3080, Ryzen 5 5600 Build :)

MorNun · Feb 2, 2021

What do you think of my build? Any Suggestions?

I use my pc for gaming, music production, and adobe suite software. My only concern is the cpu will bottleneck my pc, is it worth getting a more powerful one?

Thanks!

*also do I need more cooling/fans?!

Case	PCS PRISM-X RGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard	ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)	16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB) Change to: 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card	10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive	1TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR \| 530MB/sW) Change to: 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
2nd Storage Drive	2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE Change to: NONE
1st M.2 SSD Drive	NONE Change to: 2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 520 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 5000MB/R, 4400MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply	CORSAIR 750W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable	1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD)
Thermal Paste	ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
LED Lighting	2x 50cm RGB LED Strip Change to: 50cm ARGB LED Strip
Extra Case Fans	2x 120mm Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Case Fans
Sound Card	Asus Xonar AE 7.1-Channel Gaming Audio Card
Network Card	10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card	WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options	MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System	Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002] Change to: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language	United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media	Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Supplied on USB Drive
Office Software	FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus	BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser	Google Chrome™
Warranty	3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery	STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

UPDATE

With some great suggestions from @sck451 and others I've landed on the following:

Case	PCS PRISM-X RGB MID TOWER CASE Change to: CORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard	ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)	16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB) Change to: 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card	10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive	1TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR \| 530MB/sW) Change to: 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
2nd Storage Drive	2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE Change to: NONE
1st M.2 SSD Drive	NONE Change to: 500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive	NONE Change to: 1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply	CORSAIR 750W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET Change to: CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable	1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD) Change to: STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste	ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND Change to: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
LED Lighting	2x 50cm RGB LED Strip Change to: 50cm ARGB LED Strip
Extra Case Fans	2x 120mm Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Case Fans Change to: NONE
Sound Card	Asus Xonar AE 7.1-Channel Gaming Audio Card Change to: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card	10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card	WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options	MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System	Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002] Change to: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language	United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media	Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Supplied on USB Drive
Office Software	FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus	BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser	Google Chrome™
Warranty	3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery	STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time	Standard Build - Approximately 22 to 24 working days
Promotional Item	Get CoD:Cold War with select RTX Graphics Cards
Welcome Book	PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland

If you are lurking in the Forums and new to building a PC I massively recommend posting your build. My Amended PC is way better and cheaper than what I managed to come up with myself

Ash_ · Feb 2, 2021

Drop the cooler and get a better case. That cooler is going to be like a flammable fire blanket in that 🤣

also, what is your monitor and budget?

sck451 · Feb 2, 2021

You can definitely improve this! The 5600X is a good combination with the 3080, though if you are doing lots of heavy video editing you could certainly think about the 5800X or ideally the 5900X.

With the 5600X, though, you can just use the standard AMD cooler, which is probably as good as or better than the budget PCS AIO (you can also lose the special thermal paste and the fans). For the storage, you can go for two M.2 SSDs (one for Windows, one for games/current projects), which is a much speedier and more convenient combination than your original. Finally, I'd get rid of the audio card. The onboard audio is very good. If you want something better/more elaborate, I'd suggest getting an external audio interface rather than a PCIe one.

This all saves quite a bit of money (a couple of hundred quid, I think) and I would urgently change that case. The iCue 220T would be a better bet, as would the Coolermaster H500. The PCS one is decidedly budget and is the thing most likely to bottleneck/hamstring your system.

This all comes in at under £2200, which (I think!) is quite a bit cheaper, as well as being a better system.

The only remaining question is if you need a 3080. If you are doing 4K gaming, or if you are doing heavy video production work, it's a good bet. What monitor do you have? Is heavy video production important for you?

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
LED Lighting
50cm ARGB LED Strip
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 21 to 23 working days
Price: £2,183.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/edD7C3Z669/

sck451 · Feb 2, 2021

Oh, and I upgraded your power supply to an RMx 850W as well, because it was only a few quid more and is much better.

Citrus_9 · Feb 3, 2021

Through Chrome away - that's the most important! Even by looking at it @AgentCooper gets very sick...

sck451 · Feb 3, 2021

Citrus_9 said:
Through Chrome away - that's the most important! Even by looking at it @AgentCooper gets very sick...

When I ordered my build from PCS, I asked for Firefox but the only browsers I got were Edge and IE, so I'm not sure how much effect that field actually has... https://getfirefox.com in any case!

Stephen M · Feb 3, 2021

Have been using Brave for a while and seems ok: https://brave.com/

Martinr36 · Feb 3, 2021

Nursemorph said:
In theory, they should install whatever you select in that option...in practice I get the feeling it isn't the case, especially these days given how busy they are...having said that, I bought mine last January (before things went weird) and they didn't install Firefox even though i selected it. Not really a problem but kind of defeats the purpose of havign a selectable option

That's odd I specified firefox on both my PC(2 years ago) & laptop (late last year) & both came had it installed as requested, so i was then able to download & install Waterfox

sck451 · Feb 3, 2021

Nursemorph said:
The build specced above by @sck451 is excellent...only change I'd make given your uses is to put in an 8 core CPU and a cooler to match...and changed the case to something with more room (the iCUE 220T is an excellent case, however it is on the small side):

I agree (though the size of the 220T is a big draw in my book, but then I live in a small flat!). If 4K gaming isn't likely, though, I'd probably go 5900X and 3070, rather than 5800X and 3080.

MorNun · Feb 3, 2021

Ash_ said:
Drop the cooler and get a better case. That cooler is going to be like a flammable fire blanket in that 🤣

also, what is your monitor and budget?

Thanks for this. I'm getting a lot of feedback about my case so will change that, the icue isn't a listed option so will go for the coolmaster h500. I'll also drop the cooler, saves me a bit of money as well!

My budget is £2000-£2400 for the PC alone. I currently have a 144hz 1080p monitor and a 60hz 1080p work monitor I use as a second monitor. after I get the pc I'll save up for a better monitor (most likely 1440p maybe 4k).

My current pc is 8 years old (ddr3, intel 3820 cpu, 1070 super), so holding above 60fps and watching a yt is difficult for it! I'll be happy being able to game and watch videos at high frames until I can get a better monitor!

MorNun · Feb 3, 2021

Nursemorph said:
The build specced above by @sck451 is excellent...only change I'd make given your uses is to put in an 8 core CPU and a cooler to match...and changed the case to something with more room (the iCUE 220T is an excellent case, however it is on the small side):

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERCASE H500 ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 20 to 22 working days
Price: £2,434.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/!PqfPhnDJm/

What cooler would you suggest for the 5800x?

Thanks.

MorNun · Feb 3, 2021

sck451 said:
You can definitely improve this! The 5600X is a good combination with the 3080, though if you are doing lots of heavy video editing you could certainly think about the 5800X or ideally the 5900X.

With the 5600X, though, you can just use the standard AMD cooler, which is probably as good as or better than the budget PCS AIO (you can also lose the special thermal paste and the fans). For the storage, you can go for two M.2 SSDs (one for Windows, one for games/current projects), which is a much speedier and more convenient combination than your original. Finally, I'd get rid of the audio card. The onboard audio is very good. If you want something better/more elaborate, I'd suggest getting an external audio interface rather than a PCIe one.

This all saves quite a bit of money (a couple of hundred quid, I think) and I would urgently change that case. The iCue 220T would be a better bet, as would the Coolermaster H500. The PCS one is decidedly budget and is the thing most likely to bottleneck/hamstring your system.

This all comes in at under £2200, which (I think!) is quite a bit cheaper, as well as being a better system.

The only remaining question is if you need a 3080. If you are doing 4K gaming, or if you are doing heavy video production work, it's a good bet. What monitor do you have? Is heavy video production important for you?

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
LED Lighting
50cm ARGB LED Strip
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 21 to 23 working days
Price: £2,183.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/edD7C3Z669/

Thank you so much for this, I went with all your suggestions in the end except I went for the 2TB INTEL® 660p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 1800MB/sR | 1800MB/sW) as I'd like to be able to hold more games and programs.

I don't do a huge amount of video editing or even music production at the moment, and it's just a hobby. You saved me a lot of money and I'll have a better pc than my build, thanks dude!

sck451 · Feb 3, 2021

I have to say, given what you've said since I'd suggest getting the 3070 instead of the 3080, and then spending the savings on upgrading the CPU as far as you can. At least the 5800X, and if you can stretch to the 5900X that would be ideal. Here's what I'd go for (if you want the 5900X, you'll need the Strix X570 motherboard as well).

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERCASE H500 ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
LED Lighting
50cm ARGB LED Strip
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 20 to 22 working days
Price: £2,247.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/z4uf0aRPXS/

Bigfoot · Feb 3, 2021

MorNun said:
Thank you so much for this, I went with all your suggestions in the end except I went for the 2TB INTEL® 660p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 1800MB/sR | 1800MB/sW) as I'd like to be able to hold more games and programs.

I don't do a huge amount of video editing or even music production at the moment, and it's just a hobby. You saved me a lot of money and I'll have a better pc than my build, thanks dude!

You don’t really want the Intel 660p, as the write endurance is way less than for other drives. It would be worth getting a 500GB Samsung 980 Pro for OS and programmes plus a PCS 1TB m.2 drive to hold your games, as suggested by @sck451

MorNun · Feb 3, 2021

Bigfoot said:
You don’t really want the Intel 660p, as the write endurance is way less than for other drives. It would be worth getting a 500GB Samsung 980 Pro for OS and programmes plus a PCS 1TB m.2 drive to hold your games, as suggested by @sck451

Okay I'll change it. I would never have known that looking at the specs!

sck451 · Feb 3, 2021

MorNun said:
I don't do a huge amount of video editing or even music production at the moment, and it's just a hobby. You saved me a lot of money and I'll have a better pc than my build, thanks dude!

Delighted to hear it -- when it arrives (might be a while...) it would be great to hear how you get on with it.

MorNun · Feb 3, 2021

sck451 said:
Delighted to hear it -- when it arrives (might be a while...) it would be great to hear how you get on with it.

I'll update you in due course

MorNun · Feb 5, 2021

I've upgraded to a 5 5800x and H500M case to future proof the pc and give me more processing power.

MorNun · Jun 15, 2021

Pc arrived, huge upgrades since this post.

3080ti

AMD 5800x

Coolmaster H500m

H150i cpu cooler

32gb 3600hz ram

I got a 4k 144hz monitor to go with it, it's amazing!

Thanks again for your help im really happy with it.

I'd upload a photo but it keeps sayings it's too large even when I resize it to the smallest possible

jamiephillips909 · Jun 15, 2021

MorNun said:
Pc arrived, huge upgrades since this post.

3080ti

AMD 5800x

Coolmaster H500m

H150i cpu cooler

32gb 3600hz ram

I got a 4k 144hz monitor to go with it, it's amazing!

Thanks again for your help im really happy with it.

I'd upload a photo but it keeps sayings it's too large even when I resize it to the smallest possible

Coolmaster 500m case stuck on dust mesh ?

So was playing away on metro exodus and noticed my exhaust fans on top of the case were running at max rpm and the glass top was very warm held my hand to the vents barely a whisper of air was flowing through shutdown pc and investigated by taking off top panel both sides and front ( very easy...

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