Build advice

[ThotWheels]

Made a few changes since last time. Happy to make more if people have any opinions.

Case	CORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Overclocked CPU	Overclocked AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core (3.8GHz @ up to 4.3GHz)
Motherboard	ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)	32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card	8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive	NOT REQUIRED
2nd Storage Drive	Change to: 1TB Samsung 860 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive	1TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 520 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 5000MB/R, 4400MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive	NONE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply	CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-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)
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
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	Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Cable Management	3 x PCS 1.5M Zip Cable Tidy - Professional Cable Management
Warranty	3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery	SATURDAY DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time	Standard Build - Approximately 12 to 14 working days
Welcome Book	PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland

 

[SpyderTracks]

What’s it for?

what’s the max budget?

what monitor are you pairing it with, what resolution and refresh rate or make and model if you’re unsure?

 

[ThotWheels]

What’s it for?

what’s the max budget?

what monitor are you pairing it with, what resolution and refresh rate or make and model if you’re unsure?

Paring with a 1440P 144Hz monitor. Its mainly gaming and content consumption as well as some video editing. I'm pretty much at max budget but can go a bit higher if any changes are advised.

 

[SpyderTracks]

I would personally go for a higher end case, the 220T is really a budget case not designed for such high end components.

There's no particular benefit to having a 1Tb SSD as the secondary drive, although if doing editing then you would want a small scratch drive, maybe 250Gb... but for storage a 7200rpm HDD would make more sense and save a lot of money.

If it were me I'd want an RMx PSU on that CPU platform.

Otherwise it's great.

 

[ThotWheels]

Is the overclock on the CPU worth the extra money? I was under the impression that overclocking Ryzens should be avoided in general or am I getting confused here?

To my knowledge, overclocking ryzen is ok and the price difference is only 20 to 30 quid.

 

[ThotWheels]

I would personally go for a higher end case, the 220T is really a budget case not designed for such high end components.

There's no particular benefit to having a 1Tb SSD as the secondary drive, although if doing editing then you would want a small scratch drive, maybe 250Gb... but for storage a 7200rpm HDD would make more sense and save a lot of money.

If it were me I'd want an RMx PSU on that CPU platform.

Otherwise it's great.

Cheers mate, any case you'd recommend? Wanna stick Corsair as i have ICue keyboard,. mouse cooler, ram etc

 

[SpyderTracks]

To my knowledge, overclocking ryzen is ok and the price difference is only 20 to 30 quid.

Ryzen doesn't overclock like Intel, it will actually reduce performance for things like gaming, and will only increase performance very slightly for things like video editing. It's generally advised not to overclock ryzen.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Cheers mate, any case you'd recommend? Wanna stick Corsair as i have ICue keyboard,. mouse cooler, ram etc

One of the Crystal Series Corsair cases would be my recommendation then.