New build advice, £800

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Hi all,

Would be grateful for advice on my new build. PC will be used mostly for gaming but I'm not looking to go extreme.

1 X **B Grade** AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Eight Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail - £269.99

1 X Asus Prime X570-P (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard - £159.95

1 X Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit (CMW16GX4M2Z3600C18) - £82.99

1 X Fractal Design Pop XL Silent Black Solid Full Tower Case - Black - £129.95

1 X Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK) - £87.94

1 X Noctua NH-U12A High Performance CPU Cooler - 120mm - £95.00

Grand Total: £839.02

I have the following from my current PC that I'm looking to reuse: crucial CT480M500 SSD 500GB; Seagate 2TB HDD; MSI GTX 1060 6GB, although I may well upgrade these later (esp the GPU) when budget allows.

TIA
 
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what are the specs of your current computer?
do you have to waste money on a new case/psu/cooler?
These are good questions. My current case is a mATX and it's a bit cramped and one of the side panels is cracked. The PSU is a Corsair VS550 which probably has enough power for my build, but it's been running for 7 years now. The cooler is stock on a i5-4690K.

It did get me thinking about me reusing the SSD. It works fine but I dont know whether 7 years of use means I should not reuse it?
 
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These will bring you more into your £800 budget,

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £107.98 (includes delivery: £0.00)​


Just becareful the cooler is 165mm tall so make sure it will fit in your case.

If you dont need a full tower case these are good

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £292.97 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Thanks for the suggestions. There are definitely options for lower cost cases than the one I've chosen. I'd like to go full tower. I'm keen to have one without transparent panels, with good component build and quiet (so noiseless case fans and good soundproofing.)
 
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That B-grade 5700x is £21 more expensive than a brand new one with the free game collection. The B-grade section is well worth checking for sometimes huge discounts on heatsinks such as this Cryorig R1 Universal for just £49.99.

My basket at OcUK:


If you shop around you can get a Thermalright Peerless Assassin SE120 for £40 or the ARGB version for just over £43. It's a extremely good but budget friendly cooler and you can read a review here.
That is a great shout on the SE120. I'm a fan of Noctua CPU fans but there's nothing that gets near the SE120 at that price
 
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black-on-white build
went with a 6-core 5600 instead as it's at an awesome price currently and best value for gaming
£200 cheaper which is essentially a step up in gpu tier when you upgrade
went with a 750w psu so you can put in a beefy gpu
also managed to chuck in a pcie 4 ssd

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £661.85 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

5600 vs 5700x - not much in it for £100 more​
The 5600 is very tempting with that price drop. The reason I chose an 'X' processor is for the frequency boost. The 5600X is £169.99
 
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Hi all,

Would be grateful for advice on my new build. PC will be used mostly for gaming but I'm not looking to go extreme.

1 X **B Grade** AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Eight Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail - £269.99

1 X Asus Prime X570-P (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard - £159.95

1 X Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit (CMW16GX4M2Z3600C18) - £82.99

1 X Fractal Design Pop XL Silent Black Solid Full Tower Case - Black - £129.95

1 X Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK) - £87.94

1 X Noctua NH-U12A High Performance CPU Cooler - 120mm - £95.00

Grand Total: £839.02

I have the following from my current PC that I'm looking to reuse: crucial CT480M500 SSD 500GB; Seagate 2TB HDD; MSI GTX 1060 6GB, although I may well upgrade these later (esp the GPU) when budget allows.

TIA
One other question. I've searched through the Windows thread to no avail. I read somewhere (tomshardware?) that win11 has features that bring out the best in the ryzen CPUs we've been discussing. I'd rather load win10 for now since most of the bugs have been ironed out and it will be cheaper. But I will load win11 if it gives my gaming a performance boost. Dont want to open the whole 10 v 11 debate. Sorry if this is the wrong thread.
 
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That B-grade 5700x is £21 more expensive than a brand new one with the free game collection. The B-grade section is well worth checking for sometimes huge discounts on heatsinks such as this Cryorig R1 Universal for just £49.99.

My basket at OcUK:


If you shop around you can get a Thermalright Peerless Assassin SE120 for £40 or the ARGB version for just over £43. It's a extremely good but budget friendly cooler and you can read a review here.
Just looking at the SE120, it's quite wide. If I go for the ASUS X570-P mobo and install GPU into the PCIe 4.0x16 slot, it looks like the cooler and GPU might get in each others way?
 
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Just looking at the SE120, it's quite wide. If I go for the ASUS X570-P mobo and install GPU into the PCIe 4.0x16 slot, it looks like the cooler and GPU might get in each others way?
Actually, looking at this again, it's more likely that the cooler will interfere with the RAM in slot B2.
 
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The cooler itself won't but the fan will. It's easily sorted though as you can just mount the front fan a little higher which is what I had to do. It's not ideal but it does the job.

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Thanks - yes I think thats what I'll need to do. I cant raise it too far otherwise it wont fit inside the 110Q case
 
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