Help! need recommendations to build a new PC

[MoneyHoney]

Hi!

my CPU just died and i was hoping to just get a new gaming/video editing pc to replace my 6-year old pc..

Processor: I heard AMD is more value-for-money right... was thinking of trying 3700x instead of 3600 as I do want to try my hands on 4k video editing... but on the other hand heard 3600 is more than capable of playing all games without being the bottleneck

Mobo: this is the part where i have totally no idea which 1 to choose... i don’t oc processor and wish to just use the stock cooler though...

RAM: something 16ghz DDR4 3200 mhz?? not very sure about latency clocks though..

GPU: was thinking of getting 5700 xt for 1440p gaming... 2070 super might be out of my budget (my budget for GPU is $500-600+)

SSD: wanted to try m2 nvme ssd... i guess Adata is fine right?

PSU: erm something 750w or 850w? 80 plus gold?

Casing: not too concerned about the light show... just want to get something to hold everything in place... can be normal ATX as my old CPU is that size

All help appreciated! TIA!!

 

[NightRaven49]

Hi!

my CPU just died and i was hoping to just get a new gaming/video editing pc to replace my 6-year old pc..

Processor: I heard AMD is more value-for-money right... was thinking of trying 3700x instead of 3600 as I do want to try my hands on 4k video editing... but on the other hand heard 3600 is more than capable of playing all games without being the bottleneck

Mobo: this is the part where i have totally no idea which 1 to choose... i don’t oc processor and wish to just use the stock cooler though...

RAM: something 16ghz DDR4 3200 mhz?? not very sure about latency clocks though..

GPU: was thinking of getting 5700 xt for 1440p gaming... 2070 super might be out of my budget (my budget for GPU is $500-600+)

SSD: wanted to try m2 nvme ssd... i guess Adata is fine right?

PSU: erm something 750w or 850w? 80 plus gold?

Casing: not too concerned about the light show... just want to get something to hold everything in place... can be normal ATX as my old CPU is that size

All help appreciated! TIA!!

if going to do video editing, better to get more cores, go for the 3700x. both 3700x and 3600 are capable gaming cpus, but u will appreciate the faster encode times.

for mobo, just get a decent b450 board. go read up online for which has the best bang for your buck and don't forget about vrm cooling. generally u won't go wrong with msi's b450 boards like the tomahawk max and mortar max.

ram just get a decent set of 3600mhz, and make sure to get 2 sticks. cas timings just get the lowest u can find, normally you'll find 16-16-18 timings. if u are adventurous u can also tweak the timings, provided u are lucky enough in the silicon lottery.

5700xt sounds fine, just don't get the asus ones.

adata sx8200pro is a pretty good value m.2, but not sure about sg availability.

 

[hafiz116]

Hi!

my CPU just died and i was hoping to just get a new gaming/video editing pc to replace my 6-year old pc..

Processor: I heard AMD is more value-for-money right... was thinking of trying 3700x instead of 3600 as I do want to try my hands on 4k video editing... but on the other hand heard 3600 is more than capable of playing all games without being the bottleneck

Mobo: this is the part where i have totally no idea which 1 to choose... i don’t oc processor and wish to just use the stock cooler though...

RAM: something 16ghz DDR4 3200 mhz?? not very sure about latency clocks though..

GPU: was thinking of getting 5700 xt for 1440p gaming... 2070 super might be out of my budget (my budget for GPU is $500-600+)

SSD: wanted to try m2 nvme ssd... i guess Adata is fine right?

PSU: erm something 750w or 850w? 80 plus gold?

Casing: not too concerned about the light show... just want to get something to hold everything in place... can be normal ATX as my old CPU is that size

All help appreciated! TIA!!

First off,.. your PC just died not the CPU (CPU is the actual processor chip or brains of the machine).

Can you elaborate more on what games your looking to play as that will make a difference. As regards to the actual parts breakdown heres my thoughts: -

CPU or Processor: The R5 3600 is a 6 core, 12 thread CPU and 3700X is a 8 core, 16 thread CPU so you need to figure out if your workload is better suited for more cores/threads. For games both are good and log term the more cores would be a better bet!

Motherboard: If you have no desire or use case for NVMe gen4 which is the fastes storage nor intention of upgrading the GPU later to a PCIe 4.0 supported one down the road then you can consider a B450 motherboard. If any of this is a consideration then you will want to look at B550 motherboards that are about to go on sale mid this month. Alternatively you can look at an X570 (the more expensive) motherboard but as people have said there is a shortage of supply.

RAM: Ryzen CPU's love the higher speed memory so you either throw in a 3200MHz or 3600MHz speed memory and as a minimum you go for a 16GB kit (2 x 8GB). The difference between the 3200 and 3600 is somewhere around $30 so if budget is an issue you have the breakdown. RAM can cost as low as $100 without ARGB (Addressable RGB).

GPU: If you are to go with the 5700 XT then your going to need a B550 or X570 motherboard as it uses PCIe 4.0! There is a slight down side to this as the software stability seems to be a problem. It has improved but I hear that people still have issues and go for NVidia. Because of this you may want to look at the 2070 Super as you mentioned, however do share what games you intend on playing and in what screen resolution and settings (eg. 1440p with ultra settings).

Storage: NVMe SSD's are the way to go here. If you want to keep cost low then go for a gen3 which is reasonably priced. A 1TB cost less than $200. if your going smaller then even cheaper to run the OS off. You will need a secondary mechanical HDD to store data - may want to reuse what you have in you PC that went kaput!

PSU: this all depends on what your putting into the system. As a guide the wattage should be doubled of what your actually running and based on what your suggesting here I dont think you need 750W and could go with something smaller.

Casing: One of the better reviewed cases are NZXT's. If you want to go for a mid tower (the parts above do fit!) you can go for the NZXT H510 or H510i which includes RGB.

Use this as a starting point and fine tune it from here. Hope this helps

 

[MoneyHoney]

if going to do video editing, better to get more cores, go for the 3700x. both 3700x and 3600 are capable gaming cpus, but u will appreciate the faster encode times.

for mobo, just get a decent b450 board. go read up online for which has the best bang for your buck and don't forget about vrm cooling. generally u won't go wrong with msi's b450 boards like the tomahawk max and mortar max.

ram just get a decent set of 3600mhz, and make sure to get 2 sticks. cas timings just get the lowest u can find, normally you'll find 16-16-18 timings. if u are adventurous u can also tweak the timings, provided u are lucky enough in the silicon lottery.

5700xt sounds fine, just don't get the asus ones.

adata sx8200pro is a pretty good value m.2, but not sure about sg availability.

thanks! i was looking at tomahawk and mortar as well...

First off,.. your PC just died not the CPU (CPU is the actual processor chip or brains of the machine).

Can you elaborate more on what games your looking to play as that will make a difference. As regards to the actual parts breakdown heres my thoughts: -

CPU or Processor: The R5 3600 is a 6 core, 12 thread CPU and 3700X is a 8 core, 16 thread CPU so you need to figure out if your workload is better suited for more cores/threads. For games both are good and log term the more cores would be a better bet!

Motherboard: If you have no desire or use case for NVMe gen4 which is the fastes storage nor intention of upgrading the GPU later to a PCIe 4.0 supported one down the road then you can consider a B450 motherboard. If any of this is a consideration then you will want to look at B550 motherboards that are about to go on sale mid this month. Alternatively you can look at an X570 (the more expensive) motherboard but as people have said there is a shortage of supply.

RAM: Ryzen CPU's love the higher speed memory so you either throw in a 3200MHz or 3600MHz speed memory and as a minimum you go for a 16GB kit (2 x 8GB). The difference between the 3200 and 3600 is somewhere around $30 so if budget is an issue you have the breakdown. RAM can cost as low as $100 without ARGB (Addressable RGB).

GPU: If you are to go with the 5700 XT then your going to need a B550 or X570 motherboard as it uses PCIe 4.0! There is a slight down side to this as the software stability seems to be a problem. It has improved but I hear that people still have issues and go for NVidia. Because of this you may want to look at the 2070 Super as you mentioned, however do share what games you intend on playing and in what screen resolution and settings (eg. 1440p with ultra settings).

Storage: NVMe SSD's are the way to go here. If you want to keep cost low then go for a gen3 which is reasonably priced. A 1TB cost less than $200. if your going smaller then even cheaper to run the OS off. You will need a secondary mechanical HDD to store data - may want to reuse what you have in you PC that went kaput!

PSU: this all depends on what your putting into the system. As a guide the wattage should be doubled of what your actually running and based on what your suggesting here I dont think you need 750W and could go with something smaller.

Casing: One of the better reviewed cases are NZXT's. If you want to go for a mid tower (the parts above do fit!) you can go for the NZXT H510 or H510i which includes RGB.

Use this as a starting point and fine tune it from here. Hope this helps

i'll be doing 1440p gaming... have my eyes set on cyberpunk 2077 or other of such games etc...

i have watched quite a bit of gpu benchmarking videos and it turns out 5700XT is super competitive against 2070 Super and beats 2060 Super comfortably most of the time (even though 2070 Super is more expensive) and 2060 Super is priced closer to 5700XT.

as for SSD... i actually have an intel 2.5" SSD 250gb to hold my Win10 OS...but was thinking of jumping to nvme for faster speed and re-purpose my ssd into a storage space or something...

 

[Lastwishes]

Specs look fine overall, but a quick note about the gpu: If you're looking to edit and render 4k content, consider what your needs are. If you can wait, CPU encoding still gives the best quality but takes a extremely long time. If you're a content creator, you'd probably end up using your GPU to encode instead just for the speed.

5700xt is better value for money when it comes to games, but for content editing, it might not be the best choice. While AMD cards excel at h265 encoding, it's utter crap at h264, which Nvidia is significantly better at.

 

[hafiz116]

Since your PC went boom you are most likely stuck. One option to think about is building the system but securing a second hand GPU for an interim period while waiting for the upcoming NVidia 3000 series. If your looking at this option then don't go for something high end to tie you over.

The game your looking to play was delayed due to GPU limitations I read somewhere so I suspect even with my 2080 Ti my system will struggle at ultra settings.

 

[elmariachi]

There are no benefits with going with a pci-e 4 mobo over a pci-e 3 mobo for the 5700 perf wise.

PCI-E 3.0 doesn't bottleneck 2080 Ti even.

Other thing is the Radeon software is very buggy and you might encounter bsods and black screens.