AMD Games (and for business stuff) proposed quote

iantom

Member
Hi All, it's been a while since I built my own pc. I've always preferred AMD - hence the spec. I'm a gamer part-time and I also will use the pc for other stuff.

Appreciate feedback on spec. Max budget was £1500. This came in at just under £1200.

Case InWIN 703 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (BLACK/RED)
Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.35GHz/20MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard ASUS® STRIX B350-F GAMING (DDR4, USB 3.0, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (4 x 4GB)
Graphics Card 4GB AMD RADEON™ RX 560 - HDMI, DP, DVI - DX® 12
1st Hard Disk 250GB WD Blue™ 3D NAND 2.5" SSD, (upto 550MB/sR | 525MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe AMD CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans 2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online
Account
Office Software FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)

Welcome constructive feedback. Thanks Tomok
 

iantom

Member
I'm a freelance accountant so I use my pc for work as well as games. Game-wise I'm an avid Fifa player, as well as car / sport-related gamer.
 

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
The RX 560 is a very basic GPU. Also AMD GPUs are currently more expensive than their Nvidia equivalents (at least with PCS pricing). With your budget, a GTX 1060 should be easily doable.

For the SSD I'd suggest the much faster 970 Evo from the separate M.2 SSD Drive Menu.

Rather than spending a tenner on the better thermal paste, better to spend it on a better cooler, if you want better cooling. A CM212x will be more effective than the Titan.

Instead of 4 x 4gb 2666MHz, go instead for 2 x 8gb 3000MHz. The higher frequency will give more performance and there's no advantage to filling 4 slots instead of 2. These aren't quad channel motherboards. Also, 2 x 8gb 3000MHz RAM is actually £11 cheaper.

Note the Magma Pro offer: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/configure-review/259/

It's a fixed spec with a built in discount, such that it's about £1750's worth of hardware for ~£1500. It has a similar core spec to yours (R7 2700x, 16gb 3000MHz RAM, 250gb SSD, 2TB HDD, etc) but also has a GTX 1080, a better PSU, better cooling, and a better case, and an X470 motherboard. If you were going to your £1500 limit, the Magma Pro would be the spec to get imo.
 
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