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Hi guys, 

I'm new to PC building and want to build a gaming PC for myself to run every game at 1080p, 1440 if possible but not necessary. My budget is around £600 and would be very grateful for some help picking my components. I have these components picked out already but I don't know if they are trash or not!

 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case

CPU: Amd Ryzen 3300x 

GPU: MSI 1650 super 

Ram: Any standard 2x8gb 3200mhz/3000mhz 

Motherboard: Amd B550 

Power supply: not sure due to compatibility with GPU

Storage: Any 480-500gb SSD, maybe M.2 don't really know much about that? 

 

Again if anyone could help I'd really appreciate it. 

 

Thanks, 

James

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Case Cougar MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case $50.98 @ Newegg
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $50.98
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-13 07:53 EDT-0400  

this case is slightly cheaper and looks way better. though that depends on your aesthetics

 

also assuming B550 will release mid june, you might want to see the prices first.

 

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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2 minutes ago, James Hough said:

Hi guys, 

I'm new to PC building and want to build a gaming PC for myself to run every game at 1080p, 1440 if possible but not necessary. My budget is around £600 and would be very grateful for some help picking my components. I have these components picked out already but I don't know if they are trash or not!

 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case

CPU: Amd Ryzen 3300x 

GPU: MSI 1650 super 

Ram: Any standard 2x8gb 3200mhz/3000mhz 

Motherboard: Amd B550 

Power supply: not sure due to compatibility with GPU

Storage: Any 480-500gb SSD, maybe M.2 don't really know much about that? 

 

Again if anyone could help I'd really appreciate it. 

 

Thanks, 

James

for a £600 gaming pc you're not going to get alot of stuff, the list that you made is pretty good for the ram you should go with this=

https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232756?nm_mc=knc-msnsearch&cm_mmc=knc-msnsearch-pc-_-pla-_-memory+desktop+memory+-_-g+skill-_-20232756&msclkid=6595b86ed2ba19a6ea23e6d50d8ef76c&gclid=CPTx-ZbjsOkCFdbZDQodOg0Bow&gclsrc=ds

 

i haven't checked if b550's have a m.2 slot but if the website says the motherboard has a m.2 then you should go with one

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have you bought these components?

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor £99.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard £109.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory Team T-FORCE DARK Za 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory £75.63 @ Amazon UK
Storage Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £59.25 @ CCL Computers
Video Card XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card £149.99 @ CCL Computers
Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case £46.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £69.99 @ Currys PC World
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £611.82
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-13 13:04 BST+0100  

here is a list i compiled, should handle almost every game in 1080p, the power supply is a bit overkill might change it if i find something more reasonable for the price (keep in mind i didnt chose the corsair CX becaus it is listed for 60 pounds and its the 450 watt variant)

G502 Lightspeed Review

PC:

Spoiler

i5-6400

GIGABYTE GA-H110M-DS2

CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX 2X4 DDR4-2666MHz

ASUS ROG STRIX-GTX 1060-O6G

SEAGATE 2TB HDD

FUJISTU F300 240GB SSD

CORSAIR CX750M

Laptop:

Spoiler

Acer Nitro 5
i5 8300h
GTX 1050 4Gb
12 Gb RAM

128 Gb SSD

1 Tb HDD

Peripherals:

Spoiler

Keyboard:

Logitech G310 Atlas Dawn (Romer G)

Rexus Legionare MX5.1 (Content Browns)

Mice:

Logitech G602

Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Steelseries Rival 105

Logitech M330

Headset:

Logitech G430 
Cooler Master MH 752

 

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21 minutes ago, James Hough said:

Hi guys, 

I'm new to PC building and want to build a gaming PC for myself to run every game at 1080p, 1440 if possible but not necessary. My budget is around £600 and would be very grateful for some help picking my components. I have these components picked out already but I don't know if they are trash or not!

 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case

CPU: Amd Ryzen 3300x 

GPU: MSI 1650 super 

Ram: Any standard 2x8gb 3200mhz/3000mhz 

Motherboard: Amd B550 

Power supply: not sure due to compatibility with GPU

Storage: Any 480-500gb SSD, maybe M.2 don't really know much about that? 

 

Again if anyone could help I'd really appreciate it. 

 

Thanks, 

James

I don't disagree with your choices they are pretty decent 

But what I would change is the case if you want something cheap , something like even a spec o4 looks alot better and is pretty cheap

The master box series from cooler master is also cheap and looks good (imo)

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

Build Log: 

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Thanks for all the replies guys! 

I can change the case that was just the first one I had found, I'm not fussed about RGB or the case aesthetic as it's going to be hidden in a desk. 

 

One other thing, do you think I'd need extra cooling other than the stock cpu cooler? 

 

And I chose the B550 for future upgrades as it has PCI 4.0 and will be compatible with future AMD processor's.

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1 minute ago, James Hough said:

One other thing, do you think I'd need extra cooling other than the stock cpu cooler? 

No it should be good with the 3300x

 

1 minute ago, James Hough said:

And I chose the B550 for future upgrades as it has PCI 4.0 and will be compatible with future AMD

I recommend waiting not for pcie 4.0 but for the future compatibility just like what you said and the more robust vrm and capacitors 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

Build Log: 

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1 minute ago, James Hough said:

One other thing, do you think I'd need extra cooling other than the stock cpu cooler? 

It depends. you can reach higher boost clocks with a better cooler but otherwise, its fine.

 

but if you plan to overclock (apparently these ryzen 3 chips overclock really well) , you might want to get a decent cooler.

Im with the mentaility of "IF IM NOT SURE IF ITS ENOUGH COOLING, GO OVERKILL"

 

CURRENT PC SPECS    

CPU             : Ryzen 5 3600 (Formerly Ryzen 3 1200)

GPU             : ASUS RX 580 Dual OC (Formerly ASUS GTX 1060 but it got corroded for some odd reasons)

GPU COOOER      : ID Cooling Frostflow 120 VGA (Stock cooler overheats even when undervolted :()

MOBO            : MSI B350m Bazooka

MEMORY          : Team Group Elite TUF DDR4 3600 Mhz CL 16
STORAGE         : Seagate Baracudda 1TB and Kingston SSD
PSU             : Thermaltake Lite power 550W (Gonna change soon as i dont trust this)
CASE            : Rakk Anyag Frost
CPU COOLER      : ID-Cooling SE 207
CASE FANS       : Mix of ID cooling fans, Corsair fans and Rakk Ounos (planned change to ID Cooling)
DISPLAY         : SpectrePro XTNS24 144hz Curved VA panel
MOUSE           : Logitech G603 Lightspeed
KEYBOARD        : Rakk Lam Ang

HEADSET         : Plantronics RIG 500HD

Kingston Hyper X Stinger

 

and a whole lot of LED everywhere(behind the monitor, behind the desk, behind the shelf of the PC mount and inside the case)

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