Looking to order tonight - Final Advice

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Anewbe4u

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Sorry for a 2nd thread but my original one had stuff for my mums pc in it as well (she went for a nuc)

Budget £1500
Uses. Gaming - Media Server (Plex) - Surfing - Light video editing (kids you tube channel, although my current i5 does this just fine)

What I don't need. Keyboard, Mouse, speakers and Windows 10.

After reading lots of your guys threads, these components keep popping up so pretty settled on them but totally willing to listen to your advice.

Corsair RM650, RM Series, 80 Plus Gold Certified, 650 W Fully Modular ATX Power Supply - Black Is the RMX worth the few pounds extra?
Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT BLS2K8G4D32AESBK 3200 MHz, DDR4, DRAM, Desktop Gaming Memory Kit, 16 GB (8 GB x 2), CL16 (Grey)
Sabrent M.2 NVME PCIe Internal SSD (1TB, PCIe 3.0)

I'd like a fairly large monitor if it fits in because my 2 24inch monitors currently won't utilise the card at all.

Thanks for the advice again!
 
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Ok - So this is what I have so far!

Corsair RM650, RM Series, 80 Plus Gold Certified, 650 W Fully Modular ATX Power Supply - Black
AOC Q3279VWFD8 31.5" Widescreen IPS LED Black Monitor (2560x1440/5ms/VGA/HDMI/DP/DVI)
MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4/B450/DDR4/S-ATA 600/ATX)
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT BLS8G4D32AESBK 3200 MHz, DDR4, DRAM, Desktop Gaming Memory, 8 GB, CL16 (Grey) X2
Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Processor (8C/16T, 36MB Cache, 4.4 GHz Max Boost)
Sabrent M.2 NVME PCIe Internal SSD (1TB, PCIe 3.0)

Would love some case advice and just to confirm these are all good parts.
 
The RMx is the better unit. Nothing really wrong with the RM though apart from a few cheaper caps used. In any case a 550W would cover you for a 5700XT and 3600/3700X.
 
lee32uk said:
The RMx is the better unit. Nothing really wrong with the RM though apart from a few cheaper caps used. In any case a 550W would cover you for a 5700XT and 3600/3700X.
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Ok, thank you. Its a few pounds extra so might as well get it. Going for the 650 because it will be delivered sooner :p

Just wanting some advice on the case now. The Phanteks P350 looks decent.
 
Anewbe4u said:
More questions.

I was going for the Gigabyte GPU due to the warranty but this seems such a good price

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-19d-pc.html

Any good?

Edit - 2 more questions. Any particular reason the 3700x has been recommended to me over the 3600? I mainly game and I don't think there is a huge amount of difference is there?
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That Powercolor one is ok but not sure what the RMA support is like. With Gigabyte you get UK RMA and there is a forum rep who posts on here @GIGA-Man

The R5 3600 is good enough if just gaming and for light editing. Just get a decent board like the Tomahawk MAX and you are good to go.

The Phanteks P350X is a nice case. Might need an extra fan or two, as you only get one front fan with it.
 
lee32uk said:
That Powercolor one is ok but not sure what the RMA support is like. With Gigabyte you get UK RMA and there is a forum rep who posts on here @GIGA-Man

The R5 3600 is good enough if just gaming and for light editing. Just get a decent board like the Tomahawk MAX and you are good to go.

The Phanteks P350X is a nice case. Might need an extra fan or two, as you only get one front fan with it.
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Lovely thank you. With the 3600 it frees up some cash for a better monitor. Still no idea what to get there though!
 
Monitor recommendations, if you're after a large screen and plan to game then the LG 32GK650F-B is the best bang for buck large monitor right now. Let me know if you have any questions because I just picked this up myself after a solid month of research.

32"
2560 x 1440 (2K)
5ms input lag
1ms Motion Blur Reduction
144 Hz
DisplayPort FreeSync
Lots of configurable settings with five profiles to fast switch between settings


Closest I could find on the OcUK store was this but the LG 32GK650F-B can be found really cheap right now because it's end of life is coming up pretty soon.
 
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trentlad said:
Monitor recommendations, if you're after a large screen and plan to game then the LG 32GK650F-B is the best bang for buck large monitor right now. Let me know if you have any questions because I just picked this up myself after a solid month of research.

32"
2560 x 1440 (2K)
5ms input lag
1ms Motion Blur Reduction
144 Hz
DisplayPort FreeSync
Lots of configurable settings with five profiles to fast switch between settings


Closest I could find on the OcUK store was this but the LG 32GK650F-B can be found really cheap right now because it's end of life is coming up pretty soon.
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That does look good. Looking at 345 price wise for what I could see?
 
I purchased mine state side, regularly it was $550 but eventually it dropped to $400 and I found it at a local store for $300. In UK you don't seem to get the conversion rate equivalent, they just replace the dollar for the pound. So 350 quid sounds about right for the lowest price.
 
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