Super budget £600 build?

Drake5 said:
I'm guessing the 9600x is the faster processor - Sorry for making a mess with the formatting
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There's roughly 5% between it and the 7600X on average, however there is the odd instance where the 9600X can be 20-25% faster such as Asseto Corsa as an example.

Personally I'd pay the extra £30 but it might not be worth it to you.

Sourcing a GPU from the MM and going new for the rest isn't a bad idea, you can get some good deals on there, personally given the budget I'd get the CPU/Mobo/RAM from there too as you do see AM5 bundles on the cheap every so often, go new for the PSU/Case etc due to size/weight of shipping.

See here for a CPU/Mobo bundle: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...zer-iii-pro-360-a-rgb.19005967/#post-37979527

Seller might accept an offer, RAM shouldn't be difficult to source at all either.
 
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Journey said:
7500F has been back at £80-90 as well which are still solid for mega budget builds, paired with super budget £70 motherboard and you have nice budget left for the GPU which is really where most of the money needs to go. :)
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Haha yes, I've done that for a build (China 7500F + China B650 board + China DDR5 6000 RAM)
The above combo cost less than £200 IIRC

In fact, my current 2nd PC is also a China 7700 + China B650 board + China DDR5 6000 RAM
It actually cost me about £230
 
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The only thing of note about China is the lack of warranty, but it's definitely a good route for a budget build if you're not overly nervous about returns/things going wrong down the line.
 
tamzzy said:
Haha yes, I've done that for a build (China 7500F + China B650 board + China DDR5 6000 RAM)
The above combo cost less than £200 IIRC

In fact, my current 2nd PC is also a China 7700 + China B650 board + China DDR5 6000 RAM
It actually cost me about £230
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Been some cracking deals on the B650 Eagle boards recently if you caught those? Under £100, and that was the WiFi version. Nice builds at ~£200 though, I actually RMA'd a 7700 OEM CPU to AMD EU recently and they swapped it, no different questions asked, turns out the CPU was fine it was a faulty board though, D'OH.
 
Journey said:
Been some cracking deals on the B650 Eagle boards recently if you caught those? Under £100, and that was the WiFi version.
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Yeah I saw those, was tempted but had no use for them :cry:
Couldn't justify spending the money for them just to gather dust, no matter how cheap they were lol
 
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Drake5 said:
Yeah, I think going 2nd hand will definitely give more value for money but ideally I wanted to keep everything new for him but if the budget doesn't allow for that then I'll certainly consider it
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Used evey time but I'd avoid 2070 or 3070ss if they are the long heavy versions.. Mm or cex.. I'd consider Cpus from facebook as they are never faulty.. Should be able to get a 4060 in that budget or better
 
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tamzzy said:
That bar is low hahaha ...
9060xt would be where I would aim a £600 build
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100% this.

16GB 9060 XT, leaves £300 for the barebones and you can get an awful lot of reasonable components for £300. In terms of saving money on used components, one thing I have found is if you look around people are almost giving away cases if you collect them, I found a Corsair 4000D for £15 with three fans installed, just need to be stripped and cleaned out took an hour while watching some TV. I got another case for free from someone when I went to collect a stick of RAM for a laptop, the guy just wanted it out of his life! :D

Don't let shiny and new everything get in the way of a superior build is all I am saying, a case or flashy fans etc isn't going to get more performance.
 
Would appreciate some input on this please guys, I can't provide direct links due to competitor rules etc but I'm thinking of

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor
Gigabyte B650M S2H Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard
Kingston FURY Beast 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
TEAMGROUP MP44L 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
KOLINK Observatory MX Glass ARGB ATX Mid Tower Case
MSI MAG A550BN 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

All brand new, DDR5 etc. The above would cost in total £430.71 which would leave £170 for a used GPU. I could possibly add some extra budget to the GPU if needed. What do you think about the above build, is the micro ATX motherboard ever going to be an issue? I know 32GB RAM is preferred these days but that could be added at a later date?

Cheers
 
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Drake5 said:
Would appreciate some input on this please guys
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Personally, if I was going AM5 I'd want a better board (B850) with PCI-E 5.0 graphics, but that board will do the job, albeit with a poor VRM and not even a heatsink.

16GB again, really not recommended, since the board only has 2 slots you'll have to dump them and at that point the demand for those (especially with running 4 sticks often causing problems) will likely be very low. Money wasted in the longer-term.
 
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Tetras said:
Personally, if I was going AM5 I'd want a better board (B850) with PCI-E 5.0 graphics, but that board will do the job, albeit with a poor VRM and not even a heatsink.

16GB again, really not recommended, since the board only has 2 slots you'll have to dump them and at that point the demand for those (especially with running 4 sticks often causing problems) will likely be very low. Money wasted in the longer-term.
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I think that's where it gets a bit tricky because something like this shoots the budget up significantly but I suppose it would be better long term?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...t-am5-ddr5-atx-motherboard-mot-gig-03859.html

I'm not sure if there's any cheaper B850 boards to consider that are just as worthy but as you said, poor vrm etc... Not really worth cheaping out on a motherboard
 
It's all "fine" but as Tetras mentions you're kinda making future upgrades trickier and the point of going AM5 is to future proof you. New cpu? might want a different board, new gpu? then you'll need a new psu etc
Nothing wrong with a B650 in general, certainly there isn't usually a difference worth spending lots more on a B850 (I'm not sold on the need for PCIE 5.0 yet) however as they're now seemingly similar prices you might as well go for the 850.

How much are the components, especially that RAM? It seems you're not fully on board with 2nd hand?
 
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i would look for the asrock b650m hdv/m.2 at minimum, there were some deals recently for this (edit, looking at google, this board is only a tenner dearer than the gigabyte in your spec...but more importantly this asrock is vastly superior)
the pricier b850 alternative would be the asrock b850mx wifi r2 - additionally this board comes with wifi, whereas the b650m hdv/m.2 does not

32gb ddr5 6000 ram would be the minimum, don't waste money with a 16gb kit
 
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Rob_B said:
Its all "fine" but as Tetras mentions your kinda making future upgrades trickier and the loint of going AM5 is to future proof you.

How much are the components, especially that RAM? It seems you're not fully on board with 2nd hand?
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor £154.81
Gigabyte B650M S2H Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard
Kingston FURY Beast 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory £64.99
TEAMGROUP MP44L 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive £49.99
KOLINK Observatory MX Glass ARGB ATX Mid Tower Case £29.99
MSI MAG A550BN 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £42.99

I'll certainly add in a better motherboard - I just need to figure out how much extra that will cost. I did ideally want to keep everything as 'brand new' as possible for his build, just for warranty purposes more than anything. But I'm not entirely against used parts if push comes to shove. I'll certainly be satisfied with a decent used GPU for the build :)
 
tamzzy said:
i would look for the asrock b650m hdv/m.2 at minimum, there were some deals recently for this
the pricier b850 alternative would be the asrock b850mx wifi r2

32gb ddr5 6000 ram would be the minimum, don't waste money with a 16gb kit
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It seems I can get the asrock b850mx for £125 here at OcUK which is great and I should be able to pickup a 32GB DDR5 Corsair kit for about £83. That brings the total to £484 which I don't think is too bad. No idea how usable that case will be for the price, but the reviews seem alright for it
 
Drake5 said:
I think that's where it gets a bit tricky because something like this shoots the budget up significantly but I suppose it would be better long term?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...t-am5-ddr5-atx-motherboard-mot-gig-03859.html

I'm not sure if there's any cheaper B850 boards to consider that are just as worthy but as you said, poor vrm etc... Not really worth cheaping out on a motherboard
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B850M D3HP has 4 DIMM slots (so you don't have to junk that memory), PCI-E 5.0 graphics and a heatsink on the VRM, maybe a compromise option. DS3H is better still, but nearly the same price as the Eagle, so...

I think is important to consider what the goal is here, do you just want the best performance "for now", with the possibility of junking it later, or do you want this upgradeable for the next 3-5 years? If the latter, then I'd just spend the extra, unless money is very tight.

Drake5 said:
Kingston FURY Beast 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory £64.99
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Deffo don't spend that much, you can get 32GB for £10 at OCUK.
 
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