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EricHiggin on 11 March 2020
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BraLoD said:
Pemalite said:

That will be fine. What have you nailed your components down to exactly? Just so we can see your current line of thinking.

Basically the setup 2.

I took into account considering switching seagate for western digital for the HDD, but aside from that the Setup 2 seems like what I would like to go for.

I fear if I stick with the RX 580 instead of the GTX 1660s based on the price difference (~$80) I'll end up regreting it down the road.

Do you think 500W would be enough for Setup 2? 550W is getting some bad pricing right now compared to 450/500.

If I can save the buck on it and get a RAM discount I may be willing to go for 1660s instead of the RX 580 alright.

Just to round up better again, here is it.

Motherboard: ASUS Prime B450M Gaming

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600

GPU: Asus TUF3 GTX 1660 Super

RAM: 2x Adata XPG D41/D60 8GB DDR4 3000MHz

HDD: Western Digital Purple 2TB

SSD: Adata XPG Gammix S11 Pro 240GB

Power Supply: EVGA 550W (or 500W if it won't be a problem)

2 coolers in front and 1 fan in the top and on the back to get rid of the hot air.

For screen I'll just plug it into my TV for the time being (Sony X900F)

I'm also considering buying a cheap mechanic keyboard, if you have any suggestions, if none of the cheap ones are good I don't mind getting a normal one instead.
BraLoD said:
Pemalite said:

* Geforce 1660 is the faster GPU. It is a superior choice to the Radeon RX 580.
* 500W is fine for a 1660 and a Ryzen 5 3600.
* Try and opt for 3200Mhz Ram... And 16GB of the stuff.
* Western Digital Blue is a better choice, it's firmware is better suited to more random reads/writes over the Purples which are better suited to sequentials.

Stoga Mechanical Keyboards are good budget options... But honestly, if you can get by with a cheapo... And spend that bit extra on RAM or CPU or GPU, that is the option I would take.

Cooling looks fine.
green_sky said:
You don't need Nvme ssd unless you are doing something other than gaming. Regular ssd is good enough. Save the monies and put it towards other more important parts.

Thanks guys, I settled for Setup 2 as the GTX 1660S got a discount today xD
I know I don't need it now, but I feel a lot better covered up if I change my mind about gaming on it, and about not needing to mess with it anymore for a long time.

Nice parts list. If you got a little extra to spend now and it won't be a problem, then no reason to wait unless you know some type of sale is coming up soon. With potential product shortages or price hikes due to Covid, now's not the worst time if you need a PC sooner than later.

The XPG NVMe drives are quick. I was looking at the same drive you have just 512GB, but ended up going with the XPG 8200 Pro since it's reviews and benchmarks showed it was a little faster overall and was only $10 more. My mobo also came with a large SSD heatsink which my SSD doesn't have, where as the Gammix S11 has a decent stock heatsink.