£1k upgrade

[tamzzy]

5060ti 16gb for davinci, especially if you are going to use the "AI" components of davinci

 

[wsurfa]

thanks ff to find a cheap source of reclaimed clay tiles:

 

[Gray2233]

thanks ff to find a cheap source of reclaimed clay tiles:

When you told your wife you'd buy her a gazebo, did you tell her how big it was going to be?

 

[wsurfa]

When you told your wife you'd buy her a gazebo, did you tell her how big it was going to be?

I like your thinking, but it will have my BBQ in it, and I was very restrained on that purchase, so it might not 100% fit

 

[wsurfa]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02675) = £399.95
• 1 x MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-04361) = £299.99
• 1 x Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.3c Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-24R-SA) = £159.94
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C40BBK2-64) (SKU: MY-29W-KS) = £149.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual OC 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-05013) = £399.95

Total: £1,417.81 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

 

[wsurfa]

This is a £1k build right?

 

[wsurfa]

Bugger the motherboard is pre-order - I've got to get in before the Indian sandstone flooring is ordered....

 

[Gray2233]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02675) = £399.95
• 1 x MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-04361) = £299.99
• 1 x Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.3c Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-24R-SA) = £159.94
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C40BBK2-64) (SKU: MY-29W-KS) = £149.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual OC 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-05013) = £399.95

Total: £1,417.81 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

I'd switch to the T500 2tb or the Renegade NvME, they're a similar class/quality of drive and will save you £30-40, the 9900X benefits from faster RAM (6000/c30 is the sweet spot for non X3D chips) and it'll open room in your budget to switch to the Corsair sticks recommended by myself and @tamzzy earlier.

Do you really need the feature set of that motherboard? You could knock £100 off there too depending and still get a very good motherboard.

 

[Gray2233]

I'd be looking at something like this unless you really need USB4 or whatever else the Tomahawk offers:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-02841) = £179.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual OC 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-05013) = £399.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02675) = £399.94
• 1 x Kingston FURY Renegade 2TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SFYRS/2000G) (SKU: STO-KNG-01330) = £125.00
• 1 x Asrock B850 Steel Legend WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-03999) = £204.99

Total: £1,317.86 (includes delivery: £7.99)

Motherboard review (linked to VRM section with it running a 9950X):

ASRock B850 Steel Legend Wi-Fi Review

If you want a capable Socket AM5 motherboard and have a $200 budget, some features inevitably get culled, so the question is whether what's left is enough for your average PC user. Thankfully, you won't find much better than the Steel Legend in terms of balancing price and features.

www.techpowerup.com

 

[wsurfa]

I'd be looking at something like this unless you really need USB4 or whatever else the Tomahawk offers:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-02841) = £179.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual OC 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-05013) = £399.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02675) = £399.94
• 1 x Kingston FURY Renegade 2TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SFYRS/2000G) (SKU: STO-KNG-01330) = £125.00
• 1 x Asrock B850 Steel Legend WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-03999) = £204.99

Total: £1,317.86 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

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Motherboard review (linked to VRM section with it running a 9950X):​

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ASRock B850 Steel Legend Wi-Fi Review

If you want a capable Socket AM5 motherboard and have a $200 budget, some features inevitably get culled, so the question is whether what's left is enough for your average PC user. Thankfully, you won't find much better than the Steel Legend in terms of balancing price and features.

www.techpowerup.com

Fully disabling the PCIE2 if the m.2_4 is used is a no for me. I've accumulated several m.2s and will likely add more, so want to be able to use all the slots. I could use a PCIE for m.2 add, in, but current PCIE lanes are soooo stingy

 

[Gray2233]

Fully disabling the PCIE2 if the m.2_4 is used is a no for me. I've accumulated several m.2s and will likely add more, so want to be able to use all the slots. I could use a PCIE for m.2 add, in, but current PCIE lanes are soooo stingy

Fair enough! It's a bit of a pita at the moment dealing with the various trade offs on motherboards.

The RAM/NvME switch is still worthwhile however, you'll not notice the difference between the 990 and Renegade but you likely will with the RAM.

The 990/T500/Renegade are all high quality Gen 4 drives with DRAM and high TBW so rule of thumb is to just grab whichever is cheapest, there's a couple of others out there on par too.

 

[wsurfa]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02675) = £399.95
• 1 x MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-04361) = £299.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance XMP 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-05105) = £164.98
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £128.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual OC 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-05013) = £399.95

Total: £1,401.85 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Seems like a veritable bargain

 

[wsurfa]

Fair enough! It's a bit of a pita at the moment dealing with the various trade offs on motherboards.

The RAM/NvME switch is still worthwhile however, you'll not notice the difference between the 990 and Renegade but you likely will with the RAM.

The 990/T500/Renegade are all high quality Gen 4 drives with DRAM and high TBW so rule of thumb is to just grab whichever is cheapest, there's a couple of others out there on par too.

I've got Crucial drives in a bunch of laptops and they've been great. I just have a default for Samsung because I worked for them for about a decade, never managed discounts on components though...

 

[mickyflinn]

Zotac offer a 5 year warranty if registered within 30 days on the there GPUs , mite be worth a look.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/zotac-geforce-rtx-5060-ti-twin-edge-16gb-gddr7-pci-express-graphics-card-gra-ztc-04916.html

 

[wsurfa]

Fair enough! It's a bit of a pita at the moment dealing with the various trade offs on motherboards.

The RAM/NvME switch is still worthwhile however, you'll not notice the difference between the 990 and Renegade but you likely will with the RAM.

The 990/T500/Renegade are all high quality Gen 4 drives with DRAM and high TBW so rule of thumb is to just grab whichever is cheapest, there's a couple of others out there on par too.

The working out which pcie lane is cut/closed by what is really really f-ing annoying

 

[wsurfa]

So before I accidentally buy an outdoor wood burner, and/or a Big Green Egg..Is this OK?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02675) = £399.95
• 1 x MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-04361) = £299.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance XMP 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-05105) = £164.98
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £128.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Twin Edge 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-04916) = £399.95

Total: £1,401.85 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

 

[Gray2233]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Twelve Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02675) = £399.95
• 1 x MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-04361) = £299.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance XMP 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-05105) = £164.98
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £128.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual OC 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-05013) = £399.95

Total: £1,401.85 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Seems like a veritable bargain

Looks good to me, as mentioned by @mickyflinn the Zotac does offer a longer warranty, although I'm not sure which of the two offers the best acoustics if that's a concern. If so, the "Asus Dual" models in the past are well regarded, but be wary of the Evo variants as they're cut down and quite poor by comparison.

I actually own a Zotac 4070 Twin Edge and its been a good experience, I rarely hear it under gaming loads but workloads may differ.

 

[Gray2233]

So before I accidentally buy an outdoor wood burner, and/or a Big Green Egg..Is this OK?

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Looks good, wrong RAM though, one sec.

Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel

Order Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

You want this RAM specifically, it's EXPO and lower cas latency (aka quicker). EXPO is essentially AMD's version of XMP, so a set and go thing in the bios.

 

[wsurfa]

thanks for the RAM correction

 

[Gray2233]

thanks for the RAM correction

No worries, otherwise everything is grand and a really nice selection of kit.