AMD Ryzen 1600 AF M-ATX gaming PC build Ft. RTX 2060
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**ASRock R-TX 2060 Review: A Powerhouse CPU with RGB Fans**
I recently had the opportunity to review the ASRock R-TX 2060, a powerful CPU that is capable of handling demanding workloads and gaming applications. In this review, I will walk you through my experience with this CPU, including its performance, overclocking capabilities, and build quality.
**RGB Fans: A Cool Addition**
One of the standout features of the ASRock R-TX 2060 is its RGB fan setup. The fans are designed to work seamlessly with the CPU, providing a unique and visually striking appearance. While I didn't intentionally plan for this setup, I have come to appreciate the look it provides.
**Building the System**
Assembling the system was relatively straightforward, although I did encounter some issues with RAM compatibility. The ASRock R-TX 2060 refused to overclock my existing G.Skill DDR4 memory, so I had to replace it with Corsair's 32GB (2x16GB) kit. To my surprise, the CPU was able to reach a stable 3.6 GHz without any issues.
**Overclocking the CPU**
I was excited to try overclocking the ASRock R-TX 2060, but unfortunately, I didn't achieve the results I had hoped for. Despite trying various voltage settings, I was unable to push the CPU beyond 4.1 GHz. However, this is not a major concern, as gaming performance remains excellent even at lower clock speeds.
**Gaming Performance**
The ASRock R-TX 2060 performed admirably in gaming applications, with smooth frame rates at 1080p and above. While I didn't experience any major issues during testing, I did encounter some occasional crashes, which may be related to the CPU's overclocking capabilities.
**Productivity Performance**
In terms of productivity performance, the ASRock R-TX 2060 delivered excellent results. However, to take full advantage of its potential, a more powerful cooler is required to handle the higher clock speeds. This will ensure that the system remains stable and cool under load.
**Conclusion**
The ASRock R-TX 2060 is a powerful CPU that offers excellent performance in gaming and productivity applications. While overclocking may be limited by the cooler's thermal capabilities, the CPU still delivers impressive results. If you're looking for a reliable and high-performance CPU, the ASRock R-TX 2060 is definitely worth considering.
**Additional Information**
* The ASRock R-TX 2060 features a unique RGB fan setup that provides a visually striking appearance.
* The CPU requires a more powerful cooler to handle higher clock speeds.
* Gaming performance remains excellent even at lower clock speeds.
* Productivity performance delivers excellent results, but may require additional cooling measures.
WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: entoday I'm gonna break a cardinal sin of tech YouTube I'm gonna have fun building a computer there's no specific budget I'm not trying to answer any question or even teach you anything I just want to enjoy building a computer with some random parts I have lying around and a risin 5 1600 AF and some aja Wars fans sent out by a mr. wall man this video started off on a great foot when it took me about half an hour to find the rear i/o shield for this motherboard partly because I'm a bit of a pig I was looking in all of there and it actually ended up being under that motherboard over there for some reason but we found it so it means we can get started I'm actually going to be a complete rebel here and not test the components first I've used the motherboard and a build before as you can see the CPU is new and the power supply is new but everything else I would have used before so if something is broken it'll be easy to diagnose it but again always test your components at home kids but with that let's drop the CPU in here and get started when it comes to the CPU cooler this is the wrong cooler for the CPU that I have this actually is the spire that came with my 2700 that I've never used before and I haven't seen in builds regularly so it's a bit more of a beefy cooler and I do what I want initially I wanted to use that RAM kit under there which is a 16 gig kit of 3200 megahertz it's it's a team group kit it's very good value for money Ram but the problem is it's under that cooler and it's gonna be a huge pain in my butt to get out from under there so do I not be lazy about it and use that RAM or do I use fancier high speed ram so the RAM that I'm using for this build is 16 gigs of trade is e 3600 megahertz the power supply that I'm gonna use for this video is a c6 fifty which NZXT sent over for this video it's a six hundred and fifty watt power supply that 80 plus bronze rated and it's fully modular with some fairly decent looking cables so I may not have to use braided extension cables but I'll see how I feel later on in the video NZXT is always really good with our packaging they include this little it looks like a toiletry bag for your power supply cables that's amazing that's so convenient especially for me that loses everything major hardware I can't help but feel like that warning is there just for you the case is one of my all-time favorites it's the m80 X version of the fractal design mesh fic which is going to go very well with our little Asus board over there so now let's drop in those aja horse fans that mr. Wolman sent over I think the white fan adds a nice contrast one thing that I kind of hate about using new fans is that breaking the fan screw virginity is always like a full-body workout now that I've pretty much thrown out my back pounding in these three fans this is the airflow configuration that I'm going with so I've got two intake fans and one exhaust so that we have some positive pressure in here I thought about adding two more in the top but yeah then we may have a negative airflow situation and I'm not some kind of animal with that let's drop the motherboard in here and get this build going with only a reasonable amount of struggling I have the motherboard mounted in here the main issue I had as always is the front USB 3 header cable thing on the list of things that can die painful deaths in a fire that cable is very much at the top of that list I actually had to pull the power supply out to be able to fit it through there and then struggle to get it in luckily that was very convenient considering that little bracket unscrewing 2 captive thumb screws is significantly more convenient than having to deal with 4 non captive screws yeah so now let's drop the graphics card in here and see how she runs here it is this is the final product I haven't actually switched it on yet I don't know that it works but it should work I'm hopeful we're gonna pretend like the back doesn't exist because that's what I usually do I mean if I can close the backside panel with not too much elbow grease I consider it a job well done as far as the cable management in the front though it doesn't look the best down here but it's one of the beauties of mitx is that it's kind of hidden a little bit there wasn't a closer spot to bring the front i/o stuff through but yeah you're not really gonna see that too much the other cable management issue I have is with some RGB this cooler does actually line up in RGB and you can control it if you plug it in but then there's another cable that you have to deal with these fans look really good I'm excited to see what they look like lit up so let's fire this bad boy up see what it looks like and then do some benchmarks it turned into a little bit of a neon looking thing basically long story short it wasn't intentional but I caught it like the way it looks I think it looks really cool now as far as the building process goes I've already kind of told you everything about it when it came to installing Windows it was very fast although the more eagle-eyed of you would probably have noticed that I've got different RAM in that because the system refused to overclock the g.skill true disease that I had in there before anything above 21 33 megahertz and then I put the Corsair kit in there and it just cocked straight to 3.6 gigahertz on the memory so yeah I mean it seems like this 1600 AF is still a bit finicky with what Ram it'll clock very high with now when it comes to overclocking the little risin 5 1600 AF I was really excited because I thought I was gonna be able to throttle its neck a little bit considering that we have the bigger stock horizon cooler on there but yeah I didn't really go as well as I expected because clocking at anywhere above 4 gigahertz I needed to crank the voltages which then meant that the cooler couldn't handle it in fact when it comes to thermally very demanding tests like either 64 at 4 gigahertz I had to run it at one point 3 4 3 volts which meant that it was stable but at that voltage the cooler couldn't handle it and in the system would shut down as you can see from this warning and then when I dropped it just one point lower to 1.337 then thermally the cooler seemed to be able to kind of handle it but then the test would just crash because it can't maintain 4 gigahertz with that voltage now when it came to gaming I could easily get 4 gigahertz at one point 3 4 3 volts it worked fine temperatures were ok but again gaming isn't the most thermally intensive CPU application so when it comes to productivity you really need to slap a beefier cooler on here to be able to get those higher 4.1 gigahertz overclocked surround there with that let's have a look at the gaming benchmarks to see how well the 1600 AF in the r-tx 2060 played together and as you can see they work really well together the system actually performs very nicely at 1080p and I think you would be very happy with its gaming performance at that resolution you could get a higher end CPU to pair with the r-tx 2060 but honestly I think it's fine I don't think you need to be too bothered about that and especially if you overclock the trip a bit more you may get a little bit more gaming performance out of it especially with that really fast RAM in there I I think that helps Rison a lot now just a quick note on the gaming benchmarks I did have a little bit of instability I did have the occasional crash while running the benchmarks I didn't have enough time to properly diagnose it because I spent a lot of time getting the chip to run at 4 gigahertz without setting itself on fire with this cooler so it meant I didn't have more time when I started running the gaming benchmarks to actually properly get the stability down on the system so you do have to dial it in a little bit but yeah other than that it ran very very nicely thank you very much war man for sending up these amazing looking fans with the Rison 5 1600 AF there they're a great combination so with that thank you very much for watching if you liked the video do like and subscribe to the channel for more videos like this one I'll be streaming on my youtube channel a bit later today so check that out as well if you want and until the next video bye byetoday I'm gonna break a cardinal sin of tech YouTube I'm gonna have fun building a computer there's no specific budget I'm not trying to answer any question or even teach you anything I just want to enjoy building a computer with some random parts I have lying around and a risin 5 1600 AF and some aja Wars fans sent out by a mr. wall man this video started off on a great foot when it took me about half an hour to find the rear i/o shield for this motherboard partly because I'm a bit of a pig I was looking in all of there and it actually ended up being under that motherboard over there for some reason but we found it so it means we can get started I'm actually going to be a complete rebel here and not test the components first I've used the motherboard and a build before as you can see the CPU is new and the power supply is new but everything else I would have used before so if something is broken it'll be easy to diagnose it but again always test your components at home kids but with that let's drop the CPU in here and get started when it comes to the CPU cooler this is the wrong cooler for the CPU that I have this actually is the spire that came with my 2700 that I've never used before and I haven't seen in builds regularly so it's a bit more of a beefy cooler and I do what I want initially I wanted to use that RAM kit under there which is a 16 gig kit of 3200 megahertz it's it's a team group kit it's very good value for money Ram but the problem is it's under that cooler and it's gonna be a huge pain in my butt to get out from under there so do I not be lazy about it and use that RAM or do I use fancier high speed ram so the RAM that I'm using for this build is 16 gigs of trade is e 3600 megahertz the power supply that I'm gonna use for this video is a c6 fifty which NZXT sent over for this video it's a six hundred and fifty watt power supply that 80 plus bronze rated and it's fully modular with some fairly decent looking cables so I may not have to use braided extension cables but I'll see how I feel later on in the video NZXT is always really good with our packaging they include this little it looks like a toiletry bag for your power supply cables that's amazing that's so convenient especially for me that loses everything major hardware I can't help but feel like that warning is there just for you the case is one of my all-time favorites it's the m80 X version of the fractal design mesh fic which is going to go very well with our little Asus board over there so now let's drop in those aja horse fans that mr. Wolman sent over I think the white fan adds a nice contrast one thing that I kind of hate about using new fans is that breaking the fan screw virginity is always like a full-body workout now that I've pretty much thrown out my back pounding in these three fans this is the airflow configuration that I'm going with so I've got two intake fans and one exhaust so that we have some positive pressure in here I thought about adding two more in the top but yeah then we may have a negative airflow situation and I'm not some kind of animal with that let's drop the motherboard in here and get this build going with only a reasonable amount of struggling I have the motherboard mounted in here the main issue I had as always is the front USB 3 header cable thing on the list of things that can die painful deaths in a fire that cable is very much at the top of that list I actually had to pull the power supply out to be able to fit it through there and then struggle to get it in luckily that was very convenient considering that little bracket unscrewing 2 captive thumb screws is significantly more convenient than having to deal with 4 non captive screws yeah so now let's drop the graphics card in here and see how she runs here it is this is the final product I haven't actually switched it on yet I don't know that it works but it should work I'm hopeful we're gonna pretend like the back doesn't exist because that's what I usually do I mean if I can close the backside panel with not too much elbow grease I consider it a job well done as far as the cable management in the front though it doesn't look the best down here but it's one of the beauties of mitx is that it's kind of hidden a little bit there wasn't a closer spot to bring the front i/o stuff through but yeah you're not really gonna see that too much the other cable management issue I have is with some RGB this cooler does actually line up in RGB and you can control it if you plug it in but then there's another cable that you have to deal with these fans look really good I'm excited to see what they look like lit up so let's fire this bad boy up see what it looks like and then do some benchmarks it turned into a little bit of a neon looking thing basically long story short it wasn't intentional but I caught it like the way it looks I think it looks really cool now as far as the building process goes I've already kind of told you everything about it when it came to installing Windows it was very fast although the more eagle-eyed of you would probably have noticed that I've got different RAM in that because the system refused to overclock the g.skill true disease that I had in there before anything above 21 33 megahertz and then I put the Corsair kit in there and it just cocked straight to 3.6 gigahertz on the memory so yeah I mean it seems like this 1600 AF is still a bit finicky with what Ram it'll clock very high with now when it comes to overclocking the little risin 5 1600 AF I was really excited because I thought I was gonna be able to throttle its neck a little bit considering that we have the bigger stock horizon cooler on there but yeah I didn't really go as well as I expected because clocking at anywhere above 4 gigahertz I needed to crank the voltages which then meant that the cooler couldn't handle it in fact when it comes to thermally very demanding tests like either 64 at 4 gigahertz I had to run it at one point 3 4 3 volts which meant that it was stable but at that voltage the cooler couldn't handle it and in the system would shut down as you can see from this warning and then when I dropped it just one point lower to 1.337 then thermally the cooler seemed to be able to kind of handle it but then the test would just crash because it can't maintain 4 gigahertz with that voltage now when it came to gaming I could easily get 4 gigahertz at one point 3 4 3 volts it worked fine temperatures were ok but again gaming isn't the most thermally intensive CPU application so when it comes to productivity you really need to slap a beefier cooler on here to be able to get those higher 4.1 gigahertz overclocked surround there with that let's have a look at the gaming benchmarks to see how well the 1600 AF in the r-tx 2060 played together and as you can see they work really well together the system actually performs very nicely at 1080p and I think you would be very happy with its gaming performance at that resolution you could get a higher end CPU to pair with the r-tx 2060 but honestly I think it's fine I don't think you need to be too bothered about that and especially if you overclock the trip a bit more you may get a little bit more gaming performance out of it especially with that really fast RAM in there I I think that helps Rison a lot now just a quick note on the gaming benchmarks I did have a little bit of instability I did have the occasional crash while running the benchmarks I didn't have enough time to properly diagnose it because I spent a lot of time getting the chip to run at 4 gigahertz without setting itself on fire with this cooler so it meant I didn't have more time when I started running the gaming benchmarks to actually properly get the stability down on the system so you do have to dial it in a little bit but yeah other than that it ran very very nicely thank you very much war man for sending up these amazing looking fans with the Rison 5 1600 AF there they're a great combination so with that thank you very much for watching if you liked the video do like and subscribe to the channel for more videos like this one I'll be streaming on my youtube channel a bit later today so check that out as well if you want and until the next video bye bye