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This is the build that I'm thinking of making, it's going to be for gaming, eventually VR when I upgrade the graphics card(I'll do that separately once I've got this built). I'll be using one monitor(already got, though it's 4:3 so if anyone has recommendations for a decent, cheapish one) 

 

I'm trying to keep the build under £1000, the graphics card, wireless card and a 2 TB hard drive are getting pulled out of my current prebuilt which I'm replacing because it's 5-7 years old and the motherboard in it isn't a standard size. Current specs are https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aHmM1wOXGAHwN5RIbtLKSwpH6n-obSj5rQ1BlxUBLsA/edit?usp=drivesdk

 

Does anyone have suggestions for improvements or know of issues with it? (things like RAM clearance since the CPU cooler is huge, probably overkill) 

 

If there's information I'm missing then let me know, I'll add it. 

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yeah... no. what's the specs of your current rig?

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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The CPU is a terrible one. It's based on old architecture and will just hold you back. Go with a 2400G and X470 board so you have easy compatibility. Faster RAM is a must with Ryzen and I added a better SSD

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£123.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£127.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£71.22 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£79.99 @ AWD-IT)
Keyboard: Thermaltake - Commander Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse
Total: £574.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (£143.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - H310M-HDV Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£49.94 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: G.Skill - NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£74.93 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£59.99 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8GB Red Dragon Video Card  (£272.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Aerocool - QS-240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.35 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: LG - 24GM79G-B 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  (£155.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £835.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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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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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£137.94 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master -     MasterLiquid Lite 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£47.03 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£74.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£47.94 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card  (£239.99 @ Aria PC) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£79.99 @ Corsair UK) 
Case Fan: Cooler Master - MasterFan Pro 120 Air Balance RGB 42.7 CFM  120mm Fan  (£12.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case Fan: Cooler Master - MasterFan Pro 120 Air Balance RGB 42.7 CFM  120mm Fan  (£12.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Monitor: AOC - E2275SWJ 21.5" 1920x1080 Monitor  (£86.73 @ Box Limited) 
Total: £987.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

Current Rig (Dominator II): 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3133 C15, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 at 4GHz, Coolermaster MasterLiquid Lite 120, ASRock B450M Pro4, AMD R9 280X, 120GB TCSunBow SSD, 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 HSD, Corsair CX750M Grey Label, Windows 10 Pro, 2x CoolerMaster MasterFan Pro 120, Thermaltake Versa H18 Tempered Glass.

 

Previous Rig (Black Magic): 8GB DDR3 1600, AMD FX6300 OC'd to 4.5GHz, Zalman CNPS5X Performa, Asus M5A78L-M PLUS /USB3, GTX 950 SC (former, it blew my PCIe lane so now on mobo graphics which is Radeon HD 3000 Series), 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200RPM HDD, 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 HDD (secondary), Corsair CX750M, Windows 8.1 Pro, 2x 120mm Red LED fans, Deepcool SMARTER case

 

My secondary rig (The Oldie): 4GB DDR2 800, Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, Stock Dell Cooler, Foxconn 0RY007, AMD Radeon HD 5450, 250GB Samsung Spinpoint 7200RPM HDD, Antec HCG 400M 400W Semi Modular PSU, Windows 8.1 Pro, 80mm Cooler Master fan, Dell Inspiron 530 Case modded for better cable management. UPDATE: SPECS UPGRADED DUE TO CASEMOD, 8GB DDR2 800, AMD Phenom X4 9650, Zalman CNPS5X Performa, Biostar GF8200C M2+, AMD Radeon HD 7450 GDDR5 edition, Samsung Spinpoint 250GB 7200RPM HDD, Antec HCG 400M 400W Semi Modular PSU, Windows 8.1 Pro, 80mm Cooler Master fan, Dell Inspiron 530 Case modded for better cable management and support for non Dell boards.

 

Retired/Dead Rigs: The OG (retired) (First ever PC I used at 3 years old back in 2005) Current Specs: 2GB DDR2, Pentium M 770 @ 2.13GHz, 60GB IDE laptop HDD, ZorinOS 12 Ultimate x86. Originally 512mb DDR2, Pentium M 740 @ 1.73GHzm 60GB IDE laptop HDD and single boot XP Pro. The Craptop (dead), 2gb DDR3, Celeron n2840 @ 2.1GHz, 50GB eMMC chip, Windows 10 Pro. Nightrider (dead and cannibalized for Dominator II): Ryzen 3 1200, Gigabyte A320M HD2, 8GB DDR4, XFX Ghost Core Radeon HD 7770, 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 (2010), 3TB Seagate Barracuda, Corsair CX750M Green, Deepcool SMARTER, Windows 10 Home.

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4 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

yeah... no. what's the specs of your current rig?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aHmM1wOXGAHwN5RIbtLKSwpH6n-obSj5rQ1BlxUBLsA/edit?usp=drivesdk

That's my current PC specs, it's a lot unknowns because it's a prebuilt from years ago. 

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12 minutes ago, Lurick said:

The CPU is a terrible one. It's based on old architecture and will just hold you back. Go with a 2400G and X470 board so you have easy compatibility. Faster RAM is a must with Ryzen and I added a better SSD

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£123.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£127.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£83.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£71.22 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£39.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£79.99 @ AWD-IT)
Keyboard: Thermaltake - Commander Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse
Total: £574.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Ah ok, I didn't know that. Thanks, the changes you've made look pretty good for the price. Was I right in calling the CPU cooler I chose overkill? 

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You can get the Windows key elsewhere for cheaper.

Replaced the CPU with a much better one, and the GPU as well as it is not going to serve you well in VR since you are planning for it. Also replaced the RAM for faster speeds and GBs.

The stock cooler of the CPU will be plenty also for some mild overclocking (they are not crap like Intel's).

 

Added a 16:9 75Hz monitor which still fits in your 1k budget.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£137.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£71.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£154.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£23.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  (£376.59 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake - Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£47.97 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Cooler Master - SickleFlow (Blue) 69.0 CFM  120mm Fan  (£6.26 @ Aria PC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master - SickleFlow (Blue) 69.0 CFM  120mm Fan  (£6.26 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: AOC - G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75Hz Monitor  (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Keyboard: Thermaltake - Commander Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse
Total: £963.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Black Mobo: Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT RAM: G.Skill 2x16GB @ 6400 MHz SSD: PNY XLR8 2TB PSU: Corsair RM1000x Case: Fractal Design North Monitor 1: Asus XG27AQWMG(280Hz) Monitor 2: Asus VG259QM (240Hz)

I usually edit my posts immediately after posting them, as I don't check for typos before pressing the shiny SUBMIT button.

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CPU: Ryzen 5 7600 Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S Mobo: Asus B650E-i RAM: Kingston Server Premier ECC 2x32GB (DDR5) SSD: Samsung 980 2x1TB HDD: Toshiba MG09 1x18TB; Toshiba MG08 2x16TB HDD Controller: LSI 9207-8i PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Node 304

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Just now, Bb986 said:

Ah ok, I didn't know that. Thanks, the changes you've made look pretty good for the price. Was I right in calling the CPU cooler I chose overkill? 

Yah, the nice thing about the AMD CPUs as well is they come with pretty solid coolers so different ones are only needed if you plan heavy overclocking in most cases.

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3 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Yah, the nice thing about the AMD CPUs as well is they come with pretty solid coolers so different ones are only needed if you plan heavy overclocking in most cases.

Though I still recommend using a 3rd party cooler, always great to get your temps down a bit more. My recommendation for a budget cooler is either the Zalman CNPS5X Performa or a Hyper212 EVO, tried both in my FX 6300 based rig (the fx series were known for thermal issues after all) and found both kept the temps at lower 20s idle, paired with thermal grizzly kryonaut paste. The CNPS5X performa cools a bit better and here's the COOL bit for me: I got the CNPS5X performa I'm using out of a quad socket opteron server I have, still got 3 of them tucked away.

There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

Current Rig (Dominator II): 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3133 C15, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 at 4GHz, Coolermaster MasterLiquid Lite 120, ASRock B450M Pro4, AMD R9 280X, 120GB TCSunBow SSD, 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 HSD, Corsair CX750M Grey Label, Windows 10 Pro, 2x CoolerMaster MasterFan Pro 120, Thermaltake Versa H18 Tempered Glass.

 

Previous Rig (Black Magic): 8GB DDR3 1600, AMD FX6300 OC'd to 4.5GHz, Zalman CNPS5X Performa, Asus M5A78L-M PLUS /USB3, GTX 950 SC (former, it blew my PCIe lane so now on mobo graphics which is Radeon HD 3000 Series), 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200RPM HDD, 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 HDD (secondary), Corsair CX750M, Windows 8.1 Pro, 2x 120mm Red LED fans, Deepcool SMARTER case

 

My secondary rig (The Oldie): 4GB DDR2 800, Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3GHz, Stock Dell Cooler, Foxconn 0RY007, AMD Radeon HD 5450, 250GB Samsung Spinpoint 7200RPM HDD, Antec HCG 400M 400W Semi Modular PSU, Windows 8.1 Pro, 80mm Cooler Master fan, Dell Inspiron 530 Case modded for better cable management. UPDATE: SPECS UPGRADED DUE TO CASEMOD, 8GB DDR2 800, AMD Phenom X4 9650, Zalman CNPS5X Performa, Biostar GF8200C M2+, AMD Radeon HD 7450 GDDR5 edition, Samsung Spinpoint 250GB 7200RPM HDD, Antec HCG 400M 400W Semi Modular PSU, Windows 8.1 Pro, 80mm Cooler Master fan, Dell Inspiron 530 Case modded for better cable management and support for non Dell boards.

 

Retired/Dead Rigs: The OG (retired) (First ever PC I used at 3 years old back in 2005) Current Specs: 2GB DDR2, Pentium M 770 @ 2.13GHz, 60GB IDE laptop HDD, ZorinOS 12 Ultimate x86. Originally 512mb DDR2, Pentium M 740 @ 1.73GHzm 60GB IDE laptop HDD and single boot XP Pro. The Craptop (dead), 2gb DDR3, Celeron n2840 @ 2.1GHz, 50GB eMMC chip, Windows 10 Pro. Nightrider (dead and cannibalized for Dominator II): Ryzen 3 1200, Gigabyte A320M HD2, 8GB DDR4, XFX Ghost Core Radeon HD 7770, 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 (2010), 3TB Seagate Barracuda, Corsair CX750M Green, Deepcool SMARTER, Windows 10 Home.

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