Is my pc decent?

[mattstevenss]

I am building my first pc, and I would really appreciate the help of someone with far more knowledge than me in the topic. I am going to use this PC for gaming, possibly overclocking and the possibility for an upgrade.

Case: NZXT H500 - £65.99
Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - £91.94
GPU: RX 580 ARMOR OC - £199.99 (please tell me if theres a better card available)
CPU: Ryzen 5 2600 - £144.98
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8 3000mhz - £105.14
PSU: EVGA 650W BQ 80+ - £73.99
SSD: ADATA SU800 128GB - £31.58
Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB HD - £38.98
X2 Artic fans - £8.96
X4 fan splitters - £6.99
Viewsonic xg2401 freesync 144hz - £194.86

Would this build also be compatible with a vega 56 ans still work efficiently? Thanks for any responses

 

[Dunlop0078]

Yeah it's a decent build, I would try to slip in a bigger SSD personally for the OS and a few games you play regularly. The tomahawk is not the best board if you plan to do some serious overclocking, weak VRM. The RX 580 is pretty much the best card in it's price range, I would opt for the 8gb version. It would support a Vega 56 just fine, however the GTX 1080 is the better card for the money.

 

[mattstevenss]

Sorry i didnt mean to vote down your comment. Thanks a lot for your help, which motherboard would you recommend? Preferably around the same budget as the tomahawk. Also, do you recommend a 256gb ssd?

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Something like this?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£189.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450 AORUS PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard (£104.97 @ Box Limited)
Memory: ADATA - XPG SPECTRIX D41 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£119.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£60.47 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£54.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB ROG STRIX Video Card (£359.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P350X (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.97 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Xilence - Performance X 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.80 @ SmartTeck.co.uk)
Monitor: Iiyama - G-MASTER GOLD PHOENIX 31.5" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor (£249.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £1275.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-01 05:08 GMT+0000

 

[mattstevenss]

Very nice build. Thanks a lot!

 

[Lucky_SLS]

Glad to help! Welcome to the PC Master race!

 

[ElectrO_90]

I wouldn't go for that graphics card if i was you, not because its not good and not because its a power hungry machine.
It is better than a 580, but you can buy an Rx580 from Newegg.com for £150 which is really cheap.
I don't think its worth spending twice that for a card that is being replaced in the next 2-3 months. Also it is twice the price for 20% performance increase..... meh

 

[Lucky_SLS]

actually, if u overclock the vega 56, its gives about the same performance of the gtx 1080/vega 64. the only reason the vega 56 matches the vega 64 when both are oc'ed is cuz they both are limited by 375w power limit. the rx580 doesnt even comes close to that.

 

[ElectrO_90]

It still isn't worth the extra price of £180. Especially since CES is about to open and we can then hopefully view and see the release date of the new Vega's.

Your computer is decent, but you are £300 more than his original price.

 

[Karadjgne]

Kinda depends on the monitor in question vs gaming style. For a standard 1080p 60Hz monitor, a Rx580 is plenty, it'll even handle a 1440p 60Hz or 1080p 144Hz without too many issues. Only real reason for anything larger would be 1440p 144Hz monitor usage or 4k. Since that's a freesync monitor, I'd stick with Amd gpus and actually get some benefit out of it rather than busting out the wallet for a gtx/RTX card