[SOLVED] Confirm Good Setup?

Hey all, I just want to confirm one more time that this is a good setup for 1080p, 60FPS on High graphics for most AAA titles for the next 2 years. Max looking to pay is €1500.
Obviously the PCIe slot provides extensive upgrading options in the future, but before buying the mobo I want to be sure that the AM4 socket will give me good options to upgrade, processor-wise, in 2 to 3 years.
(I am building in Italy, so not all products that may be available in the US are available here)

PCPartPicker Part List: https://it.pcpartpicker.com/list/yfRRMc

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (€198.98 @ Amazon Italia)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12A 60.09 CFM CPU Cooler (€99.90 @ Amazon Italia)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12 g Thermal Paste (€18.60 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard (€164.20 @ Newegg Italia)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory (€99.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€104.67 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€83.56 @ Newegg Italia)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card (Purchased For €290.96)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (€81.40 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For €109.99)
Monitor: Asus VS228H-P 21.5" 1920x1080 Monitor (€177.66 @ Newegg Italia)
Total: €1429.91
 
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CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12A 60.09 CFM CPU Cooler (€99.90 @ Amazon Italia)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12 g Thermal Paste (€18.60 @ Amazon Italia)

is pure theft. don't pay 100€ for a U12A and don't pay 18,60€ for thermal compound.

I suggest going for:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (€198.98 @ Amazon Italia)
CPU Cooler: Scythe Mugen 5 PCGH Edition 43.03 CFM CPU Cooler (€62.72 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard (€164.20 @ Newegg Italia)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory (€99.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage:...
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12A 60.09 CFM CPU Cooler (€99.90 @ Amazon Italia)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12 g Thermal Paste (€18.60 @ Amazon Italia)

is pure theft. don't pay 100€ for a U12A and don't pay 18,60€ for thermal compound.

I suggest going for:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (€198.98 @ Amazon Italia)
CPU Cooler: Scythe Mugen 5 PCGH Edition 43.03 CFM CPU Cooler (€62.72 @ Amazon Italia)
Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard (€164.20 @ Newegg Italia)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory (€99.99 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (€104.67 @ Amazon Italia)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€83.56 @ Newegg Italia)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card (Purchased For €290.96)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (€81.40 @ Amazon Italia)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For €109.99)
Monitor: Asus VS228H-P 21.5" 1920x1080 Monitor (€177.66 @ Newegg Italia)
Total: €1374.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-16 14:20 CEST+0200


the included thermal compound is more than enough. you can opt for the Rev.B if you feel you need more power, the PCGH edition is trimmed for silence.
 
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