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Hayasaka
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Hi I've never owned a desktop PC before and I'm planning on building a PC soon. I don't know where to start and somewhat don't know what parts I need. So pretty much starting from scratch.

 

Budget (including currency): £1000

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Mainly used for gaming for games like Assassins Creed, Red Dead Redemption, Tomb Raider, etc. Some video editing, web browsing, Discord and plan on using 2 monitors.

Other details: I already own a keyboard, mouse and monitor. Will buy 2nd monitor in the future. I want to play at 1920x1080 up to 144hz but 60hz I think is fine if my budget isn't enough.

I want it to look fancy with some RGB lighting something like how this YouTuber has his :P

This case also got me interested:
Phanteks Eclipse P400A
https://www.awd-it.co.uk/phanteks-eclipse-p400a-tempered-glass-windowed-drgb-mesh-midi-tower-atx-gaming-case-black.html?wgu=13527_206719_15966389317962_cf37c61bdc&wgexpiry=1604414931&source=webgains&siteid=206719

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 My suggestion with RGB on the case fans, cooler fan, mainboard, GPU and RAM. Pretty much everything lights up :D  Let me know what you think:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £167.58 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler £40.50 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard £115.40 @ Alza
Memory Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory £89.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £56.04 @ BT Shop
Storage Western Digital Blue 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive £54.66 @ CCL Computers
Video Card PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Devil Video Card £389.99 @ Amazon UK
Case Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case £79.99 @ AWD-IT
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £76.98 @ Aria PC
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1071.13
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-05 18:01 BST+0100  

 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £167.58 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler £40.50 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard £115.40 @ Alza
Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory £68.39 @ Amazon UK
Storage Kingston A2000 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £100.97 @ Laptops Direct
Video Card PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card £344.99 @ Amazon UK
Case Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case £79.99 @ AWD-IT
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £76.98 @ Aria PC
Case Fan be quiet! Pure Wings 2 120 PWM 87 CFM 120 mm Fan £8.99 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1003.79
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-05 18:04 BST+0100  
 

This would be a great option for under £1000. If you can spend a bit more swap out the motherboard for the MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK as it will support later generation processors. 

I have that case you found, It is great and has very good airflow and looks nice. There are plenty of how to build a PC videos out there on youtube from people like Linus himself, Pauls Hardware, bitwit etc.

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Just now, Avocheeseado said:

Wow mine is basically the same as yours. Didn't realise

Lol you're right :D

I just added more RGB and another GPU model.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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11 minutes ago, Stahlmann98 said:

 My suggestion with RGB on the case fans, cooler fan, mainboard, GPU and RAM. Pretty much everything lights up :D  Let me know what you think:

PCPartPicker Part List

Awesome!

11 minutes ago, Avocheeseado said:
If you can spend a bit more swap out the motherboard for the MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK 

How much more would it add to the total if I swap it out for that? 

 

Also lol both of you put up the exact same build. Thanks guys! 

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Just now, Hayasaka said:

Awesome!

How much more would it add to the total is I swap it out for that? 

~50 punds more. But as long as you don't need PCIe Gen 4 you're fine with the B450 Tomahawk Max.

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14 minutes ago, Stahlmann98 said:

~50 punds more. But as long as you don't need PCIe Gen 4 you're fine with the B450 Tomahawk Max.

Ah ok. I'll prob go with the list you've given as you mentioned it has more RGB and I like my RGB 😄

After that it'll be all about me building it together which I'm really worried about and worried I might mess up because it seems complicated.

 

Thanks again for your help guys

 

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6 minutes ago, Hayasaka said:

Ah ok. I'll prob go with the list you've given as you mentioned it has more RGB and I like my RGB 😄

After that it'll be all about me building it together which I'm really worried about and worried I might mess up because it seems complicated.

 

Thanks again for your help guys

 

Just take a build guide from LTT, Pauls Hardware, Bitwit, JayzTwocents or Hardware Unboxed. Take your time. If you have any questions or problems during the build, the forum will answer them quickly.

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7 minutes ago, Stahlmann98 said:

Just take a build guide from LTT, Pauls Hardware, Bitwit, JayzTwocents or Hardware Unboxed. Take your time. If you have any questions or problems during the build, the forum will answer them quickly.

Ok thanks.

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2 minutes ago, Hayasaka said:

Ok thanks.

No problem! Have fun building your PC!

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26 minutes ago, Hayasaka said:

Thanks again for your help guys

 

Glad i could help you. Enjoy building your pc!

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