New AMD Build

[davelenham]

Hi Folks,

Looking at getting a new build to play games and do a touch of photo editing.
Have done a list and hopefully it is shown below. Trying to keep the spend below £1500 but have a minimum of £1200 to start with.
Do not have to go the AIO route so any suggestions for Air Cooling will be helpful.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Lian-Li Lancool II ARGB Midi-Tower Case - Black= £82.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0B)= £119.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 2060 Dual EVO ADVANCED 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £299.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G320C6K)= £79.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020195-UK)= £88.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus WiFi (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £218.99
• 1 x NZXT Kraken X52 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 240mm= £99.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99

Total: £1,192.48 (includes shipping: £12.60)​

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[davelenham]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £109.99

Total: £118.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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Better than the plain M.2 version. And currently cheaper.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports White CPU Cooler - 120mm= £29.99

Total: £38.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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Ample cooler for a 3700X.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £89.99

Total: £98.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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May as well go for 3600MHz DDR4 given the price difference right now and the budget being comfortable.

As for the rest, what resolution and refresh rate will you be gaming at? And is the monitor Gsync or Freesync?

And will you be using Wifi or Ethernet?

I will be using Ethernet as have connections throughout the house.
Current PC is as follows:
Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower Computer Case

730W be quiet! Pure Power L8 Modular PSU

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz

ASUS P8P67 Pro Intel P67 Rev 3B

24GB Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 -2x4GB & 2x8GB

Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advanced Cooler

ASUS GeForce DUAL-GTX1060-O6G 6 GB

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD – (Main Drive)

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 – (Storage / Videos/Photos)

OCZ Vertex 3 240GB 2.5" SATA-3 – (Storage / Games)

500GB Samsung Spinpoint F3 SATA2 – (Storage / Documents & Backup)

Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluR

Akasa Internal Media Card Reader

2 x Dell SE2417HG Monitors – These are mainly used in a 'working from home layout' for myself and the Wife. This will not be needed in the future as there will no longer be a need to WFH. So an upgrade of both monitors may well be required towards the end of the year.

I currently play Fallout 4, Fallout New Vegas, Skyrim and am hoping to get back into Grand Theft Auto. Hopefully with a better system I can get back into trying to play more games!!

 

[davelenham]

Thanks for all the advice. Had a rethink and was thinking of this:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £98.99
• 2 x Arctic Cooling P14 PWM PST Black Fan - 140mm= £6.95
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo White CPU Cooler - 2 x 120mm= £34.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £89.99
• 1 x MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £419.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £109.99
• 1 x Lian-Li Lancool II ARGB Midi-Tower Case - Black= £82.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020195-UK)= £88.99

Total: £1,142.92 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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Was thinking of putting 2 of the 120mm fans that come with the case at the top and putting the 140mm fans at the front of the case. Thoughts?

 

[davelenham]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £109.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £89.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x Lian-Li Lancool II ARGB Midi-Tower Case - Black= £82.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £98.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £269.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £379.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo White CPU Cooler - 2 x 120mm= £34.99

Total: £1,156.02 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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Can move three case fans to front, use one of the CPU cooler fans on the cooler and the other at the rear, and squeeze in a 3700X while retaining a good 5700 XT model like the Gigabyte (which is better than the MSI Gaming X in one or two respects, like memory cooling) for very close to £1,150.

650W is more than enough.

Like that suggestion about the fans. Also like the list you have put together so will have a look into it.

Thanks!