Some opinions on a mid range build before I buy

[Whizard]

Hi all,

I just signed up because before I went shooting headfirst into buying a build with a bunch of components I wanted to gather any feedback or suggestions on the build i'm proposing in case there is any advice on certain parts which may not be great if people have had personal experiences with them. Any feedback would be massively appreciated, I'm trying to keep it around the £1000 mark and the total cost for this pre-built system is £1030.

I've heard not so great things about the components that CyberPowerPC use in some of their ready builds, however I have chosen each individual component for this build so there should be anything they can skimp on unless they actually deliver the wrong product. Here are the main parts of the build as follows:

CAS: Cyberpower ONYXIA Mid-Tower Black Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, Front & Side Tempered Glass [-7]

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X - 6-Core 3.80GHz, 4.4GHz Turbo - 32MB L3 Cache Processor, Pro OC Compatible (No On-board Graphics) [+8] (comes with cooler, RYZEN Wraith)

CS_FAN: Maximum Airflow with 3 x 120mm LED Coloured Cooling Fans for your selected case (Red Colour) [+9] (Fans Only (no upgrade))

M2SSD: 256GB (1x256GB) ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD - 2100MB/s Read & 1200MB/s Write [+34] (Single Drive)

HDD: 1TB Seagate BarraCuda SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200RPM Hard Drive (1 Drive)

MEMORY: 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4/3200mhz Dual Channel Memory [+28] (Corsair Vengeance LPX w/Heat Spreader)

MOTHERBOARD: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX: M-ATX w/ RGB, USB 3.1, SATA3, 1x M.2 [+17]

OS: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition)

POWERSUPPLY: Corsair Vengeance Series 650M 650W 80+ Silver Gaming Power Supply

VIDEO: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB - DX12® - VR Ready, HDMI, DVI, DP, 5 Monitor Support [+209] (Single Card)

I think that's really the main bulk aside from things like wireless adapters. What are some thoughts? I thought it seemed like a decent build for £1000 built and delivered. I chose the 3600X over the & 2700X as I want to use it primarily for gaming. I also chose the RX 5700 XT (with dual fans not blower) as I thought for performance to price it worked out the best. On comparisons between that and the RTX 2070 Super it only performed slightly worse and it a lot cheaper.

Thank you for reading this stupidly long post, if you have any notes to add or want to call me out on anything I may have overlooked please do! It's a big purchase and I want to make sure I order the right thing before going ahead

 

[Whizard]

Welcome

I know it's only around £20 - £30 but for gaming the non X version would perform just aswell, also double check that the Asus B450 board will accept the Ryzen 3000 CPU, most boards don't only MSI Max boards will out the box

Thanks for replying, on this particular site it turns out to be only an £8 difference between to two which is why I ended up just having the X I think.

Thanks for mentioning about the motherboard, after looking into it the Asus was only up to 2nd Gen, have now changed it to an MSI Max which clearly states it supports 3rd. Will update original post too

 

[Whizard]

Sounds good! I have a Corsair in my current build and generally turn towards them for PSU's as I've never had a problem.

I want to future proof a little bit with my budget, I've heard reports that these components work a little better together at 1440p rather than 1080p but I don't know much about that. In any case gaming is heading to higher resolutions anyway so my thought process is they would be good components when I decide to upgrade my monitor

 

[Whizard]

Yeah for your budget of around £1000 I'd definitely have the 5700XT in there and a nice size SSD... You could save a fair bit by not buying Windows OS and using the Creation tool from the Microsoft website, then get a Activation code for cheap.

Great! I've stuck a 256SSD in there mainly just for the OS, so that should be enough space with some left over? Maybe a small game that I play regularly too like LoL.

The 5700XT definitely seemed like the best option at that price point.

I didn't think about that, how would I go about that? Loading that onto a USB then booting from that on the initial startup?