Question Pls help me with my build

Aeacus

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($329.00 @ B&H)
Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard ($169.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($81.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING X Video Card ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT H500i ATX Mid Tower Case ($93.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan ($24.90 @ Amazon)
Total: $1256.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-27 05:46 EDT-0400


Changes made
CPU: R7 3800X -> R7 3700X
Thermal paste: Arctic MX4 -> none
RAM: Corsair 2x 8GB 3000 Mhz -> Corsair 2x 8GB 3200 Mhz
SSD: Crucial MX500 500GB -> Samsung 970 Evo 500GB
HDD: Seagate 3TB -> Hitachi 3TB
PSU: Corsair CX750m (80+ Bronze) -> Seasonic Focus+ 650 (80+ Gold)
Case fan: 1x Noctua NF A14 -> 2x Noctua NF A14

Money saved
$51

Reasons why
With R7 3800X CPU, you'd get only 300 Mhz extra base clock and 100 Mhz extra boost clock over R7 3700X while R7 3800X costs $70 more than R7 3700X. To me, that little speed gain on base/boost clock isn't worth the $70, especially since you can OC your R7 3700X and easily get same performance as with R7 3800X,
comparison: https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-7-3700X-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-3800X/4043vs4047
pcpp: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/qryV3C,QKJtt6/

R7 3700X comes with AMD stock cooler that already has thermal paste included. So, no need to buy additional thermal paste.

Since Ryzen CPUs need fast RAM to work effectively, RAM got a small speed upgrade from 3000 Mhz to 3200 Mhz.

Crucial MX500 SSD is one of the best 2.5" SSDs out there (value king) and i too have Crucial MX500 SSD in use but mine is 1TB in size, but since some funds got freeded up, i replaced it with M.2 NVMe SSD (970 Evo) which is considerably faster than 2.5" SSD, without costing too much more,
comparison: https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compa...g-970-Evo-NVMe-PCIe-M2-500GB/m418385vsm493995

While Seagate drives are cheapest of the four (other three being WD, Toshiba and HGST (Hitachi)), they also have the worst reliability. So, replaced it with Hitachi (HGST) drive for much better reliability. Further reading: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/

Corsair CX750m, at best, is mediocre quality PSU. Since you have expensive hardware in there, i wouldn't put anything below good quality PSU in there. Due to that, replaced PSU with Seasonic Focus+ 650W unit. With Seasonic PSU, you'd get better build quality, better efficiency (80+ Gold vs 80+ Bronze), better cable modularity (fully-modular vs semi-modular) and twice as long warranty (10 years vs 5 years) as well. Also, 650W PSU is more than enough for your PC (where you have 120W GPU + about 250W for the rest of the build, making total 370W).

And finally, added additional Noctua 140mm fan since H500i case can have 2x 140mm fans as front intake. 120mm top exhaust and 120mm rear exhaust fans already come with H500i case.
 
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