Building new PC in a month or 2.

orbitalwalsh said:
its a very good case.

B450 has the feature to use StoreMI and some vendors took a chance to beef up VRM count.

Aorus 450 has 8+3 phase count where older b350 gaming 3 was like 5+2 if i recall, something quite low
X370 k7 is 6+4 phase count - Guessing IR are a slightly higher model (like X470 aorus 7 is over Ultra/5 to keep costs down)
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Or not if you watch this video :D

 
Great. So having just about grasped what phases do and why they're important, and now you're telling me the companies are lying to me :D.
 
Unseul said:
Great. So having just about grasped what phases do and why they're important, and now you're telling me the companies are lying to me :D.
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Bending the truth is probably a better way to put it. I think all Motherboard manufacturers are guilty of it at some point.
 
lee32uk said:
Or not if you watch this video :D

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Ah so same as other vendors then . Each have their own marketing and terms .
Don't think it will ever stop and all able to carry on via their definition

Why you pay for flagship boards , 100% beef and no BS
X470 flagships highlighting some good designs with each vendors using same IR or Controller but in different combo

Looks like they are assuming all the vcore is on the left hand side ? Having to skip through video . Every vendor different on board with which ones solely on the left or both top and left.
Will look through video if they mention the top bank again
 
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Just noticed the 2700X bundle comes with better ram than what I had selected also...

Think I may just take the hit and buy that bundle. The monitor is looking so far to be up for sale at less than the place filler I have in the build, so that'll save £20, another fifteen or so on the PSU, and then a bit more on the Meshify from the rainforest.

So I'd be looking at around £1300 rather than the targeted £1200 (which I'd missed anyway), but a significantly better machine (except for hard drive). My budget isn't a hard limit, and for that much improved a system, I think it's probably worth it.

Now to basically wait on the monitor, hope for some cracking deals in the coming 10 days on some bits, and perhaps see what happens with the bundles and the b450s.
 
Just noticed the 2700X bundle comes with better ram than what I had selected also...

Think I may just take the hit and buy that bundle. With some savings elsewhere, whilst I won't get down to £1200, it'll probably save me from needing to upgrade for a while longer. I wonder if there'll be updated bundles with the release of the b450s?
 
Unseul said:
Just noticed the 2700X bundle comes with better ram than what I had selected also...

Think I may just take the hit and buy that bundle. With some savings elsewhere, whilst I won't get down to £1200, it'll probably save me from needing to upgrade for a while longer. I wonder if there'll be updated bundles with the release of the b450s?
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Bundles tend to be on older stuff to clear stock or 8 Pack does bundles on highest end . There are bundles bit often selecting cheaper ram and coolers etc
 
Would I really notice the difference between the 3200mhz teamgroup Dark ram, and the 3000mhz teamgroup vulcan? £35 cheaper, would it bring a worthwhile increase in speeds really?

Found the non-window version of the meshify c too, saves a few pennies, and I'm not too fussed about the glass. Seen a recommendation on the riotoro psu elsewhere, 650W (lowest gold class I found) saves a few more pennies.
 
Unseul said:
Would I really notice the difference between the 3200mhz teamgroup Dark ram, and the 3000mhz teamgroup vulcan? £35 cheaper, would it bring a worthwhile increase in speeds really?

Found the non-window version of the meshify c too, saves a few pennies, and I'm not too fussed about the glass. Seen a recommendation on the riotoro psu elsewhere, 650W (lowest gold class I found) saves a few more pennies.
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That Enigma Riotoro is Seasonic Focus Unit, rebranded with 10 yr warranty

3200/3000 would see about 3/4 FPS difference
 
Hmm, maybe I'll stick with the ram, keeps me a bit away from the bottom limit for freesync. That's a £1,352.17 spend including delivery, if everything comes from overclockers.

With prices elsewhere (and the riotoro psu), I can knock off about £60, and then it depends on the monitor, but I've seen it advertised (obviously not in stock) for about £20 less than the filler monitor included. Bringing below the £1300, might be other postage costs along the way though, but not too crazy I believe.
 
Trigger pulled. Went with the 3000mhz ram in the end, since that was what was in stock! Saved a few pennies though, and should bring the eventual build to around the £1250 mark.

All but power supply and monitor ordered from OCUK, found the riotoro 650 for £71 from the rainforest, that I get free next day delivery, so that's nice. Now just waiting for that monitor to get released! Should be in the next day or so I guess, the rainforest has them for sale, but a bit more costly than other options, perhaps release will see that drop. Remove delivery costs and they may still be competitive though.

Going to hook it up to a TV once I've got it all built I guess!

Will need to start watching a load of building PC youtube videos now. No doubt I'll be on here in near tears when something isn't working.
 
Unseul said:
Trigger pulled. Went with the 3000mhz ram in the end, since that was what was in stock! Saved a few pennies though, and should bring the eventual build to around the £1250 mark.

All but power supply and monitor ordered from OCUK, found the riotoro 650 for £71 from the rainforest, that I get free next day delivery, so that's nice. Now just waiting for that monitor to get released! Should be in the next day or so I guess, the rainforest has them for sale, but a bit more costly than other options, perhaps release will see that drop. Remove delivery costs and they may still be competitive though.

Going to hook it up to a TV once I've got it all built I guess!

Will need to start watching a load of building PC youtube videos now. No doubt I'll be on here in near tears when something isn't working.
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nice :)

whats forest or the resellers policy on dead pixels ? worth baring that in mind when buying a screen !

post up how your getting on :D
 
Not sure, AOC's is 3 years

https://eu.aoc.com/en/warranty

Acceptable is 1 full bright, 1 full black, 3 bright sub pixels, 5 black sub pixels, 5 total sub pixels. So I guess basically 2 fully defective pixels is send back time. Then a range in between. Looks pretty stringent to me, but I guess others may vary.
 
Trigger unpulled... for some reason the order has been cancelled! I've opened a thread in the correct forum, rather disappointed though! I've literally just accepted delivery of the power supply, getting excited, checked to see the status of this and see it's been cancelled (a couple of hours ago it was still showing as order received!).
 
Turns out Amazon failed to make the charge, and don't bother telling anyone about it.

Crazy, since I made a purchase (the psu) almost exactly the same time, and never had an issue before. I even chose Amazon because it's been the most reliable place for me to make easy purchases on my card, since I've had other charges blocked (don't use the card too often, since living out of the country).

All sorted out over the phone, package bought. Spoke to Rich, great service!
 
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