£500 Budget

[Gary*]

Hi guys, I haven't kept upto date on what's best for a few years and all these different versions of ryzen etc are quite confusing.

Got a budget of 500 for a new motherboard, cpu and ram and potentially an nvme drive. I'll rock stock cooler until next month. I've already got a new psu, corsair 450w Platinum so no worries there. Gaming on a 27 inch 1080p screen.

Build is used for playing wow, overwatch and music production.

Thanks!

 

[dfour]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £229.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C19 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £68.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £85.99
• 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken ECO Advanced CPU Cooler - 120 mm= £19.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £89.99

Total: £505.45 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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Sorted everything in your budget. The 3600 can also be found for £30 cheaper elsewhere to save more money. Also gives you an upgrade path to a 5*** series ryzen should you want to in the future.

 

[dfour]

double post

 

[Gary*]

Looks to be a great build, thank you.

 

[dfour]

Looks to be a great build, thank you.

Your welcome.

Ignore the X and XT versions of the 3600 they are generally a waste of money over the standard 3600.

Also just checked there is no cooler for the m.2 included with the motherboard so you will need one. Either a plain one or rgb if thats your thing.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Akasa M.2 SSD Heatsink - Black= £3.95
• 1 x Jonsbo M. 2-2 ARGB M.2 SSD Cooler - Grey= £8.99

Total: £15.68 (includes shipping: £2.74)​

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