Gaming/Streaming PC - £900-1k

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Hey, would someone mind quoting me an ideal build for within this price range and with the following below included if possible, would be greatly appreciated.

CPU: Ideally a CPU with good single core performance because I primarily play WoW which apparently isn't too great at utilising multiple cores.

GPU: I'd like the GPU to be an NVENC (new) compatible card, as this encoder seems to greatly improve gameplay by reducing the fps you lose whilst streaming due to it having the encoder as a seperate chip, which is my main concern over having max stream quality.

RAM/SSD: Atleast 16GB RAM with a 1TB NVME SSD.

Case: Black case with rear/front fan, with decent cable management if possible.

Mobo/PSU: Currently use a PCI-E card for wireless but it is pretty old and crap (TP-Link 300mbps Wireless N Pci Express Adapter) how much extra am I looking at paying to get a WIFI board, and are they actually any good? Ideally would like to keep the cost of the board and PSU low, to fit in a better CPU/GPU to scrape more performance for my budget. Obviously still want a 80+ PSU though and not some super budget PSU that will die within a couple years haha. Would also be nice to somewhat future-proof and be able to have a board that will allow me to upgrade the CPU a few years down the line if I decide to if that's possible :)

Is it worth waiting for the RTX3060 to be released? NVIDIA claim these cards are to be priced really well, however I somehow doubt that and can see them being listed at around £400 lol. Also figuring a Ryzen 5600x would be too pricey to fit within this price range? even though it does seem to have the good single core performance I'm after.

Don't need a monitor, happy with my 144hz 1080p monitor at the moment, but once this dies I'll be upgrading to a 1440p 144hz most likely. Thanks a lot
 
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▷ Asus ROG Strix B550-E Gaming (AMD AM4) B550 A… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)- £199.00 SLI, wi-fi, Bluetooth AM4 motherboard with good reviews and good VRM'S. Latest WI-FI STANDARD. Upgrade later on.

▷ AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £299.99 Great single core IPC.

▷ Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £79.99 16 gigs fast RAM.

▷ Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition CPU Coo… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)-£34.99 CPU cooler, because your old one may not fit to AM4

▷ Palit GeForce RTX 3060Ti Dual 8GB GDDR6 PCI-E… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)-£419.99 cheapest 3060Ti on listing.

▷ Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh performance Midi-Towe… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)-Well reviewed Lian Li case. £81.95

▷ Corsair RM Series RM750 750W '80 Plus Gold' M… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)- £104.99 Gold rated Corsair PSU for that power hungry kit.

▷ Corsair Force MP600 series 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen4… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)-£154.99 Corsair NVME M2 1 terabyte PCIE-Gen 4. 4950 MB's read speeds.

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You could replace CPU with an AMD 3600 6 core and 12 threads and reduce costs to. £1255.89

Replace NVME drive with a Western Digital Blue for £94.99 to £1,195.89. Gen PCI-E 3

Anyway you get the idea. Graphics cards are over priced and lots of stock. An RTX 3060 will possibly run 10 percent slower than RTX 3060 Ti, and will cost above RRP anyway.
 
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Gpus are ridiculously expensive and sparce , you can get an rx 580 for £320 which was £200 a while back.

Could reuse your tp link to save more.

Heres one option leaves you money for gpu.


CODE My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £616.20 (includes shipping: £12.30)
 
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Thanks guys, based on your quotes I put this together

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,056.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)

I'm guessing the CPU is overkill for that GPU, I'm just worried dropping to the R5 3600 isn't going to give me the frames I'm looking to get in WoW whilst streaming as it's CPU dependant and requires a lot of single core performance. I'm guessing the RTX 3060 would be the lowest card to pair fairly with the 5600x, but don't really want to spend that extra cash. So I guess it's either buy the above, or replace the R5 5600x with the R5 3600 and save £150 to not be bottlenecked.
 
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Thanks guys, based on your quotes I put this together

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,056.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)

I'm guessing the CPU is overkill for that GPU, I'm just worried dropping to the R5 3600 isn't going to give me the frames I'm looking to get in WoW whilst streaming as it's CPU dependant and requires a lot of single core performance. I'm guessing the RTX 3060 would be the lowest card to pair fairly with the 5600x, but don't really want to spend that extra cash. So I guess it's either buy the above, or replace the R5 5600x with the R5 3600 and save £150 to not be bottlenecked.

CPU cooler? Or are you using the AMD stock one?
 
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I'll think i will use the stock cooler and watch the temps and upgrade if I need to later on. Do you think it's a bad idea to get the 5600x paired with a rtx 2060?
No its just the cost compared with a 3600 which is £180, the diffrence £120 could be spent towards a stronger gpu.

The 5600x is about 20% faster than the 3600 at 1080p.
 
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No its just the cost compared with a 3600 which is £180, the diffrence £120 could be spent towards a stronger gpu.

The 5600x is about 20% faster than the 3600 at 1080p.

Yeah I agree, but I wonder if a R5 3600 + RTX 3060TI would produce more fps than a 5600x + RTX 2060 in WoW specifically, considering the game is very cpu dependant? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2DSg6MUveY see this for example, 4 different cards of different performance and they get pretty much identical FPS in WoW lol.
 
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Yeah I agree, but I wonder if a R5 3600 + RTX 3060TI would produce more fps than a 5600x + RTX 2060 in WoW specifically, considering the game is very cpu dependant? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2DSg6MUveY see this for example, 4 different cards of different performance and they get pretty much identical FPS in WoW lol.
I would be looking into more benchmarks then make your decision. If your moving up to 1440p then the cpu is less important as the gpu does more work
 
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I would be looking into more benchmarks then make your decision. If your moving up to 1440p then the cpu is less important as the gpu does more work
Yeah, I think I might go with the 5600x but spend a few more and get a 3060 or 3060ti instead, is that 650W PSU and board above in my quote good enough to run both those gpu's and cpu? Any issues with Micro ATX running those two?
 
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Yeah, I think I might go with the 5600x but spend a few more and get a 3060 or 3060ti instead, is that 650W PSU and board above in my quote good enough to run both those gpu's and cpu? Any issues with Micro ATX running those two?
650w will be fine and good enough same with the motherboard though you can spend more for better quality.

No issiues i can see with matx but ypu should always check dimmensions , etc.
 
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