Need help with my first Ryzen system

[uNiverselEgacy]

I've been a laptop user for a long time as I enjoy their portability but I have finally decided to build a desktop system. My last laptop cost me almost $3000 but it's still quite limited by the cooling and overclocking capabilities. I'm thinking about a water cooled Ryzen 1600x OC system this time. I've built a few Intel systems several years ago but I've never had any experience with AMD or AIO water cooling so I'm seeking some opinions or advice.

Here's what I came up with so far: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YsR43F

Some thoughts:
CPU: Ryzen 1600x
I picked this because I don't want to sacrifice single thread performance. I also thought about the 1700x but I don't think it's worth the extra $100 for my needs.

Motherboard: ASRock X370 Taichi
I picked this motherboard as it appears to be a good choice for overclocking. I also like its integrated wireless so I don't need to get a separate wireless card or something.

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2
I really have no experience with water cooling. I chose this purely based on reviews and ratings. It's also just around $100, the most I'm willing to pay for a cooler. PCPartPicker tells me it may need some mounting adapter to fit on the ASRock motherboard but I don't know if it's something to worry about.

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2 x 8GB DDR4-3000
I've heard some memory related issues with Ryzen. This one is part of a bundle on Newegg (1600x + ASRock X370 Taichi + Corsair Vengeance LPX) and I'm not aware of a better choice in the same price range.

Graphics: Asus RX 580 8GB ROG STRIX
This is just a temporary solution. I'm thinking getting an AMD Vega card in the future.

Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W
This is probably an overkill but as I mentioned above I'll probably get a 1080Ti or equivalent card later. Also I heard the Corsair is really quite under light load.

Storage: Crucial MX300 525GB M.2 2280
The MX300 appears to be a good balance between price and performance and 500 gigs should be enough for several games.

Case: Fractal Design Define C with Window
I really want a compact system without sacrificing too much cooling capability. This one seems to be one of the smallest ATX cases I can find and it also looks great in my opinion.

 

[Insomniac Jack]

We'll start with the CPU. Single thread performance is the same across the Ryzen line. The only difference between the chips is clock speed and the number of cores. If you're not overclocking than the X series is a good choice but if you plan on overclocking don't bother with the x series buy a 1600 or 1700 and overclock it.

For the CPU cooler it the mounting bracket has nothing to do with motherboard choice. The mounting holes are the same across the AM4 platform. The special bracket is because the old AM3 bracket no longer works with the AM4 platform due the length of the posts.

RAM- 3000Mhz is a good choice for Ryzen as faster memory is important with the new architecture.

Storage- I have the same drive and it's working well and plenty fast.

 

[uNiverselEgacy]

Single thread performance is the same across the Ryzen line. The only difference between the chips is clock speed and the number of cores. If you're not overclocking than the X series is a good choice but if you plan on overclocking don't bother with the x series buy a 1600 or 1700 and overclock it.

Yes I will be overclocking the CPU but I heard it's not a guarantee to overclock the 1600 or 1700 to 3.8GHz or above. I don't know if I'm misinformed or not but I'm a little concerned. The 1600x has a turbo frequency of 4.0GHz out of the box which is really appealing. The CPU I'm using right now is also overclocked to 4.0GHz so pointless or not I still want to push the frequency to the limit. That's why I picked the 1600x.

 

[Insomniac Jack]

Yes overclocking is a roll of the dice. Although with any chip other than in the benchmarks you'll never notice 200Mhz difference. It's basically a good way to save cash with Ryzen. Not saying it's what you have to do I was just bringing up an alternative to save you a few bucks. My 1700x pretty much maxes out at 3.9Ghz right now it won't OC any higher than it's max turbo speed. That puts me within 1 to 200Mhz of the 1800x with costs $100 more. In hindsight I should have gotten the 1700 and OC'd. Before I OC'd even while gaming my CPU never turbo'd past 3.6Ghz

 

[Crestfallen_12]

I don't think that the X are worth it, they are basically the regular CPU but without the cooler and already overclocked, the difference will be minimal, specially if you compare 3.8 to 4.0 ghz.