rx 6800 build, £1000 w/o gpu

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To my surprise I managed to get rx 6800 which will be delivered tomorrow. Looking for some advice about the best build I can get mainly for gaming with around £1000 remaining.

I have also ordered ryzen 5 5600X but seems like I am not getting it any time soon (800th in the queue 5 days ago) so perhaps may need to cancel it and get something else.

Hoping to get some of the components with discounts on Black Friday. If there are some obvious things to avoid buying- would really appreciate the suggestions.

Need a monitor but no windows/HDD.

 

[Biz.Kid09]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks AMP 750W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £106.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £109.99
• 1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £149.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-29200C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black= £74.99
• 1 x Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh performance Midi-Tower Case - Black= £74.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £229.99
• 1 x Scythe SCMG-5100 Mugen 5 Rev.B CPU Cooler= £43.99

Total: £806.83 (includes shipping: £15.90)
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The 3600 is available for £180 elsewhere so pick that up, and then maybe sell it on when your 5600x arrives? you will take a hit but if you want to get up and running straight away then its the best option.

Money left in the budget if you wanted to go up to 32gb ram or grab a AIO cooler etc. May grab a good deal on black friday for either of them also.

 

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The 3600 is available for £180 elsewhere so pick that up, and then maybe sell it on when your 5600x arrives? you will take a hit but if you want to get up and running straight away then its the best option.

Money left in the budget if you wanted to go up to 32gb ram or grab a AIO cooler etc. May grab a good deal on black friday for either of them also.

Thanks!

Hmm indeed, I could just buy a temporary processor now. I think might be able to get https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...cessor-retail-100-100000279wof-cp-3c5-am.html for the same price as 5600X. Is the 3800xt significantly worse than 5600x?

I have absolutely no clue about coolers. Which one do you think would be a good option? Assuming I get some good deals and will have about £100 left.

 

[Adam-r]

I'd go with a Noctua NH-D15 cooler

 

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Eh..totally forgot about the monitor! May not have a lot of left over after all so perhaps may need to increase the budget slightly / hope to save on deals.

Would appreciate monitor options (non curved!).

I'd go with a Noctua NH-D15 cooler

Thanks for the suggestion, will keep that one in mind.

 

[Adam-r]

Eh..totally forgot about the monitor! May not have a lot of left over after all so perhaps may need to increase the budget slightly / hope to save on deals.

Would appreciate monitor options (non curved!).



Thanks for the suggestion, will keep that one in mind.

If you need funds for a monitor than you can save 50% by getting the arctic esports cooler. Some bargains in the ocuk news section. Depends what resolution you’re looking for though.