New build advice/spec

[Caseh]

Hi guys - I've been out of the loop for a fair while!

I've got a budget of about £800, and would like to put together a Ryzen build for gaming. I've read that Ryzen needs faster RAM than Intel, not sure how true this is? Does anyone have any advice? Or even a build list if that's possible? I don't need a monitor or any peripherals.

Thanks
Caseh

 

[lee32uk]

Hi

I would hang fire a few weeks if you can ? as the B450 chipset boards are supposedly due at the end of the month. Hopefully with better vrm's than most of the B350 ones.


As a rough guide for £800 you might be looking at something like:

R5 1600 or R5 2600 depending on price

B450 motherboard

8GB/16GB DDR4 3000MHz - 3200MHz

GTX 1060 or RX 580

550W psu such as a Bitfenix formula or Seasonic focus if you want modular.

240GB/250GB SSD and also HDD

And of course a case to put it all in.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

for intel based system

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-8500 3.0GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 450W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £59.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1060 Dual OC 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Gaming Mouse= £254.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £54.95
• 1 x Gigabyte B360 HD3 Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £79.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £69.95
• 1 x Gigabyte UD Pro 512GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Toshiba 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £89.99

Total: £803.05 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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[tamzzy]

intel option with 16gb ram and aftermarket cooler (and MATX size):
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £158.99
• 1 x Asrock B360M Pro4 Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £71.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24= £139.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1060 Dual OC 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Gaming Mouse= £254.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x Aerocool QS-240 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £29.99
• 1 x Cryorig M9I Single Tower Heatsink for Intel= £19.99
• 1 x Gigabyte UD Pro 512GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Toshiba 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £89.99

Total: £815.62 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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amd option:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Promo Bundle - AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Gigabyte X370-Gaming 3, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* = £394.97
  • Memory Capacity:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30
• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1060 Dual OC 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Gaming Mouse= £254.99
• 1 x Toshiba 1TB P300 Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £34.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x CoolerMaster MasterBox Lite 5 Midi-Tower Case - Black= £34.99
• 1 x Three Fan Bundle - BitFenix Spectre Plain BLACK 120mm Fan= £9.95

Total: £780.48 (includes shipping: £12.60)
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some parts in either build are oos at the moment though
the most major difference is the storage combi (intel one specced as 512gb ssd only, amd one has 240gb ssd and 1tb hdd combo) - overall price for either storage combination is the same (~£80-90)