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AMD platform is really good! This time I chose the combination of 3700X+X570, and the motherboard is a cost-effective route. Choose the dessert-level GTX1660Super for graphics cards, because RTX3000 will be launched next year. With Xiaoxiong's experience, dessert-level graphics cards will never lose much. Next year, you can upgrade the graphics card depending on the situation. Even if the high-end models of RTX3000 are more expensive, some high-end models of RTX2000 will also be reduced in price, so I think next year is a good time to choose high-end graphics cards. In order to consider upgrading the graphics card in the future, 750w is selected for the power supply, and the margin is sufficient. The chassis is new, with a rich modular design. I hope this configuration can give you some reference.
The effect of the whole machine
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hardware introduction and installation process
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CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
motherboard: MSI (MSI) MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI
Memory: XPG-Longyao D60G DDR4 3200 16GB (8G×2) Set
Hard disk: Kingston A2000 series 500GB SSD SSD SSD
Graphics card: MSI Magic Dragon GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X 6G
Radiator: ZEROZONE BMR-24 CPU water-cooled radiator
Power supply: EVGA (EVGA) G+750w Gold Medal Full Module
Chassis: Lianli (LIANLI) Guimao (black)
or above the whole machine price is about 8k, which cannot be said to be the most cost-effective choice, because the margin of power supply, the appearance of each hardware, etc. must cost more money. If you pursue the ultimate low price, it is also possible to save 1k~2k.
motherboard
▼MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI is black overall, it is an ATX version, and it is also on the road of differentiation. The PCB with a trapezoidal shape in the SATA interface part was cut off, but it is not too obvious.
▼The maximum memory capacity can reach 128GB, and the maximum support frequency is 4400MHz. There are also EZ-DebugLED lights above the 24PIN power supply interface of the motherboard, including CPU, DRAM, VGA, and BOOT from top to bottom. When a fault occurs, you can use the DebugLED light to determine and troubleshoot the fault.
▼There are electrical components on the back of the motherboard, and there is a row of RGB lamp beads on the edge of the PCB near the memory slot, which supports dimming with its own MYSTIC LIGHT RGB software, and is also the only place where this motherboard has an RGB setting.
▼IO armor and power supply heat sink are designed as one. The size is still quite large, with the words EDGE on it. Although there is no RGB design on the front of the motherboard, silver stripes are added to the heat sink, and the colors refracted from different angles will be different; in addition, the black part has a prism-shaped and multi-faceted effect, and the details are still made.
▼IO interface also uses an integrated I/O baffle, but the fixing method uses screws.
▼The USB interface includes 2 USB 2.0 interfaces (red box USB can be directly flashed into the BIOS without CPU and memory), 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C, 3 USB 3.2 Gen2; the video interface only provides one HDMI 1.4; the audio interface has 1 fiber S/PDIF output and 5 gold-plated 3.5mm interfaces; in terms of network, 1 RJ-45 Gigabit network interface (the network card chip is REALTEK 8111H), and it is also equipped with WIFI network card and antenna interface, but it is the relatively low-end Intel 3168 802.11ac (up to support 433 Mbps); 1 S/2 interface is still retained.
▼Since the chipset's TD has been increased from 4.8W to 15W, most X570 motherboards are equipped with a small fan on the radiator. This small fan of the MPG motherboard will completely stop rotating at low temperatures and remain silent. In addition, the surface of the radiator is also silver stripes and polygonal surfaces.
▼The motherboard provides 6 SATA interfaces, 4 are native, and the other two interfaces are provided by the third-party ASM1061 chip.
▼In terms of PCIE slots, there are 2 PCIe 4.0 x16 slots and 3 PCIe 3.0 x1 slots. The first slot has metal armor to prevent excessive graphics card from crushing the card slot and is directly connected to the CPU, supporting the speed of PCIe 4.0 x16; the second one is provided by the chipset, which can only provide the speed of PCIe 4.0 x4, and the PCIe 4.0 x16 directly connected to the CPU is not split.
▼MPG motherboard has 2 M.2 interfaces, the first one is directly connected to the CPU, supports PCIe 4.0 x 4, and the maximum specification supports 22110. The shape of the heat sink (frost armor) is a bit strange. One end extends to the chipset's heat dissipation, which is more visually unified, and the area of the heat sink is relatively large. The disadvantage is that if you replace SSD, you have to remove the graphics card first.
▼The second M.2 interface is provided by a chipset and only supports PCIe 3.0 x 4. The maximum specification supports 2280 and does not come with a heatsink. However, this interface supports the M.2 SSD of the SATA protocol, while the first one does not.
▼In terms of audio, it is still the AUDIO BOOST 4 system, paired with Japanese sound capacitors, and a cover is added to the top of the chip and cannot see the model. The manual is introduced as ALC1220.
▼PWM is IR 35201, and supports up to 8 phases of power supply. However, the counting inductor has 10 phases, of which 8 phases supply power to the CPU core (vCore) and 2 phases supply power to the SOC. At the same time, there are 5 times the phase chips (IR3598) on the back of the motherboard. It is obvious that the core power supply is 4 times the phase and 8 phases. The upper bridge of each phase is ON Semi 4C029 (up to carry 46A current); the lower bridge is ON Semi 4C024 (up to carry 78A current). What is more surprising is that SOC still uses a double phase solution. The model of mosfet is QA3111N6N (maximum carrying 56A current). In general, the power supply level is still medium and upper.
SSD
Now PCIe 4.0 SSD is still relatively expensive, so this time I chose PCIe 3.0 product: Kingston A2000 series, which has 2 M.2 interfaces anyway. In the future, PCIe 4.0 products can be added if they are cheaper.
▼ The 500G version is purchased, supports NVME PCIe 3.0 x4 channel transmission, comes with a black heatsink, and provides a five-year warranty.
▼A2000 specification is the common M.2 2280 specification, that is, the length is 80mm and the width is 22mm. The PCB is blue, with label paper on the front, marked with the manufacturer's logo, capacity size and other information.
▼Open the post and you can see that the main controller is Huirong's SM2263ENG; the flash memory chip is Magnesium 3D TLC; Kingston's own logo is used on the cache, and the specific specification is DDR3L-1600 512MB.
▼ Both parts come with heat sink have thermal pads, which are fixed with plastic snaps, and require a little force during installation.
▼The appearance of the heat sink is still relatively low-key and mainly practical.
▼First put the SSD on the second M.2 interface of the motherboard, and we will test how much the speed difference between these two interfaces is.
memory
▼XPG-The biggest feature of Longyao D60G is that it has a large luminous area, up to 60%, and the milky white part can shine. In terms of appearance, it uses black, silver and white colors, with clear edges and corners, and the middle surface is made of brushed aluminum alloy, which can also assist in heat dissipation, and the overall recognition is very high.
▼3200MHz set, capacity is 8G x2, memory stick timing CL16-18-18, voltage is 1.35V.
▼XPG-Longyao D60G supports lighting control software for four major motherboards. If the motherboard does not have an RGB pin, you can also download and install the XPG RGB Sync software to achieve RGB control.
graphics card
Huang's knife technique is really exquisite, and the core is not moved. GTX1660SUPER changed to video memory (GDDR5 upgraded to GDDR6) and became a new model. This MSI GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X, whose series name is Magic Dragon, is the highest specification of MSI's same model, so it needs to be spent a little more, but it is worth it even if it is just for appearance.
▼The graphics card size is 247*127*46mm, not too big or small, and it is not bad to match it with ITX motherboards; it will not be embarrassing that the graphics card is shorter than the motherboard when paired with full-size ATX or MATX motherboards.
▼ Magic Dragon uses a dual fan cooling system, the fan size is 85mm and 14 blades, and 7 of them have special structures. The official said that this design can increase the angle of the wind flow direction to enhance the heat dissipation effect. In addition, when the temperature is lower than 60 degrees, the fan will stop and achieve complete silence.
▼You can see that the back plate extends out part of the back plate and rotates 90 degrees, so it is not easy to see that the PCB is shorter than the back plate and the length of the radiator?
▼ You can see that the magic dragon used 3 heat pipes and was nickel-plated.
▼The graphics card has the MSI TWIN FROZR 7 logo on the side, which is MSI's name for its own cooling system. This part supports RGB lighting effects. There are raised parts on the fan one by one, and there are LED light strips on the side (2 inside and outside). They are not very obvious, so you can see them when you turn on the computer.
▼In addition, Magic Dragon uses a single 8Pin power supply, but the TDP of the public version is only 125W.
▼In terms of video interface, there is 1 HDMI 2.0b interface and 3 DP 1.4 interfaces.
▼As the top graphics card of MSI GTX1660s, the back panel is naturally indispensable. It is made of all metal material, with metal wire drawing process on the surface, and MSI's Dragon Shield LOGO on it.
radiator
▼ radiator uses 240 integrated water cooling, and its brand is ZEROZONE, which is a relatively new brand. In terms of compatibility, except TR, it supports all platforms of AMD and Intel, and provides a one-year liquid leakage compensation and a three-year warranty.
▼The outside of the water pipe part is not made of a braided mesh, the material is Teflon; the cold row is an aluminum row with 14 channels.
▼The cold head part is actually quite large. After installation, you will feel its big head more clearly. The top is mirrored and has an RGB lighting effect. ZEROZONE's logo can be seen vaguely. In addition, the bottom circle of the cold head is also made of transparent material, and it also has an RGB lighting effect. The internal power supply of the cold head adopts a dual-cavity structure, namely, the hot and cold water flow chamber. According to the official statement, its water flow rate is also greater and its efficiency is higher. What's more, let's take a look at the test later.
▼The cold head water pump uses 4pin power supply, and there is also a special 3pinRGB wiring that needs to be connected to the built-in hub.
▼The bottom of the water-cooling head is a pure copper base, and there is no mirror effect.
▼Back with two JETFAN fans, the milky white part is the luminous part, the area is quite large, and this part can be removed (disassembled and displayed in the video), the manufacturer should launch its luminous parts, otherwise this design will be useless. The fan power supply specification is 12V 0.3A, the maximum speed is 2400rpm, the maximum air volume is 59.2m3/h, and the official noise level is 20~34dBA.
▼ (left picture) accessories include hub and lighting controller. If the motherboard does not have a 3pin 5V RGB pin, you can connect the hub to the lighting controller, and the lighting control box is connected to the front USB interface of the motherboard. The lighting effect is controlled by downloading and installing ZEROZONE's special software.
▼ (Picture on the right) The motherboard has a 3pin 5V RGB pin. The hub can be directly connected to the RGB pin through the adapter cable, and synchronization is achieved through the motherboard's lighting management software.
power supply
▼In fact, this set of configuration is enough to have a 500w power supply. It is prepared to replace the graphics card in the future and directly use the 750w power supply. Single-card flagships in the next few years will not be a problem. The brand chose EVGA's G+ series (updated and updated by G1 series), which provides a ten-year warranty for the full module power supply of the gold medal, only replacement but not repaired.
▼The power supply size is 150mmx170mmx85mm, 170mm is the length. Friends should pay attention to the compatibility of the power supply installed in their chassis. This volume of power supply is of course equipped with a 14cm diameter cooling fan. The fan supports intelligent temperature control, but will not stop completely, but the noise at low speed is already very small. In addition, the power supply housing surface is frosted and has a good texture.
▼G+750W uses a full-day capacitor, has an output capability of 750W/50℃, and adopts a single-channel +12V design, with an output of 62.4A, that is, 748.8w.
▼All wires are designed with braided mesh wrapping, with 2 (4+4)-pin CPUs and 4 (6+2)-pin PICEs. A graphics card power supply cable has only one 6+2 interface. There is no need to consider the margin issue after full load, and it is more suitable for high-end graphics cards. In addition, the length of 24pin is 60cm, the length of the graphics card and CPU power supply wire is 65cm, and the reservation of the backline length is also sufficient.
chassis
chassis selected for Lianli’s new product: Guimao chassis, available in black and white. The English name is LANCOOL II, and LANCOOL I is Gemini. The chassis size is 478X229X494mm (L*W*H), and the first-time price of JD is 649.
▼Most chassis are made of steel, so the weight of this mid-tower chassis also reaches 12.1kg. In terms of compatibility: the air-cooled CPU radiator is 176mm high, the graphics card length is 384mm, the power supply length is 210mm,
▼The top of the chassis is an IO panel. In addition to booting, restarting, audio, 2 USB3.0 interfaces, 1 Type-C interface, and two buttons, these two buttons are the RGB lighting effect of the chassis. Type-C is optional in the foreign version, but it is given 3 matte chassis fans. Lianli believes that domestic users like RGB fans, so they use the Type-C solution. Xiaoxiong believes that there are pros and cons, because there are still not many motherboards with front-end Type-C interfaces, including the motherboard I chose this time.
▼The top of the chassis uses a magnetic dustproof net, which is slightly lower. A 240/280 cold radius or fan can be installed. In addition, the chassis uses an increased width to accommodate the cold radius (as shown on the outside of the chassis), so that the height can be controlled. The disadvantage is that an excessively high vest will conflict with the cold radius.
▼There are 4 anti-slip foot pads at the bottom of the chassis, and the dustproof net of the power position can be removed.
▼Installing a fan above the internal power bank can enhance heat dissipation for the graphics card, and the heat dissipation port on the side metal plate is designed for its air inlet.
▼The most attractive thing about the chassis is that it adopts the "4-door" design. The upper side-transparent glass is opened horizontally, and the lower metal plate is turned down, which makes it more convenient for the replacement of the hard disk. However, there is no handle on the glass part, so you need to open the metal plate at the bottom to open the side-transparent glass, which is a bit troublesome.
▼The design of the ghost chassis is very thoughtful, and the internal modular design is very much. If it is described with pictures and texts, it takes a lot of time. I have made a short video. Please enjoy it, it is more intuitive.
▼The price of the ghost chassis is not expensive, and the optional accessories are not cheap, but I still bought a hot-swap kit. The kit provides 3 hard disks and has 2 interfaces for power supply, saving one power supply interface. The data SATA interface still requires 3 data SATA interfaces, and 2 are given in the kit. During installation, you need to use screws to fix the kit to the chassis hard disk cage, and then open the metal plate on one side to replace the hard disk, which is really convenient and convenient.
▼After the hot-swap kit is installed, the hard disk installed on the hardware rack can be used directly.
▼The front of the host is installed.
▼The effect of hidden wire baffles is still very obvious, so there is no need to worry about the psychological wires, but be careful not to pile the wires too thick, otherwise the hidden wire baffles will not be closed.
▼The back line is basically impossible to see. What to see on the back is only the exposed 2.5-inch hard drive. I happened to have bought a TEAM DELTA MAX Magic Mirror SSD before. The entire front part can glow, and you can see the effect after powering on.
Host performance test
CPU performance
R7 3700X adopts a 7nm process, 8 cores and 16 thread design, L2 cache 4MB, L3 cache 32MB, basic frequency 3.6GHz, maximum turbo frequency 4.4GHz (single core), and TDP design is only 65W.
▼CPUZ's bench: single-core performance is only 5% behind 9900KF, and multi-core performance can achieve a small overturn. Of course, this is just the test structure of CPUZ and cannot explain everything.
▼ Comparison between the default state and the full core 4.3GHz: You can see that the performance of single core has declined, because the single core can reach 4.4GHz under the default state.The multi-core performance tests vary greatly. Xiaoxiong thinks it is just the influence of the power consumption wall. If the operating load is low by default, the power consumption will be low, and the CPU main frequency will be relatively high, and these test results will be close to 4.3GHz for the full core; while CHINBENCH R 20, the load is relatively large, and the CPU main frequency will be relatively low, and the gap with 4.3GHz for the full core is relatively large.
Let’s look at the temperature and power consumption (room temperature ~ 20℃)
▼ FPU bake for 10 minutes alone. By default, the CPU temperature is 65~66℃, and the platform input power consumption is about 180w; overclocks to 4.3GHz of all cores (the system is not good, the voltage is a bit high), the temperature is increased to 94℃, and the platform input power consumption is about 245w, which is quite expensive, friends should do what they can.
Memory performance
MSI motherboard BISO has an option of memory Try it!, which matches frequency and timing well and optimizes it, making hyper memory more convenient. Of course, the specific choice still needs to be judged by yourself.
▼XPG-Longyao D60G has 2 XMP archives, 3200 and 3000MHz respectively. Try it to 3600MHz. The first time you choose the timing unchanged, it fails, and then you choose a higher timing and it is successful. In addition, when you click Save, you can see that the memory voltage has also increased accordingly, so there is no need to adjust it separately. This is a very friendly design for novices.
▼3700X Due to the asymmetry of uplink and downlink bandwidth between CCD and IOD, the performance on memory writing will be halved, but there has been no reports that have led to practical application problems. XPG-Longyao D60 has been increased from 3200MHz to 3600MHz, with a frequency increased by 12.5%, and the performance of memory has been improved by about 10%, so the efficiency is still good.
graphics card performance
GTX1660Super's core specification is actually the same as GTX1660. The core frequency of the public version is 1530MHz and the Boost frequency is 1785MHz. The Boost frequency of the Magic Dragon has increased to 1830MHz, which is not large, but the specific frequency still depends on the actual usage.
▼3Dmark test, the maximum frequency of the graphics card can reach 1995Mhz and the maximum test temperature reaches 63℃. The highest frequency in actual games is generally 1950MHz and the temperature is around 64~65℃. The Furmark roaster is 10 minutes, and the frequency drops to about 1695MHz and the temperature is 63℃. The power consumption of the entire platform is about 240w. The efficiency of Magic Dragon's radiator is good, and of course it is also related to the heat dissipation structure of the Magic Axe chassis. (room temperature ~ 20℃)
▼3DMark Fire Strike
▼3DMark Time Spy
Let’s test several games
▼The picture quality (preset) of the three DX11 games has been set to the highest. It is also considered to be passed at 1080p resolution, but at 2k resolution , the average frame rate drops by about 30%. This requires a reduction in the image quality to barely cope with it (the anti-aliasing settings are generally TAA, and the impact on the frame rate is not too great.)
▼DX12's game trend is similar to DX11, but as a graphics card killer, "Metro: Leaving", the dessert-level graphics card can only be adjusted to the high image quality level at 1080p resolution (there are 2 levels above), and at 2k resolution, it can only be reduced to the normal level. The requirements for "Tomb Raider: Shadow" and "Gears of War 5" are much lower, and the highest image quality can be run at 1080p resolution.
Summary : The positioning of GTX1660s is very clear. For more than 90% of games, the highest picture quality can reach 60fp smoothness at 1080 resolution, and the 2k resolution needs to be reduced by one level. For games like Chicken Eat, they can also achieve a score of more than 60fps with the highest resolution of 2k. If you pursue a higher refresh rate, such as 144Hz, you really need to upgrade your graphics card.
disk performance
MPG provides 2 M.2 interfaces, the first is PCle 4.0X4; the second is PCle 3.0X4, for test comparison. Of course, the A2000 is just a PCle 3.0X4 SSD.
▼CrystalDiskMark
Nominal continuous reading and writing speed: 2200/2000 MB/s; the test is 2200+/2000+MB/s (data on line 2), and it is no problem to meet the standards. Of course, these are actually high cohort (QD) test results. The first behavior of data with a queue (QD) of 1 has slightly decreased in continuous reading and writing, and there is little change.
▼AS SSD Benchmark
Overall, even for PCle 3.0X4 SSD, the PCle 4.0 interface is still slightly better.
▼SLC Cache
Test the size of the SLC Cache through HD Tune. When writing to the 55GB+, the speed slips. It roughly determines that the SLC Cache is about 55GB. This size is quite large for a 512GB SSD.
RGB Light Effect
Miracle Chassis also has an RGB lighting control system, but it can only control devices connected through 5V 3pin; and connect all RGB to the motherboard and then control it through MYSTIC LIGHT, and you can link all RGB hardware including memory and graphics cards.
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▼The LOGO on the cold head is actually two overlapping "Z" characters, taken from the brand name ZEROZONE. Do you see it?
▼The RGB area of the graphics card support frame is not small.
▼The light effect of the DELTA MAX magic mirror SSD on the back is also visible.
▼Use MYSTIC LIGHT to unify monochromatic light effects.
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Summary
3700X is undoubtedly very cost-effective, but the cost of overclocking brings temperature and power consumption is still not small. Of course, you can also change the idea: the default frequency is reduced to save power.
MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI often reaches 1399, and the better X470 motherboard price is more than 1k, so adding some money to the X570 directly is also a good choice. The power supply materials of this motherboard are good, and the appearance is not bad. The disadvantage is that the motherboard has fewer lights, and the wireless network card is a bit bad. Of course, it won’t cost much to buy another AX200.
Magic Dragon GTX1660SUPER GAMING X 6G has good appearance and heat dissipation efficiency. It is super overclocked and can also touch the butt of the GTX1660TI (5~10% behind). Of course, as the top graphics card in the model, the price is similar to that of the low-end GTX1660TI. If you want to be good-looking, you still have to choose your own performance! Of course, there is another way to choose the beggar version of GTX1660s to save money. There are only 6 original flash memory companies (4 common ones). Kingston is one of the few third-party manufacturers that can get original flash memory (of course, it mainly uses high-end products). This A2000 score can only reach the mid-level level, but the size of the SLC Cache is relatively large among similar products, and a five-year warranty can also reassure users.
ZEROZONE BMR-24 CPU water-cooled radiator and XPG-Longyao D60G memory RGB effects are very good, and the BMR-24 can deal with the 3700X after overclocking. The graphics card power supply cable of the
EVGA G+750w power supply only has one 6+2 interface. This design is very suitable for high-end graphics cards. In addition, I also like the texture of the matte shell of the power supply. After
Lianli was produced in mainland China, the price was no longer high, and it got rid of the positioning of niche products. This magic chassis is also a powerful work. The chassis "opens the door" method is relatively novel, and there are many modular designs. As for appearance, it depends on one's opinion.
Hardware, installation and RGB are also a video. Please enjoy:
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