Two options for a new PC

[Sanzaburo]

Budget (including currency): £1,200 (~$1,650)

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games (but nothing too demanding like RDR2 or Cyberpunk)

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

I already have an Asus VG249Q IPS 144Hz

 

Hi, 

After a lot of research I've narrowed down my choices to two predbuilds (I'm not looking to build anything myself). Can any one please advise on which options looks better?

OPTION A	OPTION B
RTX 2060 SUPER	ASUS TUF RX 5600 XT Triple Fan
AMD Ryzen 5 3600	Ryzen 5 5600X
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)	16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Asus TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WiFi	Asus PRIME B550M-A
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2	1TB Adata SX8200 Pro M.2 NVMe
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES	CoolerMaster 550W
CORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB	Kolink Citadel Glass SE
Standard AMD	CoolerMaster H410
£1,200.00	£1,120.00

 

[silk186]

Both options look pretty good with lots of trade offs. option b has newer hardware. Both have a B550 board so they can be upgraded. Are they from the same manufacturer.

[Sanzaburo]

They are custom setups from two different websites. 

[JamesTheFolf]

3 minutes ago, Sanzaburo said:

They are custom setups from two different websites. 

What two websites?

[SavageNeo]

since it is 1080p would go for 5600x build. depends what games you play?

 

esports games, go for 5600x 100%

 

if you play demanding modern games go for 2060 super build

[Sanzaburo]

5 minutes ago, jrhaberland said:

What two websites?

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/ and https://www.awd-it.co.uk/ 

[Sanzaburo]

5 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

since it is 1080p would go for 5600x build. depends what games you play?

 

esports games, go for 5600x 100%

 

if you play demanding modern games go for 2060 super build

It's mostly strategies (e.g. TW Warhammer 3 when it's out) and online (e.g. Valorant). Nothing extra demanding I think. Just annoyed with my 6 year old laptop struggling with most games now.

[SavageNeo]

valorant etc will play better  with 5600x and 5600XT. also can you ask them to upgrade the psu and case?

 

psu to corsair cxm or mwe bornze V2 atleast. TXM preferred. also the case like P400A, 220t airflow or matrex 55 mesh?

[Sanzaburo]

Unfortunately the choices are limited from what I can change out the parts (and I'm not really looking to build a PC myself). Can't change the case nor PSU on option B. 

[SavageNeo]

can you change anything?

 

still the opinion B is better for you.

[Sanzaburo]

1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

can you change anything?

 

still the opinion B is better for you.

https://www.awd-it.co.uk/awd-citadel-ryzen-5600x-six-core-4.6ghz-radeon-rx-5600xt-6gb-desktop-pc.html

This is option B

[Sanzaburo]

11 minutes ago, WikiForce said:

I think you should also consider intel's i5 10400f based build because it's significantly cheaper than 3600 in some parts of the world, like here in India i5 costs 170$ and while 3600 is 240$

Unfortunately there are limited options available. I went though really a lot of available prebuilds and these 2 are the best I could find. 

[Guest]

You would be better off building your own, as both of those systems are a ripoff. A 5600XT or 2060 super in a £1200 pc is a joke. 

 

For example the spec below is just missing a gpu, but there is around £600 left which in theory would get you an RTX 3070. Only issue at the minute is availability/pricing.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£180.00 @ Currys PC World) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports CPU Cooler  (£29.46 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£79.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£70.60 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£84.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Aerocool Aero One Eclipse ATX Mid Tower Case  (£57.97 @ Box Limited) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£76.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £579.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-16 23:43 GMT+0000

 

[Sanzaburo]

I considered building a PC myself, however: 

- GPU is an enormous pain to buy;

- I'd have to spend considerable time learning to how put everything together;

- I'd be worried that I cocked something up during assembly.

 

I'm willing to pay extra £ just for the comfort of not stressing about hunting for GPU or having to assemble stuff by myself. 

 

Also, I'm not willing to wait because:

- No one knows when GPUs will become more accessible

- There's ALWAYS a "next best thing" to wait for when it comes tehcnology

- I don't have much patience

- I'd like to buy before March as it's beneficial for me financially over a later purchase

[Guest]

The RTX 3060 is out in a week or so. If you can somehow get one of those then that would solve the gpu issue.

[Sanzaburo]

2 minutes ago, guestboring said:

You are paying a lot for those parts I built a similar rig to the one on the left for about £800 not long ago with new parts, maybe look at used gpu options if you can because that’s a lot of money 

Where did you hunt down a GPU?

[Sanzaburo]

2 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

The RTX 3060 is out in a week or so. If you can somehow get one of those then that would solve the gpu issue.

"Somehow" indeed Feels like it would be me and an whole army of people who are camping various stock alert places. 

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Sanzaburo said:

"Somehow" indeed Feels like it would be me and an whole army of people who are camping various stock alert places. 

There are people who managed to get hold of the RTX 3060 ti, 3070 and 3080 so it isn't impossible. 

[Sanzaburo]

3 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

There are people who managed to get hold of the RTX 3060 ti, 3070 and 3080 so it isn't impossible. 

I mean, I'm sure that some people manage to buy GPU. Some people also manage to win the lottery

I'd rather pay extra and save myself the stress and time. 
Also, I'm not very interested in learning how to assemble a PC.

But thanks for the suggestion! 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Sanzaburo said:

I mean, I'm sure that some people manage to buy GPU. Some people also manage to win the lottery

I'd rather pay extra and save myself the stress and time. 
Also, I'm not very interested in learning how to assemble a PC.

But thanks for the suggestion! 

I mean if you want to pay more for less, then it is your decision. Some pc stores will build you a system to your own spec if you buy all the parts from them, so if you could manage to get an RTX 3060 from a place that does then you would have no stress. I know Overclockers UK for example will do that.

[Sanzaburo]

Where would you advise to look if I would be hunting for the 3060? 

[Guest]

29 minutes ago, Sanzaburo said:

Where would you advise to look if I would be hunting for the 3060? 

Most of the stores listed on pcpartpicker UK. So ones like Overclockers, Aria, Scan, CCL, Ebuyer, Novatech etc. Obviously you have Amazon as well but they can't build you a pc, so best sticking to actual pc stores if going with that option.

 

I have also noticed that some places have 'Build stock' so even if the RTX 3060 is sold out on the store page they might still offer pre-builds with them in stock.

[Nena Trinity]

I go with B if it was me

[SupaKomputa]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£180.00 @ Currys PC World) 
Motherboard: ASRock B550M Phantom Gaming 4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£84.68 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£70.60 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£51.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB VENTUS 2X OC Video Card  (£662.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: KOLINK Citadel MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£39.95 @ Currys PC World) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£57.95 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £1195.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-17 05:26 GMT+0000

 

This will get you flying high. With 3070, both of that option will be squashed.

Guaranteed smooth 1440p for 5 years to come.

For the same money. At least you know what you're getting. Ain't feel cheated.

Building PC ain't difficult, all you need to do is follow a tutorial on youtube.

[Sanzaburo]

Thanks. I mean... sure, just let me know where to buy that 3070 so I can beat the horde of scalpers and people sitting on various parts alert hubs....