cpu, ram and mobo upgrade advice pls

[UkayJ]

Hi, I have just sold my mountain bike so I can upgrade my computer which gives me a budget of £400.

Motherboard needs to be great at overclocking, unfortunately OCs is out of stock on both the MSI Mortar and Tomahawk, any alternative recommendations?

The CPU is AMD R5 2600 £140 (this will be overclocked to it's limits - I do have a CPU watercooling loop)

And the RAM needs to be a dual (2x8GB) DDR4 kit, 3600MHz as at 3466MHz - there is only the corsair dominator but I dont want the tall heatsinks they have.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-29200C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black= £128.99

Total: £277.68 (includes shipping: £8.70)​

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[tamzzy]

any alternative recommendations?

yeah. get it somewhere else? lol

1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-29200C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black= £128.99

waste of money. ryzen 2000's IMC is a gamble and #siliconlottery.
3000mhz is usually guaranteed. 3200 is probably okay most of the time. 3466-3600 is rare.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £79.99

Total: £379.43 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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would run rings around your proposed build and cost the same.

 

[Plec]

Better off getting 3200Mhz memory and putting the money saved towards the 3600 chip. You could get Crucial E-die and clock if wanted - gains are minimal.

As for the motherboard - you can get the Tomahawk for ~£90 elsewhere.

EDIT: #goddammittooslow

 

[orbitalwalsh]

whats your current rig ? might just get away with GPU upgrade ?

 

[tamzzy]

EDIT: #goddammittooslow

arthritis in old age creeping in i see

 

[Plec]

arthritis in old age creeping in i see

LOL - but losing the ability to multitask like i use too. (my wife would say i never had the ability to begin with).

 

[Plec]

whats your current rig ? might just get away with GPU upgrade ?

Orbi's going to supersize it

 

[tamzzy]

(my wife would say i never had the ability to begin with).

lol

Orbi's going to supersize it

there goes the £400 budget!

 

[Plec]

there goes the £400 budget!

Will he turn the build blue?

Place your bets...

 

[orbitalwalsh]

sorry, I saw Supersize and never had the ability and my mind just mashed some dodgie images

Plec - "my wife said i never had the ability to supersize it to begin with"

 

[Plec]

sorry, I saw Supersize and never had the ability and my mind just mashed some dodgie images

LOL

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@Plec... did a re-edit above ^^^

 

[tamzzy]

oh dear lord...

 

[Plec]

Plec - "my wife said i never had the ability to supersize it to begin with"

Well, the 'turkey baster' did you proud for 3 kids

 

[Plec]

oh dear lord...

Not my fault on this one...

 

[tamzzy]

Not my fault on this one...

the thread kinda /ended at post #2 i daresay

 

[orbitalwalsh]

HAHAHA ! and thats had me laughing at my desk before home time. might get me a supersize milkshake

 

[Plec]

The OP is going buy:

• motherboard
• CPU
• memory
• Turkey baster
• And Macdonald supersized meal

As total spec.

the thread kinda /ended at post #2 i daresay

Hey, post #3 made some salient points

 

[tamzzy]

supersize milkshake

As total spec.

well there is budget left for the maccy's and turkey baster

Hey, post #3 made some salient points

post #3 was basically a knock-off chinese copy of post #2
#casualracism
i'm chinese so i can make these kind of stereotypical comments

 

[Plec]

post #3 was basically a knock-off chinese copy of post #2

I'm not touching that...

...but stand by my slow typing/poor multi-tasking skills and extra E-die details, all adds to the flavour, if not entirely needed.

/i love Kellis - gorgeous (well was).