Need help with new build

Balon

Balon

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Hello all, building a pc is very new thing for me so I will need wisdom and advice from experience users. I am planing to build a gaming. My budget is around 1600-1700£. Here are things that I would like to have in this rig:

1 x
RYZEN 7 3700X EIGHT CORE 4.4GHZ (SOCKET AM4) PROCESSOR RETAIL= £299.99
1 x RADEON RX 5700 XT GAMING OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-EXPRESS = £439,.99
1 x B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (SOCKET AM4) DDR4 ATX MOTHERBOARD = £109.99

I would like to have wireless network adapter, 16GB DDR4 RAM, around 500GB ssd, 1T HD and monitor for 1440p with 144hz.
Is it possible to build something like this with my budget.
Thank you for your time and help.
 
Hi welcome

Here is something just to give you an idea. You already pretty much nailed it anyway. A bit over budget, but if you are shopping around you should easily be able to get it down in price.

The B450 Gaming Pro Carbon has wifi built in so might as well go with that over the Tomahawk for an extra £19.

The WD Blue SSD is a placeholder. I would suggest searching for a 1TB Sabrent Rocket as it is usually cheaper, or cheaper still a Kingston A2000. Not as good as the Sabrent, but perfectly fine for a gaming pc and it comes with a 5 year warranty. You can always add a hard drive as well if you want.

Case is personal pref so I just went with a Phanteks Enthoo Pro M. Of course you might want something different.

The Gigabyte 5700XT is due in stock today.

As for the Monitor have a look for a Pixio PX7 Prime as you can usually get one for less than the one below.

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/pixio/px7-prime

I didn't include W10 but you can find cheap keys if you look around. If you have any money left over then you could buy a cheap air cooler as well i.e Arctic Freezer 34 esports/Duo.


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,742.70 (includes shipping: £20.82)
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Will mobo with wifi give me equal signal as wireless network adapter? My rig is gonna be on different floor than router
 
Balon said:
Will mobo with wifi give me equal signal as wireless network adapter? My rig is gonna be on different floor than router
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There shouldn't really be any difference between onboard or a pcie wifi adapter. I personally prefer Powerline adapters, but they can be a bit more expensive depending on what features/speed you want.
 
That is what I am thinking right now:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,367.02 (includes shipping: £20.82)​
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Plus Gigabyte RX 5700XT Gaming OC from Amazon because I called todac OVCK and they said they gonna have it in stock middle of June
 
Balon said:
That is what I am thinking right now:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,367.02 (includes shipping: £20.82)
​

Plus Gigabyte RX 5700XT Gaming OC
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You can get a 3TB HDD for less than those 2 x 1TB ones.

No need for the thermal paste.

The RGB fans in the Asus case might not work properly with the MSI board but not 100% sure on that. Not really that well versed on RGB. The MSI board has 12v and 5v header so you can connect them. They are listed as Aura sync which is Asus software. Someone else might be able to give you a better answer.

Swap the SSD to the WD Blue SN550 as that is NVMe. The one you have is just a regular SATA SSD.

You don't need 750W for the psu. A 650W is already enough. The Leadex is a good unit, and very quiet.

Arctic Freezer 34 esports duo is a cheaper cooler, and is great for the price.


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £282.42 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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I put 2x 1T HD accidentally. Is this looks better:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,335.98 (includes shipping: £13.20)​
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And I'm thinking about another monitor pixio px7 prime
 
Balon said:
I put 2x 1T HD accidentally. Is this looks better:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,335.98 (includes shipping: £13.20)
​

And I'm thinking about another monitor pixio px7 prime
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The Gigabyte RX 5700XT Gaming OC is cheaper than the Sapphire so go with that one instead.

I would go for the Team Group 3000MHz CL16 Ram and just overclock it to 3200MHz. Saves you £24. I will link a video below that shows you how to overclock ram on Ryzen.

I would get the 2TB HDD then as it costs £20 more for double the capacity. You can never have too much storage and the £21 saved on the gpu pays for it. :)

You have two coolers in your list :D

The Pixio is a good value monitor. I posted a review in one of my previous replies.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £532.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)​
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Ram overclocking video:

 
lee32uk said:
The Gigabyte RX 5700XT Gaming OC is cheaper than the Sapphire so go with that one instead.

I would go for the Team Group 3000MHz CL16 Ram and just overclock it to 3200MHz. Saves you £24. I will link a video below that shows you how to overclock ram on Ryzen.

I would get the 2TB HDD then as it costs £20 more for double the capacity. You can never have too much storage and the £21 saved on the gpu pays for it. :)

You have two coolers in your list :D

The Pixio is a good value monitor. I posted a review in one of my previous replies.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £532.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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Ram overclocking video:

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I know that Gigabyte RX 5700 Gaming OC is cheaper but it is not in stock till middle of June that's why I am thinking about Sapphire Pulse
 
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