I think I got a good deal for my components this time.

[Kragos]

Hello,

 

I think I got a good deal on my computer hardware this christmas time because it is £200 cheaper than what I was expecting.

Thermaltake Versa H21- £34

Corsair cxm 750w psu- £72

GTX 970 (Zotac amp extreme)- £175

Hardrive+os- Free

Ryzen 3 1200- £80

B350 Motherboard- £70

1x8 Corsair Vengence RAM- £74

Total- £505 + £44 tax = £549

What do you guy's think, good system?

 

[warlinty]

overkill PSU for the build but if it's cheaper than it's counterparts than go for it

[EG!]

8 minutes ago, Kragos said:

Hello,

 

I think I got a good deal on my computer hardware this christmas time because it is £200 cheaper than what I was expecting.

Thermaltake Versa H21- £34

Corsair cxm 750w psu- £72

GTX 970 (Zotac amp extreme)- £175

Hardrive+os- Free

Ryzen 3 1200- £80

B350 Motherboard- £70

1x8 Corsair Vengence RAM- £74

Total- £505 + £44 tax = £549

What do you guy's think, good system?

 

Why a 750W power supply, that's too much 550W will suffice.

The rest looks just fine.

[Kragos]

Just now, EG! said:

Why a 750W power supply, that's too much 550W will suffice.

The rest looks just fine.

I wasn't too sure. Bollocks, I could have saved myself some money. I though 500w wouldn't be enough.

[EG!]

2 minutes ago, Kragos said:

I wasn't too sure. Bollocks, I could have saved myself some money. I though 500w wouldn't be enough.

Have you seen the PCpartpickers here everywhere it shows the wattage needed for a build and then you take some extra 150W at least to be sure that's how I decide for a PSU.

[Kragos]

Just now, EG! said:

Have you seen the PCpartpickers here everywhere it shows the wattage needed for a build and then you take some extra 150W at least to be sure that's how I decide for a PSU.

I used pc parts picker to make this system, apart from the graphics card that was different I save £200. Where do I find the wattage useage? Also, I'm thinking of overclocking anything, doesn't that use more power?

[r3loAded]

Not too bad. Was that your top budget? Not saying that GTX 970 is not a good card, but for around another £40-£80 (6gb - difference would be the cooler solution) you could've got the GTX 1060, a much better card. just saying. Pretty solid as it is. Enjoy it

[Kragos]

2 minutes ago, r3loAded said:

Not too bad. Was that your top budget? Not saying that 90 is not a good card, but for around another £40-£80 (6gb - difference would be the cooler solution) you could've got the GTX 1060, a much better card. just saying. Pretty solid as it is. Enjoy it

It was a spure of the moment thing, I saw it and insta bought in store, I was going to get the 1060.

[r3loAded]

Just now, Kragos said:

It was a spure of the moment thing, I saw it and insta bought in store

As I said. GTX 970 is still a good card for 1080p. And considering that people are selling it used for £150, I would say you got it for a good price, with warranty and brand spanking new. I only upgraded my 970 due to monitor upgrade, but tried it before selling it, and got me in World of Tanks in 1440p ultra settings @90 fps before it capped at 99% usage. As a comparison, my 980 Ti is getting me 115 fps stable before it caps out. So still a decent card.

[Kragos]

1 minute ago, r3loAded said:

As I said. GTX 970 is still a good card for 1080p. And considering that people are selling it used for £150, I would say you got it for a good price, with warranty and brand spanking new. I only upgraded my 970 due to monitor upgrade, but tried it before selling it, and got me in World of Tanks in 1440p ultra settings @90 fps before it capped at 99% usage. As a comparison, my 980 Ti is getting me 115 fps stable before it caps out. So still a decent card.

my monitor isn't 1080p, so I'm going to run everything in 720p so that it still looks HD.

[r3loAded]

3 minutes ago, Kragos said:

my monitor isn't 1080p, so I'm going to run everything in 720p so that it still looks HD.

even better. ultra settings in every game over 60 fps. though I would totally recommend a 24" 1080p monitor...you can find them cheap on gumtree or shpock locally. I usually don't pay more than £30 for one, even if they are older still work fine. sold one to my brother in law, an iyama one form 2010, managed to overclock it to 75hz stable.