My first build budget £550 i3

scott fisher

scott fisher

scott fisher

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basically ive been gaming on a laptop that is seriously struggling , I have put this basket together and am set on buying it all but just want some pointers if I can get anything better without maxing the £550 mark.
thanks in advance !

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £564.95 (includes shipping: £14.10)​
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good advice , ive adjusted the basket now and its just in my budget !
regarding a hdd I thought if I'm not storing loads of games at a time then 120gb would be enough?
ill just load windows 10 from usb hopefully how much space will windows 10 take on the SSD?

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £566.55 (includes shipping: £11.70)​
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wow the amd bundle is amazing, I worried about issues with ryzen as ive heard of bios problems. also with that ryzen build that is equally or more powerful than the i3 build?
 
let me try and upload an an image , but yes CPU fan spins GPU installed and fan spinning , no error lights on motherboard , ram installed in correct channels , when i power on the motherboard lights and fans come on as usuall and the pc is running as far as i know it just doesn't output any display , has anyone actually bought this bundle before and it worked out the box? if not that's kind of worrying from a customers perspective
 
basically i had a monitor plugged in through HDMI to DVI adapter, DVI at monitor end and HDMI at PC end .
maybe hdmi wont function on new build without drivers or something i have no idea i just want it fixed :(
 
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UPDATE. took everything to a repair shop and stood with the expert as he took it apart and tested everything thoroughly,
turns out there were lots of bios configurations missing from the board and the ZOTAC 1050ti mini, just doesn't work with this board and has lots of incompatibility issues, my only fix was the guy updating different bios and settings with a separate cpu and motherboard, so know i have everything working all same parts as before expect the graphics card i have downgraded to a really low 710 just to get my dam computer on, can i make my 1050ti work ???? its a massive let down i built a gaming pc and my crappy 4 year old laptop runs better than my brand new ryzen gaming build......wtf
 
basically the PC is up and running but with a gt 710 which is rubbish and I cant even play any decent games on it, I have a zotac 1050ti mini that just doesn't display anything, all I know is the guy was going back and forth downloading stuff to USB and then Q flashing stuff to the bios to get it to read, he said all parts were causing issues. like the bundle is just not compatible.
can someone at least recommend a card similar to the zotac 1050ti mini for me to try instead?
thanks
 
Danny75 said:
I think the difference could be some incompatibility with the HDMI on (some?) 1050/Ti/Pascals. Others have reported similar issues, even when HDMI-to-DVI-D has worked fine with laptops etc (different GPUs/iGPUs) and the same monitor.

His monitor has DVI-D and the Zotac 1050Ti has DVI-D, so he must only have a HDMI cable handy along with DVI-D adapter, otherwise he'd just connect DVI-D-to-DVI-D instead of HDMI-to-DVI-D. HDMI-to-HDMI on TV would answer the question. Or if no TV handy, then DVI-D cable.
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Hey just to clarify I know am using a dvi to dvi cable and is making no difference
 
Just an update guys I replaced the GPU and it all works fine now , so faulty GPU was issue from the start I believe ,
Thanks everyone for your advice and help :)
Now what games to play ? :)
 
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