Super budget £600 build?

£700ish can get you on AM5 with a 9060XT.
Chuck in a few MM purchases and maybe even less. You'll also maybe need to shop around but it's a significant improvement in terms of upgradability.
 
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Drake5 said:
Thank you. Is that a reasonably sound motherboard in terms of VRM/heat etc?
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it's an entry level board that will run the 5600 no problems (i have built one in the past with the same mobo, so i'm also speaking from experience)
i would also have no issue running a 5700x3d on this board too, so in terms of "futureproofing" this board is absolutely fine for gaming workloads
now would i want to run a 5950x on this board...definitely not, but that's not your use scenario, so that's no issue

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I would have liked a gold rated PSU but I fully understand that at this budget, beggars can't be choosers :D
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the ABN series are very very good PSUs if you ignore the efficiency rating (i have used these in the past as well, so, again, speaking from experience)
 
This is close enough that I'd consider it worth looking into.
Yes its not top end and some out of stock but I reckon shopping around and some MM action would get it under £700


My basket at OcUK:

Total: £721.88 (includes delivery: £11.98)​
 
PowerColor Radeon RX 9060 XT Reaper 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
GRA-PWC-05259
£300 (incl. VAT)
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MSI Pro B840M-B (AMD AM5) B840 Micro-ATX Motherboard
MOT-MSI-05550
£90 (incl. VAT)
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Team Group MP33 PRO 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive
STO-TMG-02681
£110 (incl. VAT)
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Antec CX600M ARGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black
CAS-ATC-04160
£55 (incl. VAT)
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MSI MAG A650BN UK PSU 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply
POW-MSI-03345
£55 (incl. VAT)
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail
CP-3DW-AM
£219 (incl. VAT)
£161 (incl. VAT)
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tamzzy said:
it's an entry level board that will run the 5600 no problems (i have built one in the past with the same mobo, so i'm also speaking from experience)
i would also have no issue running a 5700x3d on this board too, so in terms of "futureproofing" this board is absolutely fine for gaming workloads
now would i want to run a 5950x on this board...definitely not, but that's not your use scenario, so that's no issue


the ABN series are very very good PSUs if you ignore the efficiency rating (i have used these in the past as well, so, again, speaking from experience)
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Would the only upgrade path with that motherboard be a 5700x3d later down the line if it was required?
 
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Drake5 said:
Would the only upgrade path with that motherboard be a 5700x3d later down the line if it was required?
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Rob_B said:
5800x3d technically, which is approximately as fast as a 7600X
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what rob said

technically the fastest AM4 gaming chip is the 5800x3d but these are rarer than the 5700x3d
the 5700x3d is one rung down (slower clock speeds, but has the same 3d vcache) and easier to find currently
the 5800x3d is now EOL and the 5700x3d is going EOL shortly, if not already
so i am unsure how the prices would change in the future
 
They've been steadily rising as everyone on AM4 has the same idea to max out the platform. The 5700x3d is now going for about £200 which is more than low end (but just as fast/faster) 7000 & 9000 chips.

My suggestion of AM5 is because you either go with the max you'll ever get on AM4 or buy the bottom end of AM5 and that'll last waaaaay longer for the relatively small difference in price.
 
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Just been pricing up and £780 gets you a 7600 on an A620m with 32GB 6000, 1TB NVME and a 9060XT (same case & PSU as above)

I'd imagine that tactical usage of 2nd hand/MM for the CPU and RAM will get you closer to £700
 
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Rob_B said:
Just been pricing up and £780 gets you a 7600 on an A620m with 32GB 6000, 1TB NVME and a 9060XT (same case & PSU as above)

I'd imagine that tactical usage of 2nd hand/MM for the CPU and RAM will get you closer to £700
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Yeah, makes sense really. I'm going to have to give it some thought
 
Rob_B said:
They've been steadily rising as everyone on AM4 has the same idea to max out the platform. The 5700x3d is now going for about £200 which is more than low end (but just as fast/faster) 7000 & 9000 chips.

My suggestion of AM5 is because you either go with the max you'll ever get on AM4 or buy the bottom end of AM5 and that'll last waaaaay longer for the relatively small difference in price.
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It's worth keeping an eye out on the Chinese marketplace website, the 5500X3D might pop up for a decent price with some luck, currently only in SA afaik. Still, not sure I'd buy into AM4 at this point in time either way, more of a hopefully decent option for those already on the platform.
 
Again, thanks for all the input guys. I do appreciate it

After a chat tonight, I've advised my nephew to save for a little while longer and stretch the budget to £800 as from looking around this would get a 7600/32gb ddr5 build using. The only thing that would concern me a bit is the a620m motherboard, do you guys think it should be alright?
 
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