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Im thinking off purchasing a new Budget PC and the current specs i am looking for/wanting are the Following:

AMD Rysen 1600x CPU

Asus GTX 970 Strix GPU

Corsair VS650 650W PSU

2TB Seagate HDD

120GB SSD

But i cant think of a good budget motherboard any ideas that are good, on budget (under $80) and a suitable for overclocking?

 

 

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If you're trying to make a budget system, I'd go for the 1600, not the X variant.

How much are you paying for the 970? The RX 570 is quite cheap right now and probably better.

 

When you say dollars, what country? USD? CAD? NZD? AUD? HKD? SGD?

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How much is the CPU for you? A 2600 might end up being cheaper and is better IMO

 

Also, you could get a better CX/CXM grey sticker 450 or 550w. 650w is more than you need and those would be quieter and better quality.

8 minutes ago, BasicallyOlly said:

Asus GTX 970 Strix GPU

 

Are you buying it new, used, or recycling it?

9 minutes ago, BasicallyOlly said:

But i cant think of a good budget motherboard any ideas that are good, on budget (under $80) and a suitable for overclocking?

B350 and x370 and B450 pro4 are solid boards that don't cost too much.

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Cheers mate, i will look into them!

 

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

If you're trying to make a budget system, I'd go for the 1600, not the X variant.

How much are you paying for the 970? The RX 570 is quite cheap right now and probably better.

 

When you say dollars, what country? USD? CAD? NZD? AUD? HKD? SGD?

  1. I live in UK and here i can get the 1600x for cheaper than the 1600 and i managed to purchase the 970 at £153 (around 195 US Dollars)
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3 minutes ago, BasicallyOlly said:
  1. I live in UK and here i can get the 1600x for cheaper than the 1600 and i managed to purchase the 970 at £153 (around 195 US Dollars)

If you're in the UK, don't use a different countries currency. It's not helpful, and isn't relevant.

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

 

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

PSU: Corsair CX650M Case: EVGA DG73

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

 

 

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8 hours ago, BasicallyOlly said:

Im thinking off purchasing a new Budget PC and the current specs i am looking for/wanting are the Following:

AMD Rysen 1600x CPU

Asus GTX 970 Strix GPU

Corsair VS650 650W PSU

2TB Seagate HDD

120GB SSD

But i cant think of a good budget motherboard any ideas that are good, on budget (under $80) and a suitable for overclocking?

 

 

Build something like this instead....

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  (£149.99 @ Box Limited) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£72.82 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£65.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£33.54 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£50.34 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8GB Video Card  (£214.85 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£41.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£53.99 @ Novatech) 
Total: £683.51
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Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon R9 Fury 4GB Video Card 
Case: BitFenix - Phenom M Arctic White MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply: Super Flower - Leadex Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

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