[SOLVED] Custom Gaming Rig

[Liam MacKay]

Looking to get a deceit custom gaming rig (from PC Specialist), and was wondering whether I'd need to change anything in regards to the following setup?

Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight Core CPU (3.2GHz-4.1GHz/20MB CACHE/AM4)

Motherboard: ASUS® PRIME B450-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready!

Memory: 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 16GB)

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

Storage Drive: 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE

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

Processor Cooling: PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD)

Thermal Paste: ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND

Extra Case Fans: 1x 120mm Black Case Fan

Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

OS: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]

Edit: Thinking of 'maybe' switching out the Ryzen 7 2700 to an Ryzen 7 2700X once they're back in stock.

 

[tennis2]

DDR4-3000 or 3200 is probably the same cost or cheaper than the 2666MHz kit you're listing. But it looks like that's only an option when buying 32GB...

Do you plan on buying a SSD aftermarket? Your build should include one. 240GB minimum.

Corsair VS PSUs aren't very great and I wouldn't recommend a 450W one for your CPU+GPU choices. The Corsair TXM 550W would be my recommendation.

I probably wouldn't pay extra for the Frostflow 120. Just use the stock AMD cooler.

What case?

As an exercise, I like to part out the build to check the "pre-built price premium":
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£166.40 @ Alza)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (£84.99 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£119.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.70 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB GAMING X Video Card (£194.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Metallic Gear Neo Air ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £741.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-20 22:23 BST+0100

 

[ocer9999]

If you are gaming mainly, you would be better off with a 3700X.
Depending on what else you are doing with the PC, 32Gb is quite a bit, I would save that to buy a better motherboard, the X570 Phantom K4 is pretty good and doesn't cost too much.
Also as said get a faster memory, 3200 minimim, the Ryzen CPUs love memory speed.