£400 budget recovery after failure help
- Thread starter Shampoo
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My basket at Overclockers UK: 
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
- 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C19 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £59.99
- 1 x MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £159.95
Total: £408.93 (includes shipping: £0.00)
For your price bracket and the current market, you'll only get suggested more of the same I imagine 
3600 is the go-to bang for buck CPU right now. That mobo has some of the best VRMs for B550 so will run great and work well with any future upgrades etc. RAM is a decent and cheap 3600MHz kit.
But I completely understand you'd want more opinions, to be sure it's a sensible suggestion.
3600 is the go-to bang for buck CPU right now. That mobo has some of the best VRMs for B550 so will run great and work well with any future upgrades etc. RAM is a decent and cheap 3600MHz kit.
But I completely understand you'd want more opinions, to be sure it's a sensible suggestion.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Should offer 200-300mhz higher boost and 3800~ IF
You do drop manual CPU overclocking so you’re stuck with PBO and memory overclocking. Another option would be a Gigabyte A520 and that would also add BCLK overclocking.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigabyte-a520m-ds3h-socket-am4-ddr4-matx-motherboard-mb-591-gi.html
- 1 x ASUS TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £79.99
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT Six Core 4.5GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (100-100000281BOX)= £239.99
- 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £74.99
Total: £405.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)
Should offer 200-300mhz higher boost and 3800~ IF
You do drop manual CPU overclocking so you’re stuck with PBO and memory overclocking. Another option would be a Gigabyte A520 and that would also add BCLK overclocking.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigabyte-a520m-ds3h-socket-am4-ddr4-matx-motherboard-mb-591-gi.html
Well done on wasting £50+ on the XT model for extra 3 fps lol
By all means get the A520 mATX board, but may as well stick with the 3600 and keep £80 in your pocket then. The RAM also isn't in stock and been pre-order for weeks.
By all means get the A520 mATX board, but may as well stick with the 3600 and keep £80 in your pocket then. The RAM also isn't in stock and been pre-order for weeks.
Faster for less money? What planet are you on? The XT is £50+ more than the standard 3600 lol. Edit: If you're referring to the motherboard, that's not an issue I never said anything wrong with it.
Both CPUs have overclocks, 3600 is @ 4.3 and 3600XT @ 4.5GHz in that video...
If you're referring to the RAM speed, then 3200 -> 3600MHz isn't going to give you a huge FPS increase either. But the RAM suggested is 3600MHz anyway.
Bottom line, 3600XT is poor value for money and will not give a huge benefit in performance either that's remotely worth over £50.
Both CPUs have overclocks, 3600 is @ 4.3 and 3600XT @ 4.5GHz in that video...
If you're referring to the RAM speed, then 3200 -> 3600MHz isn't going to give you a huge FPS increase either. But the RAM suggested is 3600MHz anyway.
Bottom line, 3600XT is poor value for money and will not give a huge benefit in performance either that's remotely worth over £50.