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New Gaming Setup

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  • 28-10-2019 8:29pm
    #1
    Doyler99
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭


    Looking at the following:

    CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor (£329.99 @ Amazon UK)
    CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£48.20 @ Amazon UK)
    Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£99.94 @ CCL Computers)
    Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£169.99 @ Amazon UK)
    Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.78 @ Aria PC)
    Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.75 @ Amazon UK)
    Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card (£428.99 @ Amazon UK)
    Case: NZXT H500 ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.99 @ Box Limited)
    Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£94.78 @ Box Limited)
    Total: £1349.41
    Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
    Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-28 19:23 GMT+0000

    Currently have Ballistix Sport BLS2KIT8G3D1609DS1S00 16 GB Kit (8 GB x 2) (DDR3, 1600 MT/s, PC3-12800, DIMM, 240-Pin) RAM Memory in my rig would this be compatible with the above MoBo/RAM?

    I built my PC in 2012 and it has served me well but I feel its time for an upgrade. Only improvements made have been I bought a GTX 1060 6GB in 2015.

    Any feedback on this build? Any reason not to pull the trigger on this?


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    #2
    Homelander
    Registered Users Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭Homelander


    I would take the Ryzen 3700x over the 9700K probably for less money. Pair it with a cheap x570 board, 16GB of 3600mhz ram rather then 32gb of 3200mhz. That appears to be an 'old' rtx2070, get an rtx2070 super card. Also suggest ditching the 500gb m2/1tb hdd combo in favor of a 1tb nvme drive. Otherwise seems fine. No, your old ram is completely redundant now, just sell your old rig entirely as it is. Those changes should still amount to more or else the same price for a more balanced machine.


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    #3
    Doyler99
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭Doyler99


    Homelander wrote: »
    I would take the Ryzen 3700x over the 9700K probably for less money. Pair it with a cheap x570 board, 16GB of 3600mhz ram rather then 32gb of 3200mhz. That appears to be an 'old' rtx2070, get an rtx2070 super card. Also suggest ditching the 500gb m2/1tb hdd combo in favor of a 1tb nvme drive. Otherwise seems fine. No, your old ram is completely redundant now, just sell your old rig entirely as it is. Those changes should still amount to more or else the same price for a more balanced machine.

    Thanks for the post :)

    I'm kind of an intel fanboy so find it very hard to change :D Are Ryzen at Intel standards these days?

    Is RAM speed better than RAM size?

    I'll get add the rtx2070 super card and 1tb nvme drive to the build!


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    Skerries
    Registered Users Posts: 12,414 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    Intel still pip AMD for gaming but only just and the cost ratio to performance isn't worth it and also outperform Intel in productivity
    more than 16gb is not needed for games yet so you are better off getting faster ram which AMD make use of
    yes the cost of nvme drives these days make spinning hdds obsolete unless you are storing a lot of data
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