New build for CS student

[Nikolaos]

Hi,

I gave away my stablest build ever, made in 2014:

Fx-300
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P
Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x4GB DDR3 1600MHZ
AMD R9 280X

This build run for 5 years without a hitch and I would bet the guy I sold it to will use it for another 10.

I would appreciate it if you advised me on a 2019 equivalent build with the same principles,
i.e. mid budget, stable, long term.
Minus a GPU.
I plan to overclock and/or upgrade after year 5, God willing.

My own thought goes something like this:
Ryzen 5 3400G
B450 m/b
2x8 GB RAM

 

[ExRayTed]

What's your idea of 'mid-budget'?

 

[Nikolaos]

About 250-300 quid for these three components.

I could go even lower if you think an Athlon 240ge xocou do my job.

 

[ExRayTed]

My opinion is to save up some more - an extra £86 would get you a Ryzen 3600 setup with motherboard and 16gb of ram.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £106.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £68.99

Total: £386.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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[orbitalwalsh]

3400g could run CS:GO just fine