Bang for buck spec to house 3080

[mikehhhhhhh]

I embarked in an experiment to try and pair a 3080 with an unused laptop via an egpu enclosure and it was a failure. I posted about it here

Anyway, onto the next steps - I want to build a PC that focusses of price : performance over cost or performance alone. I think what that looks like is a low-end 7000 series cpu (it didn't seem to save much going to 5000)

But I haven't looked at hardware since 5000 series dropped, am I on the right course here?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £218.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Ryzen Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00523) = £0.00
• 1 x Asus Prime B650M-A WIFI II (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K6-AS) = £139.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX5M2B5600C36) (SKU: MY-4D7-CS) = £109.99
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RM750x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020199-UK) (SKU: CA-266-CS) = £134.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Pop Mini Silent Black Solid Mini Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-0AJ-FD) = £94.99

Total: £710.94 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

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[Mcnumpty2323]

That looks a lot better
Than the egpu experiment was
Though I am no use at lists of stuff
I may as well just tag @Tetras to come look
for you

 

[Tetras]

(it didn't seem to save much going to 5000)

It would, a 5600 non-X is a lot cheaper than the 7600 and the board/DDR4 can be found cheaper too, but it comes down to future upgradability really, if you think it's worth paying more for AM5. Don't think the 5600 comes with a free game either.

You might want to get a PSU which is ATX 3.0 with a native 12/16 pin.

The case: I'd check the PSU max length and the GPU max length.

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

It would, a 5600 non-X is a lot cheaper than the 7600 and the board/DDR4 can be found cheaper too, but it comes down to future upgradability really, if you think it's worth paying more for AM5. Don't think the 5600 comes with a free game either.

You might want to get a PSU which is ATX 3.0 with a native 12/16 pin.

The case: I'd check the PSU max length and the GPU max length.

What took you so long?

 

[mikehhhhhhh]

It would, a 5600 non-X is a lot cheaper than the 7600 and the board/DDR4 can be found cheaper too, but it comes down to future upgradability really, if you think it's worth paying more for AM5. Don't think the 5600 comes with a free game either.

You might want to get a PSU which is ATX 3.0 with a native 12/16 pin.

The case: I'd check the PSU max length and the GPU max length.

Thanks for the advice.

I see my mistake, I was comparing 5600x with 7600. I still think the difference in cost is worthwhile to get something current gen to open up that upgrade path a little.

I pulled the trigger with an adjustment to an ATX 3 psu but sadly OCUK was not the cheapest of the larger pc component suppliers. I don't normally mind paying a little extra for the service, but this was not insignificant

 

[mikehhhhhhh]

Well, all together now and I'm super happy with the results.

Some slight tweaks were Asus PRIME AP201 because that seemed like a better solution thermally and a worthwhile trade off for a bit of noise, if I was going to go MATX. Also found a Peerless cheap on Amazon.

End result seems to be a real solid performer for little over £900.