AMD Ryzen Midi Gaming PC - Anything better?

rhysduck · 11 Nov 2019 at 17:11

Hi,
A work colleague is looking to get a new system (no monitor kb/m or OS required) and I've highly recommended OcUK...
I've spec'd the following machine which seems like a good system for the price.

URL: AMD System Build

The spec is:

GigaByte B450 Aorus Elite
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.9Ghz
Team group Vulcan T-Force 16gb (2x 8gb) 3000mhz
GeForce GTX 1660 Super Storm X 6144Mb
Alpenfohn Brocken ECU Advanced Cooler
Samsung 1Tb 860 Evo SSD
KoLink KL-850M 850W PSU

At a smidge over £700 I think it's a good price. What I want to know is if there is a better option or options for the money available.

I'd entertain a self build if there were significant savings.

Main uses are Youtube, Guitar apps, 'light' gaming (no recent AAA games), light Photoshop etc.

Thanks.

rhysduck · 12 Nov 2019 at 10:38

Thanks

Josh.B said:
Hey Rhys,

That system should be fine even for recent games, it might require lowering the graphics quality slightly on some titles though.

You would be able to get it a bit cheaper if you self built but our systems do come with a 3 year warranty as well if any issues pop up.

Regarding the GFX quality, that should be fine. It'll only be run on 2x 1080p monitors.

Are you sure about the self build price Josh? Ive priced it up on OcUK and it's coming in at around £740 for a self build, not including Thermal paste... but the 3 year warranty does appeal to my colleague and it would save me having to step if should there be any issues with components!

Danny75 said:
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Thanks very much Danny! I was looking at the M2 SSD's yesterday and was wondering about them.

rhysduck · 12 Nov 2019 at 11:09

Thought so! Will there be any Black Friday deals on the system builds Josh?

rhysduck · 12 Nov 2019 at 11:16

Cheers Josh. Choices Choices!! It's a good saving on that build plus 3 year warranty. not to be sniffed at. Will see what my work colleague wants to do.

rhysduck · 12 Nov 2019 at 11:18

SonicSW20 said:
If money is really tight then a good deal on a Ryzen 5 2600 makes sense, but the additional performance of the 3600 is worth the extra £50, if the budget is there.

Do you have a build in mind? As that CPU isn't available with the build we've been looking at in this thread.

rhysduck · 12 Nov 2019 at 11:25

Ah no worries, thank anyway

rhysduck · 14 Nov 2019 at 11:43

Thanks but that CPU is not part of the build...