New Build £800 Range

Owen Knox · 10 Nov 2020 at 22:56

I posted a thread yesterday but I used competitors prices so it was removed, I'm looking for a build in this price range, any suggestions would be appreciated, I currently have a okay PC but I'm not looking to salvage any parts as Im going to give it to my GF as she needs a new one badly, I prefer AMD products if that helps with anything, I also have a AOC g2460pf 144HZ monitor with amd free sync if that helps. I know I could probably get some parts during black Friday/cyber Monday but im just not sure what to keep and eye out for as im not sure which parts could go with other parts etc, The case I want to build it around is an NZXT H510 and im going for a white and black theme so if there's options for white RAM or a white GPU etc but not essential, Thank you.

Owen Knox · 10 Nov 2020 at 23:27

Im happy for people to only suggest all black comps but it was just if someone would want to go the extra mile, Its not a necessity

Owen Knox · 10 Nov 2020 at 23:38

pc-guy said:
You are building to a theme - good luck with pricing.

anything other than black components will cost you a lot more!

for instance motherboard with white theme or accent is around £300-£500 mark.

white ram is crazy expensive

white graphic card - good luck finding any.

white Fans always cost more than black ones.

I would suggest you look for another more reasonable case to build into. That case is pretty but you gonna need some cash to realise that look

ryzen 3600 - £180
3200MHz ram - £70
B550 Prime-P - £150
5700XT - £350
RM650 - £80

that’s about it. You will need to source SSD somewhere else or reuse one of your own currently.

I quickly priced one up and most of these comps were the same, is there any new gpu/cpu's coming out which may lower the price of some of these items? Also will that case be future proof?

Owen Knox · 10 Nov 2020 at 23:52

pc-guy said:
Nope, 5700XT is the best value.

If you want you can get 5700 non XT and bios flash to 5700XT. But only some 5700 cards can do that as they got much better cooler and better VRM. You can save another £100 off that GPU which you can use for SSD.

Alternatively you can buy B450 tomahawk motherboard which will save you £40 off the B550

Is there much difference in teh b450 and the b550? would it be better just to get the 550?