Have GPU, heatsink, PSU, SSD and HDD. Need others.

MichaelM · 20 Apr 2019 at 10:49

Long story short, I gave my nephews an ivybridge PC for christmas to replace their Trinity FM2 system and the motherboard was killed somehow (damaged sata ports at least and milk stains in the case???, lesson learnt)

Parts I have are an RX480, hyper 212 Evo, Seasonic g 550, SSD and HDD.
The parts I want to replace are the Case, Motherboard, CPU, Ram. Decent enough to play modern games (and warcraft) while being great bang for the buck, which im just terrible at doing.
Here's my attempt anyway.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H V2 AMD B350 (Socket AMD4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £51.95
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £169.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £89.99
1 x Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic Midi-Tower - Black Window= £114.95

Total: £439.18 (includes shipping: £12.30)

Plec · 20 Apr 2019 at 11:10

I would cut back some expense on the case and get the 2600X (cheap shopping around) a better motherboard (450) to enable overclocking and better VRMs for future Ryzen updates:

Plec · 20 Apr 2019 at 11:16

Better motherboard, can overclock and decent VRMs (as mentioned beneficial for future Ryzen releases). I've included the 2600 but 2600X can be picked up cheaply and addded 3200MHz memory - as you may get lucky...

* Case is a place holder for example purposes but is a quality case for the money.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.95
1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £98.99
1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Window= £64.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £169.99

Total: £446.22 (includes shipping: £12.30)

Plec · 20 Apr 2019 at 11:21

Or more bang for your buck:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.95
1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Gun Metal Window= £64.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £169.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2D30= £79.99

Total: £427.22 (includes shipping: £12.30)

bifday2k · 20 Apr 2019 at 11:21

As Plec said, shop around abit, but here is my 2 min attempt. The Tomahawk is arguable the lowest you want to go on a mobo, semi decent with a little future proofing. Any thing lower yes you are saving but you will just end up re-buying down the line.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black/White= £42.95
1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.95
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600X 4.20GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDPGD416G3= £98.99

Total: £454.18 (includes shipping: £12.30)

MichaelM · 20 Apr 2019 at 11:44

Thanks. Would it be worth looking at a 2700x?

Plec · 20 Apr 2019 at 11:57

MichaelM said:
Thanks. Would it be worth looking at a 2700x?

Not really for gaming (and your bang for buck criteria) - i would consider waiting for Ryzen 2 release if the build isn't urgent.

MichaelM · 20 Apr 2019 at 12:31

Plec said:
Not really for gaming (and your bang for buck criteria) - i would consider waiting for Ryzen 2 release if the build isn't urgent.

Unfortunatly it is urgent, so i'll go with this. Thanks everyone.

Double07 · 20 Apr 2019 at 13:47

MichaelM said:
Unfortunatly it is urgent, so i'll go with this. Thanks everyone.

Yeah go with the tomahawk and you can always upgrade to Ryzen 3 down the line with a simple drop in of the new CPU. Thats exactly what Ive done when my MB went pop and meant I had to buy stuff right now and couldn't wait for Ryzen 3 to be released.