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 : )

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[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!