PC FINALLY building my new PC

rhud1979

rhud1979

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**Disclaimer** I'm a fanboy of AMD processors. Sorry, just how it is.

I finally started ordering parts for the PC I've been "about to build" for the last year and a half, lol. The only thing I'm not purchasing new is the GPU... Already have a 6 GB GTX1060, and I'm pretty happy with it. Yes, this is a gratuitous nerd-out PC build thread, wanna fight about it? Anyway, here's the parts list. Keep in mind, this is a budget build on purpose, so you won't be finding any $1500 parts here.

Case: Rosewill Thor V2-W full Tower (Link) **I was a little nervous about a Rosewill case, but this thing looks perfect.

Mobo: MSI B450 Tomahawk (Link)

GPU: Nvidia GTX1060 6 GB, already own it

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (Link)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 300 Mhz (Link)

SSD: Crucial MX500 2.5" 1 TB (Link) **Will add a larger non-SSD drive later for more storage

750 Watt EVGA Gold Power supply, won't bore you w/ the link to that...

All the little misc stuff I'm pretty much gonna scavenge from my current setup. I think this is going to turn out pretty nice for a rig that should only set me back about $750... It'd be more if I had to purchase the GPU, of course...

 
Depending on how patient you are... Ryzen Gen 2 is expected to release in June... expected to be 30% per core bump over anything Intel releases... and their slowest Gen 2 processor is I think 6 core / 12 threads for basically a few dollars (much less than the current R5 2600).

Just a suggestion.

I'll look at your build more when I have time... right now, I need to fix a door lock for a tenant.

 
The ram you chose, according to the confusing QVL, will run at 2933MHz, doesn't say at what latency though so good luck figuring that part out cuz it might not be the same as on the store page, especially since the frequency is different. Also, it says 8GB, so I don't know if that will matter in terms of support (probably not, but who knows). MSI has a terrible website... had the hardest time just finding their QVL, and their QVL info is limited. Sad.

Is there a reason you prefer MSI over Asus? They're both great manufacturers, but in my opinion, Asus makes life easier.

The rest looks good.

 
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I have had great luck with both ASUS and MSI over the years, at least as far as the actual hardware. I did look through tons of ASUS mobos before settling on this one, but this particular one had the best combination of features that I was looking for, and absolutely stellar reviews. I did verify that the RAM is on the compatibility list for that particular mobo, but didn't dig much into the latency specs, etc... Coming from DDR3 1600 Ram currently, and a much older AMD processor, I imagine I will see a nice performance boost. That's the dream, anyway lol.

 
Ya, finding the right motherboard with the features you want can sometimes be difficult, and I think it's dumb that it has to be that way. When Ryzen first came out, I had a hard time just finding an affordable motherboard with 6 sata ports and a sound card that made sense which resulted in me having only 1 option (Prime B350-PLUS, even though the sound card still doesn't make much sense and the board sits weird in the case which I think is retarded, but it does work well), but I'm hoping now there might be a nicer selection out there that I might upgrade to when Gen 2 comes out, if not, then... I don't know.

 
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Update: PC built, using it right now. So far, loving it. For anyone considering whether or not it's worth it to buy a full tower, by the way... do it. Such a pleasure to build this machine in this case. Also... getting a steady 60 fps for the first time ever in 7d2d. Using the same GPU, but the Ryzen 5 2600 processor (and faster RAM) is making a huge difference.

 
I was too. But then I grew up! :smile-new:
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With a comment like that, I really doubt it.
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The correct statement would have been

I was too. But then they made the FX CPU´s

@ to.

Looks good on a short view. (But i am a bit out of this topic since my I7 4790k, Gtx 1060 system i plan to keep for a longer time)

 
The correct statement would have beenI was too. But then they made the FX CPU´s

@ to.

Looks good on a short view. (But i am a bit out of this topic since my I7 4790k, Gtx 1060 system i plan to keep for a longer time)
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I got some good use out of my old FX-8370. It wasn't that bad.

 
I got some good use out of my old FX-8370. It wasn't that bad.
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That's quite a competent chip which I've reinstated in a friend's new low-budget build to get him to move over from console.

(basically FX-8370 with 16gb ram, SSD+HDD and a Nvidia GTX970; got all the parts for the case for little over 400 eu alltogether)

Stuck on a big Mugen, forced it on 4.3Ghz turbo and works like a charm! In this case keeping the budget low was a main priority, else we'd not have to opt for reused hardware :)

 
That's quite a competent chip which I've reinstated in a friend's new low-budget build to get him to move over from console.
(basically FX-8370 with 16gb ram, SSD+HDD and a Nvidia GTX970; got all the parts for the case for little over 400 eu alltogether)

Stuck on a big Mugen, forced it on 4.3Ghz turbo and works like a charm! In this case keeping the budget low was a main priority, else we'd not have to opt for reused hardware :)
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You basically just name my first streaming rig. Same setup with an MSI 970 Gaming mobo, a GTX 1050ti, and an AverMedia Gaming Pro cap card. It was a decent little rig tbh. Would still hold up to most of today's games with a solid concurrent 60 fps on 1080.

 
I'm using my sister's retired FX8320 for a dedicated game hosting rig. I overclocked it to 4.3GHz, runs great.

FX series wasn't a great release year as it didn't compete against Intel, but that don't mean it was garbage. It's still a great CPU, even for today's standards, just depends on what you're using it for.

 
I'm using my sister's retired FX8320 for a dedicated game hosting rig. I overclocked it to 4.3GHz, runs great.
FX series wasn't a great release year as it didn't compete against Intel, but that don't mean it was garbage. It's still a great CPU, even for today's standards, just depends on what you're using it for.
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I read "retired" as a different word and was like; "whoa buddy". Then re-read lol. I agree, the FX series was still a good CPU, especially overclocked.

 
I read "retired" as a different word and was like; "whoa buddy". Then re-read lol. I agree, the FX series was still a good CPU, especially overclocked.
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Ya, I wish Ryzen could overclock that easily. Hopefully, when I get my hands on Gen2, that one will overclock better.

 
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