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Building a RYZEN 5 1600X Gaming PC

2017-04-14
what's up guys Eber here with hurricane axe and welcome back to the video rise inside was just launched a few days ago and we've tested two of the most anticipated CPUs in that lineup the 1500 X and the 1600 X if you're looking for in-depth benchmarks you can watch our risin 5 review video right here or a link that and a written article in the description for you to check out later now in our review video I mentioned how rise in 5 is a great foundation to build an amazing system and I did that now before everyone starts raging upon how Intel CPUs can help yield higher frame rates think about it this way with rising 5 you're not only getting fantastic multicolored performance and somewhat better frame rates compared to its much expensive brother the 1800 X but you're also getting it in a relatively inexpensive package building a system featuring a z2 70 motherboard and an unlocked I 5 or I 7 processor can become expensive this build is $1100 and it can render 4k videos just as fast as my sis core 49 30k workstation PC and it's also a pretty capable gaming PC too but we'll get into the details right after this kula master master keys keyboard line-up is now available in three sizes to fit within your space with large medium and small boards with either beautiful RGB or pure white LED illumination a little something for everyone make it yours with the master keys pro by Cooler Master so the heart of the system aka the brain used for all that processing power is the risin 5 1600 X 6 scored 12 threaded processor at $250 this CPU offers excellent performance for multi-threaded workloads like content creation streaming games crunching and complex numbers you name it Plus with a base clock of 3.6 gigahertz it should play well with games and since it comes unlocked you might be able to squeeze out some more performance cooling this 6 core beast would be the weight Mac stock cooler than AMD centers now I need to highly emphasized that the 1600 X does not come with a CPU cooler this was actually from the horizon 7 kid that AMD sent us and it was the only and 4 compatible cooler I had in hand do I find anything interesting about it nothing to be honest you get the same heating design from AMD's previous coolers but they've added a touch of RGB by implementing this ring around the fan and it looks quite unique also remember that a m4 is a fairly new platform so after market cooling solutions are working on providing mounting brackets to support this platform some companies are even offering their kits or their respective kits for free of charge if you happen to own an existing eio or an air cooler if you're looking for a cheaper alternative the cooler master hyper 212 evo can be picked up for $30 and you can request for the import kit from their website housing the 1600 x is the asus prime bt 50 plus motherboard $400 it packs a lot of features like an nvme 4x m2 slot to native USB 3.1 gen2 back panel connectors and 6 SATA 6 gigabits per second ports most importantly it supports crossfire but not sli I would highly recommend a single GPU solution because if you plan on going crossfire or SLI along with adding third-party PCI cards on top of that you might want to step things up to the X 370 chipset to take advantage of those PCIe Lane speeds and that would obviously add cost this board does support overclocking which is pretty awesome plus the four ddr4 memory gems support up to 64 gigabytes of RAM that can be operated at 3200 megahertz also check this out this board features an RGB fan header meaning if you end up picking up one of AMD's rate coolers with the RGB ring you can control the LEDs through the AI Suite app which is pretty nice for memory we opted for g.skill ripjaws 16 gigabyte ddr4 kit clocked at 2400 megahertz and it should be plenty enough for gaming and a little bit of video editing now memory prices have increased a little bit over the past few months and this was the cheapest we were able to find coming in at $120 as a bonus the modules are red so it should definitely help with the red and black combo because the be 350 board features the exact same color scheme and as mentioned earlier this motherboard supports up to 64 gigabytes of RAM so you can easily upgrade down the road let's talk storage we chose the OC ztl 102 40 gigabyte SSD has our main boot drive while it may not be anywhere near as fast as an nvme and to drive still provides excellent performance and great longevity while costing about $80 and also don't forget the fact that this Drive is backed up by a three-year advanced warranty program which is awesome now I know to 40 gigabytes isn't enough to store all your game library so I decided to throw a four terabyte Western Digital blue Drive for expansion but if you're on a tight budget there are cheaper one terabyte alternatives that can do the job really well our GP of choice goes to these tricks rx 488 gigabyte overclocked edition since this is a build featuring a rising 5 CPU I thought it was best to include a GPU from the same team and this one made our list the Strix cooler is a by far one of the best aftermarket cooling solutions we've ever come across on a GPU it features 3 wing blade 0db fans meaning during idle they completely stop spinning and the direct cu3 heat pipes should definitely help with lower temperatures while gaming it also features RGB lighting that can be controlled through the GPU to make software plus a $270 this should play well with 1080p gaming because the core clock gets all the way up to 13 30 megahertz our case of choice might seem a little intimidating but there's a reason for that the course they respect alpha was sitting in my living room for almost 4 months now and I had to put it to some good use luckily it features red and black accents throughout the chassis so it fits perfectly with the color scheme that we're going for in the first place and it costs $80 now many of you guys would say that the offense XP 400s looks a lot better offers a lot more features and costs exactly the same as the spec alpha which is $80 and I would agree with you guys because I would actually pick the fan fics case over the spec alpha any time of the day but like I said this guy was taking space in my living room so it was and it was the only option I had so yeah powering the whole TC is the Silverstone Strider plus 500 watt fully modular power supply it comes with an 80 plus bronze certification and given its excellent modularity and extra wattage Headroom you can easily upgrade to a faster GPU that requires more power once again alternatives are always welcome but this was something I had lying around in the studio so that's a total of two components put to good use so with all parts out of the way let's build our first Rison five systems well here's a final system in all its glory I'm actually pretty happy with the final result the case obviously is an interesting aspect about this build and I'm sure many of you would start raging about it in the comments so I'm looking forward to that the one thing that stands out the most is the cable mass at the bottom right in front of the power supply I wish Corsair included a separate power shroud to hide them plus the lack of rubber grommets right beside the motherboard tray is disappointing on a positive note they include two red led antique fans that perfectly match the color scheme and the front aisle panel covers all the essentials you need like two USB 2.0 ports and dedicated headphone / Mike Jack's the weight smacks cooler looks gorgeous with the RGB LED ring plus it adds some character to the Weizen build alright so let's see how the system performs I left the 1600 X at stock settings and the RX 480 was set to OSI mode through the GPT software and here's what I got I rendered our standard one-minute 4k video using Premiere Pro CC 2017 and the Rison 5 build rendered the clip 12 seconds longer than my workstation PC it's not a huge difference to be honest and this can vary heavily upon the GP of choice as well in this case with the arcs 480 I was able to play rack native 4k gh4 files within premiere and the GPU was utilizing well over 90% if I were to throw in a GTX 1060 1070 or 1080 the results may vary because Premiere Pro works really well with CUDA CPA temperatures were respectable out of the box the 1600 X ran about 39 see during idle and under load it was reaching about 67 C and this was monitored through the wizened master software now on to gaming battlefield 1 at 1080p set to high averaged well over 90 frames per second and dipped into the low 80s overwatch at 1080 P set to ultra averaged about 87 things per second and dished up minimums in the low 70s Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon violence which is a slightly more demanding title taxed out in the arcs 480 averaging just a tad over 60 frames per second and in the high 40s these tricks ARC's 480 was running at a constant 13 30 megahertz with temperatures reaching just below 70 C and I did not experience throttling whatsoever oh hey there NC XCOM it's Canada's leading a tailor for anything your mind desires just keep within those categories which are plenty and be attempted by the weekly deals visit ncx dot-com for all them sweet deals so there you have it our first rising 5 build featuring the brand new 1600 x from AMD now this is not the end for our performance analysis of these newer CPUs because we will be doing a video on how overclocking a CPU can impact gaming performance we're also expecting a micro code update from AMD in a few weeks so hopefully that will help us get better frame rates you never know anyway guys I want to hear your thoughts about this build weather if you hated it or if you loved it I'm looking forward to reading those responses in the comments I'm Eva with I reckon X thank you so much for watching and we'll see you in the next one
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