New Build - Thoughts

[timboooo]

Good afternoon,

I will be building a PC for a friend, he has sent me a list of PC parts of which some has already been purchased so cannot really change the list. I was after some reassurance that this build would be good enough for gaming. I am not sure the gpu will live up to much and the two storages are probably going to fill up quick.

Here is the list:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £98.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2D30= £62.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB BarraCuda 7200rpm 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST1000DM010)= £36.95
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E250B/EU)= £56.99

Total: £456.01 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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PSU: EVGA 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply
GPU:Asus GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB Phoenix OC Video Card

He is missing a case and cpu cooler on this list so these will need to be added.

What are your thoughts on this build?

 

[mickyflinn]

You can get a 500gb ssd for £50 alternatively dtch the old hard drive and get a 1tb wd sn550 m2 ssd.

Teamgroup 16gb 3200mhz £54

1650 is an ok gpu for 1080p.

Just use the cooler with the 3600 it's not bad.

GIGABYTE B450 AORUS M Matx will save you £18

 

[Gray2233]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £97.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £53.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x MSI B450 Tomahawk Max (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99

Total: £450.96 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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1. Much better motherboard, the VRM's on the B450 Elite are iffy.
2. Large NvME as opposed to a small over priced Samsung SATA SSD and a HDD.
3. Faster RAM for less money.

Comes out at a comparable price.

The PSU you've listed could be better and the 1650 is a so-so GPU for 1080P.

If just gaming the stock cooler should suffice, although it can be a little noisy. At most something like a Freezer 34 for £20 would be ample. For the case I'd look at something with a mesh front that comes with pre-fitted fans, it does depend on budget however.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

B550 gigabyte/Aorus.
Better VRM

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...am4-b550-micro-atx-motherboard-mb-58u-gi.html

 

[timboooo]

Thank you all, that has been a great help. I didn't realise the mobo came with a cooler!

We have gone for the ram suggested above but the rest has already been bought!

Cheers

 

[mickyflinn]

Thank you all, that has been a great help. I didn't realise the mobo came with a cooler!

We have gone for the ram suggested above but the rest has already been bought!

Cheers

Your welcome.

It's the cpu that comes with a cooler.