[SOLVED] Best mobo cpu combo for my budget

[DethroneX]

Best mobo and chip for £250? Have a gtx 750ti and 700w ps.

Want something decent enough for mid level gaming as I will upgrade card to 1080 soon.

Also on a side not which ssd would you guys recommend for around 100?

Cheers

 

[stevenjemint]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£149.99 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (£82.00 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £231.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-13 11:44 GMT+0000

under budget.

if you want the option to overclock pay a bit extra for the 2600x

 

[ebosss03]

Go for the I3 8100 or ryzen 2600, For the I3 8100 you can pick anything up aslong it is 1151 v2 motherboard and for ryzen a AM4 motherboard. For around 100 the Samsung Evo 860 512Gb will do great. I do recommend playing at 1440p if you are going to buy that card with this kind of CPU to reduce bottleneck.

 

[jay.wooster]

What RAM are you using with your current MB as if DDR3 this limits your options or you will need to pay for DDR4 Ram aswell ?

EDIT: Just saw your Sig MB and checked, you have DDR3 RAM which will either need upgrading (which i recommend) or you are very limited in your options on a new Motherboard.

And both the 2600 and 2600x are overclockable (in response to comments by stevenjemint)

 

[DethroneX]

Thanks for all the replies.

So looking at the following build:

Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6 core
PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard
Samsung evo 860 500GB
500W psu (typo above)
GTX 750ti currently but will upgrade to 1080

Would i be able to oc the 2600 chip and would this build bottleneck the 1080s potential at all? Would oc too.

 

[jay.wooster]

You will need to buy DDR4 Ram aswell mate, your existing DDR3 RAM will not work in this motherboard.

And yes you can overclock the 2600 but you will need a decent CPU cooler for any overclocking, no idea what you have now.

 

[DethroneX]

Yeah going to pick up 16 DDR4 too.

Thanks for the help people

 

[ebosss03]

Thanks for all the replies.

So looking at the following build:

Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6 core
PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard
Samsung evo 860 500GB
500W psu (typo above)
GTX 750ti currently but will upgrade to 1080

Would i be able to oc the 2600 chip and would this build bottleneck the 1080s potential at all? Would oc too.

Depends on the game AAA games will not be a bottleneck and in games like CSGO the OC will likely not help at all.