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[Randall8686]

Hi All

Just building a HTPC that will also be used for gaming (gta arma etc)

Plan was a 1080ti due to 4k screen however given current graphic card situations thinking a 1050 will last until new cards come out and flog this one. going into a small case but this is what im thinking What would you change ?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-Z270N-WIFI Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Mini ITX Motherboard= £137.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-7600K 3.80GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £229.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £141.49
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050Ti WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex GOLD 550W Fully Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply - Black= £89.99

Total: £760.55
(includes shipping: £11.10)



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[Randall8686]

Cheers its for my birthday mid august anyway sonhappy to wait until then. I have been looking at ryzen but always been dissapointed with amd performance over the years. Are these actually up to scratch?

Also thinking of grabbing a scond hand 980ti to get me by for a couple of months

 

[Randall8686]

Does seem a bit confusing on the memory side of things, can some one point me towards a micro atx mobo and memory to suit a 1600? Also is the 1600x worth the extra?

 

[Randall8686]

My god the memory is expensive !

 

[Randall8686]

the ram u picked the LPX 3000 works fine with Ryzen its in all the youtube build videos.

that makes the Ryzen a little more attractive, was going to say if im spending another £60-70 on the ram i might as well get the intel i5. The saving on the Ryzen looks good and i cant help but overclock so the non X seems a bit of a bargain and see how far i can push it. not had an AMD since the AMD athlon xp days.