Building a starter PC for University (any advice or changes accepted)

[NewToPCGuy]

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This is the build I have come up with after looking at multiple builds however I was wondering if this is a pile of crap or whether anyone would be kind enough to offer suggestions to as of what I could add to make it better for around this budget or £100 above. Also please recommend a good SSD.

 

[RJC]

Hello and welcome.

I have removed the link as this would be classed as a competitor, also this linked to my own basket.

Please use:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/

 

[tamzzy]

since the link is removed...

what is your budget, and do you need everything or just the tower?

 

[NewToPCGuy]

since the link is removed...

what is your budget, and do you need everything or just the tower?

Just the tower with all components.

 

[tamzzy]

Just the tower with all components.

what is your budget

 

[NewToPCGuy]

£800

£800

Could stretch to £1000 but need a monitor

Could stretch to £1000 but need a monitor

If you can suggest a good monitor too thats nice

 

[tamzzy]

board has included wifi - presumably will be needed at uni. lol

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99
• 1 x MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £124.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £109.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Pulse 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11265-09-20G)= £188.99
• 1 x Intel 512GB 545s SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps TLC 3D NAND Solid State Drive (SSDSC2KW512G8X1)= £69.95
• 1 x Toshiba 1TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £36.95
• 1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P350X Glass Digital RGB Midi Tower Case - Black= £64.99
• 2 x Alpenfohn Basic 140mm PWM Case Fan - Black= 2 x £3.95

Total: £856.84 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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[tamzzy]

If you can suggest a good monitor too thats nice

monitor out of stock at ocuk, but can be bought elsewhere.

if you're getting this monitor, please note that there are 2 variants (ie very close model number)
there is the VWF = old model - don't get
and this is the VWFD8 = new model - recommended

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AOC Q3279VWFD8 32" 2560x1440 IPS 75Hz FREESYNC WideScreen LED Monitor= £199.99

Total: £211.69 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[NewToPCGuy]

board has included wifi - presumably will be needed at uni. lol

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99
• 1 x MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £124.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £109.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Pulse 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11265-09-20G)= £188.99
• 1 x Intel 512GB 545s SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps TLC 3D NAND Solid State Drive (SSDSC2KW512G8X1)= £69.95
• 1 x Toshiba 1TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £36.95
• 1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P350X Glass Digital RGB Midi Tower Case - Black= £64.99
• 2 x Alpenfohn Basic 140mm PWM Case Fan - Black= 2 x £3.95

Total: £856.84 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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As I will be using ethernet connection is there a better way to spend the money thats allocated to the motherboard or is that the best possible? Because I dont see many people using ones with built in wifi adapters. Just wondering .

 

[tamzzy]

As I will be using ethernet connection is there a better way to spend the money thats allocated to the motherboard or is that the best possible?

that particular board is the best bang-for-buck in terms of features and voltage circuitry, but can save a few bob if you don't need the wifi (add-on wifi-AC card tends to cost ~£30 if you require, in the future)

this particular board is out of stock at ocuk currently - also can be bought elsewhere, though.
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £88.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £109.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Pulse 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11265-09-20G)= £188.99
• 1 x Intel 512GB 545s SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps TLC 3D NAND Solid State Drive (SSDSC2KW512G8X1)= £69.95
• 1 x Toshiba 1TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £36.95
• 1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x Aerocool QS-240 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £31.99
• 1 x Three Fan Bundle - BitFenix Spectre Plain BLACK 120mm Fan= £9.95

Total: £787.49 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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as it's an MATX board (smaller) can change the case to a cheaper case (still decent - but lacks the RGB lighting - if that matters to you).
also if you want to save a bit more, can drop the HDD for now, and get one when you actually need the space - i've specced in a large 512gb ssd.

if you want to spend a bit more for a better looking case (with glass):
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Antec P6 Micro-ATX Case - Black Window= £54.95

Total: £66.05 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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but still no rgb lighting