£1100 new build advice

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Hi everyone, it’s been a while since I was last here, I’m looking to build my first pc although I have rebuilt various PCs over the years never had the opportunity to build a new one from the ground up until now, so I’m looking for you advice & opinions. This is primarily for my wife but I will be using it occasionally aswell, at the moment I think it’s main purposes will be 50% gaming (1080 or 1440), 30% Uni work/video chats & 20% light video editing from onboard GoPro motorbiking footage.

I haven’t really got a budget but & also don’t want to spend the a couple grand when a £1000 build like this would be up to the job. I’ve redone this list so many times now I’ve lost count lol, I couldn’t decide whether to go for a Ryzen 5 2600 or 3600 or Ryzen 7 2700 or 3700, I think from what I’ve read the 3600 will be more than up to the job.

I was also looking at a Tomahawk max motherboard which is half the price of the x570 but I’m hoping or atleast thinking it will be better to end up with a system that’s not already totally behind before I’ve already built it & leaves room for future upgrades.

The GPU I’ve chosen the 2060 as I think it’ll do everything I need pretty well & I can’t justify the massive price jump to get a 3070/3080.

I look forward to hearing you thoughts, open to other parts suggestions if there is something better for the money, hoping to get all this ordered today or tomorrow .

Thankyou all!


CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor


CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler


Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard


Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory

Not sure whether double this up & have 4 lots of 8gb rather than 2.


Storage: PNY XLR8 CS3030 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive

Trying to find a fast nvme for around £100 with this


Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO GAMING Video Card


Case: Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case


Power Supply: EVGA B5 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
 
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That Coolerhamster is horribly brand and Ridiculously Grossly Bloated (most common meaning of RGB) overpriced.
Its performance is at level of £21 Arctic Freezer 34 at most.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-freezer-34-cpu-cooler-120mm-hs-077-ar.html
If RGB is must there are coolers without overprice.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/jonsbo-cr-1000-120mm-rgb-cpu-cooler-black-hs-000-jb.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/jonsbo-cr-1000-gt-120mm-argb-cpu-cooler-black-hs-001-jb.html


No need for X570 chipset board for normal PC.
Asus even has basically break down timer in X570 boards with crappy chipset cooler design relying on constant airflow from constantly running fan.

This £160 MSI would be easily enough.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...i-amd-am4-b550-atx-motherboard-mb-35b-ms.html
Even this $140 mATX board would be enough.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...am4-b550-micro-atx-motherboard-mb-35f-ms.html


In memory 2x16GB is better than 4x8GB.
But such use is unlikely to need more than 16GB.

PNY CS3030 is good drive with very high write endurance rating. (beats even NLC based Samsung 970 Pro)


That EVGA is ovepriced outdated efficiency basic PSU with basic level 5 year warranty.
This £75 Bitfenix would be better PSU for less.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitfenix-formula-series-650w-80-plus-gold-power-supply-ca-22z-bx.html
Heck, 10 year warranty fully modular high end PSU costs less:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-amp-650w-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-09q-pt.html
 
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https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/help/boardRules/


That Coolerhamster is horribly brand and Ridiculously Grossly Bloated (most common meaning of RGB) overpriced.
Its performance is at level of £21 Arctic Freezer 34 at most.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-freezer-34-cpu-cooler-120mm-hs-077-ar.html
If RGB is must there are coolers without overprice.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/jonsbo-cr-1000-120mm-rgb-cpu-cooler-black-hs-000-jb.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/jonsbo-cr-1000-gt-120mm-argb-cpu-cooler-black-hs-001-jb.html


No need for X570 chipset board for normal PC.
Asus even has basically break down timer in X570 boards with crappy chipset cooler design relying on constant airflow from constantly running fan.

This £160 MSI would be easily enough.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...i-amd-am4-b550-atx-motherboard-mb-35b-ms.html
Even this $140 mATX board would be enough.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...am4-b550-micro-atx-motherboard-mb-35f-ms.html


In memory 2x16GB is better than 4x8GB.
But such use is unlikely to need more than 16GB.

PNY CS3030 is good drive with very high write endurance rating. (beats even NLC based Samsung 970 Pro)


That EVGA is ovepriced outdated efficiency basic PSU with basic level 5 year warranty.
This £75 Bitfenix would be better PSU for less.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitfenix-formula-series-650w-80-plus-gold-power-supply-ca-22z-bx.html
Heck, 10 year warranty fully modular high end PSU costs less:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-amp-650w-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-09q-pt.html

thanks some great feedback there, I’ll look into those it’s a shame the Arctic freezer & both the motherboards are showing out of stock, would be perfect. It’s a no brainer to go with the phantoms psu though that’s a great shout! I’ll see what’s available & re do the build list
 
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thanks some great feedback there, I’ll look into those it’s a shame the Arctic freezer & both the motherboards are showing out of stock, would be perfect. It’s a no brainer to go with the phantoms psu though that’s a great shout! I’ll see what’s available & re do the build list
Well, there's variant of cooler with ball bearing fan for £25.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-freezer-34-co-cpu-cooler-120mm-hs-079-ar.html
Though five more would give very high end Alpenfohn Brocken 3, which would be enough for 12/16 cores.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alpenfohn-brocken-3-cpu-cooler-140mm-hs-05a-al.html


If you don't need Wifi B550 Tomahawk is definitely good board.
 
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