£1500 ish upgrade

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Hey, my 2011! OcUK i5 2500k has served me well but about time it got laid to rest.

Graphics cards seem nutty prices, I'm happy to stick to 1080P, want good bang for the buck and reasonably future proof. Below i cobbled together from another post on this forum... looks ok i think?

 
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I would hang fire with that build bud, the parts you've chosen aren't necessarily bad but I would argue there's a misplacement of focus when it comes to funds. You could do a lot better for the money you're intending to spend, especially given you intend to stick to 1080P.

I'd give it a few days for people to respond, I'm a tad busy at the moment or I'd put out a recommended build.

It would help if you could give us your upper budget.
 
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I don't want to go more than £1600. I'd like to be able to upgrade from 1080P in future but yeah i'm happy to stick with for it time being.
 
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Honestly at £1600 you could get a monitor upgrade in with the build.

I'll post a build for you tomorrow evening if nobody does prior, but you can get a damn good 1440p monitor for £300-400 -- and the rest of your budget would more than cover a PC capable of making use of it.
 
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Hey, my 2011! OcUK i5 2500k has served me well but about time it got laid to rest.

Graphics cards seem nutty prices, I'm happy to stick to 1080P, want good bang for the buck and reasonably future proof. Below i cobbled together from another post on this forum... looks ok i think?


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,515.48 (includes shipping: £19.62)​
more power, less flare, more FPS, higher Res- higher Refresh rate

worried about current amd drivers


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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,632.44 (includes shipping: £19.62)
 
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Hey thanks for suggestion, probably go for second option there with the RTX 2060s

I think i need a wifi card also but cant find one the website, do people just get locally?
 
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Hey thanks for suggestion, probably go for second option there with the RTX 2060s

I think i need a wifi card also but cant find one the website, do people just get locally?


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £43.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)​


There are cheaper USB ones but not sure how good they are.


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £24.65 (includes shipping: £8.70)​
 
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build below will be a killer 1080p pc and will allow 1440p later down the line, (you will need a diffrent moniter though)

prices and parts from overclockers

1 GX-43D-AS Asus Radeon RX 5700 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 CP-3B7-AM AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail £269.99
1 MB-57V-GI Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard £259.99
1 MY-08Q-TG Team Group 8Pack Edition 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/ £139.99
1 CA-07F-FD Fractal Design Meshify C Blackout Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass £89.99
1 HD-067-CS Corsair Force MP600 series 500GB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F500GBMP600) £128.99
1 CA-24S-CS Corsair RM Series RM750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020195-UK) £88.99
1 MO-055-AO AOC Gaming 27G2U 27" 1920x1080 IPS 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor £214.99
1 HS-081-CM Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition CPU Cooler - 120mm £32.99
2 FG-009-FD Fractal Design Venturi HP-12 PWM Black Fan - 120 mm £27.98
1 HD-3A5-SE Seagate 2TB Barracuda 7200RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM008) £50.99
1 NW-043-AS ASUS PCE-N15 300Mbps Wireless N PCI-E Adapter £15.95

total inc p&p

£1601.65

the offer thats on the asus rx 5700 at the moment is a mega bargain, its a great 1080/1440p gaming card and it's cheap enough so that when the next gen cards are revealed it wont feel as bad when you want to upgrade the gpu in the future.
Plus the gen 4 pcie ssd is a absolute monster, i have the 500gb version and cant recommend them enough, they are amazing, makes normal m.2's and ssds look like hdd's.
 
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I went with 5700XT in the end, below is on order:D

Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Gigabyte AORUS FI27Q 27" 2560x1440 IPS 165Hz 1ms FreeSync/G-Sync LED Backlit Gaming Monitor
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)
Seasonic Core Gold GM-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply
Scythe SCMG-5100 Mugen 5 Rev.B CPU Cooler
Toshiba 1TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)
MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard
Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD
Fractal Design Meshify C Mini Dark TG Micro-ATX Case - Black
TP-Link Archer T6E Dual-Band Wireless AC1300 PCI-E Adapter
OcUK Mega Mat Medium Elite Tactical Gaming Surface
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
 
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The MSI B450 "MAX" boards are all updated to work with the Ryzen 3000 series out of the box.

in that case your good to go, it'll be a beast of a rig once built and running XD

EDIT

just looking and the board thats been purchased above the mortor max dosnt appear to support 3rd gen out of the box however the tomahawk max does support 1,2 and 3rd gen ryzens out of the box
 
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All B450 "MAX" boards support the 3000 series out of the box, literally all of them.

They're an update of the original MSI B450 motherboards of the same name, the "MAX" variants have a larger bios chip with, as mentioned, support for Zen 2/Ryzen 3000 out of the box.
 
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build below will be a killer 1080p pc and will allow 1440p later down the line, (you will need a diffrent moniter though)

prices and parts from overclockers

1 GX-43D-AS Asus Radeon RX 5700 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
1 CP-3B7-AM AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail £269.99
1 MB-57V-GI Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard £259.99
1 MY-08Q-TG Team Group 8Pack Edition 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/ £139.99
1 CA-07F-FD Fractal Design Meshify C Blackout Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass £89.99
1 HD-067-CS Corsair Force MP600 series 500GB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F500GBMP600) £128.99
1 CA-24S-CS Corsair RM Series RM750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020195-UK) £88.99
1 MO-055-AO AOC Gaming 27G2U 27" 1920x1080 IPS 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor £214.99
1 HS-081-CM Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition CPU Cooler - 120mm £32.99
2 FG-009-FD Fractal Design Venturi HP-12 PWM Black Fan - 120 mm £27.98
1 HD-3A5-SE Seagate 2TB Barracuda 7200RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM008) £50.99
1 NW-043-AS ASUS PCE-N15 300Mbps Wireless N PCI-E Adapter £15.95

total inc p&p

£1601.65

the offer thats on the asus rx 5700 at the moment is a mega bargain, its a great 1080/1440p gaming card and it's cheap enough so that when the next gen cards are revealed it wont feel as bad when you want to upgrade the gpu in the future.
Plus the gen 4 pcie ssd is a absolute monster, i have the 500gb version and cant recommend them enough, they are amazing, makes normal m.2's and ssds look like hdd's.


No offence but that is pretty horrible for £1600. Overspending on the Board, Ram and SSD but then cheaping out on the Gpu and wifi adapter.

The op spent just over £1600 on the build and managed to get a 5700XT and 1440p 165Hz Freesync/G-Sync monitor.
 
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No offence but that is pretty horrible for £1600. Overspending on the Board, Ram and SSD but then cheaping out on the Gpu and wifi adapter.

The op spent just over £1600 on the build and managed to get a 5700XT and 1440p 165Hz Freesync/G-Sync monitor.

oh well i tried to help, as others above had spec'd a 5600xt and a 1080p screen for similar money, plus arnt all 3rd gen ryzens paird up with quick ram a killer combo, yes timmings come in to it of course, but running the IF on 3rd gen ryzens at around 1800mhz nets the best results with ram at 3600mhz?

my system blasts through everything as i have my IF at 1800mhz and my ram set at docp (3600mhz)
 
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Nobody actually specced a 1080P monitor other than you bud.

I realise you're trying to help, but a lot of the things you recommended were grossly over priced for little to no perceivable difference in performance. A gen 4 NvME will not show any noticeable difference in gaming over a SATA3 SSD 99% of the time, despite the fact the Gen 4 is outrageously priced compared to Gen 3 NvME's. Honestly it looks a bit more like you were just chucking expensive hardware into the cart for no good reason.

Here's a good video to watch regarding SSD speeds for gaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKLA7w9eeA

Obviously there's other examples to be made, 16GB of RAM for £140 is grossly over priced, and the RAM in question costs what it does because it has 8 Pack's name on it. There's on par or even better available for much less, in fact some Patriot Viper 3600 or Crucial Ballistix Sport for £60-80 will perform within a few percent for near half the price.
 
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Nobody actually specced a 1080P monitor other than you bud.

correction the op in thier first post mentioned they would be happy at 1080p, with some future proofing

Hey, my 2011! OcUK i5 2500k has served me well but about time it got laid to rest.

Graphics cards seem nutty prices, I'm happy to stick to 1080P, want good bang for the buck and reasonably future proof. Below i cobbled together from another post on this forum... looks ok i think?

a 5700 is a great gpu at 1080p and can run 1440p so i dont know why you say my build is bad, i personally like to spend a bit more on core components so i know they will last and not develop issues, i could have gone all in wilth asus stuff but i didnt
 
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oh well i tried to help, as others above had spec'd a 5600xt and a 1080p screen for similar money, plus arnt all 3rd gen ryzens paird up with quick ram a killer combo, yes timmings come in to it of course, but running the IF on 3rd gen ryzens at around 1800mhz nets the best results with ram at 3600mhz?

my system blasts through everything as i have my IF at 1800mhz and my ram set at docp (3600mhz)

I am not knocking you for trying to help :) Just making a few observations is all.

You can get good overclocking Ram like the Crucial Ballistix Sport LT or there is the Patriot Viper 3600MHz which is CAS17. Both are really good value for money.

If I was building a money no object pc then sure I would go with Gen 4 SSD's and Samsung B die Ram. But from a value perspective they are not great.
 
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