AM5 build black friday £2000 max

sanadsaad said:
All in basket. Pulling the trigger now as I might not upgrade if prices go any higher. Still the best RAM with current price? I haven’t added a psu as I can repurpose the superflower for now and upgrade later if it gives trouble. And any recommendations for thermal paste?
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Still the best RAM for the price, there's a slightly cheaper EXPO kit but the Crucial runs at those speeds stock AFAIK.
 
Tetras said:
If you're re-using the Noctua from your old rig there's no need to replace it. You're good to go already for a 9800X3D.




You could step down to a 7800X3D and 9070 non-XT and still get very good performance, to free up some funds elsewhere. Personally, I'd be happy with keeping the G7.
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Definitely upgrade time. Keeping things as suggested above. 9800x3D with a 9070xt. Selling the Xbox so that should reduce upgrade cost even further!
 
Tetras said:
I believe the C36 kit still needs XMP, otherwise it is 5600 C46. The C48 kit doesn't need XMP.
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Noted. Still, it's what I'd go for right now for the difference of a tenner either way. Even if it can't hit EXPO speeds with an X3D it hardly matters, but I find that very unlikely.

More of a scramble to get some RAM before half decent 32gb sets end up being £200+.
 
Gray2233 said:
Noted. Still, it's what I'd go for right now for the difference of a tenner either way. Even if it can't hit EXPO speeds with an X3D it hardly matters, but I find that very unlikely.

More of a scramble to get some RAM before half decent 32gb sets end up being £200+.
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I doubt it'll have any problems enabling XMP, but yeah, not a huge deal if it can't.

RAM right now, has me imagine hover over the button, while the price increases by £1 every minute. Nobody that wants a PC needs sleep.
 
Tetras said:
I doubt it'll have any problems enabling XMP, but yeah, not a huge deal if it can't.

RAM right now, has me imagine hover over the button, while the price increases by £1 every minute. Nobody that wants a PC needs sleep.
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It's ridiculous mate, I've seen more than one 64-96gb set over a grand at this point and they're not even super high end.
 
Gray2233 said:
It's ridiculous mate, I've seen more than one 64-96gb set over a grand at this point and they're not even super high end.
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the kit ive got waiting for the last few am5 parts to arrive was either 350 or 360 ish a month or so ago its now pretty much sold out everywhere other than the bolton place i think its known as and its 1079 quid or something insane now
edit because it was 350-360 ish not 460 ish that would be a wide range even i should be able to remember more accurate than that much of a gap lol it was 359 i think or something
 
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mark 11:11 said:
the kit ive got waiting for the last few am5 parts to arrive was either 350 or 460 ish a month or so ago its now pretty much sold out everywhere other than the bolton place i think its known as and its 1079 quid or something insane now
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It's genuinely nuts, if I wanted to build a workstation right now for home work I'd literally change career instead. :p
 
Gray2233 said:
It's ridiculous mate, I've seen more than one 64-96gb set over a grand at this point and they're not even super high end.
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Scalpers getting on act now too unfortunately, just making it worse. Unfortunately manufacturers are wary of spending billions on increasing supply after the crypto bubble which left them with a huge oversupply problem from doing just that. Also, with black fri, this is when a lot of people look at tech etc, so a little demand bubble for consumers too, and buying is all dynamic now (like airline tickets, so price pushes higher if buying continues). I expect it will calm down, but prob not till after Xmas now from what I've read, ai has locked in about as much production as possible.any more and the consumer % gets to low
 
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