2nd ever build - Help and advice appreciated

macca72

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Morning all

Am about to start buying up bits for my second PC build, learnt loads from my first and am ready for an upgrade. I've decided I want to go small, so looking at Mini ITX.

Game wise I only really play Football Manager, Minecraft and PvZ with my eldest.

So far am looking at:

CPU - Ryzen 5 1500x
Motherboard - AS Rock AB350
RAM - 1x 8gb Ballistix sport DDR4-2666
GPU - Zotak GeForce 1050 Ti
PSU - EVGA Supernova G3 (I already have a semi-modular I can use in my current build, so this could be sacrificed if needed)

Without the case (we'll come onto that) this puts me at about £515, wanting to keep budget down to £600 maximum.

So a couple of questions

1. Thoughts / opinions on what I've found so far?
2. Can anyone recommend a good mini itx case, I've looked at loads but can't decide?

Thanks a lot
 
billysielu said:
You want 2 sticks of ram for dual channel goodness.
SSD?
Windows?
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Cheers. Was hoping to move my SSD and Windows from my current machine, I have a retail copy of Windows 10 so hopefully can reinstall.

With RAM prices being so high I was hoping to avoid, but will see if I can stretch...
 
Get ram that is either 3000mhz or 3200 mhz, ryzen loves fast ram i might add.

For example this > https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...ual-channel-kit-black-my-08l-tg.html#comments

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £208.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)


Also get a motherboard that supports 3000/3200 mhz ram, i'll have a look for one.

Edit

Found a motherboard that supports 3200 and costs around about 80 quid.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ocket-am4-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-557-gi.html

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £93.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)​
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Thanks, looked at the "n" version of that, so will switch it in.

Those RAM prices are eye watering, unlikely I can get those in my budget. Might look at the G.Skill Aegis.
 
lee32uk said:
If you are going for an ITX build then that Gigabyte board above is no use to you as it is ATX.
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I tried to find his motherboard but no luck.

Atx m-atx and itx are form factors which means size of the motherboard.

You can check which form factors your pc tower case will support.

If your after a pc tower/case then i recommend this > https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xigmatek-talon-midi-tower-windowed-gaming-case-black-ca-067-xg.html cost about 55 quid and it requires no tools to assemble.

Anyways you do not need a pc tower case in your first post i have noticed so yea.

Anyways we do not know what form factors your pc tower case supports though.

Also i noticed you want mini itx......

Sorry bout that i need to learn to read :/ and scroll up

Edited this a few times...i am out.

Anyhow out of all of that i am correct about the ram speed being at least 3000mhz so you should get ram at that mhz speed with a itx board that supports that mhz speed.

3000/3200 mhz ram for a ryzen 1 processor such as the 1500x will do the job fine i know that as it is the sweet spot.

Have a good day
 
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Haha, cheers :)

Yeah Mini ITX I want, but the Gigabyte GA-AB350N is mini itx, so that's all good.

Any recommendations on good cases would be great...
 
Ok, bit of advice if possible...

I really like the look of this case https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lian...-case-with-300w-sfx-psu-black-ca-526-ll.html#

Has a built in PSU, my wattage will be approx 180, so just over half (61% to be precise), also saves me buying a new PSU.

So far i'm at...

CPU - Ryzen 5 1500x
Motherboard - AS Rock AB350
RAM - Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
GPU - Zotak GeForce 1050 Ti

Including case coming in at around £590.

Thoughts?
 
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