Hi all,
I was hoping to wait on big Navi and maybe 3950X but my PC's (in sig) basically falling apart at this point so it's time to bite the bullet. In terms of budget my max is £2800 but I don't expect to get near that atm as it seems an utter waste of money to get a 2080ti for almost triple the price of 5700 XT for only ~30% more performance for example.
I think I've decided on an AMD 3700x and 5700 XT based build for now and upgrading again in a year or two to 16core+ CPU and 5800/5900xt or w/e is out then and hopefully there's more competition in terms of prices.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Is what I'm thinking so far and have heard Crucial Ballistix Sport 3200 is very good memory. I have no idea about a case although my current one tends to let in way too much dust so anything to minimize that would be good.
The other thing is the mobo, will I need a X570 as I plan to OC the RAM and maybe upgrade the CPU in the near future or will the Tomahawk handle that? Any other benefits?
Also is it worth an Aftermarket cooler as Ryzen doesn't seem to have much if any OC headroom so I may not bother?
Anything I should be looking to switch or glaring omissions?
All help appreciated,
cheers.
I was hoping to wait on big Navi and maybe 3950X but my PC's (in sig) basically falling apart at this point so it's time to bite the bullet. In terms of budget my max is £2800 but I don't expect to get near that atm as it seems an utter waste of money to get a 2080ti for almost triple the price of 5700 XT for only ~30% more performance for example.
I think I've decided on an AMD 3700x and 5700 XT based build for now and upgrading again in a year or two to 16core+ CPU and 5800/5900xt or w/e is out then and hopefully there's more competition in terms of prices.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £449.99
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £329.99
- 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £106.99
- 1 x Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK)= £76.99
- 1 x LG 27GL850-B 27" 2560x1440 NANO IPS 144Hz 1ms FreeSync/G-Sync Compatible Widescreen LED Gaming Monit= £469.99
- 1 x Corsair Force MP510 series 960GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F960GBMP510)= £149.99
Total: £1,597.14 (includes shipping: £13.20)
Is what I'm thinking so far and have heard Crucial Ballistix Sport 3200 is very good memory. I have no idea about a case although my current one tends to let in way too much dust so anything to minimize that would be good.
The other thing is the mobo, will I need a X570 as I plan to OC the RAM and maybe upgrade the CPU in the near future or will the Tomahawk handle that? Any other benefits?
Also is it worth an Aftermarket cooler as Ryzen doesn't seem to have much if any OC headroom so I may not bother?
Anything I should be looking to switch or glaring omissions?
All help appreciated,
cheers.