CPU and motherboard recommendations

[A[L]C]

Building a pc for my son for Xmas and managed to bag a 3060 ti. Now unfortunately the 3600x and 5600x are really difficult to find in stock and at a decent price. So I was thinking of getting a 2600x to tide my son over until the 5600x comes down in orice, but it seems they're not compatible with b550.

What would you recommend? I see a few options but open to any other ideas.

1. 2600x with a x570 board
2. 3500x with a B550 board
3. Forget AMD altogether and go for some sort of intel setup.

Ideally looking around £250 max for the CPU and motherboard combined.

Thanks

 

[Grimley]

Hows this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-10400F 2.90GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £139.99
• 1 x Asus Prime B460-Plus (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99

Total: £260.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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[Tetras]

Out of those, I'd choose the 3500X and B550, but it's also hard to get one at a decent price.

The 10400F linked above has HT, it's a faster CPU.

 

[Harnser]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i3-10100 3.6GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Asrock H410M-HDV (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £62.99

Total: £183.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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I'd get the 10100f instead (no on-board graphics) and the M.2 version of this motherboard. Neither of which OC sell.

And this gives plenty of money leftover to spend on other bits.

 

[MaXxBoulton]

Out of those, I'd choose the 3500X and B550, but it's also hard to get one at a decent price.

That....

3500X and a B450

 

[A[L]C]

Why B450 over B550?

 

[MaXxBoulton]

Why B450 over B550?

Because of the budget, you can get a good b450 in budget but a good b550 would be over