[SOLVED] New Build Assistance

[peachy_29]

Hi People


I'm after some feedback / advice if possible.

My sons birthday is around the corner so I'm going to be giving him my current system for his present which I built back in 2019 so will still last a while as he only plays Fortnite really.

This is a win win as I'm saving money on a present for him and makes sense to build a new one for me

Any thoughts on the below or any tweaks that would be advantageous would be greatly apprenticed.

I'm looking at -

Case - Lian Li Lancool 2 Mesh (Performance) - £96.95
Motherboard - Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master - £283.97
GPU - 2080 Super (Already Owned) Will upgrade to a 3080 / ti at some point
CPU - Ryzen 9 5900x - £500
Cooler - Noctua NH - D15 - £89.92
Ram - Thermaltake Toughram z-one DDR4 3600 16GB - £109.54
NVMe Drive - Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1Tb - Already Owned (new unopened)
PSU - Corsair RM850x - Already Owned

I'll only be using this rig for gaming, I have a 27" monitor - 1440p @ 144HZ (overclockable to 165), the usual FPS games such as Warzone, Battlefield & PUBG will be played.

As above, any advise would be very much appreciated.

Have a blessed day everyone

 

[sizzling]

Motherboard seems overkill unless there is a specific feature you need. The 5900x is really hard to justify for gaming compared to the 5600x/5800x, there is the tiniest gain from a 5900x. If you went with a £200 motherboard and 5800x you would have a decent saving to put towards your gpu upgrade with virtually no performance loss (assuming this is a gaming pc).

 

[peachy_29]

Motherboard seems overkill unless there is a specific feature you need. The 5900x is really hard to justify for gaming compared to the 5600x/5800x, there is the tiniest gain from a 5900x. If you went with a £200 motherboard and 5800x you would have a decent saving to put towards your gpu upgrade with virtually no performance loss (assuming this is a gaming pc).

Sizzling

Many thanks for you feedback, I just assumed that the top cpu would last longer, but I guess the 5800x is the same gen and only a small % loss which by the sounds of it wouldn't even be noticeable.

Any recommendations for a decent mobo then for that chip (5800x) ? I love my Aorus Pro Z390 so maybe the same one but for the for AMD chip ?

Thanks again

 

[logainofhades]

It depends on whether you think you will get dual gen 4 m.2 drives or not. B550 tends to have better I/O, but the second M.2, that connects to the chipset runs at 3.0. X570 is 4.0. Personally, I would probably choose B550, buying now, for the better I/O.

 

[peachy_29]

It depends on whether you think you will get dual gen 4 m.2 drives or not. B550 tends to have better I/O, but the second M.2, that connects to the chipset runs at 3.0. X570 is 4.0. Personally, I would probably choose B550, buying now, for the better I/O.

Thanks Logainofhades

I will probably get another M2 (for the OS) so I'll probably go X570 mate

 

[logainofhades]

The first slot is PCI-E 4.0, and the second is 3.0, in B550. Prices of gen 4 drives have kept me away from them, despite me having an x570 board, in my main rig.

 

[RodroX]

The B550 Aorus Pro seems a good all around motherboard with that chipset

View: https://youtu.be/JxczZChFaZI?t=792


In normal operation, gaming for example, is really hard for now to see the difference between a good PCIE 3.0 SSD vs any PCIE 4.0. All B550 boards comes with 1 nvme PCIE 4.0 and most of them add at least 1 more nvme PCIE 3.0.

As for X570, Gigavyte does only have the Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE that compete around the same price as the B550 Aorus Pro. (At least if prices stay at what they are right now)