Spec Me Please

GavinG · 1 Jun 2018 at 13:36

Looking to possibly use my older parts along with new parts for new build. Spec me AMD build please (including windows). Budget £700-800. Keyboard,Mouse Monitors already have.
Parts to possibly use which I already have (maybe worthless I know):

OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

MSI HD 7870 Black Knight 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R7870-2GD5T)

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gbs 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD

TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01)

DVD/CD

Card Reader

Many Thanks

Lartyconshayo · 1 Jun 2018 at 14:19

Gaming PC ? What sort of games ? What's yiuy monitor resolution. Does the PC need to do amytanyt else ? Rendering editing etc... ? Do you want AM4 socket ? You'll need new RAM if so

GavinG · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:33

Mostly gaming yes. Arma and Battlefield 5 when it comes. 1080p would be enough. Unsure about AM4 socket if it is necessary. Could do with rendering capability as I like doing abit of graphic design. Thanks

MissChief · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:34

Your DDR3 won't work with a new build, it would require DDR4.

GavinG · 1 Jun 2018 at 16:35

No problem happy enough to dump whatever needs dumped

Danny75 · 1 Jun 2018 at 19:00

Need a new case, Gavin? And would it need at least two optical bays for the DVD and card reader? Or if keeping existing case, which is it?

GavinG · 1 Jun 2018 at 19:22

Yeah new please as long as it is comfortable to work in I don't mind looks, currently have a Zalman Z9 plus

Danny75 · 1 Jun 2018 at 19:50

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Fractal Design Focus G Mini Window Micro-ATX Case - Black= £39.95
1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £72.95
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G32= £179.99
1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £69.95
1 x TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £49.99

Total: £624.52 (includes shipping: £11.70)

Micro-ATX example. SSD for OS/programs, keep using 1TB Seagate as secondary drive. And I would keep using 7870 till July-ish, then see what Nvidia's new offerings are like, and if AMD does anything like massively cut price on its GPUs, to compete. If you went this route of not spending full budget (reserving some to help with future GPU purchase), you could probably swap the TeamGroup SSD for a better Samsung.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G32= £179.99
1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £69.95
1 x TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £49.99
1 x Fractal Design Focus G Window Midi-Tower Case - Black= £49.99
1 x MSI X470 Gaming Pro AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £128.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £169.99

Total: £660.60 (includes shipping: £11.70)

ATX example with newer CPU but six core instead of eight core, and new X470 motherboard that's in stock. You can use the newer Ryzen 2*** CPUs on older motherboards but the boards will require a BIOS update, which can mean sending the board back to the retailer, or borrowing a Ryzen 1*** CPU.

Lartyconshayo · 1 Jun 2018 at 20:04

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x TeamGroup Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDPGD416G30= £169.99
1 x Asus TUF X470-Plus Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £139.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £169.99
1 x Kingston A400 240GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/240G)= £49.99
1 x Fractal Design Focus G Window Midi-Tower Case - Black= £49.99
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Jetstream RGB 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £229.99

Total: £821.64 (includes shipping: £11.70)

fairly similar as some of the above SSD six core ryzen and new graphics card. You can use windows 10 without a licence as long as you can make a bootable USB or burn an ISO - this can be done from microsofts site legally.

GavinG · 1 Jun 2018 at 20:41

Thanks folks I'll have a closer look at all and let let know how I get on.