Hi all,
I tried posting a few months ago, but I've only just found out my previous thread was never made visible due to my account being too new. Decided to give it a try again in a slightly less complicated thread:
Approximate Purchase Date: End of March 2021
Budget Range: £800
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Work (Browser/MS Office)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: N/A
Do you need to buy OS: No
Please note that if you're using an OEM license of Windows, you will need a new one when buying a new motherboard.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Anyone who would deliver to the UK
Location: Bristol, UK
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Probably not
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1080p
Additional Comments: Building a new system for the girlfriend, but she doesn't play a lot of AAA games - she mostly enjoys 2D games and platformers (which I know could still be demanding). She wants a mini-iTX with lots of RGB bling, so she pretty much picked the case and that's driving the whole build. I've just bought myself a new RTX 2060 SUPER and I'll be donating my old GTX 970 to her.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Building a new system for my partner as she currently plays her games on a Bootcamped 2014 Macbook Air, so you can imagine the frustration she's having.
I am mainly looking for feedback on the mobo + CPU combo. I think the parts I've picked will offer quite decent performance on 1080p and I'll be looking to upgrade the GPU in the next 2-3 years, but the rest of the parts must last at least 6-7 years (with the new GPU down the line). I thought going for a B550 instead of a B450 would give me that future-proofing, but interested in what other people think.
Here's are the parts I'm thinking of getting: PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor (£238.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard (£162.86 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£89.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£97.19 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GAMING Video Card (Purchased For £0.00)
Case: In Win A1 Plus Mini ITX Tower Case w/650 W Power Supply (Purchased For £230.00)
Total: £819.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-28 00:54 GMT+0000
I tried posting a few months ago, but I've only just found out my previous thread was never made visible due to my account being too new. Decided to give it a try again in a slightly less complicated thread:
Approximate Purchase Date: End of March 2021
Budget Range: £800
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Work (Browser/MS Office)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: N/A
Do you need to buy OS: No
Please note that if you're using an OEM license of Windows, you will need a new one when buying a new motherboard.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Anyone who would deliver to the UK
Location: Bristol, UK
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Probably not
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1080p
Additional Comments: Building a new system for the girlfriend, but she doesn't play a lot of AAA games - she mostly enjoys 2D games and platformers (which I know could still be demanding). She wants a mini-iTX with lots of RGB bling, so she pretty much picked the case and that's driving the whole build. I've just bought myself a new RTX 2060 SUPER and I'll be donating my old GTX 970 to her.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Building a new system for my partner as she currently plays her games on a Bootcamped 2014 Macbook Air, so you can imagine the frustration she's having.
I am mainly looking for feedback on the mobo + CPU combo. I think the parts I've picked will offer quite decent performance on 1080p and I'll be looking to upgrade the GPU in the next 2-3 years, but the rest of the parts must last at least 6-7 years (with the new GPU down the line). I thought going for a B550 instead of a B450 would give me that future-proofing, but interested in what other people think.
Here's are the parts I'm thinking of getting: PCPartPicker Part List
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor (£238.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard (£162.86 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£89.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£97.19 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GAMING Video Card (Purchased For £0.00)
Case: In Win A1 Plus Mini ITX Tower Case w/650 W Power Supply (Purchased For £230.00)
Total: £819.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-03-28 00:54 GMT+0000
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