£1200 build for mates kid, help please

cjgardens

cjgardens

cjgardens

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Hey, not been on for a while or touched a computer for even longer.
Need a tower and monitor for that budget.

I recommend to my friend and this is what I used to do for myself and the kids.
Buy a new monitor and a case (keyboard and mice already sorted) then put used parts in it.

So I'm thinking get the monitor if someone can recommend a 24" 1080p one please.
Something like a rtx 3080/4070 ?

The ram CPU and motherboard I'm a little stuck on. 5800x3d or is there a better option used?

Thanks for any help guys,
 
Yeah, all brand new. We got in before the DDR5 prices went mental. 2nd hand you'd obviouslty get a better system along with the issues that 2nd hand could bring.
 
cjgardens said:
The ram CPU and motherboard I'm a little stuck on. 5800x3d or is there a better option used?
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If you're getting a card like the 4070 or a 6800, then I'd look for anything along the lines of: Ryzen 5600/5700X/5800X or i5-12400/13400/14400, i5-12600K.

Don't pay too much for the card, because a new 9060XT 16GB is available for a little over £300 and competes well with most older gen options.

5700X3D/5800X3D would be nice, but would be very easy to overpay for these, because they're no longer widely available in UK stores and still in high demand because they max the socket.

Would strongly recommend you avoid buying used i5-K/i7-K/i9-K CPUs from the 13th-14th gen, due to the degradation issues.

An AM5 bundle would be better than any of the above, due to future upgradability of CPU/memory. There's hardly any bad CPUs on AM5, so almost anything available would do.
 
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Tetras said:
If you're getting a card like the 4070 or a 6800, then I'd look for anything along the lines of: Ryzen 5600/5700X/5800X or i5-12400/13400/14400, i5-12600K.

Don't pay too much for the card, because a new 9060XT 16GB is available for a little over £300 and competes well with most older gen options.

5700X3D/5800X3D would be nice, but would be very easy to overpay for these, because they're no longer widely available in UK stores and still in high demand because they max the socket.

Would strongly recommend you avoid buying used i5-K/i7-K/i9-K CPUs from the 13th-14th gen, due to the degradation issues.

An AM5 bundle would be better than any of the above, due to future upgradability of CPU/memory. There's hardly any bad CPUs on AM5, so almost anything available would do.
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I've seen a 5700x3d with a board and 32gb ram for £400. Seems like a ok deal.

So I'm thinking that, new case for about £80 with some lights inside. Used PSU for around £50, SSD for around the same. A nice AIO

Then see what's left for a monitor and GPU. Which by quick maths is around £550 for both. Don't need keyboard and mouse
 
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