I would get a modular psu so you can just use the cables you need.

1t b western digital m2 nvme is £85

 

[Hudson1984]

b]My basket at Overclockers UK:[/b]

• 1 x **B Grade** MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus XS OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £239.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x **B Grade** AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2D30= £64.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £6.49
• 1 x CoolerMaster MasterBox Q300L Micro-ATX Case - Black Window= £44.99
• 2 x MSI Optix G241VC 24" 1920x1080 VA 75Hz FreeSync 1ms Curved Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £99.95
• 1 x Akasa DisplayPort Adapter to HDMI Female 4k - Black= £13.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK)= £99.95
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0A)= £84.95

Total: £1,020.33 (includes shipping: £25.14)​

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changes made, any other thoughts?

Keen to order before 3 to get it next day

 

[mickyflinn]

Go for the m2 drive not the ssd

 

[Hudson1984]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds100t2b0b-hd-54n-wd.html

this one?

why M2? what's wrong with the SSD?

 

[Sparx]

Swap the RAM for this, slightly faster 3200MHz kit for £5 less
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...-channel-kit-black-grey-tdged4-my-09p-tg.html

No point swapping the SSD for the M.2 SATA it's the same speed, just filling an M2 slot with a drive that isn't doing NVMe speeds un-necessarily.

 

[mickyflinn]

Yes that one it's new and no cables required.

 

[Hudson1984]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x **B Grade** MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus XS OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £239.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x **B Grade** AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £6.49
• 1 x CoolerMaster MasterBox Q300L Micro-ATX Case - Black Window= £44.99
• 2 x MSI Optix G241VC 24" 1920x1080 VA 75Hz FreeSync 1ms Curved Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £99.95
• 1 x Akasa DisplayPort Adapter to HDMI Female 4k - Black= £13.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK)= £99.95
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0B)= £84.95
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £59.99

Total: £1,015.33 (includes shipping: £25.14)​

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ok this is where we are

do I need anything other than the OS?

I need to have this thing running by Monday really.

 

[mickyflinn]

No point swapping the SSD for the M.2 SATA it's the same speed, just filling an M2 slot with a drive that isn't doing NVMe speeds un-necessarily.

I know in real terms it not much faster but the lack of cables would help.

 

[Sparx]

Those monitors aren't great tbh and only 75Hz refresh rate, something like this is much better with high refresh rate and quality IPS panel. Although appreciate it's £90 more! But up to you. If you're concious of the budget then of course they'll do ok otherwise.

If you want 2 cables less then yeah go for the NVMe.

Edit: Or this LG is a decent choice at a slightly cheaper price point, up to you what you prefer lol
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-2...-widescreen-led-gaming-monitor-mo-154-lg.html

 

[Hudson1984]

I agree there. Less cables the better.

 

[Hudson1984]

Those monitors aren't great tbh and only 75Hz refresh rate, something like this is much better with high refresh rate and quality IPS panel. Although appreciate it's £90 more! But up to you. If you're concious of the budget then of course they'll do ok otherwise.

If you want 2 cables less then yeah go for the NVMe.

yeah budget is £1000 all in so they fit the bill (well little over) I'm not doing high end gaming so I don't think i'll notice too badly and they can be upgraded down the road.

 

[Sparx]

Yeah fair enough

Still think using your only M.2 slot is a waste for a SATA speed drive (560/530mb read/write)

I'd keep it available for an actual NVMe high speed drive if you want more storage in future lol (typically 3000/2400mb read/write)

Edit: Or just get the higher speed NVMe equivalent drive now for £15 more, but that's just my OCD kicking in lol https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds100t2b0c-hd-56l-wd.html

 

[mickyflinn]

Case only comes with one exhaust fan
Mite be worth getting 2 extra pwm120/140mm fans for the front intake.

Guess your sticking with stock cpu cooler

 

[VortexA1]

For £15 more you can get 3600mhz memory, 3600mhz is the sweet spot.

 

[MissChief]

Definitely get the M.2 NVME SSD. I’d completely avoid any and all QVO drives. They’re garbage. If you’re writing a large amount of data such as a game they slow down to a crawl, in some circumstances even slower than a mechanical SATA3 Hard disk. Avoid!

 

[Hudson1984]

order placed, needed to get it done ASAP as I want 10:30 next day delivery.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/be-quiet-pure-rock-slim-cpu-cooler-92mm-hs-013-bq.html I added this CPU cooler on the advice of an Overclocker employee.

I'll add some more case cooling next once it's all up and running.

1tb should do me for YEARS! so I don't think i'll need to add additional really, and I'd rather just have 1 drive. I'll see how I get on with 1Tb. I've got a 500gb external drive too which is where most of my work stuff lives as I can take it around with me.

I also added a last minute wireless access:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tp-l...MInY2kyZj16gIVT-3tCh2dSgzuEAQYASABEgLG-_D_BwE

this might get swapped out when time permits but again, needed something immediately. I think longer term I'll just go fixed cable and get another node for my mesh system in the office.

Now I just need to find a cheap Windows 10 key..

 

[mickyflinn]

Tell us how your build go's

 

[Hudson1984]

haha I've never built a PC before.... i'm sure i'll be on here asking questions!

i'm chuffed that the GPU was on offer though, that's a load higher up the food chain than I was expecting to go