Test rig

[irishbeast]

Budget (including currency): 350

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Testing rig . Mainly for gaming parts

 

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): 

Want something like the table top setup on the main LTT and other YT channels One AMD to start ,maybe an intel later, some parts can be swallowed on both like memory GPU, HDDs ets. Literally just need a basic board (b450/550), 600w PSUm 8/16 gig ram Budget CPU with integrated graphics Like a 3200G or a 3600 with a entry level GPU that will at least work. Just a working machine with  no frills, where any part can be swapped on the desk without having to open up my full unit and risk another expensive failure. Have lots of small SSDs and maybe some other bits of memory, fans etc sitting around gathering dust I Just want something which doesn't cost the earth. I want to learn a bit more about building as its been ages since I have done it but I know the fundamentals. I was hoping to buy something like i have described but I ain't having much luck. Might be easier to start from scratch. Just time is not on my side. 

 

Want a desktop kit that If I need to test a gpu. Obviously cant test a 4090ti with a b450 and 500w PSU

CPU, ram etc I can just plug and play. Do a bit of basic benchmarking and do forth. After my rather expensive failure in the week I would like to test items on a basic rig before exposing it to my High end gaming machine. Can you buy them like this or would be be better to build my own. I reckon I could put it together for about £250 if I am patient

 

Ideas on a postcard please

[Bismut]

Buy a used system, no point in going new.
Also, buying a rig for testing (especially more than one) is a waste of money if you are not testing things on the regular.

[irishbeast]

3 hours ago, Bismut said:

Buy a used system, no point in going new.
Also, buying a rig for testing (especially more than one) is a waste of money if you are not testing things on the regular.

 

Good point. I have saw some old systems for sale which were old servers (Xeon processor). They had really big cases so space was not an issue but I guess it depends how old you are wiling to go. No point in buying something ancient that might not have NVME, USB 3 etc. Might see what I can pick up for a couple of hundred quid.

 

Only issue I guess is that with a used system its hard to know the status of the components. People generally don't mind you running a few tests but ideally I'd want it for a couple of hours as I want to have completely faith in the system I am tetsing components in!

[Bismut]

On 7/2/2023 at 12:35 PM, irishbeast said:

Only issue I guess is that with a used system its hard to know the status of the components. People generally don't mind you running a few tests but ideally I'd want it for a couple of hours as I want to have completely faith in the system I am tetsing components in!

Yeah, good luck with that. I doubt that anyone is going to actually run such tests, I only run something like FurMark and CPU-Z for a while when someone picks a system up. You would have to buy a system and test it yourself, you can always sell it on if it does not work.

 

On 7/2/2023 at 12:35 PM, irishbeast said:

Good point. I have saw some old systems for sale which were old servers (Xeon processor). They had really big cases so space was not an issue but I guess it depends how old you are wiling to go. No point in buying something ancient that might not have NVME, USB 3 etc. Might see what I can pick up for a couple of hundred quid.

Get a Ryzen 3k system, they are fairly cheap not AFAIK