White (ish) pc build - thoughts?

[TheAbbot]

I have put together a list which I would like OCUk to build for me. I don't know one end of a screwdriver from the other, and if something went wrong I wouldn't have the foggiest how to fix it.

I will be using my old 1080p 60hz monitor, but hope to upgrade to 1440p maybe in a year or so. How does it look?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Lian-Li Lancool II ARGB Midi-Tower Case - White= £87.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER Gaming OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £239.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - White= £98.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £89.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H100i Platinum SE Addressable RGB Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 240mm (CW-906= £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte 1TB M.2 PCIe x4 NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive= £149.99
• 1 x Samsung 1TB 860 QVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76Q1T0BW)= £94.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £109.99
• 1 x CableMod PRO ModMesh Cable Extension Kit - White= £44.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £6.49
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £94.99

Total: £1,371.44 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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[TheAbbot]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair Force MP510 series 960GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F960GBMP510)= £124.99

Total: £133.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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Cheaper M.2 NVME drive.

Yes. I was considering this one too. Is there any performance difference between the two, or is it just personal preference?

 

[TheAbbot]

Hi

I assume this just a gaming pc ?

Cheaper option if you don't mind a few changes.

Swapped out the cooler for a cheaper air cooler. Still has a bit of white going on. It won't clash with the tall ram either so that will still be on view.

A single 2TB SSD instead of 2 x 1TB ones. Also added an extra 2TB Hard drive but you can remove it if you don't need it.

The newly released RX 5600 XT is a bit faster than the 1660 Super. If you are wanting an Nvidia gpu then you could fit an RTX 2060 Super in there.

Cheaper power supply which is still a solid unit. Non modular but not really an issue if ocuk are building it. The case has a psu cover so the extra cables can be hidden under there.

Swapped out the board for the B450 Gaming Pro Carbon as that has a couple of 5V RGB headers. I would check with customer service though just to make sure as RGB isn't my strong point.

You don't need the extra thermal paste.

As for W10 you could probably get that cheaper, but depends if you want to install it yourself or have ocuk do it.



My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Lian-Li Lancool II ARGB Midi-Tower Case - White= £87.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White= £79.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Duo White CPU Cooler - 2 x 120mm= £34.99
• 1 x Intel 660P 2TB M.2-2280 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe QLC 3D NAND Solid State Drive (SSDPEKNW020T801)= £218.99
• 1 x CableMod PRO ModMesh Cable Extension Kit - White= £44.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)= £109.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 5600 XT Pulse 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £269.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £119.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 7200RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM008)= £50.99

Total: £1,295.95 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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Thanks for this list. The mobo looks a good option with the built in wifi. I shall ask CS about the RGB thing. I'm not in too much of a hurry, so I'll wait a bit to see when the 5600 XT BIOS updates settles down.

I will explore air coolers a bit more as I don't know too much about them.