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Hello! My friend games alot of console... Hes now looking towards the leap to PC but hes not really sure where to start....

 

Hes really looking for a tower that would handle black ops 3 pretty well, little bit of video editing.

 

His budget is around £600-1000

 

A shunt in the right direction would be a great help.

 

thanks

 

 

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at that price range I'd go with a 76 or 7700 CPU. K sku maybe

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1 minute ago, MrMcMuffinJr said:

at that price range I'd go with a 76 or 7700 CPU. K sku maybe

Why i5 when there's r5?

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OP, is it just the tower or does he need other stuff as well? (monitors, mouse, keyboard, etc.)

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I think that AMD ripped of intel with the ryzen naming system. not trying to start a feud. just saying

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12 minutes ago, MrMcMuffinJr said:

I think that AMD ripped of intel with the ryzen naming system. not trying to start a feud. just saying

Of course they did. But why not. R5 means it should be as good as an i5. 

 

Well i tried to put a balance for video editing too with a larger SSD

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Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/mvrXBP/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£199.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£134.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£119.87 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Crucial - MX300 525GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£123.54 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 4GB PULSE Video Card  (£191.93 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.10 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£91.29 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £978.68
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If he can't afford the extra 45 over budget he can drop to a i7 7700, a B250 and slower 2400 MHz RAM

 

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CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£299.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z270-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£104.46 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£74.40 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£73.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Video Card  (£338.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£62.10 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CSM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£67.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £1045.77
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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£286.71 @ PC World Business) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool - LUCIFER K2 81.3 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£68.52 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  (£111.60 @ Kustom PCs) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£73.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  (£303.92 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: CiT - SPECTRE BLACK ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.86 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.44 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £992.96
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Edited by herman mcpootis
case not compatible with heatsink

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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40 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Why i5 when there's r5?

45 minutes ago, Coconuts said:

little bit of video editing.

Totally agree

 

Also, @herman mcpootis's build is excellent (though aftermarket CPU cooler not that necessary)

 

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11 hours ago, herman mcpootis said:

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CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  (£286.71 @ PC World Business) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool - LUCIFER K2 81.3 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£68.52 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  (£111.60 @ Kustom PCs) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£73.94 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  (£303.92 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.44 @ Ebuyer) 
Other: AVP pulse (£21.49)
Total: £982.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Only thing I might say is to get a different mobo, maybe the mortar, since the vrms on there don't have a heatsink and you're using an 8 core so... bad idea.

 

Also blower cooler but then again it's a lot cheaper.

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1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

Also blower cooler but then again it's a lot cheaper.

i know the regular aero cards were blower style but i don't really think the aero itx uses a blower cooler

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3 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

i know the regular aero cards were blower style but i don't really think the aero itx uses a blower cooler

Oops my bad didn't realize it was the itx :P 

 

Still only one fan though, so not ideal, though not as bad as blower :P 

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Laptop (I use it for school):

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On 5/9/2017 at 8:34 PM, Coconuts said:

Hello! My friend games alot of console... Hes now looking towards the leap to PC but hes not really sure where to start....

 

Hes really looking for a tower that would handle black ops 3 pretty well, little bit of video editing.

 

His budget is around £600-1000

 

A shunt in the right direction would be a great help.

 

thanks

 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/RTqnqk
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/RTqnqk/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£199.17 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI - X370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£155.07 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£144.00 @ Kustom PCs) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£87.04 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate - FireCuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  (£88.82 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 480 8GB GTR Video Card  (£245.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define S ATX Mid Tower Case  (£65.01 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£89.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1074.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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