PC building for beginners

lave.rre · 12 Dec 2023 at 11:25

Hi,

Im new to PC building and was looking for parts that are within a build budget of £700

I want it to have a 16/32GB RAM

It would be much appreciated if links are provided for each product

Tetras · 12 Dec 2023 at 12:15

what do you use the pc for?

any parts you can reuse?

lave.rre · 12 Dec 2023 at 12:16

gaming and school work
my PC is a hand me down and has worked well for about 9-10 years but is slowly deteriorating, hence the post

mickyflinn · 12 Dec 2023 at 12:22

Hi and welcome.

I've gone gaming orientated.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £149.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £59.99
1 x Gigabyte B550M DS3H (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BR-GI) = £89.98
1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 6600 Eagle 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1ET-GI) = £200.00
1 x Corsair Force MP600 CORE XT 2TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F2000GBMP600CXT) (SKU: HD-06V-CS) = £94.99
1 x be quiet! System Power 9 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply **OEM NO BOX** (SKU: CA-13V-BQ) = £44.99
1 x MSI MAG Forge M100R ARGB Tempered Glass Windowed Micro ATX Mid Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-014-MS) = £54.99

Total: £706.92 (includes delivery: £11.98)

lave.rre · 12 Dec 2023 at 12:33

Oh woah thank you so much

mickyflinn · 12 Dec 2023 at 12:39

lave.rre said:
Oh woah thank you so much

Your welcome.

The CPU comes with a cooler so you can add one whenever you want.

The motherboard has no WiFi but this can be changed to another for £20 more.

The above will happily plays games at 1080p .

lave.rre · 12 Dec 2023 at 12:40

i think thats fine? i have an ethernet does that help

Mcnumpty2323 · 12 Dec 2023 at 13:54

lave.rre said:
i think thats fine? i have an ethernet does that help

Your pc is always better
If you connect by ethernet cable yes

But for £20 more
I would add the wifi
Makes connecting the pc to other devices
A lot more convenient
Wireless printer, phone,tablet etc

subbytna · 12 Dec 2023 at 14:15

Yeah the wireless setup is handy, even with ethernet. Purely for the Bluetooth etc

Mcnumpty2323 · 12 Dec 2023 at 14:28

Yep
Nearby sharing for one thing
I use it a lot lately
To shift stuff from pc to mobile devices
And vice versa
2 way transfer finally seems to work
For android anyway
No idea if apple have anything similar
To nearby share
Should say I am using Google nearby share
Windows 11 built in settings
Only seemed to work in one direction
Ie to receive not send

lave.rre · 20 Dec 2023 at 20:35

im switching to android soon anyway

lave.rre · 20 Dec 2023 at 20:52

subbytna said:
Yeah the wireless setup is handy, even with ethernet. Purely for the Bluetooth et

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Your pc is always better
If you connect by ethernet cable yes

But for £20 more
I would add the wifi
Makes connecting the pc to other devices
A lot more convenient
Wireless printer, phone,tablet etc

would you be able to send me a link for a motherboard with wifi? i need a good recommendation!

subbytna · 20 Dec 2023 at 21:02

lave.rre said:
would you be able to send me a link for a motherboard with wifi? i need a good recommendation!

What CPU are you going for? need to know that before examples of mobos

lave.rre · 20 Dec 2023 at 21:05

ryzen 7 5800x !!!! ive heard b550s are good

Craig_d1 · 22 Dec 2023 at 18:27

lave.rre said:
ryzen 7 5800x !!!! ive heard b550s are good

you upped you're budget? go AM5 in that case...

#if you have I'd go someting like below. Case is subjective, but decent quality and on offer..can always add fancy fans later. I'd maybe wait for jan sales...the mobo was down at £150 a couple of weeks ago, and the cpu was £194...also the slightly more powerful 7600x was reduced to £199.99 (that has same gaming performance of a 5800x3d..the 7600 only slightly behind by a few %)...so below should allow future upgrades on cpu and also gpu.
Went with 7600 over 6600 as although £50 diff, you get the pandora game with the 7600 and you can sell that for £25/30, so diff £20/25..and the 7700 is 28% faster on av than the 6600 in 15game av on Hardware unboxed with what will effectively be 10% more
psu is 850w and atx3.00 so can run 4000 series nvidia cards and enought o power a 4080 so got a bit of longevity there..has a 7yrs warranty...went with a 1tb nvme to keep costs down, but could get a cheaper case and go 2tb i guess

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K0-AS) = £169.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £209.99
1 x Crucial P5 Plus 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 3D NAND NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-074-CR) = £60.95
1 x Corsair RMe Series RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020263-UK) (SKU: CA-27N-CS) = £99.99
1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FF3D532G6000HC30DC01) (SKU: MY-0B8-TG) = £110.00
1 x Asus Radeon RX 7600 Dual V2 OC Gaming 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-00998) = £248.98
1 x AMD - Avatar Radeon Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-01186) = £0.00
1 x Corsair 4000D Airflow Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass (CC-9011200-WW) (SKU: CA-25G-CS) = £74.99

Total: £986.88 (includes delivery: £11.98)

if your budget hasn't changed then below mobo has better vrm's than the gigabyte and also has wifi on board

My basket at OcUK:

1 x MSI B550M PRO-VDH WiFi (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-358-MS) = £109.99

Total: £113.99 (includes delivery: £3.99)

lave.rre · 22 Dec 2023 at 18:28

i found it on sale so my budget is kind of the same i can just splurge on other things

mickyflinn · 22 Dec 2023 at 18:41

lave.rre said:
im switching to android soon anyway

R u transitioning into a Robot ? :eek:

lave.rre · 22 Dec 2023 at 18:42

>_< possibly

Craig_d1 · 22 Dec 2023 at 18:45

lave.rre said:
i found it on sale so my budget is kind of the same i can just splurge on other things

nice..i have the 5800x with a b550 strix board. The msi i put above still best value proposition..if you want more premium loook and full size atx then the asus b550 gaming f wifi " is £157 and will look premium. the 5800x runs quite hot so you'll need to get a cooler for it (my memory fading a bit but that was case when i was researching when i got mine). I'd still consider the 7600 over the 6600 and flog the game if you can..it's a faster gpu for not that much more then

lave.rre · 22 Dec 2023 at 18:51

Craig_d1 said:
you upped you're budget? go AM5 in that case...

#if you have I'd go someting like below. Case is subjective, but decent quality and on offer..can always add fancy fans later. I'd maybe wait for jan sales...the mobo was down at £150 a couple of weeks ago, and the cpu was £194...also the slightly more powerful 7600x was reduced to £199.99 (that has same gaming performance of a 5800x3d..the 7600 only slightly behind by a few %)...so below should allow future upgrades on cpu and also gpu.
Went with 7600 over 6600 as although £50 diff, you get the pandora game with the 7600 and you can sell that for £25/30, so diff £20/25..and the 7700 is 28% faster on av than the 6600 in 15game av on Hardware unboxed with what will effectively be 10% more
psu is 850w and atx3.00 so can run 4000 series nvidia cards and enought o power a 4080 so got a bit of longevity there..has a 7yrs warranty...went with a 1tb nvme to keep costs down, but could get a cheaper case and go 2tb i guess

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K0-AS) = £169.99

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £209.99

1 x Crucial P5 Plus 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 3D NAND NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-074-CR) = £60.95

1 x Corsair RMe Series RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020263-UK) (SKU: CA-27N-CS) = £99.99

1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FF3D532G6000HC30DC01) (SKU: MY-0B8-TG) = £110.00

1 x Asus Radeon RX 7600 Dual V2 OC Gaming 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-00998) = £248.98

1 x AMD - Avatar Radeon Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-01186) = £0.00

1 x Corsair 4000D Airflow Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass (CC-9011200-WW) (SKU: CA-25G-CS) = £74.99

Total: £986.88 (includes delivery: £11.98)

if your budget hasn't changed then below mobo has better vrm's than the gigabyte and also has wifi on board

My basket at OcUK:

1 x MSI B550M PRO-VDH WiFi (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-358-MS) = £109.99

Total: £113.99 (includes delivery: £3.99)

Craig_d1 said:
nice..i have the 5800x with a b550 strix board. The msi i put above still best value proposition..if you want more premium loook and full size atx then the asus b550 gaming f wifi " is £157 and will look premium. the 5800x runs quite hot so you'll need to get a cooler for it (my memory fading a bit but that was case when i was researching when i got mine). I'd still consider the 7600 over the 6600 and flog the game if you can..it's a faster gpu for not that much more then

not that into looks bc my pcs gonna be hidden behind a draw
ill take a look into thr mobo you linked bc i was looking at thr msi tomahawk b550 but its a little pricier than what you've sent
i was actually looking for a different gpu too bc the one i wanted is out of stock and more expensive on amazon i defo want 6600 or more