The plan to equip Ryzen

Division 1: A Baseline NAS

Component Product Name Cost Source Status
HDD Beracuda 2TB JD Already owned
CPU AMD Athlon 200GE with Radeon Vega Graphics ¥239 Taobao New
Mobo ASRock B450 Gaming-ITX/ac (AM4 Socket) ¥853 JD New
RAM MAXSUN Q3 DDR4 2666 8G ¥179 Taobao New
PSU FSP MS450 450W SFX ¥439 JD New
Case CyberPowerPC Syber CSCCO100 Orange Mini ITX Gaming Case $34.99 Gamestop New
Heat sink New
Subtotal ~$281.5

Division 2: A “Rig” for Computing & Rendering

Stage 1

Component Product Name Cost Source Status
Graphics Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 590 8GB GDDR5 PCI-E $215.99 Amazon Already owned
PSU Thermaltake Smart White RGB 500W 80+ White 12V ATX - PS-SPR-0500NHFAWU-1 $49.99 Walmart Already owned
RAM G.Skill TridentZ RGB Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) F4-3200C14D-16GTZR $164.54 Amazon New
Case BitFenix Prodigy M $94.99 Amazon New
Mobo MSI B450M MORTAR ¥618.99 JD New
SSD SAMSUNG 500GB M.2(NVMe) 970 EVO MZ-V7E500BW ¥598.99 JD New
CPU AMD RYZEN 7 3700X w/ Wraith Prism Cooler $324.99 Amazon New
Subtotal ~$1026

Notes:

  • Some may suggest MSI B450M MORTAR TITANIUM / MAX, which turn out to be almost the same except in another color / capable of higher RAM frequency.
  • The stylish inverted BitFenix Prodigy M case has some unique air flow issues.

Stage 2

Component Product Name Cost Source Status
RAM ** The same (2 x 8GB) ** $154.99 Amazon New
Graphics ** Starting from GTX1660 Super, RX 5700, RTX 2060, … **
PSU Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 750W 80+ Gold MB 12V RGB $112.85 Amazon New
Water Cooling JONSBO SHADOW 240 ¥399 JD New
Fan CoolerMaster MasterFan MF120R ARGB x3 bundle w/ controller ¥349 JD New

Notes:

  • Entry-level AIO water coolers are not recommended, which can’t even beat tower fan coolers.

Video Editing PC Building

Deep Learning Rig Building

Author

CitruXonve

Posted on

01/16/2020

Updated on

07/19/2023

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