welshmanofwar

Apologies, by (nothing snazzy at 4k) i meant that the monitor i have is not 4k, so won't need anything that needs to push at 4k. The price difference on PCWorld between the 3800X and 3800XT is around £15, so there's not much difference. The B550-F was £176 - any suggestions on a decent alternative MB? I'm not too savvy when it comes to MB's as i've never built a comp from scratch.

Budget (including currency): £800-£900 Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly gaming. Future releases to play would be Cyberpunk and COD Cold War. Current titles would be Warzone Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I currently have the below as a possible idea for a setup but wanted to seek advice: - Corsair SPEC-05 Case Corsair TX850M 850W PSU Cooler Master 240R CPU Cooler Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR4 3200MHz 8GB x 2 RAM Ryzen 7 3800 XT ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Roughly totalling £912.98 on PCWorld (haven't price checked elsewhere yet, but i also have a 7% discount code for PCW so total would be around £849.07) I already have a 1050Ti GPU, and know this will need to be upgraded, however i wanted to get the PC setup using the 1050Ti for now, and then look at a GPU upgrade next payday. Already have a monitor (nothing snazzy at 4k, so nothing beefy required for that), and have keyboard and mouse as well.

Yeah, 3090's are way off my affordability Just ordered the 1050Ti and should be here tomorrow, super excited! I think next step will be looking at building a whole setup from scratch, but that will be another story for another day. For now, we shall use the 1050Ti as a plaster for me ever outdating setup

I did come across another thread that mentioned this, however the pre-built was shipped with W8 and should have UEFI already (i'll need to double check in this BIOS when i finish work though). (Link to thread https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/uefi-on-msi-ms-7778-jasmine-motherboard.2892225/) (Link to HP BIOS info: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03656066)

I noticed this on the research i was doing, but i don't think i'll personally notice the difference considering i'm on a R5 at the minute.

@AndrewZScorpion Perfect thanks, there's nothing else in the PCIe next to it so shouldn't be an issue, and thanks re: the size. @Applefreak Thanks, i'll look at the fan after as the GPU is my main priority - the current R5 has it's limitations and is quite frankly run it's course! Agreed I was looking at getting some thermal paste as i took the CPU heatsink off as there was a lot of dust and i noticed the thermal paste was looking a bit old and worn. Also planning on getting some air in a can to get rid of the hard to reach dust - spring clean time!

It might be a bit of a long shot but will give it a try. I'm new to computers, never built one from scratch and currently I can't afford to do that either. I have an old HP Pavilion 500-242ea (specs here: https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c04058519) I'm looking to upgrade the GPU and have been looking 1050 Ti's as they don't require external power and sit happily in the PCIe slot, drawing power from there. The computer current has a Radeon R5 and the motherboard is a MSI MS-7778 (JasmineR). The 1050 Ti draws around 75w of power and minimum PSU required is 300w so that's all covered. The specific 1050 i was looking at was the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GT OC (link: https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti-4GT-OC/Specification) My questions are, A) Would my motherboard be compatible with a dual slot GPU? and B) Would it actual fit in my current case? Case dimensions are: - Height: 36.7 cm (14.48 inches) Width: 17.5 cm (6.91 inches) Length: 38.9 cm (15.35 inches) Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated.