Love those 1660ti’s. They’re great performance cards for the price point. This build should hold up a lot better than what you were running from 7+ years lol. Best of luck Burnsy!
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Motherboard is fine. Doesn’t really affect performance. Just make sure it all the USBs and PCIE lanes that you need. 16 GBs of RAM is a good base amount. Check the clock rate though, because Ryzen performance replies moderately heavy on that. Between 3000 & 3600 recommended. The 2700x will get the job done pretty well. You would notice probably around a 10% difference if you could get a 3700x. You also see a larger difference in game performance if you do any of that on PC. Ryzen 3000 series is much better than 2000 at gaming. If you want more productivity power, go with the 3900x if you can afford it. You’d notice a significant difference with this due to extra cores. However if there’s a good deal for the 2700x, you can’t really go wrong with it. Especially for videos. Power supply is probably fine. Efficiency is good with the 80 plus gold. If you plan on doing overclocking or want a much bigger GPU I’d look at a 800-850W PSU. But the 650 should be ok for mid tier GPUs and that processor. Storage is fine. Put your vids on the HDD. I’d personally scrap the 240mm cpu cooler for a good Noctua air cooler. 2700x doesn’t produce much heat and actually would even be fine running on the included cooler (which also has RGB ;) ). I’d save some money here and upgrade your GPU. Nothing wrong with the 1660ti, but I’d personally recommend trying to get an RTX 2060. Not necessarily for gaming performance, but because of the NVENC encoder it has. 2000 series GPUs have a newer version of NVENC encoder than the 1660 ti. This will allow you to record and stream at a pretty high quality without much CPU power. Epos Vox has a couple good videos on this. Here’s a video where he talks about it: https://youtu.be/6fyP7kg0QAc I’d personally take some of that money from the water cooler and put into the GPU. 2700x will run fine on stock cooler (not overclocked) and better on a $50 air cooler. Cooler master has a nice RGB version of the H212 that I like. I got mine for like $45 I believe. Cools my 9700k well. Should be more than fine for a 2700x also.
5 years ago | 24
pretty similar to the build im running. Ive got a 2700x, 16GB of 3200mhz RAM, a 650 watt psu, and a 1070ti. If you're only doing editing, your parts listed are absolutely fine. They're not the fastest in the world, but they will definitely get the job done. If you plan on gaming on this system, I would definitely move up and get a RTX 2060 SUPER. It is a much faster GPU and for GPU accelerated content creation it will be a much smoother process than a 1660ti. If you're on a budget, then the 2700x is definitely a GREAT CPU that i'm still currently using. A 3700x is about a 10-15% increase in raw performance, but unless you can find it on sale, its price to performance isn't quite there yet considering the 2700x is as low as $140 now. I build PCs for a living and do slight content creation as well, so if you have any questions at all, don't be afraid to ask. - Sincerely, a very old fan of 8 years. Glad to have you back Burnsy.
5 years ago | 0
You don't need liquid cooling for a 2700X unless you're gonna be overclocking since the cooler it comes with is pretty good. I'd spend the money on getting a better gpu such as a 2060 Super instead.
5 years ago | 10
That seems pretty standard. Ryzen CPUs are definitely offering plenty with their second generation. 3rd is even better but 2nd generation will get you through plenty of tasks without scalping you like Intel would with their 9th gen line up.
5 years ago | 2
If you’re getting a graphics card, I’d recommend the 1660 Super if you’re on a budget. The 1660Ti is only about 4% faster for 50$ more which isn’t worth it. If you’re looking for pure gaming performance, either an RX 5700XT or a 2070 Super would be good options for both gaming and video editing due to KUDA cores and NVENC for streaming. TL:DR; 1660 Super if on Budget RX 5700XT if just gaming RTX 2070 Super if you want editing and gaming. Everything else is fine. Maybe upgrade to a 750W power supply for upgradability down the line?
5 years ago (edited) | 2
GTX 1070-1080ti range for a card at least or RTX cards. That will help your video editing a lot!
5 years ago | 2
Im personally not a huge fan of AMD I would prefer a Intel processor but the build looks fine, make sure to get a case with good airflow, so ur parts r in cooler.
5 years ago | 1
Honestly that's a decent build, make sure PSU is fully modular as cable management will be alot easier. And get like a samsung brand SSD. Oh and make sure RAM speed is like 3200mhz.
5 years ago | 0
For some reason I can't reply to Trey Krygsheld but the 1660 Ti does in fact come with the same nvenc encoder that the 20 series cards have. He probably got it confused with the older 10 series GPUs which don't have the new nvenc encoder
5 years ago (edited) | 0
Also Cody Silva is right you won't really need a water cooler for the 2700x and could use that for a better GPU possibly also better PSU if needed
5 years ago | 0
If you're editing that's fine except you might want to look at a bigger psu. That wattage can be easily taken up by what you're putting in the system
5 years ago | 0
I. would definitely not get a water cooling kit man, don't see why you would need it. I would instead upgrade the CPU to a 3700x or 3800x and GPU to a 2060 Super or 5700XT. Also get a 1tb nvme(you can get one for around $100) for your boot/games. I would only use a HD for storage/pics.
5 years ago | 1
I'm not the smartest computer guy but shouldn't you get a little more wattage power supply? Based on the fact that you'll be doing editing and having the system run on high demands I'd recommend something closer to 850 or 950 just to cover it, I'd think itd be better to have more and be safe then to be under! Love the content burnsy my man great to have you back!!
5 years ago | 0
Depends on what your planning on playing! If this is just for editing and stuff you will be fine
5 years ago | 0
I think you could definitely get a better CPU. The 2700X is good don’t get me wrong, but if you’re gonna get a PC with water cooling you might as well spend an extra couple hundred on the CPU. The specs here are really good, the weak points Id say would be the CPU and the Ram. Might wanna get 32gb of ram. I recommend 2x16 and not 4x8 in case you want to add more in the future.
5 years ago | 0
Burnsy
This is what I have put together for a new PC. Any input would be greatly appreciated before I make any purchase:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Motherboard: ASUS Prime X470 Pro AM4 ATX
16GB DDR4 Ram
650 Watt 80 plus gold PSU
Video card: MSI Ventus Geforce GTX 1660Ti
240GB SSD, 2TB hard drive
240MM RGB Water cooling kit
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