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Some guy

Some guy

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Here's a list of components I've got for a system I'm building, max budget of £800. Wondering if you guys thought I could have done better for the price.
 
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Ryzen 5 2600
Gtx 1660ti
Msi b450 tomahawk
Corsair vengeance lpx 16gb (2*8) 3000mhz
Samsung 860evo 250gb SSD
Seagate barracuda 1tb HDD
Corsair cxm 550w bronze rated power supply
Coolermaster mb511 case

Total £778
 
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Advise you to delete the part picker with retailer links - against forum rules.

If you've bought already, these questions after the fact don't usually end well but to give you an idea:

If you had bought it all from OC it would have cost £895 (for that particular part combo) - so shopping around for that combo of parts paid off - breathe easy and enjoy the your purchases, as these type of questions usually cause buyers remorse.

That said there's a security in buying most your components from one dedicated supplier if something goes wrong. For instance Overclockers would take back CPU, motherboard and memory if you had a problem troubleshooting a component.

You got a quality b450 motherboard for the price range, twin copper piped cooled 1660ti and the rest of the spec is solid too (i would change PSU to Antec listed below).

My basket at Overclockers UK :
Total: £895.00 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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If you haven't bought already this bundle comes with a free psu (it's a gigabyte PSU - and apparently has Japanese caps according to members in the know). But the MSI board has better VRM/VRM cooling if you plan on overclocking or bumping to Ryzen 2 in future - but you do get a free PSU whic would bring your above build down to ~£730 buying this bunde:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

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and this is an alternate quality psu - modular, gold rated:

my basket at overclockers uk:
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As you're on the OC site and keeping in mind the following:

There's a security in buying most your components from one dedicated supplier if something goes wrong. For instance Overclockers would take back CPU, motherboard and memory if you had a problem troubleshooting a component.

A comparable (but not better) OC build for comparison, using same case and gfx card:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £778.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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Same as @Plec but bigger SSD.. always add cheap HDD afterwards. Bit of a pain cloning to bigger drive and that 240GB will fill up fast .. 10 GB lost after format and 40GB to windows...

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £766.20 (includes shipping: £12.30)


Intel based

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £832.09 (includes shipping: £13.20)​
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Might want to consider Vega 56 with 3 free games for £280​
 
Cheers for the replies, the bundles you've mentioned on OC are worth looking into. The 1660ti is the gigabyte variant by the way. As for the aorus boards, I was probably gonna upgrade later this year to that as well as grab a 2070.
 
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Cheers for the replies, the bundles you've mentioned on OC are worth looking into. The 1660ti is the gigabyte variant by the way. As for the aorus boards, I was probably gonna upgrade later this year to that as well as grab a 2070.
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worth either saving up budget, or grabbing 1660ti and waiting out till next Gen or when GPU cant keep up with current or a new better monitor .
 
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Same as @Plec but bigger SSD.. always add cheap HDD afterwards. Bit of a pain cloning to bigger drive and that 240GB will fill up fast .. 10 GB lost after format and 40GB to windows..
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Yep, 250Gb pretty much disappears as soon as it sniffs the case.

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Cheers for the replies, the bundles you've mentioned on OC are worth looking into. The 1660ti is the gigabyte variant by the way. As for the aorus boards, I was probably gonna upgrade later this year to that as well as grab a 2070.
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Yeah, i saw the variant before you edited your post. As mentioned the windforce comes with twin copper heatpipes so worth the extra if you're after cool running.

A bit confused as to the rest of your post - do you intend to buy a b450 and 1660ti now and then in a few months time buy a flagship Gigabyte x470 plus a RTX 2070?

Unless you have ninja selling skills i wouldn't advise this - what spec do you have now as you may be able to do this incrementally without prostituting your wallet.
 
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