Soldato
- Joined
- 2 Jul 2019
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Trying to put together a self build for a mate who wants something affordable, with as long as possible life span, and doesn't have to touch it. Budget peaks at £600 with a 27" monitor, yikes.
So am looking at external filters he can remove and vacuum, and good airflow. Used for productivity, 3D graphics/modelling, media, maybe once a week gaming session for an hour. But needs to last 5+ yrs, minimum ideally.
Still unsure on everything if i'm honest. The Max board is there just incase in 5yrs time a 2nd hand 3700x becomes cheap on the market + ram speed. 8gb ram, cause budget
. Ideally i would have liked a motherboard with multiple fan headers, or a case with controller. Looking to add 2x fans to the front also. Bearing in mind, this thing probably won't get a clean out, ever 
The other alternative was a 3400g system with A320 board, etc. But it seemed to save hardly any money as i ran into the same issue of RAM, PSU and case quality=/=price.
Thanks
Not from OC:
AMD 2600 or 3300x (potential alternative is 2600x as good price right now)
MSI B450 M2 MAX
GTX 970 [£50 from a mate)
From OC:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
So am looking at external filters he can remove and vacuum, and good airflow. Used for productivity, 3D graphics/modelling, media, maybe once a week gaming session for an hour. But needs to last 5+ yrs, minimum ideally.
Still unsure on everything if i'm honest. The Max board is there just incase in 5yrs time a 2nd hand 3700x becomes cheap on the market + ram speed. 8gb ram, cause budget
. Ideally i would have liked a motherboard with multiple fan headers, or a case with controller. Looking to add 2x fans to the front also. Bearing in mind, this thing probably won't get a clean out, ever The other alternative was a 3400g system with A320 board, etc. But it seemed to save hardly any money as i ran into the same issue of RAM, PSU and case quality=/=price.
Thanks
Not from OC:
AMD 2600 or 3300x (potential alternative is 2600x as good price right now)
MSI B450 M2 MAX
GTX 970 [£50 from a mate)
From OC:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x CoolerMaster MasterBox Q300L Micro-ATX Case - Black Window= £44.99
- 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2C3000= £41.99
- 1 x Toshiba 1TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £32.99
- 1 x Seasonic S12III 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £57.95
- 1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI-E Adapter= £14.99
- 1 x WD Blue SN550 250GB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS250G2B0C)= £52.99
Total: £258.20 (includes shipping: £12.30)
