AM4 + AM5 build, make them better / cheaper

[PaulW]

Hi All,

A friend wants PC for around £500 to play old Total war games on. so far ive come out with two version around, would like smaller M-ATX FF
600 - 800 pounds the graphics card i have and will sell to him for about £100

i am sure people could get both of these builds down so i'd love to hear suggestions for both.

Thanks for your help


AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler"
Gigabyte B650M GAMING X AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory"
Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive"
Deepcool CH370 MicroATX Mid Tower Case
MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
MSI GTX 1070
Windows 11

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor"
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 240 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler"
Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE AX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard"
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory"
Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Deepcool CH370 MicroATX Mid Tower Case"
MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply"
MSI GTX 1070
Windows 10

Obviously i dont want to make it too bottom of the barrel for him : )

 

[mickyflinn]

One easy way to lower cost is to swap out the CPU cooler for a £20 air cooler that will save you £45

 

[Tetras]

The most obvious saving on the AM5 system is to get a 7600 non-X, which means you can dump the AIO and use the box cooler.

The other parts it would depend on the price, since some of these changes may be unhelpful:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £179.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B650M D3HP AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03566) = £104.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD532G5600HC36BDC01) (SKU: MY-0BB-TG) = £79.99
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03128) = £49.99
• 1 x Antec CX500M RGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-02734) = £54.95
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-061-AS) = £79.99

Total: £549.90 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[PaulW]

Thanks for the build advice, with black Friday i wonder how much money could be saved on this over that time. probably a good time to buy this.

 

[Rob_B]

The most obvious saving on the AM5 system is to get a 7600 non-X, which means you can dump the AIO and use the box cooler.

This is the best bit of advice, for a 7600 go boxed until you want/need/can afford better. 7500Fs can be had for under £100, tiny bit slower than a 7600 but you'd need a cooler and probably won't get a warranty so depends on how much they want to save.

1070s go for less than £100 so just how much of a friend are you?

 

[PaulW]

This is the best bit of advice, for a 7600 go boxed until you want/need/can afford better. 7500Fs can be had for under £100, tiny bit slower than a 7600 but you'd need a cooler and probably won't get a warranty so depends on how much they want to save.

1070s go for less than £100 so just how much of a friend are you?

i am building his PC for free... On other secondhand sites they are going for £90 - £110 seemed fair and no he's not a "close friend"

Could just get him a pre-built and have an easy life but he wont be getting anything good for his budget.

 

[Rob_B]

That's fair enough if you're building it too, add that to his receipt

 

[PaulW]

That's fair enough if you're building it too, add that to his receipt

he will deffo owe me a few beers, that's for sure!