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zappa69

zappa69

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Hi, I have a budget of about £1000 (no higher) to build a mid range gaming pc. I'll purchase a better monitor down the line. Just wandered what my option are in terms of best bang for buck.

I have a rough idea of components but am not really sure of what works best these days

Kingston NV1 500GB PCIe NVMe M.2 Internal SSD (SNVS/500G)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Desktop Processor (6-core/12-thread, 35 MB cache, up to 4.4 GHz max boost)

ASUS TUF Gaming B550-PRO AMD AM4(Ryzen 5000/3000) ATX Gaming Motherboard (PCIe 4.0,12+2 Power Stages,2.5Gb LAN,USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C®,Front USB Type-C®, BIOS Flashback, Addressable Gen 2 RGB Header) OR ASUS Prime B550M-A/CSM AMD AM4 (3rd Gen Ryzen™) microATX Commercial Motherboard (PCIe 4.0, ECC Memory, 1Gb LAN, HDMI 2.1/D-Sub, 4K@60HZ, TPM, ASUS Control Center Express)

EVGA 100-N1-0650-L1, 650 N1, 650W, 2 Year Warranty, Power Supply

Kingston FURY Beast RGB 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz DDR4 CL16 Desktop Memory Kit of 2 KF432C16BBAK2/16

Would these components work? and what GPU should I go for??

Many thanks
 
The 5600 is a good little cpu. A 5800x3D might be better but its £350 and thats a quater of your budget.

This is a whole amd build just under your budget. Im assuming your playing at 1080p or 1440p max.

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £991.80 (includes delivery: £0.00)​



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dfour said:
The 5600 is a good little cpu. A 5800x3D might be better but its £350 and thats a quater of your budget.

This is a whole amd build just under your budget. Im assuming your playing at 1080p or 1440p max.

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £991.80 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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Solid machine that. Impressive what you can get for £1k these days.
 
dfour said:
The 5600 is a good little cpu. A 5800x3D might be better but its £350 and thats a quater of your budget.

This is a whole amd build just under your budget. Im assuming your playing at 1080p or 1440p max.

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £991.80 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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Many thanks for taking the time to give me some advice. I'm not really sure what resolution I would be playing at tbh. Would you be able to recommend a monitor that would be suitable for this build. I have two work monitors that I can use at the moment until I can afford the new one.
 
The msi psu on offer at mo..on preorder here but available away for £98 with free next day delivery. Still 10yrs warranty etc, just think for extra £10, the extra power will prob mean a future gpu upgrade will mean should still run on this. anything more powerful than the 6700xt down the line, might entail a new psu with a 650w limit on the corsair rm650

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £99.95 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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dfour said:
The 5600 is a good little cpu. A 5800x3D might be better but its £350 and thats a quater of your budget.

This is a whole amd build just under your budget. Im assuming your playing at 1080p or 1440p max.

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £991.80 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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This is an excellent build, you step up to that 5800x3d and you've got a pretty high end rather than mid range
 
Looking at the fact you haven't got a monitor and want to play RTS games, then IMO a 1440p build is what you should be aiming for, so I have put together a very similar build as above with a few changes to allow adjustments to suit your needs.
Reasonably inexpensive motherboard at ~£100, no Wi-Fi, you can get the Wi-Fi version for £15 more, only 16GB DDR4 3200 RAM, but there is room in your budget to go to 32GB for only about £35 more. I've not selected an aftermarket cooler, as again this is something that can be easily changed later, and adds little performance in a chip this low powered, you may want something that is quiet however, again there is some budget to do that as well. A 1TB PCI-E 3.0 SSD, you could spend another £20-30 and get something with the same capacity but a much higher end PCI-E 4.0 drive, or you could go for a 2TB drive, again there is still some wiggle room whilst remaining in budget.
It's an all-black build with no RGB, in a case that is Micro-ATX but with good airflow at a resonably low cost.


CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Storage: Crucial P3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Video Card: PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card
Case: KOLINK Citadel Mesh MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RM650x (2021) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Total: ~£875
 
@Journey The Op says he has 2 monitors but is looking for a better one later on.

The Kolink citadel mesh is a nice case to build in with plenty of space in it.
 
Many thanks both. Really appreciate your suggestions. I was thinking about MicroATX so I certainly have some options.
 
If you're gaming go with the 5800x3d if you're really doing non gaming like rendering or something else CPU/core intensive then go 5900x
 
goldy6660 said:
If you're gaming go with the 5800x3d if you're really doing non gaming like rendering or something else CPU/core intensive then go 5900x
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Thanks. Would a 5700x not give me roughly the same performance but a lot cheaper?? And yeah only really using for gaming
 
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zappa69 said:
Thanks. Would a 5700x not give me roughly the same performance but a lot cheaper?? And yeah only really using for gaming
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I'm absolutely not saying it's not a great chip btw it's just the 5800x3d is the best gaming chip you can buy within the 5xxx series

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RYZEN 7 5700X vs RYZEN 7 5800X vs RYZEN 7 5800X3D vs RYZEN 7 7700X // PC GAMES BENCHMARK TEST // 1080P || #ryzen #ryzen75700x #ryzen77700x #ryzen75800x ryz...
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zappa69 said:
If I dont need wifi on the mobo would I be better off with this ? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...g-amd-am4-b550-atx-motherboard-mb-6fb-as.html
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Yes. Either the strix or the

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £149.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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As said the 5800X3D is the best gaming chip even competing with the new 7 series of ryzen. Yes its expensive and you could upgreade to one in a couple of years for even less money. You cant add a 5700 or a X3D to your build within your budget unless your going higher now.

Aerocool also do the case I recommended as a micro_atx

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £149.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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You will also need to change the motherboard to a M-atx version like

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £262.90 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard
MB-6FB-AS
£155 (incl. VAT)
FREE DELIVERY
Find out more
Gigabyte B550 AORUS Elite V2 (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard
MB-593-GI
£115 (incl. VAT)
£105 (incl. VAT)
Find out more
MSI B550M PRO-VDH WiFi (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard
MB-358-MS
£110 (incl. VAT)
£95 (incl. VAT)
Find out more
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dfour said:
Yes. Either the strix or the

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £149.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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As said the 5800X3D is the best gaming chip even competing with the new 7 series of ryzen. Yes its expensive and you could upgreade to one in a couple of years for even less money. You cant add a 5700 or a X3D to your build within your budget unless your going higher now.

Aerocool also do the case I recommended as a micro_atx

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £149.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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You will also need to change the motherboard to a M-atx version like

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £262.90 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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Thanks again for your advice. Yeah I may be able to up my budget a little as I might get the majority of components now, however I may wait till after xmas for the GPU or processor and may have a little more cash then.
 
Ok so I think I have a final build based on your recommendations and some research of my own:

CPU COOLER:

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB CPU Air Cooler, 6 Heat Pipes Cpu cooler, Dual 120mm TL-C12C-S PWM Fan, Aluminium Heatsink Cover, AGHP Technology, for AMD AM4/AM5 Intel 1700/1150/1151/1200​

PSU: GameMax RGB 850W Modular Power Supply 80 Plus Gold
CASE https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aero...BXDcKxbwwU70xwqV3QzGjoJBY9nOmYKxoCZ0EQAvD_BwE
SSD: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds100t3x0e-hd-58f-wd.html
CPU: 5800x3D
RAM: CORSAIR CMK32GX4M2E3200C16 VENGEANCE LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3200 (PC4-25600) C16 1.35V Desktop Memory - Black

MOBO: Asus TUF Gaming B550M-Plus (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard

GPU: MSI AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT Gaming X Trio 12GB RDNA2 Graphics Card​

I think the cooler and GPU will fit the case. What do you guys think? Have I made any glaring mistakes or decreased performance etc based on you kind original recommendation's??
Many thanks.
 
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Not a decent quality psu mediocre at best spend a bit extra and invest In a psu with 10 year warranty.

That model 6750xt is exactly the max length that the case allows 327mm , it mite be a problem.

Please check to concur.
 
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