PC Building Advice (Ryzen 1200, GTX 1060)

furkan68k18 · Dec 19, 2017

Hi guys Im building a pc, here are the components:

Ryzen 3 1200
Gigabyte GTX 1060 6gb
8x2gb Corsair 2400 ram
GIGABYTE GA-AB350M motherboard
90gb kingspec ssd
wd 1tb
corsair cs650m 80 plus gold psu

I have picked out a 650w, eventhough it is more than enough to leave space for future upgrades. Im tight on money so I decided to go for a lower end cpu, but will hopefully upgrade to a ryzen 5 or 7 in the future to make the most out of the gtx 1060. I was wondering which motherboard I should go with, I have currently picked out a gigabyte one, but there are other options like asus, msi and asrock and I dont know which one to go for, they're all around the price of £80, but which one would be the best for me? I will do some minor oc, and want the bios to be nice and easy to use especially for updating, I heard asus has an update utility in the bios which searches for the latest bios and updates itself, is this true?

Also wanted to ask if anyone has used a kingspec ssd before, are they good? This 90gb one is £32 on amazon, which is why I chose it, all 5 of the reviews it has are 4 or 5 stars.

Btw I will mainly be playing csgo and battlefield 1 on this system.

clutchc · Dec 19, 2017

First, there's nothing wrong with the 1200 and 1060 together. The 1200 can easily handle the GTX 1060 6BG. Even the GTX 1070 in many games according to that review.

Gigabyte is a good choice. But if you foresee yourself wanting to OC the RAM, find one with a heat sink on the RAM VRMs too. The GA-AB350M does not, I believe.

furkan68k18 · Dec 20, 2017

Ok, but I don't know what ram vrms are, could you find me one that has a heatsink on that, also how is the gigabytes bios, is it easy to navigate and update? As for ocing the ram, how is that? The ram I'm buying is 2400mhz, could it be overclocked to lets say 3200mhz?

Also what do you think about the ssd?

clutchc · Dec 20, 2017

furkan68k18 :

VRM = Voltage Regulation Module. Basically a power transistors (mosfets)/capacitors/chokes array that sits between the IO ports and the CPU on most boards. The mosfets get extremely hot when under heavy load.
Gigabyte doesn't appear to have any mATX boards that have heat sinks on the RAM VRMs, but this Asrock board might be a good example if you want to OC the RAM. If you look at the top of the board, the white/silver thing is the heat sink on the RAM VRMs. The CPU VRMs are cooled by the other heat sink to the left of the CPU.

If you want to OC the RAM, I'd get RAM that was rated for at least the speed you wanted to OC to.
I have no experience with those no-name SSDs. Some are good, some are slow and don't last. Either way, 90GB is an odd size and kinda small. You'll get the OS and browser on it and some everyday apps, but all the big stuff like games will have to go on the HDD. Which is fine if that is what you want.

furkan68k18 · Dec 21, 2017

Ah I see, how about this mobo, it has this black thing at the top is, this a heatsink for the ram vrm?

https://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132965&ignorebbr=1

scout_03 · Dec 21, 2017

for your ryzen system use at least a 250 gig ssd from a well known maker also check ram compatibility list for board and get something around 3000 or better 3200 in speed with samsung b-die chipset on ram .

furkan68k18 · Dec 21, 2017

scout_03 :

Have you got any suggestions for a ram which is like how you describe and available in Amazon UK?

clutchc · Dec 21, 2017

furkan68k18 :

Yes, exactly. I was offering mATX board suggestions because that was what your original choice was. But if your case accepts ATX boards, that is an even better choice.

furkan68k18 · Dec 21, 2017

Yeah I'm going for an atx case, I think im going for the msi b350 gaming plus: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07115ZTYG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=AUWMZRMCN1SVB&psc=1

Apparently its a good overclocker, it has the heatsink on the ram vrm and it looks amazing. Do you think ts a good choice?

clutchc · Dec 21, 2017

furkan68k18 :

Both good choices, although Asus has a slightly better reputation than MSI. In years past, anyway. They both appear to be 4+2 power power phase. But check out the specs on each board and see if one of them offers something the other doesn't that is important to you.

furkan68k18 · Dec 22, 2017

What do you think about this monitor: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0158L13M4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

It has everything I need 1080p, 75hz and it is budget friendly. It has freesync but sadly I won't be able to use that as I have a nvidia gpu.

clutchc · Dec 22, 2017

furkan68k18 :

Probably an OK budget monitor. I have a 27" AOC as one of my monitors. It has recently been going black screen for a few seconds and then coming back on. But that could just be the one I have.

furkan68k18 · Dec 28, 2017

went for the msi b350 gaming plus + ryzen 5 1600

clutchc · Dec 28, 2017

furkan68k18 :

That should be good. Gave up on the Ryzen 3 1200, huh?

furkan68k18 · Dec 29, 2017

clutchc :

Well it was either ryzen 3 + 250gb ssd or ryzen 5 + 90gb ssd. So I got the ryzen 5 for better performance in games

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