OCUK TECH LABS AMD RYZEN options for dual boot gaming/work machine

[fire_munki]

I've not built (or bought) a PC for a good 8 or 9 years and am getting back on the learning train, plus a bit of gaming so need something with a bit more horsepower. Everything on my current pc is out of date (or beat up looking at the case) bar two SSD so it's a whole build.
It will be both Linux and Win10 machine displaying on 2x 1080 monitors. The two main uses I need it to be able to:

• run a few Steam games (nothing new atm cos well not having a gfx card for a couple of years means I'm limited to onboard gfx right how)
  
  
• Run ~4 win servers on VM for lab work
  
  
• Run a stable Linux install (Elementary is my current choice but not set in stone)
  

I've got a current main part build list but was wondering if some bits are overkill, or under specced or just plain wrong.

• AMD RYZEN 7 3700X
  
  
• 32Gb of Corsair Vengeance DDR4
  
  
• Palit GeForce RTX 2060 StormX 6144MB
  
  
• Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 1TB M.2 2280
  
  
• Kolink KL-850M 850W 80 Plus Bronze
  
  
• Asus PRIME B450-PLUS
  

I'm not speccing any big cooling solution as I don't expect to be overclocking these days, Win 10 will go on the 1Tb drive and my existing SSD will be used for Linux + VMs.

 

[fire_munki]

Should say this came out ~£1300 in total which is about as much as I want to spend.

 

[fire_munki]

Current build, saved so I don't forget!
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...K3,X;bGSd3,U@bHqg3'6ZbHsr3+XWbHss3+Y;bKDM3!8X

 

[lee32uk]

Hi

A few things I would change.

Swap out the terrible Asus board for an MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £89.99

Total: £100.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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Same goes for that Kolink psu. If you don't mind a non modular unit then the Bitfenix Formula 550W would be enough. Or for 650W there is the Bitfenix Whisper, NZXT E650 and SuperFlower Leadex III, or for £3 more my personal pref would be the Seasonic Prime Ultra Snow silent.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Bitfenix Whisper M Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £89.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex III 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £89.99
• 1 x NZXT E650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £89.99
• 1 x Seasonic Prime Ultra Snow Silent 650W 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply= £92.99

Total: £442.51 (includes shipping: £12.60)
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Here are a few cheaper options for the SSD as Samsung are a bit pricey.

All have a 5yr warranty.



My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte 1TB M.2 PCIe x4 NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive= £99.95
• 1 x Corsair Force MP510 series 960GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F960GBMP510)= £112.99
• 1 x TeamGroup MP34 1TB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive= £109.99

Total: £331.63 (includes shipping: £8.70)​

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