£1000 ryzen upgrade

gazwb · 9 Jul 2017 at 19:34

Hey,
Looking to upgrade my machine, it's so old now that the only things I can rescue are two SSDs and the PSU. This is what I'm looking at so far, would you suggest any changes to maximise bang for buck?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Aero OC 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £518.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600X 4.00GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £229.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £119.50
1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350M-HD3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £76.99
1 x Raijintek Styx - Windowed - Red Micro ATX Case= £44.99
1 x Alpenfohn Ben Nevis CPU Cooler - 120mm= £21.95

Total: £1,024.11
(includes shipping: £11.70)

Cheers,
Gaz

Heisenberg · 9 Jul 2017 at 20:00

I would go for the palit jetstream over the msi aero. The aero is a blower cooler which will be pretty noisy.

mickyflinn · 9 Jul 2017 at 20:04

Get the palit super jetstream as mentioned above and this cooler would look good with your case.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Raijintek Leto Red LED Slim 120mm CPU Cooler= £24.95
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Super Jetstream 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £518.99

Total: £554.44
(includes shipping: £10.50)

Zeebedy · 9 Jul 2017 at 20:08

I have the HD3 motherboard and so far has been good for compatibility as well as price.

Heisenberg · 9 Jul 2017 at 20:08

Having had a quick look at the case, the max gpu length is 280mm and the jetstream is listed as board size 285mm on the palit site.

mickyflinn · 9 Jul 2017 at 20:16

Heisenberg said:
Having had a quick look at the case, the max gpu length is 280mm and the jetstream is listed as board size 285mm on the palit site.

Goos spot Heisenberg.

The blower cooler msi is 269mm long and this msi gpu is 279mm so will just fit.
My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Raijintek Leto Red LED Slim 120mm CPU Cooler= £24.95
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR OC 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £529.99

gazwb · 9 Jul 2017 at 20:21

Great thanks, that's been loads of help!

Quartz · 9 Jul 2017 at 20:33

If the PC is that old a new PSU may be a good idea. You don't want a faulty PSU destroying your expensive new PC.

gazwb · 9 Jul 2017 at 20:36

It's a ocz z5 550w, probably about 5 years old. I've not had any trouble with it so far.

craptakular · 10 Jul 2017 at 07:30

Until it goes pop.

My seasonic is 6 years old, i'm looking to upgrade in the winter and will change out PSU despite it running fine now.

Quartz · 10 Jul 2017 at 08:05

gazwb said:
It's a ocz z5 550w, probably about 5 years old.

Old OCZ? Definitely replace it.

lee32uk · 10 Jul 2017 at 15:11

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £87.95
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TDGED416G300= £119.99
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Super Jetstream 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £518.99
1 x In-Win 301 Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £76.99

Total: £1,015.61
(includes shipping: £11.70)

The psu should be fine if it is working ok.

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