Building my first PC

Mart_C_2410

Mart_C_2410

Mart_C_2410

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Hi, looking to build my first PC, I know specs and what to look for in the basics, but unsure on motherboards and pin connections etc.

In 2012 I had an AMD bulldog 6 core with 8gb ram, (I think) a sapphire 7650, 500w psu, and biosite board. I used it to do video editing for college, LoL and a bit of CS.

Went to uni (video editing) and have been on a 15" mbp since 2014, i7, 16gb, geforce GT750M. Got the 6 year life span I wanted out of it and now ready to upgrade back into a desktop.

Looking at a Ryzen 7 3700X, 16GB ram, 6GB 1660 Ti, unsure on board, I presume a 750W psu would be ok? 500gb ssd, needs to run two 23" monitors. Fan cooled and would like it to be quiet so if anyone can recommend a good option. Will be used to play LoL and (very) rarely video edit the odd home movie

What other questions have I missed that need asking?
Budget is £1k

Thanks!
 
If you're playing only old games or some super popular online multiplayer games those are mostly made to run on potato.
Though for playing next-gen games 3700X would be the right choise, because new consoles will come with variant of it.
Otherwise 3600 would be good. (along with possible upgrade to improved Zen3 architeture CPU)

For motherboard MSI B450s dominate in quality.
With working case cooling B450 Tomahawk would do decently well with 12 core.
For memory cheapest 2x8GB 3200MHz CL16 kit would do.

For that low level graphics card even 550W PSU is more than enough.
Do you have case to reuse or need new one?
 
so i've been doing a lot of looking over night and so far think i may go with the below, ideally i'd like to get another 6 or so years out of this so have made a few adjustments to allow a bit of 4K:

Ryzen 7 3700X
Corsair vengeance 3000mhz 16gb
Gigabyte X570 mITX board
Radeon RX 5700 gpu
corsair RM550x
seagate firecuda 500gb m.2 nvme
Nzxt h210i tower

I have an old coolermaster silencio 550 in my parents house but I live in a 1 bed flat so want something a bit more compact
 
MSI B450I would do well as motherboard for only 8 core 3700X and without that chipset fan.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ocket-am4-mini-itx-motherboard-mb-33w-ms.html
Unless knowing you'll be updating to 12/16 core in future and with heavy usage there really isn't need for X570 level VRM.
And that MSI actually has pretty much the best B450 VRM components wise.


For Radeon 5700 XT (avoid Asus in those) level power consuming card 650W PSU would be better.
Phanteks Amp, like its Seasonic Focus base, would be also very compact making it good for small cases
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-amp-650w-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-09q-pt.html
 
Ah ok thanks i'll check out the other board, i've only gone for a 5700 instead of XT as I don't have the extra to spend so from looking at energy usage calcs it seems the 550w would still be ok
 
This is the cost of your intended build;

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,276.09 (includes shipping: £13.20)​
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I'll try & save you a bit of money.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,028.09 (includes shipping: £13.20)​
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