Gaming PC ~ 1200E

knatora

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Hello everyone

I prepare to buy new pc in next 2-4 weeks.

So far i pick :

Parts not to change :

CPU : Ryzen 2 2700x
HDD : Toshiba P300
CASE : CM H500P Mesh
SSD OS only : GoodRam IRDM ULTIMATE 120GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe (no newegg, link to my country shop)

Parts to think :

MB : Gigabyte X470 Aorus 7 or ASRock X470 Taichi or MSI X470 GAMING M7 AC

atm i pref pick aorus ( dual bios chip, better power system ), also i think GB will be better if i will think to upg ryzen to next gen after relese (???)

PSU : EVGA 650W G2 or EVGA B3 650

B3 - to cut off some prize and add to ram/ssd ( but i still dont think is worth). If any one have other sugestion pls share (i dont want corsair psu)

RAM : F4-3200C16D-16GTZB

It was my 1st pick to MSI or Aorus, but then i check QVL and this model is not listed as supported for any of those 2 mb
(i check https://www.gskill.com/en/configurator )

Atm i dont know what to pick ( i know ryzen-s love high speed ram, but im not oc guru and i pref not to manual oc ram ).

Should i go for expensive :

F4-3200C14D-16GFX
but i may have problem to close my budget, but this one is listed as supported (so i can understand it have "XMP" profile? )

or

Should i go for 3000MHz ? for example : F4-3000C16D-16GSXKB (no newegg link to my country shop)

If i understand right 2933MHz is standart speed for X470 boards? or this is still oc ?

If someone have any other ram model to recommend for ryzen pls share (g.skill is not must)

GPU and SSD will be from my old pc

TY for any help and advise



 
PSU: Definitely G2, avoid B3.
MB: I may pick taichi instead but GA one is good too. FYI, many X370 will have same functionality as X470 except StoreMI. If you want to save money, X370 is a good choice too like ASUS hero X370
RAM: I will get 3200, Ryzen loves them. Yes, you can OC ram but 3200 is more likely to run 3200 than 2933 if not on QVL list.
 


But X370 motherboards won't allow you to run Ryzen 2nd gen CPUs without a BIOS update. Yes AMD does have that CPU loaner program but really you might as well get the newer platform and save the trouble.