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What is your intended use for this build? The more details the better.

 

Learning web dev, doing homework, 1080p 75Hz gaming.

 

If gaming, what kind of performance are you looking for? (Screen resolution, framerate, game settings)

 

1080p, 75Hz. Latest titles at Mid-High settings.

 

**What is your budget (ballpark is okay)?**

 

Don't want to go over £650.

 

**In what country are you purchasing your parts?**

 

UK

 

Post a draft of your potential build here (specific parts please).

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor £119.99 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler £31.96 @ Laptops Direct
Motherboard Asus PRIME B450-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard £84.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory £60.81 @ Ebuyer
Storage Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £30.62 @ MyMemory
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £53.79 @ CCL Computers
Video Card MSI Radeon RX 570 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card £139.98 @ CCL Computers
Case Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case £67.98 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £54.95 @ Amazon UK
Monitor AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor £83.99 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £729.06
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-26 11:01 BST+0100  

 

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I just put this together using PCPartPicker, so I wanted to know what you guys think of my choice of parts.
I also really want to shave off some costs here to take it down to £650, but I don't really know what to do.

 

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Would you be prepared to go used? If not still swap the 3300x for a 1600 "AF" and that video card is overpriced.

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My PC:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700x Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC  RAM: 16GB TeamGroup T-Force Delta RGB (2×8GB 3200MHz) GPU:AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 MSI Air Boost OC Case: Lian Li Lancool 2 (With all accessories) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 510 512GB NVME M.2 SSD, 2× 5400RPM Seagate NAS 2TB HDDs PSU: GameMax RGB-850 850W Modular RGB 80+ Gold Display: Viotek GN32DB 32″ Curved Monitor – 144Hz 1440p WQHD VA with FreeSync Cooling: AMD Wraith Prism RGB Keyboard: Anne Pro 2 60% NKRO Bluetooth 4.0 Type-C RGB 61 Keys Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Gateron Brown Switches Mouse: Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury Wired Gaming Mouse Sound: RAZER Kraken Gaming Headset Operating System: Windows 10 Pro Laptop: Clevo P641RE Gaming Laptop (14.1", i7-6700HQ, GTX 970M, 500GB NVME M.2, 16GB DDR4) Phone: Samsung Galaxy S9 128GB Coral Blue Earphones: Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2

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Also that motherboard is too much for what it is, you could get a top of the range-ish b450 for that price

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"Good things might come to those who wait, but not to those who wait too late" Bill Withers, 1981

 

My PC:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700x Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC  RAM: 16GB TeamGroup T-Force Delta RGB (2×8GB 3200MHz) GPU:AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 MSI Air Boost OC Case: Lian Li Lancool 2 (With all accessories) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 510 512GB NVME M.2 SSD, 2× 5400RPM Seagate NAS 2TB HDDs PSU: GameMax RGB-850 850W Modular RGB 80+ Gold Display: Viotek GN32DB 32″ Curved Monitor – 144Hz 1440p WQHD VA with FreeSync Cooling: AMD Wraith Prism RGB Keyboard: Anne Pro 2 60% NKRO Bluetooth 4.0 Type-C RGB 61 Keys Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Gateron Brown Switches Mouse: Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury Wired Gaming Mouse Sound: RAZER Kraken Gaming Headset Operating System: Windows 10 Pro Laptop: Clevo P641RE Gaming Laptop (14.1", i7-6700HQ, GTX 970M, 500GB NVME M.2, 16GB DDR4) Phone: Samsung Galaxy S9 128GB Coral Blue Earphones: Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2

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Oh and the HDD/ SSD combo is a bit too much, pretty sure you could get an m.2 for that price and you could get a new 2tb HDD for £30 most of the time. Everything else looks good tho :P 

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"Good things might come to those who wait, but not to those who wait too late" Bill Withers, 1981

 

My PC:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700x Motherboard: MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC  RAM: 16GB TeamGroup T-Force Delta RGB (2×8GB 3200MHz) GPU:AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 MSI Air Boost OC Case: Lian Li Lancool 2 (With all accessories) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 510 512GB NVME M.2 SSD, 2× 5400RPM Seagate NAS 2TB HDDs PSU: GameMax RGB-850 850W Modular RGB 80+ Gold Display: Viotek GN32DB 32″ Curved Monitor – 144Hz 1440p WQHD VA with FreeSync Cooling: AMD Wraith Prism RGB Keyboard: Anne Pro 2 60% NKRO Bluetooth 4.0 Type-C RGB 61 Keys Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Gateron Brown Switches Mouse: Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury Wired Gaming Mouse Sound: RAZER Kraken Gaming Headset Operating System: Windows 10 Pro Laptop: Clevo P641RE Gaming Laptop (14.1", i7-6700HQ, GTX 970M, 500GB NVME M.2, 16GB DDR4) Phone: Samsung Galaxy S9 128GB Coral Blue Earphones: Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2

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4 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

You can get rid of the aftermarket cooler, the stock cooler is decent, so you can save money on that. The first thing that comes to mind would be a better GPU, maybe you could swap the 3300x for the 3100 to fit in a better GPU to balance the build out a bit. Another thing to save money might be to go micro ATX. In my experience the motherboards have usually been a bit cheaper, same with the cases.

Definitely getting rid of the cooler. I went micro ATX, but this build is really going to be used for a very long time (building it for family relative), and I didn't want to bother with the supposed airflow issues with the case I picked etc.

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3 minutes ago, David_1276 said:

Also that motherboard is too much for what it is, you could get a top of the range-ish b450 for that price

Do you know which B450?

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1 minute ago, curiousgamer121 said:

Do you know which B450?

Lower end B450 like a DS3H or a PRo4 will handle a 3300x fine.

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6 minutes ago, NZgamer said:

Alright, well you could always leave the case as it is and just go for an mATX motherboard

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor £119.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £66.92 @ CCL Computers
Memory Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory £60.81 @ Ebuyer
Storage Kingston A400 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £19.97 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £33.97 @ Amazon UK
Video Card MSI Radeon RX 570 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card £139.98 @ CCL Computers
Case Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case £67.98 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £54.95 @ Amazon UK
Monitor AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor £83.99 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £648.56
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-26 11:21 BST+0100  

Managed to do this, my only concern is:

The case has 3 fans. Would I put 2 intake and 1 exhaust?

The motherboard has 1 fan header, does that mean I need to buy a fan hub?

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor £119.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard £58.16 @ More Computers
Memory Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory £60.81 @ Ebuyer
Storage TCSunBow X3 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £28.59 @ Amazon UK
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £53.79 @ CCL Computers
Video Card Zotac GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB Twin Fan Video Card £162.86 @ CCL Computers
Case Deepcool MATREXX 55 ATX Mid Tower Case £39.97 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £54.95 @ Amazon UK
Monitor AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor £83.99 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £663.11
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-26 11:25 BST+0100  

 

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1 minute ago, NZgamer said:

Yeah, I'd do two intake one exhaust, and yes, you will need a fan hub. They're very inexpensive, though.

Thanks man, I also saw:

Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case has a front panel USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A port, but the Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard does not have sufficient USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers. The case USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A port will not be usable.

Does this mean the case's USB ports will be unusable?

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£147.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£58.16 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£60.81 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Crucial BX300 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£29.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.79 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 570 8 GB Video Card  (£124.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: GameMax Aurora ATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.66 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£54.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £659.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-26 13:39 BST+0100

you can find a cheaper case if you really need the price to go down.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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9 hours ago, curiousgamer121 said:

What is your intended use for this build? The more details the better.

 

Learning web dev, doing homework, 1080p 75Hz gaming.

 

If gaming, what kind of performance are you looking for? (Screen resolution, framerate, game settings)

 

1080p, 75Hz. Latest titles at Mid-High settings.

 

**What is your budget (ballpark is okay)?**

 

Don't want to go over £650.

 

**In what country are you purchasing your parts?**

 

UK

 

Post a draft of your potential build here (specific parts please).

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor £119.99 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler £31.96 @ Laptops Direct
Motherboard Asus PRIME B450-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard £84.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory £60.81 @ Ebuyer
Storage Kingston A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £30.62 @ MyMemory
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £53.79 @ CCL Computers
Video Card MSI Radeon RX 570 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card £139.98 @ CCL Computers
Case Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case £67.98 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £54.95 @ Amazon UK
Monitor AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor £83.99 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £729.06
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-26 11:01 BST+0100  

 

Provide any additional details you wish below.

 

I just put this together using PCPartPicker, so I wanted to know what you guys think of my choice of parts.
I also really want to shave off some costs here to take it down to £650, but I don't really know what to do.

 

dont need the aftermarket cooler. Everything else looks good except would highly recommend a 144hz monitor

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12 hours ago, NZgamer said:

Only that USB 3.2 port will be, but if you wanted to use it, you could just get a PCIe card with a header, but I probably wouldn't, there's not many USB 3.1 devices out there at the moment.

I just found out I can get the same build but for £30 more I can get a Ryzen 5 3600X RX580 combo on sale? Should I go for it?

 

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/asus-radeon-arez-dual-rx-580-8gb-oc-graphics-card-box-uk-at-ebay-3493994#comments

 

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/amd-ryzen-5-3600-processor-from-ebay-anodeandcathode-3493939

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10 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£147.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£58.16 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£60.81 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Crucial BX300 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£29.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£53.79 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 570 8 GB Video Card  (£124.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: GameMax Aurora ATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.66 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£54.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £659.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-26 13:39 BST+0100

you can find a cheaper case if you really need the price to go down.

Check my latest post on this thread please

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20 hours ago, boggy77 said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor £119.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard £58.16 @ More Computers
Memory Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory £60.81 @ Ebuyer
Storage TCSunBow X3 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £28.59 @ Amazon UK
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £53.79 @ CCL Computers
Video Card Zotac GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB Twin Fan Video Card £162.86 @ CCL Computers
Case Deepcool MATREXX 55 ATX Mid Tower Case £39.97 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £54.95 @ Amazon UK
Monitor AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor £83.99 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £663.11
 

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The 1650S has worse performance, less VRAM and is more expensive than a RX 570.

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6 hours ago, koptr said:

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The 1650S has worse performance, less VRAM and is more expensive than a RX 570.

It has less vram and is more expensive, but it has better performance

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1 hour ago, boggy77 said:

It has less vram and is more expensive, but it has better performance

Take a look at @Herman Mcpootis list: The Radeon costs 124.99 £, yours 162.86 £. The VRAM of your choise is 4GB, @Herman Mcpootis choise has got 8GB VRAM.

 

PS: How do you Quote correctly other members? If I just write it down I can't see an orange background like when others quote somebody.

Thanks

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38 minutes ago, koptr said:

Take a look at @Herman Mcpootis list: The Radeon costs 124.99 £, yours 162.86 £. The VRAM of your choise is 4GB, @Herman Mcpootis choise has got 8GB VRAM.

the 1650S is on par with the 580, not the 570.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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2 hours ago, koptr said:

PS: How do you Quote correctly other members? If I just write it down I can't see an orange background like when others quote somebody.

Thanks

Type '@' and the first letter of the name, wait a few seconds, a box underneath should load, just start typing the name and then select it in the small box.

 

Like @koptr.

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2 hours ago, gloop said:

Type '@' and the first letter of the name, wait a few seconds, a box underneath should load, just start typing the name and then select it in the small box.

 

Like @koptr.

Thanks but that didn't worked for me. I typed "@g" to try and waited but nothing happened.

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4 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

the 1650S is on par with the 580, not the 570.

Sorry, my bad. But if you can pay a little more, get a RX 580 with all benefits i listed except the price.

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