First time builder

[Warren Davies]

I’ve faffed around and replaced parts on many computers in the past but I’m about to build my first. I was wondering if I could ask you to look over my parts to see if anyone has any recommendations, compatibility issues etc..

Antec Gx500 case £42.98
Ryzen 5 2600x £199.99
Corsair VS650 Power supply £47.99
Corsair Vengance LPX Black 3200mhz £135.98
WD 500GB Black NVMe m.2 2280-S3 Pcie Gen 3 SSD £103.97
MSI AMD Radeon RX580 8G Armor 8G OC Graphics Card £199.97
Asus Prime X470 Pro £165.98

So for everything that adds up to £896.86. That’s over my budget! So I can’t stretch to another penny. In actual fact I’d be pleased if I could save some money if it didnt sacrifice the performance. I’m not overly bothered about the looks of the computer, and it’s not just for games. It will have to do some video rendering and a lot of AutoCAD. However I don’t think that’s very demanding. I also have a personal hatred of all mobo’s that are not full ATX.

I’d appreciate some input also about potential compatibility issues. I’ve been mulling over all these parts for the last 3 weeks and I’ve just about had enough.

Thank you.

 

[tamzzy]

saw you post in another thread asking for advice.

i know it's overbudget, but an extra £100 will bring tangible benefits in comparison to your proposed £900 build.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-Gaming 5 AMD X370 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £134.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX432C16PB3K2/16)= £128.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX VEGA 56 Gaming OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £338.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 10 600W CM 80 Plus Silver Modular Power Supply= £63.95
• 1 x Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £109.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Focus G Midi Tower Case - Grey Window= £49.99

Total: £1,019.49 (includes shipping: £12.60)
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in comparison to your build,
1) 8 core (albeit 1st gen) ryzen compared to your (2nd gen) 6 core ryzen - with that, a solid mid-high end x370 board. better VRMs for full throttle video encoding, and 8 cores to finish the task faster
2) for your use with video editing, nvme ssd is the right choice. current pick is the samsung 970 evo, but your choice of a 2nd gen wd black isn't bad either.
3) waaaaaayyy better graphics card (in the order of ~40%)
4) better psu
5) better case

 

[tamzzy]

So for everything that adds up to £896.86. That’s over my budget!

cuts made to hit a price point

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £149.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £199.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £109.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 10 600W CM 80 Plus Silver Modular Power Supply= £63.95
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £56.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Focus G Midi Tower Case - Grey Window= £49.99

Total: £743.45 (includes shipping: £12.60)
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1) 2600 rather than 2600x - saving £50. the difference between the 2600 and 2600x is: 2600x has a better stock cooler and better out of box performance.
However, ryzen 2xxx with a b450 board allows for PBO/XFR2 automatic overclocking, so the difference between these 2 chips should be minimal and all down to the #siliconlottery.
2)the VRMs between the asus you listed and the tomahawk is about the same quality. so money saved there too.
3) slower ram - difference is probably in the order of 1-2% in real terms usage, possibly only ever so slightly more (2-3%?) depending on usage
4) still a better psu
5) sata3 ssd, rather than an nvme ssd
6) still a better case