Is this set up good?

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Mr Pink

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I'm in the dark with Desktop set ups. Any suggestions appreciated.

I will be using mainly for database solving number crunching and using the web.


Case
PCS 6003B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12 Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.6GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE 710 - DVI, HDMI, VGA
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 665p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 2000MB/sR | 1925MB/sW)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W CV SERIES™ CV-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
 
i_Ary

i_Ary

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Is there any specific reason why you chose a ryzen 9 processor paired with a 710 and 450W PSU? This is a very unbalanced build...
 
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Mr Pink

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i_Ary said:
Is there any specific reason why you chose a ryzen 9 processor paired with a 710 and 450W PSU? This is a very unbalanced build...
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I want the r9 for processing speed. As for the graphics, I won't be gaming so I thought the card will be ok. And 450w PSU? Why would I need more? I just don't know.
 
Stephen M

Stephen M

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Can you post the spec via the post to forum option, that will give us the link to it to look at reconfiguring and save time.

I suspect the PSU is the minimum the system suggests. This often is means the PSU can be working at 90%+ capacity, this reduces lifespan as practucally all things last longer when they do not have to work near to flat out.

The Intel drives are not great and have a lower read/write life than the Samsungs, as well as being slower.
 
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Mr Pink

Member
Stephen M said:
Can you post the spec via the post to forum option, that will give us the link to it to look at reconfiguring and save time.

I suspect the PSU is the minimum the system suggests. This often is means the PSU can be working at 90%+ capacity, this reduces lifespan as practucally all things last longer when they do not have to work near to flat out.

The Intel drives are not great and have a lower read/write life than the Samsungs, as well as being slower.
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It says I need 299w max to run. You say the samsung is a better drive but it's pricey. How would the PCS drive compare to the Intel?
 
JUNI0R

JUNI0R

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Mr Pink said:
It says I need 299w max to run. You say the samsung is a better drive but it's pricey. How would the PCS drive compare to the Intel?
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That's what it needs but we recommend a lot over that as you don't want to be running a PSU near it's maximum it's whole life, it'll wear out the unit out a lot faster and a broken PSU could break your whole PC, so it's worth getting a high quality high wattage one where it won't happen so you don't need to buy a whole new PC in 3 years

Drive wise, we don't recommend the intel drives as A) They don't have as good of a read and write compared to the Samsungs and B) have a very low re-write capacity meaning data can't be over written as much before the drive wears out. The PCS drives are great options for a smaller budget, or more basic storage but as you have a Ryzen 9 and 32gb of ram that might not be the case for you, although I'm not sure as you haven't given a price for your original build or your budget
 
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Stephen M

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299 W would only mean running at 67% flat out so would be ok, although little or no room for future upgrades if needed.

Likewise as @JUNIOR said. If you can give us budget and link to reconfigure it is a lot easier to suggest options.

PCS drives are ok but if you have the money it is better to get best possible system now, rather than upgrade/replace later on.
 
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In answer to the OP's question.
No.

Whole thing is a bit messy if im honest. Whats your budget, and do you already have anything that you would be using with it? (scavanged storage drives from an old build for example, monitor etc).
Be aware, even though you arent gaming, the monitor is still important....whatever GPU you have it needs to be able to run the monitor and hooking up a 710 to a 1440p ultrawide is gonna cause problems (just an example).



If you're curious as to what I think is wrong with the spec you put....

Regardless of what you would use the machine for, its a mis-matched build, and as you mention its number crunching, the direction you have leaned with it is the right one, but not really done well either.

If you are talking proper solid number crunching heavy processing use, non gaming, and then general home/office use on top of that (web, word processing, spreadsheets, movies etc) then you would want the 3950x or (preferably) one of the new 5000 series cpu (5900/5950).

In ALL of those scenarios, the motherboard needs to be a higher spec, either a Tuf 570 or strix 570 would serve you far better.

RAM, 3600MHz, especially given your intended use, it will give the best pairing with the cpu, and pref 2 sticks, NOT 4.

Only having the stock cooler is a mistake, pretty much anything above a 3600XT needs a proper cooler, without it youll have issues. What you then choose for a cooler would change if you needed the thermal paste or not (corsair have their own, which is already arguably as good if not better)

Wireless card and PSU have already been mentioned, as has the choice of storage drives, i'd strongly suggest you listen to the advice given on those.

Case choice is awful, no other way to put it. And if you are gonna put 2K into a computer, why on earth house it is a cheap and cheerful case that will have thermal issues and shorten the lifespan of everything inside it. Case choice is as important as the components themselves. Plus picking a better case will mean you can drop things like extra fans....get a good/suitable case to start with rather than trying to patch holes in an unsuitable one. If you have done it for the cdrom bay, forget the cdrom bay and buy an external one. Dirt cheap these days and for the sake of an extra £50 for a better case and an external cdrom, well worth it when the case could be adding years to your machines life.

If you are looking to trim the cost/redistribute the cost a little, look at things like transferring a Win 10 licence (if replacing a current machine and would no longer need it on the old one) but best advice I can give is scrap the build you put together and start again, and i'd strongly recommend seeing what the mods and the regulars can whip up once they have an idea of what your planned budget and absolute max budget are, as well as what you mean when you say database number crunching (or more, what scale of database and number crunching).
 
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Mr Pink

Member
Some good advice here. Thank you guys. I will up the power on the PSU to 550w and the drive to a Samsung and also the Wireless card to the INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200. As for the case... it stays! I just Love it, it's a cutie.

In regards to the motherboard is the PRIME B550-PLUS a good one? If not how would I benefit from another?
 
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