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Jakub

Jakub

Jakub

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Hi guys,

Looking to get myself a starting PC that I can upgrade as time goes by. Doesn't have to be anything special at the moment, just a good starting point. It will be used for gaming but doesn't have to run ultra-high graphics etc. If there's anything that anyone could put together, that'd be great!!!

Also, advice on AMD vs Intel processors would be appreciated.

Starting budget is around £600 but there could be a little bit of flex (not including monitor, keyboard, mouse etc).

Let me know if you have any questions and any advice would be appreciated.
 
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Ryzen is the new hype and ive recently built and done a bit of gaming with the new Ryzen 1300x and it performed great for a budget CPU... Intel are releasing the new Coffee lake CPU's soon but not sure on prices..
 
Jakub said:
Hi guys,

Looking to get myself a starting PC that I can upgrade as time goes by. Doesn't have to be anything special at the moment, just a good starting point. It will be used for gaming but doesn't have to run ultra-high graphics etc. If there's anything that anyone could put together, that'd be great!!!

Also, advice on AMD vs Intel processors would be appreciated.

Starting budget is around £600 but there could be a little bit of flex (not including monitor, keyboard, mouse etc).

Let me know if you have any questions and any advice would be appreciated.
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if your able to download windows 10 ISO/USB and bu CD Key means you can get a GTX 1060 3/6GB

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £670.54
(includes shipping: £11.70)



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orbitalwalsh said:
if your able to download windows 10 ISO/USB and bu CD Key means you can get a GTX 1060 3/6GB

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £670.54
(includes shipping: £11.70)



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Drop down to the 1200, overclock it, put the money towards a better powersupply. Yes it'll bump up the cost of the machine, but you don't want a gutter-grade PSU. It's not worth the risk.
If you were building a Pentium box with integrated graphics as a cheap netflix box or something, then ok. But not for a gaming machine.
 
mistersprinkles said:
Drop down to the 1200, overclock it, put the money towards a better powersupply. Yes it'll bump up the cost of the machine, but you don't want a gutter-grade PSU. It's not worth the risk.
If you were building a Pentium box with integrated graphics as a cheap netflix box or something, then ok. But not for a gaming machine.
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core depends on the OP abilities, not everyone can OC right from the get go- safest option. Correct me if im wrong @Jakub that you already know your way around overclocking ? if not you can learn, X chip does some of the work for you but can still improve on it.

as with the Kolink PSU, used tons of them, from different wattage to rating bar then under Bronze model . @Gibbo should be able to state if they are a decent PSU for a Budget system that is far better then trash supplied from PC World of flee bay systems :)


https://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/zardon/kolink-continuum-1200w-psu-review/6/

bit old but their higher banded supply ends up being better then most well known brands. Then again 3 OEMs, maybe 4 actually make all the PSUs then just gets rebranded/tweaked or different designs or budgets
 
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orbitalwalsh said:
core depends on the OP abilities, not everyone can OC right from the get go- safest option. Correct me if im wrong @Jakub that you already know your way around overclocking ? if not you can learn, X chip does some of the work for you but can still improve on it.
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Literally zero knowledge on overclocking and limited knowledge on computing as a whole. It's something that I've started to read into more recently, but apart from that it's very limited.
 
Jakub said:
Literally zero knowledge on overclocking and limited knowledge on computing as a whole. It's something that I've started to read into more recently, but apart from that it's very limited.
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X version chip will run is self as fast as it can for you- overclocking you can get it faster and in a better state. Reading up you should be able to push it higher then it can its self, but least from the bat your in a better position then the Non X - reason why AMD released them - also they are the better Binned chips out of that family.

as above, if you can afford a better PSU brand as mentioned above , go for it . Believe the XFX is made by Seasonic who are well known and i think XFX offers a better warranty .
 
Jakub said:
Literally zero knowledge on overclocking and limited knowledge on computing as a whole. It's something that I've started to read into more recently, but apart from that it's very limited.
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Ok get the 1300X then. Even 3200Mhz RAM, which you should totally go for with Ryzen, will need some screwing with to get running properly in BIOS though.

If you don't want to screw with RAM outside of enabling XMP (it's literally one setting in bios. Anybody can do it) then go Intel, but what Intel gives you vs the 1200/1300X is a joke honestly and you are so much better off with that kind of budget with AMD right now.
 
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