AMD Gaming PC.

[Buddy]

Hi, it’s abit late cos I’ve ordered now and didn’t realise this forum before. But after phone advise from “pcspecialists”, I put together this kit for gaming and recording + video editing YouTube videos at the limit of my budget. I also wanted a very quiet machine, The Games played will be titles like CoD, GTA, etc probably no more than 5-6 titles at most for the hard drive. I will be playing it on my “acer nitro vgo series vg220q”. Fingers crossed I got good advice, be great to hear your thoughts, Thanks.

SPECS:

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERCASE H500
ARGB GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)

Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready!

Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!

1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA 120 2.5" SSD, (up to 560MB/sR | 540MB/sW)

2nd Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE

Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W CV SERIES™ CV-550 POWER SUPPLY

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler

Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR

LED Lighting
2x 50cm RGB LED Strip

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
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

 

[Scott]

IMO there's always going to be a disparity between sales advice, and enthusiasts advice unfortunately.

The great news is that you can make changes right up until the system is built (just log into your account and make some changes).

It's not going to be high end for your uses but it's a great platform to get started on.

H500 aRGB is a great choice for airflow. The new version has a useful ARGB system so very good choice.
3600 is a lower end CPU, ideal for gaming and light multi-tasking. It'll handle your workloads but won't be fast.
Not sure why you were recommended the B450 Strix to be honest. It's over-priced and out of date. The B550 is what you want.
RAM is fine
GPU is overkill. There's no way you need a 2060 to power a 1080p 75hz monitor. 1650 Super is more than enough.
Drop the 1TB SSD and replace it with a 2TB 7200 RPM drive
Drop the 1TB standard drive
Add a 1TB PCS M2 drive (miles faster than the SSD options)
I would recommend the TXm PSU
Drop the cooler, the standard cooler on the 3600 is perfect.

There's no way it's going to be silent unfortunately. It's an airflow case with big fans at the front of it. You can set fan profiles to suit, but it will not be silent.

 

[WhiskyMac]

Link to Scott's suggested build. Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/SGPx4bXNg6/

Best thing is it will save you a couple of hundred quid too...

 

[Buddy]

IMO there's always going to be a disparity between sales advice, and enthusiasts advice unfortunately.

The great news is that you can make changes right up until the system is built (just log into your account and make some changes).

It's not going to be high end for your uses but it's a great platform to get started on.

H500 aRGB is a great choice for airflow. The new version has a useful ARGB system so very good choice.
3600 is a lower end CPU, ideal for gaming and light multi-tasking. It'll handle your workloads but won't be fast.
Not sure why you were recommended the B450 Strix to be honest. It's over-priced and out of date. The B550 is what you want.
RAM is fine
GPU is overkill. There's no way you need a 2060 to power a 1080p 75hz monitor. 1650 Super is more than enough.
Drop the 1TB SSD and replace it with a 2TB 7200 RPM drive
Drop the 1TB standard drive
Add a 1TB PCS M2 drive (miles faster than the SSD options)
I would recommend the TXm PSU
Drop the cooler, the standard cooler on the 3600 is perfect.

There's no way it's going to be silent unfortunately. It's an airflow case with big fans at the front of it. You can set fan profiles to suit, but it will not be silent.

Thanks for the advice mate. Would it be worth getting the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and making use of free freesync on my monitor?

 

[SpyderTracks]

Thanks for the advice mate. Would it be worth getting the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and making use of free freesync on my monitor?

AMD GPU's have had issues with drivers for a while now, it's generally best to go with nVidia. NVidia cards will work with freesync monitors, it's only GSync that requires an NVidia card. Freesync will worth with either AMD or nVidia.

 

[Buddy]

AMD GPU's have had issues with drivers for a while now, it's generally best to go with nVidia. NVidia cards will work with freesync monitors, it's only GSync that requires an NVidia card. Freesync will worth with either AMD or nVidia.

Ahh sweet good to know thank you. And as mentioned it’s best to get the M.2 ssd. So is there a big difference between 1TB INTEL® 660p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 1800MB/sR | 1800MB/sW) Vs 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA 120 2.5" SSD, (up to 560MB/sR | 540MB/sW)

 

[keithbeaks]

Ahh sweet good to know thank you. And as mentioned it’s best to get the M.2 ssd. So is there a big difference between 1TB INTEL® 660p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 1800MB/sR | 1800MB/sW) Vs 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA 120 2.5" SSD, (up to 560MB/sR | 540MB/sW)

Scott recommended some changes and then whiskey Mac put those into your build above.

The M2 drive's are much faster yes.

Here's a guide explaining the different components really well:

Desktop Building Guide - April 2023

A "quick" reference guide to building the perfect system. This is the sort of logic I go through when suggesting systems, so thought I would jot it down on the page. Clearly this is an ever changing suite of options but I'll update periodically as my default go-to's change... I'm noticing the...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[Scott]

We're both right/wrong with the cooler. Unfortunately it's a bit of a lottery. There are silent ones, not so silent ones and damn right loud ones when it comes to the cooler.

Most of the review ones have been perfectly silent... surprise surprise