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Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

I would go Ryzen personally.

 

I don't trust that PSU either, I'd aim for a Corsair CX550M

somebody selling this for £490 2nd hand

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Just now, googleyowner said:

somebody selling this for £490 2nd hand

If it's second hand, then I'd buy it and then upgrade the PSU.

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2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

If it's second hand, then I'd buy it and then upgrade the PSU.

ok thanks

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  • Asus Z370-P isn't the best board for overclocking, but to the credit of the builder they at least use a Z series board
  • PSU isn't very good
  • Get a proper SSD and a proper HDD instead of a FireCuda hybrid.

Other than that, the value is fairly decent for what you're getting... To buy a similar system new you would be looking well over 800 pounds. So used for 490 pounds seems like a fair deal. Put some money towards a new PSU and a SSD.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £235.20 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper H411R 34.1 CFM CPU Cooler £21.48 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard Asus - Prime Z370-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £109.97 @ CCL Computers
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LED 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory £109.19 @ Amazon UK
Storage Seagate - FireCuda 1 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive £54.43 @ PC World Business
Video Card EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB GAMING Video Card £209.98 @ Ebuyer
Case Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case £49.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £49.99 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £840.23
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-30 18:22 GMT+0000  

 

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10 minutes ago, Spotty said:
  • Asus Z370-P isn't the best board for overclocking, but to the credit of the builder they at least use a Z series board
  • PSU isn't very good
  • Get a proper SSD and a proper HDD instead of a FireCuda hybrid.

Other than that, the value is fairly decent for what you're getting... To buy a similar system new you would be looking well over 800 pounds. So used for 490 pounds seems like a fair deal. Put some money towards a new PSU and a SSD.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £235.20 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper H411R 34.1 CFM CPU Cooler £21.48 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard Asus - Prime Z370-P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £109.97 @ CCL Computers
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LED 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory £109.19 @ Amazon UK
Storage Seagate - FireCuda 1 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive £54.43 @ PC World Business
Video Card EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB GAMING Video Card £209.98 @ Ebuyer
Case Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case £49.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply £49.99 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £840.23
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-30 18:22 GMT+0000  

 

will do thanks

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PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/gYvT3b
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/gYvT3b/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£95.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£61.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston - FURY 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£66.20 @ Box Limited) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£17.51 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G  Video Card  (£144.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£50.34 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£67.46 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £539.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-01 13:11 GMT+0000

 

 

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11 minutes ago, googleyowner said:

budget of 550

What are you going to be using your PC for? Gaming/streaming/video editing? The part list will depend on that.

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15 minutes ago, Overlandr said:

What are you going to be using your PC for? Gaming/streaming/video editing? The part list will depend on that.

gaming

 

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25 minutes ago, Konrad_K said:

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/gYvT3b
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/gYvT3b/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£95.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£61.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Kingston - FURY 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£66.20 @ Box Limited) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£17.51 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G  Video Card  (£144.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£50.34 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£67.46 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £539.19
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-01 13:11 GMT+0000

 

 

There are many things wrong with your build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£95.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£74.05 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£68.77 @ Amazon UK) 
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  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Gaming 8G Video Card  (£199.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £586.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-01 13:37 GMT+0000

Ryzen 7 3700X / 16GB RAM / Optane SSD / GTX 1650 / Solus Linux

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18 minutes ago, googleyowner said:

gaming

 

What kind of games? 2 nearly identical builds are above, main difference of GPU and case. If it's low end games you can save money on the GPU but if it's demanding titles like witcher 3 you may need to spend more on the GPU. Either way, this build will be more futureproof because of the RX 580 and the one gig stick of ram which can be upgraded to dual channel 16 gigs in the future, but otherwise it's basically the same:

18 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

There are many things wrong with your build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£95.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£74.05 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£68.77 @ Amazon UK) 
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  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Gaming 8G Video Card  (£199.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £586.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-01 13:37 GMT+0000

 

It is said that an Italian dies every time Spaghetti is broken.

That's why I break mine twice.

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https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/VwT8sZPCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor £119.23 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard Asus - PRIME B360M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £60.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory £54.99 @ Ebuyer
Storage Toshiba - P300 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £52.99 @ Amazon UK
Video Card Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card £144.98 @ Ebuyer
Case BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case £29.95 @ More Computers
Other Intel Optane Memory Module 32 GB PCIe M.2 80mm MEMPEK1W032GAXT £43.66 @ Amazon UK
Other EVGA 100-BR-0600-K3 600 W ATX Power Supply - Black £52.02 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £558.81
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-01 13:58 GMT+0000  

This is what I would go for gaming. The i3-8100 is quite a bit faster with quad core than the R5 1400, so you will get more FPS in games with the RX 570 which is a good deal ATM and can easily be upgraded in the future. This motherboard only has 2 DIMM slots so there is only one stick of RAM so it can be upgraded to 16GB in the future if you find that is an issue (I find 8GB is plenty for gaming). The Optane drive with the 2 TB HDD means you will have SSD like performance while being able to store lots of games because I seem to run out of space all the time with only 1TB. 

 

Edit: Also the RAM speed does not matter as much on Intel so you can get away with slower RAM and it not affect the games

 

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On 12/1/2018 at 7:57 AM, THE PC GAMER said:

What kind of games? 2 nearly identical builds are above, main difference of GPU and case. If it's low end games you can save money on the GPU but if it's demanding titles like witcher 3 you may need to spend more on the GPU. Either way, this build will be more futureproof because of the RX 580 and the one gig stick of ram which can be upgraded to dual channel 16 gigs in the future, but otherwise it's basically the same:

 

B450M pro has 4 ram slots so getting 8GB in a single stick, aspecially with ryzen isn't really a good idea. 

 

On 12/1/2018 at 7:38 AM, NunoLava1998 said:

There are many things wrong with your build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£95.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£74.05 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£68.77 @ Amazon UK) 
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  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Gaming 8G Video Card  (£199.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £586.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Ok. Fine. Can you justify why?

From what I can see you changed in contrast to my "wrong" build:

-the GPU to a RX580 (fine, if he wants to spend more)

-The SSD for some reason

-Got a worse memory config (the B450M has 4 ram slots, no need to get a single stick, it will hurt performance)

-Got an outdated case with poor airflow.

-Got a worse PSU. 

 

I do not mean to be hostile but, please don't judge others without justification. It's easy. I am happy to hear why you think your build is better. In fact if I would have added an RX580 the price of my build would be very similar to yours. 

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Just now, Konrad_K said:

B450M pro has 4 ram slots so getting 8GB in a single stick, aspecially with ryzen isn't really a good idea. 

Didn't notice that. My bad. :P 

It is said that an Italian dies every time Spaghetti is broken.

That's why I break mine twice.

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Just now, Konrad_K said:

From what I can see you changed in contrast to my "wrong" build:

-the GPU to a RX580 (fine, if he wants to spend more)

-The SSD for some reason

-Got a worse memory config (the B450M has 4 ram slots, no need to get a single stick, it will hurt performance)

-Got an outdated case with poor airflow.

-Got a worse PSU. 

 

I do not mean to be hostile but, please don't judge others without justification. It's easy. I am happy to hear why you think your build is better. In fact if I would have added an RX580 the price of my build would be very similar to yours. 

 

Sorry for acting a little bit harsh.

After rethinking it a bit i also don't know why I changed half the things, however the Corsair 88R isn't a bad case (I have it actually, pretty cool temps). I did get a worse memory config however the speed was slightly higher (DDR4-3000 instead of DDR4-2666), so it should be about equal.

About the RX 580, SSD and PSU i don't know why lol

Ryzen 7 3700X / 16GB RAM / Optane SSD / GTX 1650 / Solus Linux

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Here's a fixed version of my "fixed" build that should be better:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£95.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£74.05 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£62.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital - Green  240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£29.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 4 GB NITRO+ Video Card  (£184.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £607.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-01 14:19 GMT+0000

Ryzen 7 3700X / 16GB RAM / Optane SSD / GTX 1650 / Solus Linux

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4 hours ago, NunoLava1998 said:

Here's a fixed version of my "fixed" build that should be better:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£95.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£74.05 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£62.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital - Green  240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£29.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 4 GB NITRO+ Video Card  (£184.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £607.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-01 14:19 GMT+0000

should i replace the cpu with an i3 8100?

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7 minutes ago, googleyowner said:

should i replace the cpu with an i3 8100?

no

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1 minute ago, NunoLava1998 said:

no

okay what could i do to make it a little bit cheaper?

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1 minute ago, googleyowner said:

okay what could i do to make it a little bit cheaper?

probably change the rx 580 to a rx 570, all you can really do

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Just now, NunoLava1998 said:

probably change the rx 580 to a rx 570, all you can really do

okay thanks

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£135.46 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£61.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£58.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Crucial - BX500 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£33.54 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G  Video Card  (£144.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: CiT - CIT-F3WHITEBLACK MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£54.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £554.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-02 02:30 GMT+0000

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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