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MattEnglish
By MattEnglish
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Budget (including currency): £900

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 1. Gaming 2. Light Video/Photo Editing 

Other details: Currently using an Antec Three Hundred tower, I was planning on holding onto this to allow for the extra cash to be put into the other components. I have three hard drives which I am going to continue to use for storage of long term files not required for quick access. I have a logitech G15 Keyboard. Currently running a 1080p 60hz monitor (possible upgrade next year but not a priority for me at the moment). 

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£153.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£119.40 @ Alza) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£66.48 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Storage: Western Digital SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£79.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB THICC III Ultra Video Card  (£389.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£69.99 @ Currys PC World) 
Total: £879.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-14 20:17 BST+0100

 

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Replaced SSD
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yeah thats pretty solid (ps, use the BB copy + paste thing not what you used on PCPP)

CPU: AMD 3600X

GPU: Nvidia 3070 (planned)

motherboard: MSI B500-A PRO

memory: G Skill Ripjaws V 2x8 GB 3600Mhz CL16

PSU: EVGA B3 650@

Case: NZXT H510

wireless network adapter: intel ax200

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Dont get that ssd. Its not great compared to others in the price range. I would go for this. Also that case doesn't look great in terms of airflow so i would invest in a new one. The phanteks p400a or fractal design meshify c are good options.

                                                     

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Home gaming and general work rig: CPU: 2700x with stock cooler Ram: Corsair vengeance pro RGB 16gb GPU: RX570 4GB (upgrading soon) Storage: 1x 500gb crucial SSD + 1tb HDD Mobo: B450-F gaming PSU: Corsair rmx550Case: Corsair 275R

 

F@H rig (In office and used for work too) CPU: 3600 Ram: Viper 16gb ram Mobo: B550-Tomahawk GPU's 1x 2080 super 1x 2060 super Storage: SN750 1tb Case: PC 011 Air PSU: Corsair RM850 Fans: 6x Noctua NF-12

 

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Good build.
I would get a Samsung  EVO Plus or a WD Black for the SSD  (a little more expensive but better)

-There might be a BIOS issue with your B450 if it was made before last year. If that's the case, find a friend with an older gen Ryzen (1000 or 2000) CPU to patch the BIOS.

-The Antec Three hundred (my old case) doesn't have great ventilation because of the huge drive bay that obstructs air flow.
If your still put HDD and optical readers in there, make sure you have good cable management.
What I did on mine was to set all the back case fans push out (making a negative pressure setup). It works but you have to clean your case a few times a years.

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CPU Ryzen 5900X - Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX X570-E - RAM 16GB of G.SKILL NEON 3600 -
GPU EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 - Case Mastercase H500p mesh - PSU Seasonic Focus Gx-850 -
Corsair MP600 NVME 1 Tb, Samsung 960 PRO 500 Gb & 2 Seagate Baracuda 7200 RPM 2TB in stripe -
Display two VG27AQ 2K monitor - Cooling Corsair H150 Pro - 

Keyboard G-910 W/ Romer G tactile - Mouse G 502 Hero (wired) -
Sound Logitech X-530 and Razer Tiamat headphones

Operating System Windows 10

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Quickstrike said:

Good build.
I would get a Samsung  EVO Plus or a WD Black for the SSD  (a little more expensive but better)

-There might be a BIOS issue with your B450 if it was made before last year. If that's the case, find a friend with an older gen Ryzen (1000 or 2000) CPU to patch the BIOS.

-The Antec Three hundred (my old case) doesn't have great ventilation because of the huge drive bay that obstructs air flow.
If your still put HDD and optical readers in there, make sure you have good cable management.
What I did on mine was to set all the back case fans push out (making a negative pressure setup). It works but you have to clean your case a few times a years.

Ok I've made the change with the SSD to a WD SN750 (500GB) as recommended by Ed-petit. Within my budget without compromising on space, which I would have had to do with the EVO Pro.

 

I was concerned about how the Antec Case would hold up with cooling, but as this is an upgrade to a budget (£900 is my absolute max) I will have to possibly compromise on the GPU to afford it. Do we think that is worth it based on the substandard cooling or will an upgrade next year of the case be on ok alternative?

 

 

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Just update the case later. What you have is fine for now.

BabyBlu (Primary): 

  • CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K @ up to 5.3GHz, 5.0GHz all-core, delidded
  • Motherboard: Asus Maximus XI Hero
  • RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 4000MHz 16-18-18-34
  • GPU: MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, 2070MHz core, 8000MHz mem
  • Case: Phanteks Evolv X
  • Storage: XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB, 3x ADATASU800 1TB (RAID 0), Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB
  • PSU: Corsair HX1000i
  • Display: MSI MPG341CQR 34" 3440x1440 144Hz Freesync, Dell S2417DG 24" 2560x1440 165Hz Gsync
  • Cooling: Custom water loop (CPU & GPU), Radiators: 1x140mm(Back), 1x280mm(Top), 1x420mm(Front)
  • Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB (Cherry MX Brown)
  • Mouse: MasterMouse MM710
  • Headset: Corsair Void Pro RGB
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

Roxanne (Wife Build):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K @ up to 5.0GHz, 4.8Ghz all-core, relidded w/ LM
  • Motherboard: Asus Z97A
  • RAM: G.Skill Sniper 4x8GB DDR3-2400 @ 10-12-12-24
  • GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 w/ LM
  • Case: Corsair Vengeance C70, w/ Custom Side-Panel Window
  • Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, Silicon Power A80 2TB NVME
  • PSU: Corsair AX760
  • Display: Samsung C27JG56 27" 2560x1440 144Hz Freesync
  • Cooling: Corsair H115i RGB
  • Keyboard: GMMK TKL(Kailh Box White)
  • Mouse: Glorious Model O-
  • Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

BigBox (HTPC):

  • CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3600 @ 3600MHz 14-14-14-28
  • GPU: MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X Plus OC, de-shrouded, LM TIM, replaced mem therm pads
  • Case: Fractal Design Node 202
  • Storage: SP A80 1TB, WD Black SN770 2TB
  • PSU: Corsair SF600 Gold w/ NF-A9x14
  • Display: Samsung QN90A 65" (QLED, 4K, 120Hz, HDR, VRR)
  • Cooling: Thermalright AXP-100 Copper w/ NF-A12x15
  • Keyboard/Mouse: Rii i4
  • Controllers: 4X Xbox One & 2X N64 (with USB)
  • Sound: Denon AVR S760H with 5.1.2 Atmos setup.
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

Harmonic (NAS/Game/Plex/Other Server):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 6700
  • Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY H270M
  • RAM: 64GB DDR4-2133
  • GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530
  • Case: Fractal Design Define 7
  • HDD: 3X Seagate Exos X16 14TB in RAID 5
  • SSD: Inland Premium 512GB NVME, Sabrent 1TB NVME
  • Optical: BDXL WH14NS40 flashed to WH16NS60
  • PSU: Corsair CX450
  • Display: None
  • Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard/Mouse: None
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

NAS:

  • Synology DS216J
  • 2x8TB WD Red NAS HDDs in RAID 1. 8TB usable space
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12 minutes ago, MattEnglish said:

Ok whilst doing a final check on availability of the list I've been struggling to find the below PSU:

 

Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£69.99 @ Currys PC World) 

 

 

Any other recommendations within a similar price range?

SeaSonic S12III 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

Spoiler

 

CPU Ryzen 5900X - Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX X570-E - RAM 16GB of G.SKILL NEON 3600 -
GPU EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 - Case Mastercase H500p mesh - PSU Seasonic Focus Gx-850 -
Corsair MP600 NVME 1 Tb, Samsung 960 PRO 500 Gb & 2 Seagate Baracuda 7200 RPM 2TB in stripe -
Display two VG27AQ 2K monitor - Cooling Corsair H150 Pro - 

Keyboard G-910 W/ Romer G tactile - Mouse G 502 Hero (wired) -
Sound Logitech X-530 and Razer Tiamat headphones

Operating System Windows 10

 

 

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