Mac to PC (I can't wait)

[orbitalwalsh]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte B450-I AORUS PRO WIFI (Socket AM4) Mini-ITX Motherboard= £115.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £109.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x Kolink Satellite Micro-ATX Cube Case - Black= £36.95
• 1 x MSI Radeon RX VEGA 56 Air Boost OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £248.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £49.99

Total: £829.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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would still wait for GTX 1660Ti tomorrow

vega will sound.. a little loud , pulse for a £270 is to long for that case but would work in other cases like H200 ( plus £45) etc

 

[Danny75]

Those CoolerMaster micro-ATX cases were great. Helped a friend to build in a very similar N200.

@EsaT - the CPU socket on the B450-I Aorus Pro Wifi is very high up the board so no chance of even a 140mm cooler conflicting with PCIe slot. Although an alternative cooler that is slightly smaller (like the Cryorig H7 Ultra) wouldn't be a bad thing in a cramped case. And I see that H7 Ultra doesn't conflict with RAM (didn't know).

Hmm, I'm starting to get a little confused with the options.

Last roll of the dice for me today. Ideally I'd just have a relatively small and simple case that fits MicroATX and a full length (and 2.5 form factor) gfx card. I personally am a little concerned about having something too small and think a Mid Tower is too big for my needs.

I actually think the Coolermaster Silencio 352 Micro ATX Case (i've put in a similar case for now), looks good, but it isn't on OC. So I'll buy that from elsewhere. For the rest of the items, does the following look ok? I'm not bothered about waiting for newer gfx cards.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600X 4.20GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32= £119.99
• 1 x LTC Roll, Cable Management Tape Roll (black)= £3.95
• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 580 Strix OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £224.99
• 1 x NZXT H400 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £89.99
• 1 x WD Green 3D NAND 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS240G2G0A)= £30.95
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 11 500W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £72.95
• 1 x MSI B450M Gaming Plus (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £77.99

Total: £833.40 (includes shipping: £12.60)
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It's good. But modular not so important with the CoolerMaster so would get the BitFenix Formula 650W Gold.

 

[Danny75]

I'll install Windows 10 on it, can I do it via an external HD? Or does it have to be a USB stick?

Microsoft doesn't give you the option for external HD. Just DVD or USB stick: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

If others have been able to do it anyway with external HD I don't know.