New Gaming PC, need advice

[User1001]

Hello everyone, i am building a new gaming PC as my old one is almost 10 years old. It is hard to find parts where i live and i know the parts i've picked are not ideal. But i would like to know your thoughts on the build and what you would change. Maybe i will be able to find the parts that you suggest . Thanks in advance!

GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SSC (already own it, will be upgraded in the future)
MOBO: MSI B350 PC Mate
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600
CASE: Cooler Master Masterbox 5 Lite
Storage: WD Blue 1 TB
SSD: PNY 240 GB SATA III
MEM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB 2400Mhz
PSU: EVGA B3 550W 80+ Bronze

 

[Rdslw]

seems fine. A lot of space to upgrade in any direction. All parts are quite good, Only thing I would change is RAM, 2666 should be ~5$ more and ~5% faster

 

[superninja12]

GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SSC (already own it, will be upgraded in the future)
MOBO: MSI B350 PC Mate -> z370
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 -> i5 8400
CASE: Cooler Master Masterbox 5 Lite
Storage: WD Blue 1 TB (skip add later on)
SSD: PNY 240 GB SATA III -> wd blue 240gb ssd or 850 evo
MEM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB 2400Mhz -> 2x4gb ( its a dual channel motherboard)
PSU: EVGA B3 550W 80+ Bronze -> corsair cx 550m

 

[User1001]

GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SSC (already own it, will be upgraded in the future)
MOBO: MSI B350 PC Mate -> z370
CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 -> i5 8400
CASE: Cooler Master Masterbox 5 Lite
Storage: WD Blue 1 TB (skip add later on)
SSD: PNY 240 GB SATA III -> wd blue 240gb ssd or 850 evo
MEM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB 2400Mhz -> 2x4gb ( its a dual channel motherboard)
PSU: EVGA B3 550W 80+ Bronze -> corsair cx 550m

I've seen other people not suggesting the EVGA B3. Is there a particular problem with it? I wanted to pick that one because it has a 5-year warranty from the producer, compared to the 1 year i get for other PSUs in local stores.

 

[madmatt30]

The b3 have an issue with overload protection not working properly .

While they seem inherently to be very good units performance wise this is an issue that evga appear to be ignoring.

For that reason they're just not going to get recommended here by the larger majority.

As superninja suggested the cx550/m also has a 5 year warranty , has no such issues & is good quality.

 

[User1001]

The b3 have an issue with overload protection not working properly .

While they seem inherently to be very good units performance wise this is an issue that evga appear to be ignoring.

For that reason they're just not going to get recommended here by the larger majority.

As superninja suggested the cx550/m also has a 5 year warranty , has no such issues & is good quality.

I see, i wont get more than 1 year warranty for the CX550M as EVGA's warranty travels with the product, while Corsair's does not, but better safe than sorry . Thanks for the help!

 

[superninja12]

thanks matt

just to add http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/evga-450-b3-psu,5160-6.html

however if you can find a gold rated seasonic (they are sometimes on sale , defenetly get that)

 

[madmatt30]

^ Yeah I know, I just put it into at a straight forward terms.

Its a big issue IMO even though with care & if you never overload it it should work fine for years.

A safety feature that doesn't actually work however is enough to kill it dead for me.

I'd absolutely take a slightly lesser quality/performance unit that does work 100% to spec.

User1001 - if the evga b2 is available that is still a very very good unit & I'd have no-issue recommending that at all.