First Ever Build / ~£900 budget

Wrxnn · 30 Dec 2020 at 22:36

First ever build going to be used solely for gaming. Any recommendations or advice are appreciated.

CPU £187
Ryzen 5 3600

Mobo £99
Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE Micro Atx

RAM £75
Patriot Viper Steel 2 x 8gb DDR4-3200

SSD £87
Western Digital Ble SN550 1TB M.2-2280 NVME

HD (already own)
2 x 1tb Seagate Barracuda 7200

GPU £300 (buying off family member)
RTX 2070 Super Gigabyte 3x

Case £67
Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower

PSU £75
Seasonic CORE GM 650W 80+ Gold Semi-modular ATX

Exhaust fan £14
Phanteks PH-F120SK 50 CFM 120mm fan

Wrxnn · 30 Dec 2020 at 22:57

Wrxnn · 30 Dec 2020 at 22:59

mickyflinn said:
Looks pretty solid but no cpu cooler unless your using stock cooler.

I didn't plan on overclocking the CPU so figured the Stealth cooler would be fine.

Wrxnn · 31 Dec 2020 at 00:03

mickyflinn said:
It is fine but a bit noisy.

Joxeon said:
The stealth is fine but a little noisy.

Of course, but considering limited budget I didn’t think there was anything else I could compromise on in order to get a better cooler.
Anyway, can always upgrade later

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Wrxnn · 31 Dec 2020 at 01:58

Joxeon said:
You could always consider Intel and for around the same price you could get a 10400F and Z490 which will beat a 3600 in games while also giving you a better motherboard with a stronger VRM and more features.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Plus (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £139.99

1 x Intel Core i5-10400F 2.90GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £139.99

Total: £290.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)

I was considering that, but I feel the extra features on the mobo will likely go unused by me, and also considering new consoles built around Zen 2 architecture... Will expect better game performance from AMD in upcoming triple A titles.