What can I get for a £500 budget?

mrgreen64

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Looking to upgrade my system and am totally lost on the number of different mobos and cpus.

Not a gamer but do need a powerful system to build linux isos, board needs nvme support and plently of ram. Graf card wise not really fussed (passive would be good).

Thinking of Ryzen 3700???

Looking a mobo,cpu,ram and some nvme storage.. (graf card if in budget)
 
New 4000 range is released on the 8th October so you may want to revise your CPU choice - at least wait and see selection/possible price drops of 3000 range.

  • 3700 - £300 (*pref 4000 equivalent)
  • A520M - ~£60
  • 16Gb 3200MHz/3600MHz - £60
  • NVMe 500Gb/1Tb - £50 - £100
  • GT 710 Passive - ~£35 (GT 1030 passive - ~£65)

Or you bump down to a 3600 (6c/12t) for your memory request:

  • 3600 (6c/12t) - £180 (+pref 4000 equivalent)
  • A520M - £60
  • 32GB 3200/3600 - £100
  • NVMe 500Gb/1Tb - £50 - £100
  • GT 1030 Passive - £65
 
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Mendechaus said:
I'd reckon you'd get a decent chip and z570 mobo for that.
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How could he squeeze in an X570 into his budget - he's constrained as it is?

If he had the budget a B550M may be possible - but would put him over budget and other components seem paramount.
 
Plec said:
How could he squeeze in an X570 into his budget - he's constrained as it is?

If he had the budget a B550M may be possible - but would put him over budget and other components seem paramount.
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The tuff line (no wifi) is relatively cheap, and whilst I do understand the tight budget op sits on if he guns low on that mobo now it may very well cost him in the long run.

Though perhaps you're right and in the matter of urgency an earlier version of mobo may be wise, but even the b550 line as you mention might be wiser. It would probably push the budget over a bit but if OP can push it then it really could be a bit more frugal in the long run.
 
Could go £750 max, would like at least 32Gb of ram minimum... GPU (graf card) I already have. A friend of mine did say about waiting for 4000 series but would have thought 3700's would be a much better deal.
 
mrgreen64 said:
Could go £750 max, would like at least 32Gb of ram minimum... GPU (graf card) I already have. A friend of mine did say about waiting for 4000 series but would have thought 3700's would be a much better deal.
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Even if you want a 3700x which is a great chip, it may very well devalue with the release of the 4000 line, giving you even more bang code your buck.
 
mrgreen64 said:
but do need a powerful system to build linux isos, board needs nvme support and plently of ram.
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The 4000 has reportedly ~15% IPC increase. The 3700 may drop in price quickly ~£265 now - and may well fit your purposes - only you will know - and is still a mighty CPU.

mrgreen64 said:
Could go £750 max, would like at least 32Gb of ram minimum... GPU (graf card) I already have.
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But

  • 4700(sic) ~£? (would suspect similar price to 3700X on release - maybe slight increase - but who knows)
  • Gigabyte B550 Elite (mico or full ATX) ~£110 - £160
  • 32 Gigabyte 3200MHz/3600MHz memory ~£100 - £140
  • 1Tb NVMe - ~£100
That would be well within revised budget.
 
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mrgreen64 said:
Could go £750 max, would like at least 32Gb of ram minimum... GPU (graf card) I already have. A friend of mine did say about waiting for 4000 series but would have thought 3700's would be a much better deal.
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You could build a system around a 3900X, 1920X or 2920X with 64gb for £750.
 
Am really tempted to blow the budget and go with 3950x. 32/64gb of ram and then save up for an nvme drive. Will look at gigabyte b550 vs Msi version.
 
Have gone for 3900x, still not sure about mobo.. ram ddr4 3200 (32gb) .... think I going to go way over budget (but still can sell my old quad core for a few quid, might cover an nvme)
 
mrgreen64 said:
Have gone for 3900x, still not sure about mobo.. ram ddr4 3200 (32gb) .... think I going to go way over budget (but still can sell my old quad core for a few quid, might cover an nvme)
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See, why would you do that so close to Zen3 release? It's an absolute waste at this point!!
You could just get a 3600 as a temp CPU until Zen3 availability is known, then sell it for a small loss and get a 5700x/5900x.
 
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