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nocash168

nocash168

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Hello you wonderfully lot. Hope everyone had a good Christmas :cool:

Currently researching parts for my first PC build It will be for gaming, mostly sim racing. Although I plan to play games like, The Forest, ARK, Rust, My Summer Car, ETS2. 1080p 60hz triple monitors at high/ultra settings.

So far I have purchased and received,

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £274.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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Looking at purchasing this motherboard now to pair with Ryzen 1600.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £100.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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Will this board allow for a decent overclock of the CPU and run the RAM I have already purchased ok?

Rest of the build I have not decided on but here is whats on the short list. Except R5 1600, that's decided on.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,220.96 (includes shipping: £23.10)
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Both the cases are stunning imo but leaning towards the Phanteks. GPU either red or green as monitors won't have either G-Sync or Freesync. 500gb SSD for OS and frequently used games, will add further SSD later.

Possibly add AIO like x62 and RGB fans.

Any thoughts would be appreciated, especially the motherboard as I'm ready to purchase that now. Thanks.
 
Thanks for the reply. Yes I did look at M.2 but an extra £100+ for 500gb... Maybe for the later added storage.

Honestly I have looked at cases so much, the Evolv just hits all the marks for me. Full TG sides with no boarder, clean looking from the front and stylish. Part shroud so PSU can still be seen. Would prefer not to have glass on backside but that will only spur me on for better cable management.
 
But they don't require £100+ for nothing :confused:

Your transfers will go up from
- Sequential Read: 540Mbps
- Sequential Write: 520Mbps

up to

- Read Speed: 3500MB/s
- Write Speed: 2100MB/s

This is a ridiculously high upgrade. Not worth it to compromise.
 
I'll be going from an old Sony i3 laptop that takes an age to boot and load anything to a six core, 16gb ram and SSD. Surely I can save the jump to M.2 till a later date? What I have spec'd above is going to be lightening fast in comparison? Also, i'll actually be able to play games :D
 
nocash168 said:
I'll be going from an old Sony i3 laptop that takes an age to boot and load anything to a six core, 16gb ram and SSD. Surely I can save the jump to M.2 till a later date? What I have spec'd above is going to be lightening fast in comparison? Also, i'll actually be able to play games :D
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The i3-based Sony laptop can boot just fine, unless it has some problems..... either a need to pre-install Windows, maybe faulty hard drive, single-channel memory and who-know what else.......
 
It does boot fine, eventually. Probably has some issues but it will be redundant once I build a PC.

Think I'll stick to the 850 Evo for now and look in M.2 at a later date :cool:
 
nocash168 said:
It does boot fine, eventually. Probably has some issues but it will be redundant once I build a PC.

Think I'll stick to the 850 Evo for now and look in M.2 at a later date :cool:
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It isn't fair that you are demanding lower prices for the most premium hard drive technology available at the present moment.
If the prices are steep for you, then this technology is not targeted at you. I'm sorry.
 
nocash168 said:
It does boot fine, eventually. Probably has some issues but it will be redundant once I build a PC.

Think I'll stick to the 850 Evo for now and look in M.2 at a later date :cool:
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Ignore the other guy. The 850 EVO is fine and you wouldn't notice a difference in day to day usage with the 960 EVO. Certainly not worth an extra £130 if you are just gaming.
 
4K8KW10 said:
It isn't fair that you are demanding lower prices for the most premium hard drive technology available at the present moment.
If the prices are steep for you, then this technology is not targeted at you. I'm sorry.
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No need to be sorry, the price is to steep for me right now. Thanks for your suggestion tho.

lee32uk said:
Ignore the other guy. The 850 EVO is fine and you wouldn't notice a difference in day to day usage with the 960 EVO. Certainly not worth an extra £130 if you are just gaming.
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MSTRBKR said:
HDD to SSD is a quantum leap in consumer level use cases. SSD to M.2 is not that same quantum leap again. The £100 is best spent elsewhere in a gaming rig.
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Thanks for your input, 850 EVO it is :)
 
lee32uk said:
The 850 EVO is fine and you wouldn't notice a difference in day to day usage with the 960 EVO. Certainly not worth an extra £130 if you are just gaming.
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But it wasn't the EVO version, it is the PRO Version. And please stop lying about not noticing a difference. The difference is between the earth and the sky :D

The SATA SSDs are severe and very bad compromise.

nocash168 said:
No need to be sorry, the price is to steep for me right now. Thanks for your suggestion tho.
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No problem. Just wanna tell you that on my computers I have NO ordinary SATA SSDs.
I was like you considering the SSDs too expensive and not worth it to buy them.
But now, when NVMe PCIe SSDs are present, the picture is completely different and I'd use such on all my devices.

;)
 
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nocash168 said:
Hello you wonderfully lot. Hope everyone had a good Christmas :cool:

Currently researching parts for my first PC build It will be for gaming, mostly sim racing. Although I plan to play games like, The Forest, ARK, Rust, My Summer Car, ETS2. 1080p 60hz triple monitors at high/ultra settings.

So far I have purchased and received,

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £274.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)
​

Looking at purchasing this motherboard now to pair with Ryzen 1600.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £100.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)
​

Will this board allow for a decent overclock of the CPU and run the RAM I have already purchased ok?

Rest of the build I have not decided on but here is whats on the short list. Except R5 1600, that's decided on.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,220.96 (includes shipping: £23.10)
​

Both the cases are stunning imo but leaning towards the Phanteks. GPU either red or green as monitors won't have either G-Sync or Freesync. 500gb SSD for OS and frequently used games, will add further SSD later.

Possibly add AIO like x62 and RGB fans.

Any thoughts would be appreciated, especially the motherboard as I'm ready to purchase that now. Thanks.
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You'd be extremely happy .
Gaming 3 B350 is one of the best B350 and Ryzen boards for budget saving which you can splash on the GPU . Also you've got heavy rep support on here as well as UK RMA .

Would also recommend these cases

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £332.28 (includes shipping: £15.30)
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dark 700 has diffused RGB strips at the front side of the case that links the to board and USB C . 2 silent wing 3 fans that are £20 a pop too .

Wouldn't bother with M.2 NVMe drive - drives me nuts when people refer to NVMe as M.2 since there's about 4 different devices that fit into an m.2 slot ... Pmsl

I was going to suggest the m.2 version of the 850 evo purely to cut down on cables ! But cost is a bit more expensive and not worth it and brings it right in with budget Samsung NVMe drive . If you've got the extra £39 quid then great, if not, save your cash


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £367.68 (includes shipping: £8.70)​
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Thank you for your reply. Gaming 3 ordered.

I'll take a look at those cases.

I can get the 500gb 850 Evo, the black box one for £135 so I'll stick with that for now.

Thanks again.
 
4K8KW10 said:
But it wasn't the EVO version, it is the PRO Version. And please stop lying about not noticing a difference. The difference is between the earth and the sky :D

The SATA SSDs are severe and very bad compromise.
;)
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As the owner of BOTH I totally disagree.

Yes a M2 drive is nice and windows boot just that Tiny bit faster but really double the costs for someone just getting into building their own pc??
The numbers print up are synthetic tests, in the real world with ram and CPU latency you will never get anywhere near those "true" speeds.

for most people there is no real world noticeable difference between both expect in extreme cases.

You have your viewpoint, I have mine, but dont try to ram yours down someone else's throat
 
It's not double the cost though is it - not even £50 more if you buy the PM961 version. Yes you get 1yr less warranty than an EVO. If it were me I would save money on the case and spend it on the better SSD.
 
VKleita said:
As the owner of BOTH I totally disagree.

Yes a M2 drive is nice and windows boot just that Tiny bit faster but really double the costs for someone just getting into building their own pc??
The numbers print up are synthetic tests, in the real world with ram and CPU latency you will never get anywhere near those "true" speeds.

for most people there is no real world noticeable difference between both expect in extreme cases.
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What speeds do you transfer files with from one partition to another on the M.2 drive?
 
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