Spec me a Ryzen 4000 build

dubcat · 27 Sep 2020 at 15:13

Hi folks,

I'm planning to build either a Ryzen 4000 or 3600 system, depending on price, when 4000 becomes available. I will be using the computer for playing world of warcraft (would like 144fps if poss) and some light photo editing only. I don't want to spend more than necessary. It'd be nice if the system looked good (RGB) as I always wanted to do that when younger but never managed to do so. I'd also like the system to be mid-tower or smaller so I can put it on my desk next to my monitor. If going RGB adds a huge amount of cost I won't bother and it will go on the floor under the table. It would be a big bonus if the system could be quiet. The quiet bit supersedes the colourful requirement if I can't have both.

I currently have

GTX 1070 FTW gfx card - will swap to 3070/80 when prices become saner in 6mon to 1year
Enermax 85+ psu - have lost cables that go with modular PSU, can they be purchased separately?
I plan to buy Dell S2721DGF monitor

I need everything else. Can you guys give me some views?

Thanks,
Dub

mickyflinn · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:08

Hi
Do you have a budget in mind, how old is your psu ?

dubcat · 29 Sep 2020 at 09:45

PSU is quite old but has not had many hours use as mobo on my old pc gave up the ghost soon after I bought it and I have been using my work laptop every since. I was going to get a compressed air can to blow dust out of it.

I don't really have a specific budget but do need to try and keep costs down as much as possible really.

mickyflinn · 29 Sep 2020 at 10:03

I have done a micro atx build if you need wifi change the motherboard. It is worth getting a new psu don't risk you new build on an old psu

CODE My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Aerocool Aero One Mini Eclipse ARGB Micro- ATX Case - Black Tempered Glass= £49.99
1 x Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £109.99
1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £89.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020195-UK)= £99.95
1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £109.99
1 x Raijintek Leto Pro RGB LED Slim 120mm CPU Cooler= £34.99
1 x Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF Gaming 10GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £719.99

Total: £1,227.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)

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Sparx · 29 Sep 2020 at 10:36

If you can, I'd suggest try getting an RTX 3070 when they release (15th October) for <£500 if wanna keep costs down.

It's supposed to be equivalent or thereabout 2080 Ti, so for WoW it'll not even sweat. Or even any other AAA games really.

@mickyflinn no CPU or is that intentional, assuming to add one when Zen 3 releases?

mickyflinn · 29 Sep 2020 at 10:49

Sparx said:
@mickyflinn no CPU or is that intentional, assuming to add one when Zen 3 releases?

Intentional my friend , hes just got to choose which cpu he wants.

Comes with q flash so no worry about bios update

dubcat · 30 Sep 2020 at 01:01

Thanks very much for putting that together. Won't such a small case limit what i can do with it in the future in terms of graphics cards, coolers, etc?

Good review of that case here - love the fact that you can mount a rad in the hump on top!

https://youtu.be/2UvgHbxUlDk

mickyflinn · 30 Sep 2020 at 10:14

dubcat said:
Thanks very much for putting that together. Won't such a small case limit what i can do with it in the future in terms of graphics cards, coolers, etc?

Good review of that case here - love the fact that you can mount a rad in the hump on top!

https://youtu.be/2UvgHbxUlDk

You asked for mid tower or smaller so it can fit on your desk so I obliged, it' a spacious case as all the parts fit.

As for limitations guess bigger will give you some leway just change the case and motherboard if you want. They both have atx versions.

turbot1984 · 30 Sep 2020 at 10:26

mickyflinn said:
You asked for mid tower or smaller so it can fit on your desk so I obliged, it' a spacious case as all the parts fit.

As for limitations guess bigger will give you some leway just change the case and motherboard if you want. They both have atx versions.

Wish i hadn't skimpt on case now, got a NZXT h510 and with Corsair H100X on front many of RTX 3080's won't fit.

mickyflinn · 30 Sep 2020 at 10:38

turbot1984 said:
Wish i hadn't skimpt on case now, got a NZXT h510 and with Corsair H100X on front many of RTX 3080's won't fit.

In the spec for that case it says gpu up to 381mm, the 3080 I specced above is 300mm long so you 80mm to play with.

The h100x rad is 27mm thick fans usually 25mm thick so it should fit.

turbot1984 · 30 Sep 2020 at 11:50

mickyflinn said:
In the spec for that case it says gpu up to 381mm, the 3080 I specced above is 300mm long so you 80mm to play with.

The h100x rad is 27mm thick fans usually 25mm thick so it should fit.

Yeah measured it before ordering so 315mm card just fits, wanted an MSI Trio but had to go Ventus.

dubcat · 30 Sep 2020 at 18:15

Hey thanks Mickeyflinn - I really appreciate you putting that together. The case does look really good! I think that's an awesome build.

Is that a similar size to NZXT H510? I think I prefer the one you specced and wouldn't have noticed it without you mentioning it. The bit I really like is the way you can shove a 2 fan rad up top in the hump.