New first time PC

[arolston021]

I'm going to be starting university to study computer science in a few months and thought now would be a good time to get a computer. It would need to be able to handle all the work i'm doing as well as gaming on the side. I'm from Northern Ireland (UK) and I don't really have a budget in mind but I would like something that has good price to performance. Only thing I don't need is a case ( using Fractal Design Meshify C ) but I do need the peripherals as well - monitor, keyboard and mouse.

Any help in putting together a list of parts would be much appreciated. 

[CopiWasTaken]

4 minutes ago, arolston021 said:

I'm going to be starting university to study computer science in a few months and thought now would be a good time to get a computer. It would need to be able to handle all the work i'm doing as well as gaming on the side. I'm from Northern Ireland (UK) and I don't really have a budget in mind but I would like something that has good price to performance. Only thing I don't need is a case ( using Fractal Design Meshify C ) but I do need the peripherals as well - monitor, keyboard and mouse.

Any help in putting together a list of parts would be much appreciated. 

Here you go

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$294.14 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240R RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$121.99 @ Best Buy
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$189.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$92.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$119.99 @ Adorama
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card	$499.99 @ B&H
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$99.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.99 @ Best Buy
Monitor	Acer VG271U Pbmiipx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor	$349.99 @ Amazon
Keyboard	Kingston HyperX Alloy FPS Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard	$69.99 @ Best Buy
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder v2 Wired Optical Mouse	$66.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2061.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-30 17:57 EDT-0400

 

[Sorenson]

I just went for a maxed out 1080p build since you didn't specify. I didn't include mouse/keyboard since those are so subjective. If you go mechanical, make sure you get quiet switches if you're going to have roomates/dampers (One of my roommates had blue switches in college and I wanted to kill him every time he typed). 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$172.76 @ Walmart
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler	$38.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard	$128.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$83.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.95 @ B&H
Storage	Seagate FireCuda 2 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive	$72.48 @ Walmart
Video Card	ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB CHALLENGER D OC Video Card	$379.99 @ Newegg
Case	NZXT H210 Mini ITX Tower Case	$79.98 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA GA 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$107.98 @ Newegg
Monitor	Asus VG279Q 27.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	$299.00 @ B&H
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1444.11
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$1424.11
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-30 18:01 EDT-0400

Edit* Woops, didn't see you already had the case...

[dizmo]

Chances are pretty unlikely you'll be going to school in a few months, but I'd say wait until AMD releases their new products and decide what to get then.

I'd probably get some form of B550 board, maybe a Ryzen 4600, 1TB nvme drive, etc. Other parts would depend on pricing at the time, so pointless to dive too deep now.

If you do want to build now, you need to include some kind of budget.

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

@Sorenson @ItzCopiouz

I see neither of you paid any attention to the post. He's not from the US, thus your US lists are useless.
 

 

[CopiWasTaken]

3 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Chances are pretty unlikely you'll be going to school in a few months, but I'd say wait until AMD releases their new products and decide what to get then.

I'd probably get some form of B550 board, maybe a Ryzen 4600, 1TB nvme drive, etc. Other parts would depend on pricing at the time, so pointless to dive too deep now.

If you do want to build now, you need to include some kind of budget.

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

@Sorenson @ItzCopiouz

I see neither of you paid any attention to the post. He's not from the US, thus your US lists are useless.
 

 

Yeah know, have you considered that we're just suggesting some lists? Also, I converted prices.

[dizmo]

1 minute ago, ItzCopiouz said:

Yeah know, have you considered that we're just suggesting some lists? Also, I converted prices.

Price conversions aren't exact as you haven't factored in taxes and duty. You also didn't convert anything.

The lists are useless because pricing varies from country to country, so some better parts might work out to be cheaper.

There might also be some that simply aren't available in the UK.

[CopiWasTaken]

1 minute ago, dizmo said:

Price conversions aren't exact as you haven't factored in taxes and duty. You also didn't convert anything.

The lists are useless because pricing varies from country to country, so some better parts might work out to be cheaper.

There might also be some that simply aren't available in the UK.

I know that, but like I said earlier we are just making suggestions.

[dizmo]

1 minute ago, ItzCopiouz said:

I know that, but like I said earlier we are just making suggestions.

Then why not use his country as a base so that the suggestions are actually useful?

[Sorenson]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

 

@Sorenson @ItzCopiouz

I see neither of you paid any attention to the post. He's not from the US, thus your US lists are useless.
 

 

I didn’t realize they didn’t have 5700xts and 3600s in the UK. What a strange land it must be . He didn’t give a budget so I didn’t adjust the prices. A high end 1080p build is going to be pretty much the same everywhere.