New build spec check

[jigger]

Stupid question though, but that board doesn't support 3600mhz ram?

2933 IIRC.

 

[Pickers]

Ok so I've committed to intel...
Rtx 3060 12gb GPU
B560m mortar WiFi
16gb crucial ballistix

Now, should I go for a i5-11600k or i5-11400 ?
Latter will save me money and has lower tdp. Not sure I'd notice the difference in speed but open to opinions!
I would get an after market cooler either way.

So, for 1080p gaming and office work, which i5 should do me well? I'm all up for saving money

 

[Joxeon]

Depends how close they are in price although for £150 the 11400F is hard to beat.

Maybe the savings will let you bump the GPU from a 3060 to 3060ti unless you already have the card? As the ti is quite a bit faster.

 

[mickyflinn]

Depends how close they are in price although for £150 the 11400F is hard to beat.

11400f is incrediblebly difficult to get.

 

[Joxeon]

It's in stock at a few places just not for the £150 MSRP.

Intel have probably wound down supply on 11th gen to focus on the 12th gen which is releasing in a couple of weeks.

 

[lee32uk]

Stupid question though, but that board doesn't support 3600mhz ram?

The B560 chipset supports ram overclocking, so yes you can run 3600MHz. With a B460 board you were limited to 2666MHz for an i5 and 2933MHz for an i7/i9.

 

[jigger]

Ok so I've committed to intel...
Rtx 3060 12gb GPU
B560m mortar WiFi
16gb crucial ballistix

Now, should I go for a i5-11600k or i5-11400 ?
Latter will save me money and has lower tdp. Not sure I'd notice the difference in speed but open to opinions!
I would get an after market cooler either way.

So, for 1080p gaming and office work, which i5 should do me well? I'm all up for saving money

i5 9400 and Z390-A-Pro

 

[jigger]

Actually chap, I would be tempted to buy this, sell the 1660super (one million quid on popular auction site) and fit the 3060.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x OcUK Titan Global Elite - Gaming PC For CS:GO - Intel Core i5 9400, 1660 Super 6GB = £1,008.95
  • Processor:*Build Promo* Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9GHz (4.1GHz Boost) Coffee Lake Processor
  • Memory:Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey
  • Graphics Card:*Build Stock* Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6144MB GDDR6 Graphics Card
  • Primary Drive:WD Blue 2TB 3D NAND SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS200T2B0A)
  • Operating System:Unwanted
  • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched in approx 10-15 working days
  • Security Software:Unwanted
  • Secondary Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM 256MB Cache Hard Drive - *System Stock*
  • WIFI:Unwanted

Total: £1,023.05 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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[Pickers]

Cheers for the advice all!

I managed to get a b560m mortar WiFi for a great price so got it ordered... So now I'm left looking for the intel CPU. Will hold out a bit for finding an 11400 and if it goes nowhere I'll probably look for a 11500 or revert back to the plan of a 11600k, and get a slightly better CPU cooler than originally planned!

Don't really want to break £200 on the cpu but equally dont want to wait forever.

I bought the rtx 3060 on MM, but also will keep trying for a 3060ti FE...

I'm thinking I'll go for the coolermaster q300l or the kolink citadel mesh case with an arctic freezer eSports single or duo...

 

[mickyflinn]

Not sure if this intrest you but theres a 10400 in the clearance section at overclockers could probablly get this for a £120, make them an offer if intrested .

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...ocket-lga1200-processor-retail-bg-16f-in.html

 

[Pickers]

All finally sourced ready to build.. when I have time

i5-11600k
Arctic freezer 34 eSports (not duo)
MSI b560m mortar WiFi
16gb viper steel ddr4 3600mhz
Aorus 3060 elite
Sn750 nvme 500gb
Kolink citadel mesh case
Corsair platinum modular PSU 1200