Building a new PC

Daniel81 · February 8, 2020

Hi LTT team.

Your videos are epic.

I want to build a brand new PC from scratch but there is so much to choose from and I end up just adding to the cart the most expensive stuff following the rule of more expensive is better of course that this goes way out of my budget.

The budget: I live in the UK and I am setting a budget of £1000 (no mouse, keyboard needed nor screen as I will be hooking it up to a 65" 4K TV.

My asking to you, would you be able to "build" me a rig that fits my budget using Amazon UK?

Would be cool if you could make a video of it on your YouTube channel for your UK based fans as usually all your videos are in USD.

The rig would be for some casual gaming but in a good res and good fps if possible.

Generally speaking I play Fifa, F1 a couple of first person shooters and some PS 4 exclusives but I want to get away from console gaming and get back to pc gaming.

If at all possible could you advise as well on a horizontal case media centre stile? But if that gets in the way of build quality/cooling efficiency I can live with a vertical case no probs.

Many thanks and keep up with you awesome videos.

Regards,

Daniel

Herman Mcpootis · February 8, 2020

55 minutes ago, Daniel81 said:

Hi LTT team.

Your videos are epic.

I want to build a brand new PC from scratch but there is so much to choose from and I end up just adding to the cart the most expensive stuff following the rule of more expensive is better of course that this goes way out of my budget.

The budget: I live in the UK and I am setting a budget of £1000 (no mouse, keyboard needed nor screen as I will be hooking it up to a 65" 4K TV.

My asking to you, would you be able to "build" me a rig that fits my budget using Amazon UK?

they're not gonna spend time to help out some random guy on the forum, generally the forumers are the ones helping you pick out whatever you need.

boggy77 · February 8, 2020

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£154.00 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler	Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 chromax.black 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler	£45.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£64.99 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Mushkin Enhanced Redline 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£80.59 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Sabrent Rocket 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£69.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	TCSunBow X3 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£85.99 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	£349.99 @ Amazon UK
Case	Silverstone GD04B-USB3.0 HTPC Case	£89.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£60.97 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1002.49
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-08 12:49 GMT+0000

Daniel81 · February 8, 2020

1 hour ago, boggy77 said:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £154.00 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 chromax.black 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler £45.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £64.99 @ CCL Computers
Memory Mushkin Enhanced Redline 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory £80.59 @ Amazon UK
Storage Sabrent Rocket 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £69.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage TCSunBow X3 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive £85.99 @ Amazon UK
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card £349.99 @ Amazon UK
Case Silverstone GD04B-USB3.0 HTPC Case £89.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £60.97 @ Amazon UK
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total £1002.49
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-08 12:49 GMT+0000

Tnx, going to have a look at the parts on amazon and probably start ordering.

Herman Mcpootis · February 8, 2020

2 hours ago, boggy77 said:

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £154.00 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-L9a-AM4 chromax.black 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler £45.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £64.99 @ CCL Computers
Memory Mushkin Enhanced Redline 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory £80.59 @ Amazon UK
Storage Sabrent Rocket 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £69.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage TCSunBow X3 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive £85.99 @ Amazon UK
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card £349.99 @ Amazon UK
Case Silverstone GD04B-USB3.0 HTPC Case £89.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £60.97 @ Amazon UK
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total £1002.49
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-08 12:49 GMT+0000

the case you picked has enough clearance for the stealth. latency on that ram kit isn't very good, wouldn't be that much better over a regular 3000-3200mhz kit.

Daniel81 · February 8, 2020

6 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

the case you picked has enough clearance for the stealth. latency on that ram kit isn't very good, wouldn't be that much better over a regular 3000-3200mhz kit.

tnx, I have been looking arond trying to figure the max amount of RAM just for future in case need to increase RAM for photo/video edting, do you think that in that case wold be better a single 16GB ram @3200mhz and if needed upgrade with onether 16 and eventually another 2 to get a total of 64GB?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ballistix-BLS2K8G4D32AESEK-PC4-25600-Single-288-Pin/dp/B07MGPK7XC/ref=pd_aw_sbs_147_6/259-6723701-9982547?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07MNJKPSK&pd_rd_r=baa50ce9-488a-4db6-8999-2500b10306cb&pd_rd_w=afUws&pd_rd_wg=mwIQ3&pf_rd_p=15216146-4434-47f5-99d9-56240c85bf4d&pf_rd_r=13NGC8J91Q3B8TDTHAB3&refRID=13NGC8J91Q3B8TDTHAB3&th=1

Herman Mcpootis · February 8, 2020

Just now, Daniel81 said:

tnx, I have been looking arond trying to figure the max amount of RAM just for future in case need to increase RAM for photo/video edting, do you think that in that case wold be better a single 16GB ram @3200mhz and if needed upgrade with onether 16 and eventually another 2 to get a total of 64GB?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ballistix-BLS2K8G4D32AESEK-PC4-25600-Single-288-Pin/dp/B07MGPK7XC/ref=pd_aw_sbs_147_6/259-6723701-9982547?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07MNJKPSK&pd_rd_r=baa50ce9-488a-4db6-8999-2500b10306cb&pd_rd_w=afUws&pd_rd_wg=mwIQ3&pf_rd_p=15216146-4434-47f5-99d9-56240c85bf4d&pf_rd_r=13NGC8J91Q3B8TDTHAB3&refRID=13NGC8J91Q3B8TDTHAB3&th=1

stick with a dual channel 16gb kit unless you know you'll be upgrading soon.

Daniel81 · February 8, 2020

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

stick with a dual channel 16gb kit unless you know you'll be upgrading soon.

Got it, tnx.

You mentioned that the case has enough clearance for the stealth, sorry for asking, what's that?

Herman Mcpootis · February 8, 2020

1 minute ago, Daniel81 said:

Got it, tnx.

You mentioned that the case has enough clearance for the stealth, sorry for asking, what's that?

the stock cooler that comes with the CPU he picked.

Daniel81 · February 8, 2020

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

the stock cooler that comes with the CPU he picked.

Ah cool.

Regarding the case and its placement, since its a HTPC thinking of fitting it where the PS4 pro is on the pic.

although I am not expecting to do much heavy lifting with the PC, still wonder about cooling.

Herman Mcpootis · February 8, 2020

20 minutes ago, Daniel81 said:

Ah cool.

Regarding the case and its placement, since its a HTPC thinking of fitting it where the PS4 pro is on the pic.

although I am not expecting to do much heavy lifting with the PC, still wonder about cooling.

there's enough space in there that it shouldn't stop airflow from getting into the case.

Daniel81 · February 8, 2020

2 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

there's enough space in there that it shouldn't stop airflow from getting into the case.

Cool, tnx.

Going to use the stock cooler with it for now and no need to get the SSD has for storage I got a 1.5TB HDD that leaves me at about 880.00 any suggestions on upgrading any of the components fo the remaining 120.00?

Herman Mcpootis · February 8, 2020

3 minutes ago, Daniel81 said:

no need to get the SSD has for storage I got a 1.5TB HDD

having an SSD as a boot drive makes your PC feel much more responsive then one with a HDD, not worth skimping out on it.

Daniel81 · February 8, 2020

2 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

having an SSD as a boot drive makes your PC feel much more responsive then one with a HDD, not worth skimping out on it.

OK, now I got confused, can't boot from the M.2?

Herman Mcpootis · February 8, 2020

Just now, Daniel81 said:

OK, now I got confused, can't boot from the M.2?

M.2 is just a form factor.

Daniel81 · February 8, 2020

Just now, Herman Mcpootis said:

M.2 is just a form factor.

hum... so it would work if I use the M.2 for boot, OS and a coule of apps, and use the 1.5TB HDD just for storage, pics, videos etc etc?

Herman Mcpootis · February 8, 2020

Just now, Daniel81 said:

hum... so it would work if I use the M.2 for boot, OS and a coule of apps, and use the 1.5TB HDD just for storage, pics, videos etc etc?

yes.

Daniel81 · February 8, 2020

17 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

yes.

Since I got 120.00 to spare, you think I would get a noticeable vantage by getting the Ryzen 7 3700x for the extra 120.00?

Or go for the Nvidia 2070 super (if it fits on the case)

Or just leave it as it is and get more ram and maybe a ssd down the line?

(also for PSU I went for the corsair 650w)

Herman Mcpootis · February 8, 2020

2 minutes ago, Daniel81 said:

Since I got 120.00 to spare, you think I would get a noticeable vantage by getting the Ryzen 7 3700x for the extra 120.00?

Or go for the Nvidia 2070 super (if it fits on the case)

Or just leave it as it is and get more ram and maybe a ssd down the line?

(also for PSU I went for the corsair 650w)

you're better off with the 2070 super.

you don't need 32gb for a gaming PC.

which exact model?

Daniel81 · February 8, 2020

Thinking about:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GeForce-2070-Super-WINDFORCE/dp/B07X51LTKK/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=nvidia%2B2070%2Bsuper&qid=1581179973&sr=8-2&th=1

Daniel81 · February 9, 2020

20 hours ago, Daniel81 said:

Thinking about:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GeForce-2070-Super-WINDFORCE/dp/B07X51LTKK/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=nvidia%2B2070%2Bsuper&qid=1581179973&sr=8-2&th=1

tnx for all the advice.

ended up extending my budget to 1500, got same mobo, same cpu and same case as listed above.

same M.2 as well

changed GPU to 2080 super

changed ssd to 2tb

32gb ram (may be editing 4K video)

850w psu

Herman Mcpootis · February 9, 2020

5 minutes ago, Daniel81 said:

850w psu

850w is just a waste of money when you only have a single GPU.

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