New Build Advice pls

[Esk]

Hello, I’m looking for some advice, I’m looking at the below build with a budget of 1k, but the more I can go under that the better, so bang for buck is most welcome.

I’d like to be able to play all current games, not necessarily at Ultra/ray tracing etc, and at 1080p - Also a lot of music production on Ableton 10.

Main questions:

Do I need an RX6750 over an RX6700?

Is the CPU a good fit for mixed usage?

Thanks, Dan


My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £149.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming WIFI II (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6J0-AS) = £159.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit (CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18) (SKU: MY-4CL-CS) = £79.99
• 1 x AeroCool Trinity V2 Mini Tower PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-23J-AE) = £41.99
• 1 x Kolink Enclave 700W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-04B-KK) = £74.98
• 1 x Kolink AT/ATX "Kettle Plug" 1.2 5A Fuse Meter Mains Cable (SKU: CB-002-KK) = £0.00
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 6750 XT Gaming OC 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1FU-GI) = £399.95
• 1 x Arctic Freezer A35 RGB AM4/AM5 CPU Cooler (SKU: HS-07Z-AR) = £29.99

Total: £944.83 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

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[mickyflinn]

Hi and welcome.

You could drop the graphics card down to a 6700xt saving about £70 which you then could by a better PSU as the Kolink is a a poor quality unit.

Plus the CPU cooler is .5mm to tall for that case so it's risky.

Do you need WiFi ?

No storage you need a m2 drive.

 

[Tetras]

AeroCool Trinity V2 Mini Tower PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-23J-AE) = £41.99

Think that's a MATX case and the board is atx?

Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming WIFI II (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6J0-AS) = £159.95

Do you need wifi and spdif? There are cheaper boards.

Do I need an RX6750 over an RX6700?

You don't, the Sapphire 6700 XT would be fine.

Arctic Freezer A35 RGB AM4/AM5 CPU Cooler (SKU: HS-07Z-AR) = £29.99

CPU comes with a cooler.

Also a lot of music production on Ableton 10.

Is the CPU a good fit for mixed usage?

I assume you don't need nvidia GPU for any of those things?

 

[Esk]

Thanks guys,

I’ll go with the RX6700 then, I would like WI-FI just for QoL, but it’s not essential, no cooler needed is good to know, case wise I just avoided anything labelled mini and assumed that would be ok, and I will upgrade the psu. I’m currently using Ableton on an AMD Phenom x2.

Any suggestions on mobo and PSU?

But overall it’s not far off?

Thanks, Dan

 

[mickyflinn]

You could get the latest AM5 CPU and motherboard within your budget if you don't mind spending, but you could stick with what you have it's only a bigger case you need.

Cooler by a better one as the stock coolers can be noisy but you don't have to do that straight away.

Motherboard sizes is what you want to keep an eye on as that will determine minimum case size so always check thus.

I've done a build for you to look at and my brother @Tetras will most likely provide an Intel alternative..

2 copies of starfield with this build so you could sell one or two.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £218.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Ryzen Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00523) = £0.00
• 1 x Asus Prime B650M-A WIFI II (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K6-AS) = £139.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD532G5600HC36BDC01) (SKU: MY-0BB-TG) = £99.95
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT Pulse Gaming 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-39K-SP) = £319.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00
• 1 x MSI MAG A750GL 750W 80 Plus Gold ATX 3.0 PCIE5 Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-013-MS) = £99.95
• 1 x MSI MAG Forge M100R ARGB Tempered Glass Windowed Micro ATX Mid Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-014-MS) = £54.98
• 1 x Crucial P3 PLUS 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-07A-CR) = £47.99

Total: £993.83 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

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[Esk]

Thanks mate,

That’s a great build for the budget.

 

[Tetras]

I've done a build for you to look at and my brother @Tetras will most likely provide an Intel alternative..

I do AMD builds sometimes

Max budget Intel/DDR5 alternative (retains wifi/spdif):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AL-IN) = £174.99
• 1 x MSI B760 Gaming Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-37M-MS) = £149.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-29H-KS) = £109.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT Pulse Gaming 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-39K-SP) = £319.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00
• 1 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C) (SKU: HD-589-WD) = £43.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £65.00
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-06V-SS) = £94.99

Total: £970.93 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

Cheaper Intel/DDR4 (no spdif, no integrated graphics):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £154.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B660 DS3H AX - Intel B660 DDR4 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5AN-GI) = £124.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMK32GX4M2D3600C18) (SKU: MY-4D1-CS) = £80.00
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT Pulse Gaming 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-39K-SP) = £319.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00
• 1 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C) (SKU: HD-589-WD) = £43.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-06V-SS) = £94.99

Total: £895.93 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[Esk]

Thanks Tetras

 

[Noughtboy]

It seems that Ableton prefers cores over GPU. I would consider a 6600XT and put the savings into an 8 core. In that case, consider AM4. If gaming is the focus, the the 7600.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Eight Core 4.6GHz  (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D1-AM) = £218.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMK32GX4M2D3600C18) (SKU: MY-4D1-CS) = £79.99
1 x MSI MAG A750GL 750W 80 Plus Gold ATX 3.0 PCIE5 Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-013-MS) = £99.95
1 x Asus Radeon RX 6650 XT Dual OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-487-AS) = £229.99
1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00
1 x MSI MAG Forge M100R ARGB Tempered Glass Windowed Micro ATX Mid Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-014-MS) = £54.98
1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £110.00
1 x Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6FB-AS) = £149.98

Total: £955.87 (includes delivery: £11.98)​
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I am working with an unknown with your Ableton software. I knows it uses CPU over GPU...just not certain if it prefers clocks or cores. If clocks, Ryzen 7600 is better option. If cores, 5700X probably better. The savings have gone into getting you a better MB in the ASUS ROG Strix as it has an excellent Codec for your music stuff (Realtek S1220A) which should certainly improve your sound fidelity. Additionally, I have gone for 2TB WD Black. If you can get by with 1TB, the you can get the 1TB Crucial P3 PLUS saving £60 putting you below £900. For an aftermarket cooler, you should source the Peerless Assassin not mentioned by @Tetras Review here and available for around £40

I like the Alpenfohn Ben Nevis Advanced CPU Cooler 130mm for £26 (height 159mm so fits in your case with 1mm clearance). Or one of the others on OCUK for £30- £40. With the cooler £980 - £990 as is or with the 1TB drive £920 - £930

 

[Esk]

Sorry for the late reply, mate.. appreciate the advice

 

[Esk]

Update:

After the advice from you guys I’ve gone with,

Amd Ryzen 7 5700x
RX 6700 xt
ASUS ROG strix B550
Corsair 32gb ddr4
MSI 800w gold PSU
MSI pc case

 

[Esk]

It turns out the MSI 100R case is too small for the mobo

 

[Tetras]

It turns out the MSI 100R case is too small for the mobo

Yeah, in mickyflinn's spec with the case, it was a M-ATX board.