Upgrade time around a Ryzen 7 2700X

weeyin

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The current PC is a good few years old (current specs) and I'm looking to build something that can help with Video Editing, Photo editing, and gaming.

I've always been an Intel fan girl but am very tempted at the AMD range now. I know the new Ryzen 5 range is really popular, but I was looking to build a system around the Ryzen 7 2700 to take advantage of the 8core/16thread and price point.

Below is what I am looking at minus the CPU and Graphics card (which I can't decide on).

Any thoughts/advice welcomed


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £848.44 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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Thanks for the pointes @Grimley and @Joxeon.

I've had a couple of Seagate failures over the years so avoid them, they are probably reliable now but just been burnt before so you know what it's like. This is probably about £140 over where I'd like the budget...

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,337.50 (includes shipping: £14.70)
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EsaT said:
Patriot has the best latencies for good price.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/patr...dual-channel-kit-pvs432g320c6k-my-106-pa.html

All HDDs are dog slow compared to SSDs and there's zero sense to pay some super expensive GB prices from any HDD.
Unless you're raising cattle by feeding them banknotes.
That luxury should be put to bigger SSD for enough space as work drive.
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HDD are a luxury? I don't understand.

I'd rather have the amount of storage I need than constantly be worrying about storage running out, plus the price of an SSD for what I need would blow my budget out the water.
 
Thanks @EsaT for that idea!

With the suggestions and some more research I've come up with this list. I do need to double check the Corsair PSU has the right connections for the Motherboard and read up on what it means to have two M2 drives on that board.


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,225.03 (includes shipping: £13.20)​
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I think all things considered this looks to be the final list:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,177.91 (includes shipping: £13.20)​
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bagel said:
You don't really need a CPU cooler as ryzen processors come with fairly decent ones - only reason to get an aftermarket one is if you're overclocking or want something quieter. Also you have a GTX 970 already right? The RX 580 performs very similarly so you'd be better off just keeping your current card and upgrading to something else down the line.

Don't think that case will fit a DVD drive by the looks of it either - Need one with an expansion slot or could just get an external USB DVD drive if you're not using regularly
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Reusing the GTX 970 is an option, it works well for the needs we have right out.

The case says it supports a 5.25in ODD bay and you can see it in the close up pictures.
 
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