[SOLVED] £800 PC. Thoughts?

[Wilson117]

I was originally wanting to go with a Ryzen 5 3600, but i swapped to a 2600X. Should I have went with the 3600? I was considering a 1660 super instead of a 2060 (better price to performance) but now i really can't decide. Any suggestions would be helpful.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/DrWB7T

 

[siaan312]

drop the cooler, its unnecessary.
a 2600X is slower than the 3600, but its only by around 13% and that is in both gaming and multitasking.
in gaming its more around 5%.
if you dont wanna drop the cooler, i would even suggest going to a 2600 non x and overclocking it to the same as the X varient.
same performance and a lil cheaper.

 

[bignastyid]

My 2 biggest issues are the PSU and SSD. The PSU is easily the worst unit Seasonic has(made by a sub contractor) and the SSD isn't good either.
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£134.41 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX GT 29.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£79.99 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£74.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX500 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£41.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.29 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card (£298.47 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£50.99 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.75 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Deepcool RF120M(5 in 1) 56.5 CFM 120 mm Fans (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £849.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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To save a bit you could easily drop the cooler and use the stock cooler.

Another option but it costs a bit more.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£163.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£74.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX500 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£41.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.29 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card (£298.47 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case (£50.99 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.75 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Deepcool RF120M(5 in 1) 56.5 CFM 120 mm Fans (£39.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £864.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[WildCard999]

Disregard the error message as the MSI MAX boards ship with a updated BIOS.

PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£163.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£89.91 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory (£89.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£101.18 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB THICC III Ultra Video Card (£267.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Xigmatek Frontliner ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.42 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£80.57 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £830.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-09 19:18 BST+0100

 

[Wilson117]

My final build.
PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/DvhZjp

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£140.96 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£79.99 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£74.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX500 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£41.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.29 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card (£298.47 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case (£70.99 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £806.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-11 03:04 BST+0100

 

[jwcrellin]

If you can, wait on buying the hard drive. You can get the system up and running on just the ssd first. If you can save up an extra 20-25 beans, you can get a 2TB instead.

 

[bignastyid]

My final build.
PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/DvhZjp

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£140.96 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£79.99 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£74.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX500 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£41.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.29 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card (£298.47 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case (£70.99 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £806.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-11 03:04 BST+0100

Looks good