New build instead of new console

Woden · 3 Jun 2020 at 11:54

With all the Xbox exclusives coming to pc and crossplay on cod so I could still play with friends I'm looking at building a pc instead of going next gen console. I'm starting to learn Kotlin too so that would be nicer on a desktop rather than a laptop.

I'll need everything, except keyboard and mouse. With a budget of £1000 to £1500. I'd like a 1440 monitor but could make do with a spare-ish 1080 I have for a while. I'm guessing gaming at 4k with my TV is out of budget.

Big one is it will have to be fairly quiet. Not silent, but I get home from work as everyone else is going to bed.

bagel · 3 Jun 2020 at 13:22

Now is not really the best time to buy with shortages inflating prices and a new gen of GPUs due in a few months, so if you can hold off for a bit I would.

You could game at 4k/60hz on that budget but may have to drop settings in more demanding games. Imo 1440/144hz is the way to go though, people underestimate the difference high refresh rate makes.

Woden · 3 Jun 2020 at 14:24

I can wait a little, I still have my X Box and it will take a month or two before I can afford it.

bagel · 3 Jun 2020 at 16:22

I would go for something like this - hopefully the Ryzen 3600XT will be out by the time you come to buy so I would probably swap out the 3600 for that.

This gives you a very powerful system, save the upper end of your budget for potential upgrades later down the line - you'll be able to run 4000 series ryzen on this motherboard too.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £109.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £169.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Dragon 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £374.99
1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £79.99
1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £89.99
1 x TeamGroup 1TB Vulcan SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £99.95
1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500 Midi Tower Case - Black= £74.99
1 x Scythe Mugen 5 Black RGB CPU Cooler - 120mm= £49.99

Total: £1,063.08 (includes shipping: £13.20)

Woden · 3 Jun 2020 at 21:12

That looks a really nice set up, thanks

Can I ask why a mATX mobo?

bagel · 3 Jun 2020 at 22:34

no reason other than it was the cheapest MSI MAX board. MSI have confirmed their b450s will definitely get a BIOS update to enable 4000 series support, and the non max versions may have to sacrifice the BIOS GUI for a text based BIOS.

Tomahawk max is not much more if you wanted an ATX board

Woden · 3 Jun 2020 at 22:37

Nothing against mATX, just never used it so didn't think to look really.

kingteeb · 7 Jun 2020 at 00:04

This build is almost exactly what im thinking of getting. Seems sensible to wait for the 3600xt, likely not much difference in price and should be a decent boost. Not too long to wait either.