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DickiJ
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Hey All

 

Looking to put together a budget gaming rig for a mate of mine who hasn't got any PC equipment at the moment. Budget is £800, I've gone a little over! Need to stick with the one provider as it'll be purchased on finance. 

 

Can anyone see any major flaws or have suggested tweaks? 

 

My basket at Overclockers UK:
 
Total: £810.90
(includes shipping: £0.00)
 
 
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  • I'd go for a more powerful PSU, 500w at least.
  • The A series can't OC, so you're robbing yourself of some performance there.
  • I'd try to fit an SSD in somehow.

Really, I'd consider looking strongly at a Ryzen 3 build instead, and also try to get a better keyboard.

 

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If you're planning on overclocking your cpu, then I wouldn't get that motherboard, but you are going overbudget...

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I knew there would be something I wasn't clued up on with Ryzen! Would a B series Mboard allow overclocking?

 

I usually only do a mild overclock when I build for mates, so I don't think it will be a show stopper if he can't stretch an extra £40 for a B series mboard. Or would a B series Mboard and a 1300 be better gaming wise with an OC?

 

In terms of SSDs I fully agree, I've always spec'd at least a small SSD for the OS - but I've ran out of cash!

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4 minutes ago, DickiJ said:

I knew there would be something I wasn't clued up on with Ryzen! Would a B series Mboard allow overclocking?

 

I usually only do a mild overclock when I build for mates, so I don't think it will be a show stopper if he can't stretch an extra £40 for a B series mboard. Or would a B series Mboard and a 1300 be better gaming wise with an OC?

 

In terms of SSDs I fully agree, I've always spec'd at least a small SSD for the OS - but I've ran out of cash!

You know, I think the main reason for someone to go with a Ryzen CPU is because they want to overclock it. Ryzen CPU's are much weaker in single threaded applications that intel CPU's. With a simple overclock (even with the stock cooler) Ryzen CPU's can close that performance gap with the advantage of higher clockspeeds!

 

Oh and yes, you should wait for Ryzen 3 to be available to buy (won't take long as you may already know) and definitly go with a single 1x8GB stick so your friend can upgrade to 16GB anytime without wasting the 2x4GB sticks!

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I'm not married to the idea of using Ryzen, as you can imagine I've stuck with intel builds for quite some time - my last amd build was a phenom 1090! I was just under the impression I could get more bang for my buck at the moment. I'm also liking what I'm hearing about the stock cooler performance, I've never been impressed with the intel ones which I thought would save some extra £££!

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5 minutes ago, DickiJ said:

I knew there would be something I wasn't clued up on with Ryzen! Would a B series Mboard allow overclocking?

 

I usually only do a mild overclock when I build for mates, so I don't think it will be a show stopper if he can't stretch an extra £40 for a B series mboard. Or would a B series Mboard and a 1300 be better gaming wise with an OC?

 

In terms of SSDs I fully agree, I've always spec'd at least a small SSD for the OS - but I've ran out of cash!

If you want people to know you've replied you need to quote them like this or tag them like this @DickiJ

Without knowing where you're getting the financing from, it's hard to tweak your build properly, but here's what I'd do.

Is a bank loan out of the question? You can get a much better build from multiple sources.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchantCPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£104.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£69.41 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£63.24 @ Aria PC)
Storage: PNY - CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.47 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING Video Card  (£254.11 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Deepcool - SMARTER MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£19.04 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£64.42 @ CCL Computers)
Monitor: Asus - VS247HR 23.6" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  (£99.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £754.61

  • Much better 6GB 1060
  • Lots of overhead for overclocking
  • SSD

I know you're probably considering the 1600 for it's future aspects, but when so much of the rest of the build would have to be replaced anyway when he goes to upgrade he might as well replace the entire thing.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

MiniPC - Sold for $100 Profit

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CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit

Spoiler

CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

OG Gaming Rig - Gone

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CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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I didn't know about the tagging @dizmo!

 

Yes the 1600 was in hope that in a couple of years if he wanted it could be as easy as shelling out another £200 on a new GPU. I would push him towards a bank loan but he went a bit silly when he turned 18 and has only now cleared up his credit score 7 years later so that might be out of the picture. The finance would have been with the lender at Overclockers, which does 12 months pay later at 0%, which unfortunately ties me with them on everything. 

 

Trying to take some inspiration from your post on their site does the attached look okay?

 

My basket at Overclockers UK:


 

 
Total: £802.50

 

 

 

(includes shipping: £19.62)

@dizmo - cheeky edit.. I did initially use faster ram in my original build as I heard Ryzen benefits more from it than Intel - but surely it wouldn't make much of a difference?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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How do you like this build?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£187.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£79.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£63.24 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£134.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4GB PULSE Video Card  (£200.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£29.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £696.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-27 20:45 BST+0100

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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1 minute ago, DickiJ said:

@Shahnewaz

 

The only issue with that build is that it gives me £100 for a monitor and peripherals.. but if he does give me the nod to spend a bit more using just a large SSD could be an option!

No worries! You could go with a 250GB model and pair it up with a 1TB HDD. ;)

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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7 minutes ago, DickiJ said:

I didn't know about the tagging @dizmo!

 

Yes the 1600 was in hope that in a couple of years if he wanted it could be as easy as shelling out another £200 on a new GPU. I would push him towards a bank loan but he went a bit silly when he turned 18 and has only now cleared up his credit score 7 years later so that might be out of the picture. The finance would have been with the lender at Overclockers, which does 12 months pay later at 0%, which unfortunately ties me with them on everything. 

 

Trying to take some inspiration from your post on their site does the attached look okay?

 

Total: £802.50
(includes shipping: £19.62)

Looks much better!

  • I'd spend the extra 10 pound on the Hyper X SSD. Some of the Silicon Power ones get horrible results.
  • Drop the 1300x and go with the 1200. Since you're going with the OC board, they should both get to the same end result.
  • Make sure the RAM is on the QVL list.
  • I'd personally spend the extra pound or two to go with the Seagate Barracuda or WD Blue.
  • See if they'll price match Amazon or eBuyer for the Zotac 1060 Mini 6GB. It would take an extra 10 pound over the difference in CPU prices, but that's not really much for the performance gain. Call them, and say you're building a system, would like to buy it all from one place but you see that pricing is cheaper on numerous items from other vendors. Don't mention financing, then they'll know you've got to go through them. There's no real reason they should turn down price matching one product for an 800 pound sale. If the first person says no, ask for their supervisor.
14 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

How do you like this build?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£187.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£79.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£63.24 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£134.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4GB PULSE Video Card  (£200.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£29.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £696.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-27 20:45 BST+0100

He needs it from the same vendor, OCUK.

Also:

  • You don't have a PSU
  • You don't have peripherals
  • You don't have a monitor
  • While the video card is a good deal, it's not in stock

;)

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

MiniPC - Sold for $100 Profit

Spoiler

CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit

Spoiler

CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

OG Gaming Rig - Gone

Spoiler

 

CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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1 hour ago, dizmo said:

He needs it from the same vendor, OCUK.

Also:

  • You don't have a PSU
  • You don't have peripherals
  • You don't have a monitor
  • While the video card is a good deal, it's not in stock

;)

Oops, my bad.

Peripherals are your choice. If you are trying to manage everything with 800, then we need some compromises.

For a monitor, I'd recommend anything with FreeSync.

See if you can manage this:

 

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £744.09

 

(includes shipping: £13.20)

 

 

 

 

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The problem is that this is an nVidia product and scoring any nVidia product a "zero" is also highly predictive of the number of nVidia products the reviewer will receive for review in the future.

On 2015-01-28 at 5:24 PM, Victorious Secret said:

Only yours, you don't shitpost on the same level that we can, mainly because this thread is finally dead and should be locked.

On 2016-06-07 at 11:25 PM, patrickjp93 said:

I wasn't wrong. It's extremely rare that I am. I provided sources as well. Different devs can disagree. Further, we now have confirmed discrepancy from Twitter about he use of the pre-release 1080 driver in AMD's demo despite the release 1080 driver having been out a week prior.

On 2016-09-10 at 4:32 PM, Hikaru12 said:

You apparently haven't seen his responses to questions on YouTube. He is very condescending and aggressive in his comments with which there is little justification. He acts totally different in his videos. I don't necessarily care for this content style and there is nothing really unique about him or his channel. His endless dick jokes and toilet humor are annoying as well.

 

 

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On 2017-07-27 at 3:51 PM, Shahnewaz said:

Oops, my bad.

-snip-

You'd still be several hundred pound over budget, and 275GB isn't reeeeally enough space for a gaming rig.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

MiniPC - Sold for $100 Profit

Spoiler

CPU: Intel i3 4160 Cooler: Integrated Motherboard: Integrated

RAM: G.Skill RipJaws 16GB DDR3 Storage: Transcend MSA370 128GB GPU: Intel 4400 Graphics

PSU: Integrated Case: Shuttle XPC Slim

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

Budget Rig 1 - Sold For $750 Profit

Spoiler

CPU: Intel i5 7600k Cooler: CryOrig H7 Motherboard: MSI Z270 M5

RAM: Crucial LPX 16GB DDR4 Storage: Intel S3510 800GB GPU: Nvidia GTX 980

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

Monitor: LG 29WK500 Mouse: G.Skill MX780 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

OG Gaming Rig - Gone

Spoiler

 

CPU: Intel i5 4690k Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 Motherboard: MSI Z97i AC ITX

RAM: Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR3 Storage: Kingston Fury 240GB GPU: Asus Strix GTX 970

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ITX

Monitor: Dell P2214H x2 Mouse: Logitech MX Master Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red

 

 

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