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Help me build my AMD PC.

Case - Undecided. Recycling sons old Antec 900, my first option.
Power Supply - 660W Fractal Design. 10 Year Warranty.
CPU - Ryzen 3600. Third generation, bang for buck.
RAM - G-Skill 2 x 16Gb
Graphics Card - Galax Geforce GTX 9700. Recycling sons old card.
Storage - Sabrent Rocket NVMe4 2TB M2 SSD (PCIe Gen 4.0) or AORUS NVMe Gen4 SSD 1TB
Motherboard - Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master

For me the most important part to start off with in a new build, is the Motherboard and Power Supply.
Looking for something to last the next 5/6 years at least. Will buy a second exact same Motherboard of whatever I choose before the Warranty expires and the price drops, for backup.
The feature that drew me to the Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master was the 3 NVMe4 M2 drive slots which all connect directly to the CPU and not the B550 chipset.
I don't dabble with gaming, but will definitely look in to playing some CS GO, an old friend I fragged 15+ years ago when we still played Counterstrike invited me to join them, also part of my motivation to build a new PC.
Keen to fill all the MVme4 Cards once the prices drop with more TBs which can serve later as storage drives for my ageing fleet of various hard drives.
PC will mostly be used for work, browsing, but want to be suitably ready for a game or two without having to upgrade again.
My windows installation is not something I like to fiddle with due to work stuff, so this PC must last, basically a clonable installation, drop in a new motherboard when the first dies type of thing.

My existing AMD PC is 15 years old, I'm on the last of the 3 motherboards I once had, my time is running out.
My setup has been through 3 or 4 Power Supplies over the years and a couple of hard drives and still runs XP with 7 as dual boot but 90% XP.
So my big change will come with Windows 10 which I have been avoiding until now.

Any comments, suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
BTTB.
 
You don’t need PCI-e 4.0 SSDs, no performance benefit for the average person, only in specific scenarios.
 
BTTB said:
Any comments, suggestions would be appreciated.
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I'll comment tomorrow. You link to manufacturer and not actual online store so no idea wrt pricing.

Do you have a budget?
NVMe4 does not sound like something you will benefit from.
I take it you have an existing gtx970 gpu?
You mention the pc is for work but can you elaborate as to what work?
 
Seems GFX cards are hard to come by :-(. Wootware had an RTX2070 for R8999 and now it's gone, the RX5700XT are being snapped up.
 
Lupus said:
Seems GFX cards are hard to come by :-(. Wootware had an RTX2070 for R8999 and now it's gone, the RX5700XT are being snapped up.
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Come buy my vega 56 gaming oc :P

Runs like dream if have psu to keep up. Gets 4500 on superposition extreme, compared to my 5700(flashed to XT) which gets 5000
 
ponder said:
I'll comment tomorrow. You link to manufacturer and not actual online store so no idea wrt pricing.
I thought linking to local online stores would be unfair on all the vendors trying to make a living, I have found these components on local shops plus I have an account with Frontosa through our business.
Do you have a budget?
Yes and no, but certainly not paying R10K for a motherboard or R5K for MVMe M2 drives.
NVMe4 does not sound like something you will benefit from.
While I have been out of the PC Component loop for more than a decade, at a guess I think NVme4 drives might become a valuable standard as they mature and the pricing comes down. Just so neat!
I take it you have an existing gtx970 gpu?
Yes my sons GTX970, will be using that for now.
You mention the pc is for work but can you elaborate as to what work?
Work would be , browsing, MS Office, uploading to our website, printing labels etc, but want the motherboard to be tough, long lasting and will dabble in a game or two as I go along. My office is on the same property as my home, will take on dual purpose roles.
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Gtx Gaming said:
Come buy my vega 56 gaming oc :p

Runs like dream if have psu to keep up. Gets 4500 on superposition extreme, compared to my 5700(flashed to XT) which gets 5000
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Wait didn't you have a 1070?
 
UrBaN963 said:
Hey, that was my own first PC and it rocked.

This isn't bad though.

XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT THICC III Ultra RX-57XT8TBD8 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 4.0 Desktop Graphics Card - Wootware

Buy XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT THICC III Ultra RX-57XT8TBD8 8GB GDDR6 256-bit PCI-E 4.0 Desktop Graphics Card at Wootware with fast shipping & superb service.
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Need a massive case, average case can support a 310mm long GFX card, this one is 315 :-( those 5mm more. I did look at it and I measured my case.
 
Lupus said:
Need a massive case, average case can support a 310mm long GFX card, this one is 315 :-( those 5mm more. I did look at it and I measured my case.
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Seems you'll be getting a new case then. I highly suggest the Phanteks P400A Digital. A dream to build in, looks great, fantastic cooling and can take any GPU ever made.
 
UrBaN963 said:
Seems you'll be getting a new case then. I highly suggest the Phanteks P400A Digital. A dream to build in, looks great, fantastic cooling and can take any GPU ever made.
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Can only find the eclipse, cause I'm not paying R11k I'll look at that Evetech case GTX was looking at. Though if I spend another R1500 for a new case, I may as well just get the 2070 super :-)
 
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