Balanced upgrade build?

washmc

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https://pcpartpicker.com/user/joshmahurin/saved/zstxrH

Does this look like a balanced build? Am I bottlenecking myself somewhere stupid? It's just been a while since I've had the money to do a build and with the recent success of the Zen line and the new Vegas coming out I figure it's finally time. I don't necessarily do the latest games but maybe I would if I could now who knows. Anyway is the 1600 a good pair with the Vega 56 is my main question. Also does anyone know if the AM4 systems can handle higher speed RAM or is 3200 the sweet spot? Also on cooling, is air cooling all of this in a mini-ITX form factor going to cause a problem? Thanks for any and all suggestions!
 
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3200 MHz is great for Ryzen, it would be a waste to go much higher. Also, the 1600 and the Vega 56 will work great together, and it is overall a really good PC build. In fact, if you wanted a more powerful GPU, you could step up to a 1080, Vega 64, or 1080ti and still be totally fine.

Cooling also shouldn't be too much of a problem, Hyper 212 evo is a great cooler. Cooling can be fixed pretty easily as well, as extra fans are cheap (as long as your case can fit them). Shouldn't be any issues there. Just make sure the 212 Evo is mounted correctly and you should be great at stock speeds, and you could manage to pull off a light-moderate overclock.

Not much better of a build without paying out the wazoo for it. Good build.

JalYt_Justin

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3200 MHz is great for Ryzen, it would be a waste to go much higher. Also, the 1600 and the Vega 56 will work great together, and it is overall a really good PC build. In fact, if you wanted a more powerful GPU, you could step up to a 1080, Vega 64, or 1080ti and still be totally fine.

Cooling also shouldn't be too much of a problem, Hyper 212 evo is a great cooler. Cooling can be fixed pretty easily as well, as extra fans are cheap (as long as your case can fit them). Shouldn't be any issues there. Just make sure the 212 Evo is mounted correctly and you should be great at stock speeds, and you could manage to pull off a light-moderate overclock.

Not much better of a build without paying out the wazoo for it. Good build.
 
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