Advice on Setup
Hi all,

Any advice on the below? Works out about £1000 is it good bang for my bucks?

Case
PCS SR-628B RGB GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-9600K (3.7 GHz) 9 MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z390-F GAMING: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready

Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (1 x 16GB)

Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 Ti - HDMI, DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!

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

1st M.2 SSD Drive
250GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 2300MB/W)

Memory Card Reader
USB 3.0 EXTERNAL SD/MICRO SD CARD READER

Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY

Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 120 Series RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler

Thanks

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Check the 9600KF, it should be cheaper, and it's only missing the iGPU that you won't need.

Get 3000 MHz RAM instead, Intel gains a fair bit of performance from 3000 MHz in games.

Do NOT get that PSU and liquid cooler. Corsair VS is awful quality, get a CXM550 instead. As for the cooler, 120s perform worse than air coolers in general, just get a Dark Rock Pro 4.
Legutóbb szerkesztette: r.linder; 2019. dec. 15., 12:52
Don't go with single channel memory in a gaming PC. The performance difference can be significant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGgJ4ivWwp4
KnightXII / Blessed eredeti hozzászólása:
1st M.2 SSD Drive
250GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 2300MB/W)

Story time. I've been running a bunch of SSDs for years. Had been using an 850 evo as a OS drive. When I built my current machine, 8700k/1080 ti) I broke down and got a 970 evo 500GB NVMe drive. It's a fine drive to be sure, but it cost $200 for 500GB. And it's probably the purchase I regret the most. But I wasn't blown away compared to the 850 evo I had been running for the OS drive.

Early this year I was able to get an Intel 600p 2TB NVMe for ~$200, and in nearly most any case I can't tell the difference between them. I've also got a Intel 600p 2TB as the OS drive in the wife's PC. Whenever I have to work on the wife's PC, even though the 600p is half as fast as the 970 evo I'll be damned if I can notice it.

I would recommend a cheaper drive that's a bit larger. I really wouldn't go smaller than 500GB, and I believe that more SSD space equals more happiness. I'm only running SSDs these days. At any rate 250GB won't get you very far, especially with some games pushing 80-120GB.

I might recommend a bit larger power supply in case you want to get a nicer GPU down the road. Having a little headroom might be nicer. Although it's easy to overestimate power usage too so I wouldn't fuss to much if you're fine with it.
For 1000 pound this would be MUCH better than what you listed:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/wPgFZf
Legutóbb szerkesztette: Komrade; 2019. dec. 15., 13:09
christmaS eredeti hozzászólása:
For 1000 pound this would be MUCH better than what you listed:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/wPgFZf

This is much better idea.

You have some real issues with this Intel build, Ryzen is far more cost-effective at that budget enabling you to get much better graphics card.
Dont use single stick RAM, always pairs for dual-channel effect.
The Corsair VS series PSU is terrible and 450W is not enough for overclocking Intel plus GTX 1660 Ti.
That 120mm AIO cooler is trash like all the 120mm ones, simple $30 air cooler will outperform it.
christmaS eredeti hozzászólása:
For 1000 pound this would be MUCH better than what you listed:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/wPgFZf

Yeah I'd have to agree. Although I'd argue for going for a 1TB 660p and forgo the HDD completely or going 2TB 660p, but that's just personal preference since I'm done buying HDDs and have decided not to treat storage like the part that doesn't really matter. So feel free to ignore that bit.

The 2070S is a much nicer card, and the Ryzen 3600 is a perfectly good CPU.
Thanks for all the advice fellas. It's been about 10 years since I left the pc gaming behind and switched to console. Just about to get back into it. Think I might go with the parts list done by christmaS.
KnightXII / Blessed eredeti hozzászólása:
Thanks for all the advice fellas. It's been about 10 years since I left the pc gaming behind and switched to console. Just about to get back into it. Think I might go with the parts list done by christmaS.
Enjoy. As Brock said:

Brockenstein eredeti hozzászólása:
christmaS eredeti hozzászólása:
For 1000 pound this would be MUCH better than what you listed:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/wPgFZf

Yeah I'd have to agree. Although I'd argue for going for a 1TB 660p and forgo the HDD completely or going 2TB 660p, but that's just personal preference since I'm done buying HDDs and have decided not to treat storage like the part that doesn't really matter. So feel free to ignore that bit.

The 2070S is a much nicer card, and the Ryzen 3600 is a perfectly good CPU.
Depending on your needs you could ditch the HDD and just get more NVME storage.
Just to check. I'm buying this mainly for the running of a highly modded skyrim, RDD2 and I hope with the potential to handle Elder Scrolls 6 Redfall when its released. Would the suggested parts list handle this well?
Suggested by ChristmaS not the one I did. You all quite clearly and luckly told me it was a bad idea.
KnightXII / Blessed eredeti hozzászólása:
Just to check. I'm buying this mainly for the running of a highly modded skyrim, RDD2 and I hope with the potential to handle Elder Scrolls 6 Redfall when its released. Would the suggested parts list handle this well?


KnightXII / Blessed eredeti hozzászólása:
Suggested by ChristmaS not the one I did. You all quite clearly and luckly told me it was a bad idea.
Oh for sure it can, you can do 1440p with my build.
Great news. Thanks for the advice. Hopefully I can get this all ordered early next year.
KnightXII / Blessed eredeti hozzászólása:
Just to check. I'm buying this mainly for the running of a highly modded skyrim, RDD2 and I hope with the potential to handle Elder Scrolls 6 Redfall when its released. Would the suggested parts list handle this well?

If it can't not to many people have a system who can... you'll be fine for several years.
KnightXII / Blessed eredeti hozzászólása:
Think I might go with the parts list done by christmaS.
I generally like the build he suggested, but consider few tweaks.
1. ADATA XPG SX 8200 Pro right now costs 3 more pounds than Intel 660p according to pcpartpicker, but is MILES faster. Comparison[ssd.userbenchmark.com]
2. 1TB HDD might end up pretty fast with modern games, consider 2TB one, or a large SSD like Brockenstein has suggested.
3. I'm not saying Gigabyte is bad, and it totally is not, but just in case check EVGA and Inno3D cards as well. Those might cost a bit more, but are generally the best quality ones when it comes to NVidia cards.
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