Question Advice on new build

[Arron356]

First pc build. Intentions are gaming (Rust/AAA) and music editing/development. Curious to understand what performance I can realistically get (1080p is fine).
Not biased to any particular brand, looking for any recommendations or substitutes.

CPU = Ryzen 5 5600x (£151)
PSU = RX 6600 EAGLE 8GB Graphics Card = (£280)
MEMORY = Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB 3200 (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3200 = £50
Motherboard = Gigabyte B660 GAMING X DDR4 (£134.99)
Storage = Crucial P2 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Internal SSD (£64.99)
PSU = Corsair CV550, CV Series, 80 PLUS Bronze Certified, 550 Watt Non-Modular Power Supply - Black (£56)..... (Worth getting gold cert?)
Case = cooler master masterbox ATX Mid tower case (£47)

Budget £800.
Thanks for any advice.

 

[Why_Me]

First pc build. Intentions are gaming (Rust/AAA) and music editing/development. Curious to understand what performance I can realistically get (1080p is fine).
Not biased to any particular brand, looking for any recommendations or substitutes.

CPU = Ryzen 5 5600x (£151)
PSU = RX 6600 EAGLE 8GB Graphics Card = (£280)
MEMORY = Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB 3200 (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3200 = £50
Motherboard = Gigabyte B660 GAMING X DDR4 (£134.99)
Storage = Crucial P2 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Internal SSD (£64.99)
PSU = Corsair CV550, CV Series, 80 PLUS Bronze Certified, 550 Watt Non-Modular Power Supply - Black (£56)..... (Worth getting gold cert?)
Case = cooler master masterbox ATX Mid tower case (£47)

Budget £800.
Thanks for any advice.

That's an AMD cpu and Intel motherboard. You want a B550 board for that cpu. Also that psu isn't one you'll ever see recommended on here.

 

[Vic 40]

With the right cpu,

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£179.50 @ Technextday)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B660 GAMING X DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£134.99 @ Technextday)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£48.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Intel 670p 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£69.66 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Video Card (£232.79 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair TX750M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£77.47 @ Ebuyer)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan (£6.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £798.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-12-28 00:05 GMT+0000

An AMD system,

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£128.99 @ Technextday)
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING SE-224-XTS BLACK 70 CFM CPU Cooler (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£131.99 @ Technextday)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£48.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Intel 670p 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£69.66 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Video Card (£243.48 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair TX750M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£77.47 @ Ebuyer)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan (£6.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £786.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-12-28 00:15 GMT+0000

 

[Vic 40]

Do have to remind you that Intel is coming with new cpu's beginning next year so about a week from now, you could see how they are doing, but they are probably more expensive than this cpu which is still a perfectly fine cpu for such a build and you can later on always upgrade to 13th gen Intel.

Kinda surprised Why_Me didn't mention it. 😉

I would btw have loved to include a better than stock cpu cooler in that Intel build, but was right at the top of your budget, think it would be good to invest in something better than the stock cooler, but it's up to you to see if you can push that budget upwards abit.

 

[Ar558]

First pc build. Intentions are gaming (Rust/AAA) and music editing/development. Curious to understand what performance I can realistically get (1080p is fine).
Not biased to any particular brand, looking for any recommendations or substitutes.

CPU = Ryzen 5 5600x (£151)
PSU = RX 6600 EAGLE 8GB Graphics Card = (£280)
MEMORY = Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB 3200 (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3200 = £50
Motherboard = Gigabyte B660 GAMING X DDR4 (£134.99)
Storage = Crucial P2 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Internal SSD (£64.99)
PSU = Corsair CV550, CV Series, 80 PLUS Bronze Certified, 550 Watt Non-Modular Power Supply - Black (£56)..... (Worth getting gold cert?)
Case = cooler master masterbox ATX Mid tower case (£47)

Budget £800.
Thanks for any advice.

I suggest the below

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/QfkBpH

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£179.50 @ Technextday)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler (£43.29 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B660 DS3H DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£118.99 @ Technextday)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£91.97 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Video Card (£232.79 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB511 ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.94 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA 600 GD 600 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£71.24 @ More Computers)
Total: £875.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-12-28 15:00 GMT+0000

This is a little more than your budget but it does include a CPU cooler. I think if you're doing music editing you are likely to want 32GB rather than 16GB RAM as those tasks can be memory intensive. Also using a Alder lake setup gives you the potential to upgrade to Raptor lake in future while AM4 is dead.

 

[Vic 40]

So you just go over budget, that's nice.

 

[Arron356]

I've noticed people favouring intel over Ryzen, but thought, due to Ryzen having a better base clock speed, this would edge me over. I have no intention of over-clocking. Is there a go-to between intel and Ryzen or is it just preference?

 

[Vic 40]

At this level of performance is it mainly about preference and what you can get out of the budget. The Ryzen build got you a nice cooler and is still cheaper, downside is that it is a "dead" platform, no new cpu's or motherboard will be made.

Think the Intel when going up in tier of gpu might edge the Ryzen out, but with a gpu like there is now in those builds and probably even abit higher class would performance be about the same.

Both cpu's here are good choices, and even on a "dead"platform can you at one day upgrade to a used 5800x/5900x/5800x3D along those lines. The Intel could you upgrade to something like a 13600(K)/13700(K),hesitant about the 13900(K) which might be alot to handle for the vrm's, not sure with that motherboard above. And by that time are there other options as well, so wouldn't stare blind on these possible future upgrades.

Using the Asrock challenger 6600 and 32gb of ram would make you just go over budget and have little else to upgrade than maybe gpu in time,


PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£128.99 @ Technextday)
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING SE-224-XTS BLACK 70 CFM CPU Cooler (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£131.99 @ Technextday)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£79.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Intel 670p 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£69.66 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D Radeon RX 6600 8 GB Video Card (£232.79 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair TX750M 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£77.47 @ Ebuyer)
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan (£6.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £806.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-12-28 15:46 GMT+0000


the reason i chose the little more expensive 6600 from XFX was just about the cooler which seems nicer to me.

 

[g-unit1111]

I've noticed people favouring intel over Ryzen, but thought, due to Ryzen having a better base clock speed, this would edge me over. I have no intention of over-clocking. Is there a go-to between intel and Ryzen or is it just preference?

I think it entirely depends on budget. The Ryzen 5000 series is better than 12th gen Intel, but 13th gen Intel is better than Ryzen 7000. But then again the performance difference is very slight between the CPUs and it also depends on what you want to get out of the build for the money you put into it.

 

[Ar558]

I think it entirely depends on budget. The Ryzen 5000 series is better than 12th gen Intel, but 13th gen Intel is better than Ryzen 7000. But then again the performance difference is very slight between the CPUs and it also depends on what you want to get out of the build for the money you put into it.

5600 Isn't better...

 

[g-unit1111]

5600 Isn't better...

Intel's always fared better in games no debate about that. But depending on budget I'd definitely go Ryzen if you're trying to save money.

 

[Vic 40]

Thanks for proving my point though. 😁

Think the Intel when going up in tier of gpu might edge the Ryzen out, but with a gpu like there is now in those builds and probably even abit higher class would performance be about the same.