New PC Spec - feedback welcome
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Martinr36
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it's surprising what can turn up when specs get kicked around a bit
B Poot
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It's arrived! It appears to all be in working order and no damage - I was a little worried given some of the horror stories that have been reported on the forum, but everything appears to be fine. All Windows updates completed, the graphics driver appeared to be the latest version so I haven't touched that. Just downloading all my various programmes and media now. Once that is done, I'll give gaming a go to check it's working properly. At some point (once I have done the cable management) I will take some photos.
A huge thank you to everyone that offered advice on this build and helped me to pick out components. That's why this forum is great.
One slight querk was that Windows appeared to be installed on two of the harddrives (both the M.2). I am in the process of formatting the larger slower drive to correct this. The CPU cooler has been mounted on the front, replacing the case fans. This surprised me slightly as I had expected it to be mounted on the top, but seeing it in real life, I realise that there wouldn't be clearance for the motherboard if it was top mounted. I also appear to have been given a free extra case fan as an exhaust at the back. I don't think that it is one of the fans that they took off to mount the CPU cooler as it isn't RGB. Still, I'm not complaining! For those that are interested, my graphics card is Zotac. The final build that I went with was as follows:
Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH 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 RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
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 H150i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB 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
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
Microsoft® Office Home & Student 2019 (1 Digital License)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Keyboard & Mouse
Corsair K100 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, CORSAIR OPX Switch
Surge Protection
6 Socket 2m Surge Protector
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 12 to 15 working days
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/QBfTWfQBYj/
A huge thank you to everyone that offered advice on this build and helped me to pick out components. That's why this forum is great.
One slight querk was that Windows appeared to be installed on two of the harddrives (both the M.2). I am in the process of formatting the larger slower drive to correct this. The CPU cooler has been mounted on the front, replacing the case fans. This surprised me slightly as I had expected it to be mounted on the top, but seeing it in real life, I realise that there wouldn't be clearance for the motherboard if it was top mounted. I also appear to have been given a free extra case fan as an exhaust at the back. I don't think that it is one of the fans that they took off to mount the CPU cooler as it isn't RGB. Still, I'm not complaining! For those that are interested, my graphics card is Zotac. The final build that I went with was as follows:
Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH 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 RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
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 H150i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB 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
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
Microsoft® Office Home & Student 2019 (1 Digital License)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Keyboard & Mouse
Corsair K100 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, CORSAIR OPX Switch
Surge Protection
6 Socket 2m Surge Protector
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 12 to 15 working days
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/QBfTWfQBYj/
B Poot
Bronze Level Poster
I understood why the cooler was front mounted on the case and I agree with the decision, but I was slightly miffed that you couldn't see the RGB very well from the front of the case.
However, contrary to what I thought and said earlier, it turns out that they didn't remove the front case fans. When I locked the computer, they sprung into full RGB glory! This means that the CPU cooler radiator has fans mounted on both sides of it (I assume push & pull). For some reason, only the top and bottom case fan are illuminated and the middle one is dark. It's a bit hard to see through the case mesh, but it looks like the middle one might be facing the wrong way (i.e. as an exhaust when the rest of the front fans are intake). I will have to take the front off to get a proper look, but I want to leave my computer running at the moment as it is in the middle of some large downloads (Borderlands 3 is 135GB!). The case fans RGB is nothing like what I have set up for the rest of my system, so I'm guess that I need to get ASUS Armory Crate to control them (as the motherboard is ASUS). Maybe that will give an indication of if the middle fan is working or if something has gone wrong.
However, contrary to what I thought and said earlier, it turns out that they didn't remove the front case fans. When I locked the computer, they sprung into full RGB glory! This means that the CPU cooler radiator has fans mounted on both sides of it (I assume push & pull). For some reason, only the top and bottom case fan are illuminated and the middle one is dark. It's a bit hard to see through the case mesh, but it looks like the middle one might be facing the wrong way (i.e. as an exhaust when the rest of the front fans are intake). I will have to take the front off to get a proper look, but I want to leave my computer running at the moment as it is in the middle of some large downloads (Borderlands 3 is 135GB!). The case fans RGB is nothing like what I have set up for the rest of my system, so I'm guess that I need to get ASUS Armory Crate to control them (as the motherboard is ASUS). Maybe that will give an indication of if the middle fan is working or if something has gone wrong.