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Hello everyone,
This will be my first ever PC build and I am looking for advice from people who will almost definitely have more knowledge than myself. Ill list the components down below and then give a bit more of a description afterwards. Ill then have a footnote at the bottom with a few more of my thoughts. Thanks for any help in advance!
Updated on 03/05/2017 at 13:54 (UTC+00:00)
Tower Budget £400-£500 ($520-$650) excl. GPU
Considering some suggestions on this thread I have decided to go with AMDs new processors. Although this is a budget build I decided to push it to the 1500X as gain substantial processing power for £20 which would otherwise have spent of better cooling in order to OC the 1400. I'll be using the PC for university work as an engineering student so I'm often running a lot of programs at once and apparently this CPU is optimised for multi-threading.
CPU Cooler - AMD Wraith Spire Cooler (Stock) ([strike]AMD Wraith Cooler[/strike])
I know this cooler will not be sufficient if I plan to OC the CPU further but since its supplied I thought I would use it to get everything up and running. Is it okay to swap the cooler after the build or does residue thermal paste cause issues? Any cooler recommendations would be greatly welcomed.
Motherboard - MSI B350 Tomahawk ATX ([strike]Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0[/strike])
Chose this because of its the same MB that Tom's Hardware uses in the official review of the Ryzen 5 1400. I prefer to stick with an ATX board as I want the space inside the case and want to avoid airflow, cable management and cooling issues which I hear many people have on their first build.
Memory - Crusial (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 ([strike]Corsair Vengeance LP (2 x 4GB[/strike]))
The MB supports upto 32GB and has 4 DDR4 slots. Took the advice to go with a single stick of 8GB. If I want to expand in the future is it okay just to add another identical stick into the 3rd slot on the MB?
Storage - SSD & HDD
Self explanatory, want those rapid boot times and need to leave room for OS bloat and maybe some software I use a lot. Reduced the OS SSD to save some cash.
Video Card - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB
I have read the 4GB is the minimum you want from your GPU these days. I'm looking at 1080p, nothing higher. I would like 6GB but my GPU budget is really only £150 ($200). The GPU budget is separate to the rest of the build because it can add so much but it all depends on quality you want at the end.
Hopefully you can try and see what I am trying to achieve. I'm not building a gaming monster, but trying to get experience in building a PC whilst creating a tower that I can use for work and dabble with the PC master race (bring on the steam sales). Look forward to hearing any of your answers or criticisms.
Cheers, PT.
This will be my first ever PC build and I am looking for advice from people who will almost definitely have more knowledge than myself. Ill list the components down below and then give a bit more of a description afterwards. Ill then have a footnote at the bottom with a few more of my thoughts. Thanks for any help in advance!
Updated on 03/05/2017 at 13:54 (UTC+00:00)
Tower Budget £400-£500 ($520-$650) excl. GPU
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz (£170)
CPU Cooler - AMD Wraith Spire Cooler (Stock)
Motherboard - MSI B350 Tomahawk ATX (£100)
Memory - Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 (£48)
Storage - Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM HDD (£60)
Storage (OS) - Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" SSD (£48)
Video Card - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB (£138)
Case - Unknown
Power Supply - Unknown
Optical Drive - Unknown
Considering some suggestions on this thread I have decided to go with AMDs new processors. Although this is a budget build I decided to push it to the 1500X as gain substantial processing power for £20 which would otherwise have spent of better cooling in order to OC the 1400. I'll be using the PC for university work as an engineering student so I'm often running a lot of programs at once and apparently this CPU is optimised for multi-threading.
CPU Cooler - AMD Wraith Spire Cooler (Stock) ([strike]AMD Wraith Cooler[/strike])
I know this cooler will not be sufficient if I plan to OC the CPU further but since its supplied I thought I would use it to get everything up and running. Is it okay to swap the cooler after the build or does residue thermal paste cause issues? Any cooler recommendations would be greatly welcomed.
Motherboard - MSI B350 Tomahawk ATX ([strike]Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0[/strike])
Chose this because of its the same MB that Tom's Hardware uses in the official review of the Ryzen 5 1400. I prefer to stick with an ATX board as I want the space inside the case and want to avoid airflow, cable management and cooling issues which I hear many people have on their first build.
Memory - Crusial (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 ([strike]Corsair Vengeance LP (2 x 4GB[/strike]))
The MB supports upto 32GB and has 4 DDR4 slots. Took the advice to go with a single stick of 8GB. If I want to expand in the future is it okay just to add another identical stick into the 3rd slot on the MB?
Storage - SSD & HDD
Self explanatory, want those rapid boot times and need to leave room for OS bloat and maybe some software I use a lot. Reduced the OS SSD to save some cash.
Video Card - Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB
I have read the 4GB is the minimum you want from your GPU these days. I'm looking at 1080p, nothing higher. I would like 6GB but my GPU budget is really only £150 ($200). The GPU budget is separate to the rest of the build because it can add so much but it all depends on quality you want at the end.
Hopefully you can try and see what I am trying to achieve. I'm not building a gaming monster, but trying to get experience in building a PC whilst creating a tower that I can use for work and dabble with the PC master race (bring on the steam sales). Look forward to hearing any of your answers or criticisms.
Cheers, PT.
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