Where do I save the £££

mr_m_cox

mr_m_cox

mr_m_cox

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Hi All,
I am starting to get back into PC hardware as I have the money coming up for a new build. I having taken advise from these forums and various articles I put a build together but need to cut costs somewhere and dont know where best to cut from.
My choice is to lower the spec on one or more of the following
Ryzen 7 1700
MSI X370 GAMING PLUS
GTX1060
16GB 2400 RAM

Any advice on where would be most sensible to cut back would be great.
Thanks.
 
@spoffle thanks for the advice. The msi mobo is currently a bargain (or at least seems to be a bargain to me) for £100. Dont reckon it will stay in stock long and won't have the cash for a couple of weeks so any b350 suggestions would be great, seems that a £100 x370 is a rarity! My only stipulation is decent oc performance and audio connections for 5.1
Thanks
 
You could drop the 1700 down to a 1600 unless you really need the extra pair of cores and threads. That will save you £80 and they all overclock to around the same speed anyway.

Another problem you have is that you need faster ram as 2400mhz will hold Ryzen back. You should be looking at 3000mhz+.
 
mr_m_cox said:
@spoffle thanks for the advice. The msi mobo is currently a bargain (or at least seems to be a bargain to me) for £100. Dont reckon it will stay in stock long and won't have the cash for a couple of weeks so any b350 suggestions would be great, seems that a £100 x370 is a rarity! My only stipulation is decent oc performance and audio connections for 5.1
Thanks
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What sort of audio system do have?

Also, X370 is a waste it you're just using 1 GPU. Everything else is almost the same as B350.
 
just for gaming, for your budget
ryzen 1600
b350 board
16gb 3000/3200mhz ram
and a gtx 1070ti

would see better fps than a ryzen 1700 + gtx 1060 combo
 
mr_m_cox said:
@tamzzy thanks!
To save a bit to spend on other bits how would that same rig do dropped to 8GB ram and a 1060?
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what's your budget? i'm sure one of us could recommend a build.
also do you need the operating system/monitor/kb+mouse/speakers etc?

to answer your question specifically, wouldn't recommend 8gb for 2018. 16gb would be preferred.
could drop to a 1070 to save a few quid
 
Reason for wanting to save is that my old rig is so old I don't have anything to transfer really, other than a PSU that I had to get following a failure but it's a cheapie own brand. What that means is new PSU, storage, cooling all needs to happen for 800-1000
 
@mr_m_cox windows can be transferred from your old rig ;p
if you don't want to build it yourself, ocuk can build it for you for a small fee
also the stock cooler included is pretty decent and can be used even with a small overclock.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £931.18 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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there is this

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £974.13 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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then you can tweek slighty and add following or save abit and add cooling abit later

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £238.07 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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mr_m_cox said:
Hi All,
I am starting to get back into PC hardware as I have the money coming up for a new build. I having taken advise from these forums and various articles I put a build together but need to cut costs somewhere and dont know where best to cut from.
My choice is to lower the spec on one or more of the following
Ryzen 7 1700
MSI X370 GAMING PLUS
GTX1060
16GB 2400 RAM

Any advice on where would be most sensible to cut back would be great.
Thanks.
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Hey,

Well, you can try with 8 GB DDR4 3000, see if it works for you, it must. And in the future if 8 GB RAM will be too little, buy 8 GB more. Likely the prices should drop by then.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £797.22 (includes shipping: £12.30)​
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marco.da.man said:
save a bit that way then means you can use difference for cooler or extra storage
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arrgghh, its so difficult! less on mobo, more on cpu, less storage, slower storage, more ram.... who actually knows! I am sure what ever I end up with will be far better than what I have that's for sure. bet there are users on here that are younger than my mobo!
 
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