Gaming Build (BUDGET-ISH)

Oussebon said:

What graphics card do you own to install in the system?

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Oussebon said:

Don't make plans for either the 1060 or 590. These may well have been replaced as Nvidia refresh their lower geforce lineup (RTX 2060 just came out, so they're working their way down the stack). Also replacinga a GPU with another of the same generation isn't great value for you - plus a 1050 ti is fine for even GTA-V. Reassess options closer to the time

I suggest dropping the R5 2600x to the R5 2600. It's nearly as fast and cheaper. Plus Zen 2 comes out this year and will be supported on existing motherboards, so that covers any 'futureproofing' you might be thinking of.

Instead spend what you save on faster RAM. This can yield pretty high gaming gains on Ryzen CPUs. And you'll keep the RAM through any CPU upgrade, so is frankly a more long-term investment than the 2600x.

Get an HDD instead of the SSD. You're already festooned with SSDs, so if you have to buy some kind of storage it might as well be cheap mass storage versus a useless SSD. Unless you have a specific plan for that in your various systems and component juggling ofc

e.g.


Case
CORSAIR SPEC-04 MID TOWER GAMING CASE - BLACK/RED
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six Core CPU (3.4GHz-3.9GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4)
---Tom Clancy's The Division 2 FREE w/ select AMD Ryzen CPUs!
Motherboard
Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE: DDR4, USB 3.1 - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2933MHz ~ (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
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
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 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 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price £570.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-pc/KDeca!bXB9/

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- There wasn't really any thinking of the cheap SSD, it was just priced cheaper than the 500GB HDD, and because I have 2 SSD and
1 HDD to add already, to me it just made sense to add a cheaper option, and add my own as I got it? I will definitely look at adding a second SeaGate, as in your configuration for me.


I was thinking I could use the ADATA SSD as a work drive, I'm a Nurse, so do a lot of notes etc from home, so was thinking it could be a drive to store work apps and files on, without them being included in my core OS, gaming HDD.

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Oussebon said:

Userbenchmark is garbage. If it ever says anything right it's like a broken grandfather clock that's right twice a day...

Higher clockspeed within a given family of CPUs can help gaming performance. But in reality, you're not going to see much difference between a 2600x and 2600, especially when paired with entry or mid-range GPUs like the 1050 ti or 1060. You're going to be limited by the GPU's performance in most titles anyway. Which is pretty normal for gaming.

Furthermore, the faster RAM will also make a difference for gaming especially with a Ryzen system.

And the RAM is more of an investment. Because you might upgrade the R5 2600 to a Ryzen 3000 or even 4000 series CPU if it offers big performance gains. Whereas upgrading 16gb of 2400MHz RAM to 16gb of 2933MHz RAM when you could have just bought the fast RAM at the start is a bit silly.

Since you have a limited budget, spending the £30 on the RAM rather than the CPU here seems the better choice especially long term.

You could indeed do that with the cheap Adata SSD.

Although you could just have your "personal" Windows 10 on the 970 Evo, and partition the MX500 so you have your "work" Windows 10 on (for example) 100gb of it, and the rest left free for games and such.

Remember you only have a certain number of Sata ports on the motherboard to plug these things into and if you buy lots of small drives, you'll eventually fill those up (or run out of bays in the case). Plus it's so much hassle juggling things between small drives.

You know your storage needs better than we do, so I won't recommend one over another, just make sure you think about your needs so you don't add storage too piecemeal. e.g. if you think you'll be adding a 1TB HDD in the future.. then maybe another.. then maybe another, it's probably easier, and definitely cheaper, to just add a single 3TB HDD

I take it you'll be encrypting your work OS/drive? You have a Windows 10 Pro licence to use? Or you can use Linux for work?

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Oussebon said:

You should be able to fit a game or two (or more) onto the 970 Evo. Since it's the fastest of your drives, you might as well have favourite games on there for the better loading speeds.

There are others on the forum that can advise much better than I can about Windows licencing and versions e.g. Tony1044 so hopefully they'll see this thread and suggest. But a quick google says 10 Education has bitlocker so you're sorted for encryption. https://www.anandtech.com/show/9413/windows-10-editions-compared

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