Opinions on build

[dawidszczech7]

Hey Im wondering whats your guys opinion on this build?:
CPU - Ryzen 5 1600k
CPU COOLER - Cooler master Hyper 212 EVO (Im aware of the fact ill have to get the brackets for the Ryzen)
MOBO - ASROCK AB350 PRO4 Micro ATX
RAM - Kingston HyperX Fury black (16GB)
STORAGE - Western Dgital Caviar Blue 1TB
GPU - Evga GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX
CASE - NZXT - S340 (BLACK)
PSU - Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze+

This entire cost would go up to £976.42 is this spec the best for this price point? Im a 16 year old student and I need a computer that can easily allow me to game, program, video editing and run kali linux virtual machines allowing me to practice cyber security for my future career.

 

[gussrtk]

you could swap out the 1600x for a 1600 (and use stock cooler, it's capable of OC and is a pretty cost effective purchase. The CPU is also essentially a 1600x except it's not factory OCed - Although it may be of a "better" silicon quality - which at this range difference is really not that big)

Mobo is alright, as long as it allows to OC

RAM - be sure to grab 3000mhz ram. Ryzen doesn't work well with lower ones.

Storage, Get an SSD in there, the system will operate much faster, cutting load and write times. (500gb recommend, just because 250s are fast filling)

GPU - take best deal within ASUS, MSI, EVGA, Zotac is you want to save a few bucks. Be sure to get best warranty one out of all choices.

PSU, something Seasonic 520w or Evga G2/g3 would be better than the CXM. as well as You should go around 550w just to give headroom to your build. The 450w is a little low for your GPU (although would work, but with a lot of load on that PSU)


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and even at that, you could also consider i7-8700 (non k). it'll last you yearss before you need another. 6core 6 HT. although probably around 150+ cost increase (still worth it in the end)

 

[dawidszczech7]

The Ryzen 5 1600 is £175.19 whereas the 1600X is £184.14 also from what I can see the 1600 has a speed of 3.2Ghz whereas the 1600x has 3.6Ghz. Isnt that 0.4ghz worth buying the cpu cooler and adding an extra couple pounds?

 

[gussrtk]

the story told in numbers on paper is not the story told by real use of these two.

Although the difference in price is not that great. I guess it's not much of a discussion. (for me the price difference is greater, and part costs more because of my location thats why i suggest it off the top). Look at it this way, there are plenty of CPUs with multicores, but when you dont see on paper is how many of those cores actually hit that 4.0 turbo, would you know? a single core will hit 4.0ghz, but when faced with a multicore task the rest or all together do not reach that 4.0 mark. That's why the 1600 is a great chip if you want to save a few bucks. With a stock CPU cooler, people have reached an OC of 3.7~3.8Ghz comfortably, so instead of it being .4 shy, it's not .2 shy (if comparing to turbo mode of 1600x), add multicore tasks... and it really changes nothing that would be noticeable.

if interested, here's allthe info

https://www.techspot.com/article/1381-ryzen-1600x-vs-1600/

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but when talking about this, if the difference is so low you to in price then the 1600x offers great out of the box performance and that's the end, no extra messing around - you could look to oc further but it doesn't seem to be that much worth the task. The 1600 essentially a 1600x, and is a choice within do it yourselfers just because you save a bit and can reach near same performance fairly easily even on stock cooler. (which is not just 10 pounds.. you're also putting out for an aftermarket cooler 20 pounds? on the 1600x)

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1 stop - 1600x
tweaking - some little heachache - 1600

 

[dawidszczech7]

How about these two mother boards which one would be better? ASROCK AB350 PRO4 Micro ATX or MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX

 

[gussrtk]

I would suggest the Asrock board, it's a really good, solid board for the price. but drawback is that it's Micro form factor, some extra features like... USB expansion plugs or things along that line, lack because of space saving. it also depends if you OC or not, the MSI board has some issues with it. I also find that the full ATX size boards are just easier to work with and generally have a little more to offer than the Micro form factor counterparts (make sure if you choose micro that your PC case supports it).

I would really suggest, this one as budget

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£76.59 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £76.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-10 19:46 GMT+0000


or this one as moderate budget board

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard (£92.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £92.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-10 19:49 GMT+0000