New Ryzen Build - Tower Only

[Cproctor]

Hi,

i am looking at building a new PC for gaming, not a hardcore gamer or anything, just want to play relatively new games at decent FPS. im looking at around the £1000 mark but i am flexible on that though.

i have been looking at the ryzen 3700 and 3700X processors, but i dont realy know if the X is a worthwhile upgrade or if the money would be better spent on a different part of the PC. Other than that, i got a bit lost in the amount of options available.

I already have a masterkeys combo and Hannspree HG244PJB, so i am just looking at the tower itself.

Any help/advice would be greatly apreciated.

 

[tamzzy]

£1000-ish build:
(remove the aftermarket cpu cooler and drop the ram to the 3000mhz version to bring it to £1000)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £194.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £92.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £82.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Dual Fan 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £409.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 1TB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £109.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £37.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports White CPU Cooler - 120mm= £29.99

Total: £1,046.52 (includes shipping: £12.60)


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Spoiler: £1000 build

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £194.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £92.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Dual Fan 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £409.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 1TB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £109.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £37.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £74.99

Total: £1,008.53 (includes shipping: £12.60)
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[Cproctor]

thanks for the quick response!
had a bit of an oversight, i will be looking at using this PC on WiFi to begin with at least, would it be worthwhile going for a motherboard with built in WiFi or buying a card?

 

[tamzzy]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £194.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £92.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £79.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Dual Fan 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £409.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 1TB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £109.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £37.99
• 1 x ADDON Wireless AC 600Mbps USB High Gain USB Adapter (AWU680)= £10.99

Total: £1,024.52 (includes shipping: £12.60)​

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[Cproctor]

Thanks again, after looking and seeing that the motherboard you suggested was out of stock and struggling to find many other micro-ATX boards (and letting the RGB tempt me), i ended up with a basket like this:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £194.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £82.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Dual Fan 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £409.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 1TB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £109.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports White CPU Cooler - 120mm= £29.99
• 1 x MSI MAG Vampric 010 Midi Tower ARGB Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass= £49.99
• 1 x MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £124.99

Total: £1,091.12 (includes shipping: £13.20)



just wanted to check that i hadnt made any glaring mistakes on the motherboard.
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[tamzzy]

The b450 mortar max is in stock at ocuk
The b450 carbon is a great board...but you'll need to do a bios update before you can use ryzen 3000 series cpu.
If you feel comfortable doing that, then get it. Well recommended board

I specifically didn't spec that board because not all will want to do a bios flash off the bat...

 

[Cproctor]

Just had a look into bios flashing and found this video referenced on the MSI website.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTkXunUAriE&feature=youtu.be

Seems like its doable, and i am tempted to give it a go.
Would you say the board is worth the extra cost/hassle compared to the B450 mortar max?

 

[tamzzy]

Seems like its doable, and i am tempted to give it a go.
Would you say the board is worth the extra cost/hassle compared to the B450 mortar max?

Once you add the cost of a good pcie wireless-ac card (£30-35) it basically is the cost of the b450 carbon AC.
With the added bonus of more features on the carbon AC.
So yes, get the carbon AC if you feel comfortable doing a bios upgrade

 

[Grafter67]

Don't go past a 3600. It's such a great chip that you will sell it and replace it next year or the year after and come out ahead.

It is this decades Q6600, which will make sense to some.