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8 minutes ago, CallumOKane said:

 

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Yea if you couldn't get the mx500 or the a2000, then yea it's a decent list. 

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Current specs:

Memory: Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3200 MHz

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

PS: Corsair CP-9020101-UK CX450M 450W 

Graphics Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 Super

Case: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01BLI5158/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

CPU Cooling: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooling System

 

I will be building a PC with these specs, but do not know a motherboard that would be compatible, I am looking for something under €100, any ideas?

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For a Ryzen 7 3800X, you're going to want a motherboard with decent VRMs, so I'd recommend something a bit more expensive than €100, like this MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK. 

Main PC:

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X • Noctua NH-D15 • MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk • 2x8GB G.skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz CL16 • MSI VENTUS 3X GeForce RTX 3070 OC • Samsung 970 Evo 1TB • Samsung 860 Evo 1TB • Cosair iCUE 465X RGB • Corsair RMx 750W (White)

 

Peripherals/Other:

ASUS VG27AQ • G PRO K/DA • G502 Hero K/DA • G733 K/DA • G840 K/DA • Oculus Quest 2 • Nintendo Switch (Rev. 2)

 

Laptop (Dell XPS 13):

Intel Core i7-1195G7 • Intel Iris Xe Graphics • 16GB LPDDR4x 4267MHz • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD • 13.4" OLED 3.5K InfinityEdge Display (3456x2160, 400nit, touch). 

 

Got any questions about my system or peripherals? Feel free to tag me (@bellabichon) and I'll be happy to give you my two cents. 

 

PSA: Posting a PCPartPicker list with no explanation isn't helpful for first-time builders :)

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4 minutes ago, CallumOKane said:

under €100, any ideas?

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard €82.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €82.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-20 22:45 CEST+0200  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard €69.70 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €69.70
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-20 22:45 CEST+0200  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard €93.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €93.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-20 22:46 CEST+0200  

 

Or the b550m pro vdh, if you can find it. 

Though workload? Because if you're just gaming, a 3600 and a better GPU will be a way better choice. 

Also budget for the build in general?

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).

 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard €82.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €82.90
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-20 22:45 CEST+0200  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard €69.70 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €69.70
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-20 22:45 CEST+0200  
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
Motherboard MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard €93.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €93.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-20 22:46 CEST+0200  

 

Or the b550m pro vdh, if you can find it. 

Though workload? Because if you're just gaming, a 3600 and a better GPU will be a way better choice. 

Also budget for the build in general?

I would like to keep this under €900 if possible, ill have a look at the two motherboards specified above

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1 minute ago, CallumOKane said:

€900 if possible

Workload? But if it's just gaming..

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor €184.90 @ Alternate
Motherboard MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard €82.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory €60.79 @ Computeruniverse
Storage Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive €55.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Devil Video Card €393.99 @ Mindfactory
Case Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case €75.55 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply €77.62 @ Computeruniverse
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €931.65
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-20 22:54 CEST+0200  

something like this, as for the case, you could go with the p300a or the p400a or the focus g to name some, and those are quite decent. 

 

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).

 

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50 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Workload? But if it's just gaming..

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor €184.90 @ Alternate
Motherboard MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard €82.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory €60.79 @ Computeruniverse
Storage Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive €55.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Devil Video Card €393.99 @ Mindfactory
Case Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case €75.55 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply €77.62 @ Computeruniverse
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €931.65
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-20 22:54 CEST+0200  

something like this, as for the case, you could go with the p300a or the p400a or the focus g to name some, and those are quite decent. 

 

none of these actually ship to my place lmao, some do but are nearly double the price

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6 hours ago, CallumOKane said:

some do but are nearly double the price

Then where do you live?..

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).

 

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1 hour ago, CallumOKane said:

Ireland 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor €234.95 @ Komplett
Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard €75.65 @ Custompc
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory €71.16 @ Custompc
Storage Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive €67.53 @ Custompc
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card €274.55 @ Custompc
Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case €82.92 @ Custompc
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply €85.98 @ Currys PC World
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €892.74
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-21 14:59 IST+0100  

Oh yea prices there are a little high. 

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).

 

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10 hours ago, TofuHaroto said:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor €234.95 @ Komplett
Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard €75.65 @ Custompc
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory €71.16 @ Custompc
Storage Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive €67.53 @ Custompc
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card €274.55 @ Custompc
Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case €82.92 @ Custompc
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply €85.98 @ Currys PC World
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total €892.74
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-21 14:59 IST+0100  

Oh yea prices there are a little high. 

This would be my first build too, so with these specs do you think it would be much of a challenge? I could get that with its price, absolutely fine, and I am sure it would run smooth for gaming and other stuff.

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For a gaming PC using new components you need to be looking at 30 to 40% of your budget on a GPU. The 1650 isn't great value anyway, from that series I would be looking at 1660 super minimum.  

 

There are bargains out there on second hand stuff but the usual caveat emptor applies. 

 

Are you aiming for 1080 or 1440p? 

 

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47 minutes ago, CallumOKane said:

hello?

The list I made is decent. 

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).

 

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48 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

The list I made is decent. 

Yes, it is, but I rather keep most parts ordered from amazon, so would you say the one I mentioned above, would be good, I can upgrade if needed, even just the graphics card to the one you specified if you think that would be better!

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1 hour ago, CallumOKane said:

would be good, I can upgrade if needed, even just the graphics card to the one you specified if you think that would be better!

The psu i listed above is a lot better, the 1660ti is a waste of money over the 1660 super, since they perform essentially the same. the a2000 is decent.   is that a single stick? if so, you're effectively cutting your bandwidth in half and it will perform noticeably worse,  And the 3600 x is a waste of money, the board is decent.

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).

 

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1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

The psu i listed above is a lot better, the 1660ti is a waste of money over the 1660 super, since they perform essentially the same. the a2000 is decent.   is that a single stick? if so, you're effectively cutting your bandwidth in half and it will perform noticeably worse,  And the 3600 x is a waste of money, the board is decent.

Right, so I can get the PSU you mentioned no problem, I will also get 2 sticks, was going to anyways. What do you recommend instead of 3600X, I don't want to be spending much more that it for something else.

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1 hour ago, CallumOKane said:

What do you recommend instead of 3600X,

the non x, the x variant is a waste of money unless it's similarly/ the same price. 

the a2000 is decent and again, the 1660ti is around 50 bucks more but performs about the same as a 1660 super. 

as for the case, it looks like it has no airflow whatsoever, and the focus g is decent. 

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).

 

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2 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

the non x, the x variant is a waste of money unless it's similarly/ the same price. 

the a2000 is decent and again, the 1660ti is around 50 bucks more but performs about the same as a 1660 super. 

as for the case, it looks like it has no airflow whatsoever, and the focus g is decent. 

How about this?

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1 hour ago, CallumOKane said:

How about this?

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You could as i said, get a 1660 super as they perform about the same and the 1660 super is cheaper, unless it's not available and/or costs the same, and you could go with a better case, as for the drive  it's a dramless drive, if you need a budget drive, something like the mx500 is decent.

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).

 

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6 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

You could as i said, get a 1660 super as they perform about the same and the 1660 super is cheaper, unless it's not available and/or costs the same, and you could go with a better case, as for the drive  it's a dramless drive, if you need a budget drive, something like the mx500 is decent.

Alright, if you could suggest a case that would fit this build, preferably under 70 if possible, then please do!

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1 hour ago, CallumOKane said:

, preferably under 70 if possible, then please do!

p300a/p400a/ focus g/ corsair 275r airflow, to name some. 

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).

 

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