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First PC Build - AMD Ryzen Mini ITX

TommyHarderUK
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Budget (including currency): £650

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Light gaming, internet browsing, Microsoft office, minecraft.

1. Budget & Location

 

Could you please check this Mini-Itx build is all compatible as it's the first time I'm going to build a PC.

 

Mini Itx PC Build:

Case - Streacom F1C WS - £80
Motherboard - AMD B450 Aorus Pro WIFI - £130
CPU - AMD Ryzen 3400G - £140
CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-L9A-AM4 - £37
Storage - Sabrent Rocket Q M.2 Nvme SSD - £109
RAM - Corsair 2x 8GB DDR4 2933MHz C16 XMP 2.0 - £86
Power Supply - PicoPSU-160-XT DC-DC - £35

2. Aim

PC is going to be used for light gaming and college work. I'm hoping integrated graphics on ryzen is enough. 

3. Monitors

I already have 1 1080p monitor, think I'll be adding a new 1080p for a dual screen set up soon.

4. Peripherals

No peripherals are needed, I already have basic logitech keyboard and mouse. 

5. Why are you upgrading?

I currently have a Lenovo laptop that runs the extra monitor. I'm wanting a small mini itx build as my current laptop is old and very slow only 4GB Ram and Intel i5.

 

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Wait - there is strong information about upcoming Zen2-based APUs, including an 8-core APU. The 3400G is about to become obsolete in a few months.

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wait a few months please. but if you really cant wait then:

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor £114.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard MSI B450M-A PRO MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £56.98 @ CCL Computers
Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory £92.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage Crucial P2 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £64.65 @ CCL Computers
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £53.50 @ AWD-IT
Video Card PowerColor Radeon RX 580 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card £173.45 @ Ebuyer
Case Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case £42.95 @ Box Limited
Power Supply be quiet! System Power 9 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £52.99 @ CCL Computers
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £652.50
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-10 16:13 BST+0100  

you really cant get smaller case  without paying much more for the motherboard.

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Main PC:

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|Ryzen 7 3700x, OC to 4.2ghz @1.3V, 67C, or 4.4ghz @1.456V, 87C || Asus strix 5700 XT, +50 core, +50 memory, +50 power (not a great overclocker) || Asus Strix b550-A || G.skill trident Z Neo rgb 32gb 3600mhz cl16-19-19-19-39, oc to 3733mhz with the same timings || Cooler Master ml360 RGB AIO || Phanteks P500A Digital || Thermaltake ToughPower grand RGB750w 80+gold || Samsung 850 250gb and Adata SX 6000 Lite 500gb || Toshiba 5400rpm 1tb || Asus Rog Theta 7.1 || Asus Rog claymore || Asus Gladius 2 origin gaming mouse || Monitor 1 Asus 1080p 144hz || Monitor 2 AOC 1080p 75hz || 

Test Rig.

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| Ryzen 5 3400G || Gigabyte b450 S2H || Hyper X fury 2x4gb 2666mhz cl 16 ||Stock cooler || Antec NX100 || Silverstone essential 400w || Transgend SSD 220s 480gb ||

Just Sold

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| i3 9100F || Msi Gaming X gtx 1050 TI || MSI Z390 A-Pro || Kingston 1x16gb 2400mhz cl17 || Stock cooler || Kolink Horizon RGB || Corsair CV 550w || Pny CS900 120gb ||

 

Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

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Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

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Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

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Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

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Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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Ok thanks for the update. I think I'll wait till Gen2 APU's. Hopefully be a few months.

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9 hours ago, TommyHarderUK said:

Ok thanks for the update. I think I'll wait till Gen2 APU's. Hopefully be a few months.

Light gaming would still be better off with a dedicated GPU though.

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz)
WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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I wanting a small desktop PC, so a dedicated GPU isn't really an option. 

 

Although do AMD or Intel have better integrated graphics in CPU's?

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