need some help spec'ing an urgently needed build

mark2410

mark2410

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so old one in my sig, something is dying and im pretty sure its the motherboard but if i need to rebuild i figure jump to ryzen. dont need gpu or drives or windows but the case psu ram cpu and ram i do.

budget im thinking £800
 
stulid said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £809.45
(includes shipping: £12.60)




Are you keeping the GTX660 in your sig?
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yes keeping the 660gtx im not a huge gamer, can i ask why that PSU over any others?
 
well in the short term the cpu come with a cooler so if the h80 cant be used i can get a functional machine up and running, btw how do i do the little neat build things?
 
 
Plec said:
If you have a single GTX 1080/ti on your wish list as a future upgrade a 750w will give you more head room - especially as you'll probably be overclocking the Ryzen?

A quality 650w PSU such as the Flower would power a 1080/ti but it's better to have a PSU cruising along rather than running near flat out (although i do feel the gfx companies over estimated the PSU requirements due to so many poor quality PSUs out there).

What do you plan gpu wise?
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for the time boing the 660 i have just now, eventually itll get an upgrade but no immediate plans as im not a heavy gamer
 
well as of right now, yes im thinking going with the xfx. im decided on cpu and ram. mobo im thinking the gigabyte one asn the asrock taichi is out of stock and case im thinking the grey Phantek 400s with the plastic window but not a million percent sure on them quite yet
 
Plec said:
Trust me - some people will pick aesthetics over quality/performance when using windowed cases. That's why it's hard to buy a component with out it trying to induce a fit with RGB flashing at you once you switch it on ;)
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oh i know some will but i cant say that its a good reason to pick one or not, but when there are soooooooooooooooo many options its a factor
 
Plec said:
That's what I was concerned about - wasn't sure if you had missed the 'i' out accidently.

Stulid's right - you may have a problem - but there may be a work around, i would google your cooler - someone's probably come up with a solution.

I would also drop Corsair an email and ask them directly - odd that they would omit one cooler, but not unheard of
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heard back from corsair

We're sorry to inform you even using the new bracket, the first generation H60, H80 and H100 doesn't support AM4 motherboard unfortunately.
 
well as the 1700 comes witha stock cooler im thnking use that for the moment and then pick out something. just irritting it cant all be done in the one now
 
well its done, though having seperate monitor issues but otherwise everything seems mostly good. Ram wants to run at only 2133 and when i set it te 2933 it wouldnt boot or post sooooo a cmos clear and back to working. cant afford anymoremidweek time t fix it.
 
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