I’ve been toying with the idea of building a TR4 system, but decided I don’t really have a usecase for it. Therefore, I’m going to be upgrading to a 1700x now that my 2600k has died on my work machine.
This is going to be an all around workstation. Passthrough, Video editing (Linux), Linux Development, Games (1080p@75hz).
I’m trying to stay around $1200, so I’ve decided to reuse ram that’s been sitting on my desk. It’s not QVL’d and it’s not fast, but it will hold me over for the time being.
Two main concerns that I’d like help with: Case and PSU. I’ve also got a 580 that will be going into this system and I’d like to get a case with good airflow and a top-mount for a 240mm radiator. I’d like to keep the case below $120 USD.
Just a little warning, Intel NVMe if you’re going with the Optane line only play nice with Intel platforms. (IKR?) I’d veer towards Samsung if all you can find is Optane down the line.
A 240mm radiator on the top with the Meshify C will require low profile Corsair LPX RAM. You might want to double check the QVL for Corsair’s LPX RAM and your motherboard.
Only thing that leaped out at me. Those intel drives are a whole lotta muh… Nvme boot, sdd 500 to 1t, and a large bulk storage hdd is a decent way to set up. You can really get by with an aircooler if the case allows. BEquiet Dark Rock pro 250 tdp version or a Noctua 15 or something. With that budget ? You have some pretty decent wiggle room to change your mind. I would consider a 1700 instead and save few dollars to put somewhere else.
Make sure your not running more then 2 DIMMs if you’re planning on using random RAM. In my experience Ryzen doesn’t like to clock the RAM at any decent rates once you start using more then two.
Are you planning to overclock? If yes, get the 1700 for (basically) same performance and included cooler (could technically overclock with the stock cooler too).
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Thanks for the suggestion. I think I’m going to go with this case. Definitely suits my build and I love the front!
I wasn’t going to use the drive for Optane. The goal for this is just a fast drive for Linux. I’ve got an additional sata SSD that will be for my VMs.
Looking at the benchmarks, I’m definitely going with the Corsair one.
Good call, I chose that because I’ve got the RX 580 Gaming X currently, so they’d look pretty much the same, but I suppose for that amount of price savings, it’s a no brainer.
It’s a 300 mile round trip through some terrible traffic, so if I can save more than $250 on the build, I’d be okay with it, but anything less than that and my car will only break even.
Thanks for doing the digging though.
For the time being, I’m going to use a matched 16GB (2 dimms) set that isn’t on the QVL, but it should be okay. I’m not trying to run an XMP profile right away. I just need to get this operational. If I’m going to buy RAM, it’s going to be 32GB, and I can’t go too far out of my budget for that. I appreciate the advice.
So, about the overclock, it’s important that I hit 4GHz. I’ve heard that it’s not guaranteed to hit 4GHz on the 1700. That was my reasoning for the 1700x, as my understanding is that they’re binned a bit higher. If the air cooler is going to do fine, I guess I’ll be switching to something else. Any suggestions on an air cooler that will handle 4GHz?
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The value proposition isn’t good enough for Intel IMO. I guess if I can hit 3.8-3.9 I’ll be happy.
RX 580
The primary reason I’m going the nvidia route on this build is so I can blacklist the AMD drivers in Linux and make passthrough easier. I’d much rather stay nvidia on this one (even though I hate their driver support on Linux)…
WD Caviar Blue 1TB
Already have a 3TB from my previous workstation (and a 500GB WD Blue sata SSD)
Out of curiosity, any suggestions for RAM? If I get any, I’ll want to go 32GB, 3000 or 3200. Don’t worry too much about the budget, just looking for betterish value. Don’t care about RGB either.
I’m using be Quiet! Silent Loop 280mm on my 1700X and it stays at 33°C all the time. (I was once running winrar5 for quite a time and it only it 36°C) So, even though a water cooler is a overkill, I do like mine
