Budget case/PSU recommendations (EU)

[drt0]

Hey, I'm currently building a new gaming rig in Bulgaria. I'm mostly getting new parts but I'll be looking to get 2nd hand GPU since prices are very high otherwise. This is the build I'm going for:

• CPU: Ryzen 5 1600AF (may OC a bit to get to 4.0 GHz or close);
• GPU: I haven't decided but I'm looking at used options around Vega 56 or 1070 TI performance;
• RAM: TEAMGROUP T-FORCE VULCAN Z DIMM KIT 16GB TLZGD416G3200HC16CDC01;
• MB: MSI B450-A PRO MAX
• SSD: Kingston KC600 256GB
• Will probably add a couple of fans and a HDD for more storage later on.

From a post on jonnyguru I narrowed it down to these which are within my budget:

• Segotep GP600G, 500W, 80 PLUS Gold (60 eur)
• Deepcool DQ550ST 550W, 80 Plus Gold (61 eur)
• Corsair CX Series CX550 550W Bronze (CP-9020121) (74 eur)

As far as case the only decently good looking options in my budget are from Deepcool:

• E-Shield,
• Matrexx 50 
• Matrexx 55 Mesh

What are your opinions on these cases/PSUs?

[5x5]

CX and DQ are both solid. Either is fine.

[Oalei]

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[vinit6694skr]

17 minutes ago, drt0 said:

Hey, I'm currently building a new gaming rig in Bulgaria. I'm mostly getting new parts but I'll be looking to get 2nd hand GPU since prices are very high otherwise. This is the build I'm going for:

• CPU: Ryzen 5 1600AF (may OC a bit to get to 4.0 GHz or close);
• GPU: I haven't decided but I'm looking at used options around Vega 56 or 1070 TI performance;
• RAM: TEAMGROUP T-FORCE VULCAN Z DIMM KIT 16GB TLZGD416G3200HC16CDC01;
• MB: MSI B450-A PRO MAX
• SSD: Kingston KC600 256GB
• Will probably add a couple of fans and a HDD for more storage later on.

From a post on jonnyguru I narrowed it down to these which are within my budget:

• Segotep GP600G, 500W, 80 PLUS Gold (60 eur)
• Deepcool DQ550ST 550W, 80 Plus Gold (61 eur)
• Corsair CX Series CX550 550W Bronze (CP-9020121) (74 eur)

As far as case the only decently good looking options in my budget are from Deepcool:

• E-Shield,
• Matrexx 50 
• Matrexx 55 Mesh

What are your opinions on these cases/PSUs?

Buy the CX 550.

[vinit6694skr]

19 minutes ago, drt0 said:

Hey, I'm currently building a new gaming rig in Bulgaria. I'm mostly getting new parts but I'll be looking to get 2nd hand GPU since prices are very high otherwise. This is the build I'm going for:

• CPU: Ryzen 5 1600AF (may OC a bit to get to 4.0 GHz or close);
• GPU: I haven't decided but I'm looking at used options around Vega 56 or 1070 TI performance;
• RAM: TEAMGROUP T-FORCE VULCAN Z DIMM KIT 16GB TLZGD416G3200HC16CDC01;
• MB: MSI B450-A PRO MAX
• SSD: Kingston KC600 256GB
• Will probably add a couple of fans and a HDD for more storage later on.

From a post on jonnyguru I narrowed it down to these which are within my budget:

• Segotep GP600G, 500W, 80 PLUS Gold (60 eur)
• Deepcool DQ550ST 550W, 80 Plus Gold (61 eur)
• Corsair CX Series CX550 550W Bronze (CP-9020121) (74 eur)

As far as case the only decently good looking options in my budget are from Deepcool:

• E-Shield,
• Matrexx 50 
• Matrexx 55 Mesh

What are your opinions on these cases/PSUs?

For 1070ti level of performance look for RTX 2060 or RX 5600xt whichever you find cheaper thry should work well the CX 550.

[drt0]

20 minutes ago, vinit6694skr said:

For 1070ti level of performance look for RTX 2060 or RX 5600xt whichever you find cheaper thry should work well the CX 550.

Those cards are much more expensive new and used where I live, my options for gpu second hand look like this:

RX 580 4GB ~65 euro

RX 580 8GB ~100 euro

GTX 1060 6GB ~105 euro

GTX 1070 8GB ~150 euro

GTX 1070ti 8GB ~200 euro

Vega 56 ~200 euro

Vega 64 ~230 euro

GTX 1080 250+ euro

 

I'm looking to stay under 200 euro if possible.

[MrBrightSyde]

3 hours ago, drt0 said:

Those cards are much more expensive new and used where I live, my options for gpu second hand look like this:

RX 580 4GB ~65 euro

RX 580 8GB ~100 euro

GTX 1060 6GB ~105 euro

GTX 1070 8GB ~150 euro

GTX 1070ti 8GB ~200 euro

Vega 56 ~200 euro

Vega 64 ~230 euro

GTX 1080 250+ euro

 

I'm looking to stay under 200 euro if possible.

Edit: Nevermind, you are from Bulgaria. Didn't see it originally. Give me a moment to look up some sites.

 

Edit 2: Looking at prices, best price to performance is the RX 580 4GB, but games run better on the 8GB version. Most of your options cost too much even for the second-hand market. The RX 580 runs like a 1070 in most games, but in more newer games, it's closer to the 1060, so I would get the RX 580 personally.

 

As for cases and PSUs, the Matrexx 55 Mesh and the CX550 would be my choices.

[drt0]

3 hours ago, MrBrightSyde said:

Most of your options cost too much even for the second-hand market.

Is 100 euro for rx580 8gb second hand a lot for Europe? I looked on ebay as well and couldn't find anything lower than that.

[MrBrightSyde]

1 hour ago, drt0 said:

Is 100 euro for rx580 8gb second hand a lot for Europe? I looked on ebay as well and couldn't find anything lower than that.

Not sure about most of Europe, but when I was looking at used GPUs for a friend who lives in Germany, they could get the rx580 for around 75-80 Euro, but that was pre-COVID (December 2019) so 100 Euro might be an alright price for the time being.

[vinit6694skr]

14 hours ago, MrBrightSyde said:

Edit: Nevermind, you are from Bulgaria. Didn't see it originally. Give me a moment to look up some sites.

 

Edit 2: Looking at prices, best price to performance is the RX 580 4GB, but games run better on the 8GB version. Most of your options cost too much even for the second-hand market. The RX 580 runs like a 1070 in most games, but in more newer games, it's closer to the 1060, so I would get the RX 580 personally.

 

As for cases and PSUs, the Matrexx 55 Mesh and the CX550 would be my choices.

Since you 

 

17 hours ago, drt0 said:

Those cards are much more expensive new and used where I live, my options for gpu second hand look like this:

RX 580 4GB ~65 euro

RX 580 8GB ~100 euro

GTX 1060 6GB ~105 euro

GTX 1070 8GB ~150 euro

GTX 1070ti 8GB ~200 euro

Vega 56 ~200 euro

Vega 64 ~230 euro

GTX 1080 250+ euro

 

I'm looking to stay under 200 euro if possible.

1070ti should be ok with a CX550.