First pc build

Resistance100

Resistance100

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It’s a very solid build you have there. Only thing I would suggest is that 16GB will probably be fine for your ram rather than 32Gb if you wanted to save some money, as is the cooler is more than you need.

But if your happy with that budget you’ve got a great PC there :)
 
JUNI0R

JUNI0R

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Agree with @Resistance100 This looks like a strong build! As they said, 16GB will be fine but I'd upgrade to non-RGB 3600 for better performance. The Cooler is also a little OTT, this could be reducded to the Cooler Master Master Liqud Lite 240 or even the Stock cooler to save some money. Although I see you've gone for A Corsair build so aesthetically that build would look amazing! Also if you already own a PC you could transfer the Windows licence across to save some money there too!
 
JUNI0R

JUNI0R

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adamnodder said:
Would the 3200 ram compared to the 3600 make much of a difference in respect of gaming? Also i have read that the stock cooler for the 5600x isn’t the best and causes over temperatures? Not sure how true that is mind.
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Upgrading the ram speed is a good way to get more performance for little budget increase. if you'd prefer to keep the RGB sticks, feel free but the 3600 will definitely perform better.

When it comes to CPU cooler Have a read of this thread . The stock cooler will do a good enough job, but if it's something you worry about you could upgrade it to the Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240
 
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Ash_

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I would definitely go for 16gb 3600mhz ram, as it saves like £100 and better performance.

You could then either save that money, or upgrade to a 5800X, which will justify the cooler and give you more futureproofing, in case you ever decide to start streaming etc, or potentially future games, wanting more than 12 threads. Or you can down spec to a cooler master 240, but that isn’t RGB.
 
sck451

sck451

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Hi Adam. On this website we will (by forum policy!) only discuss PC Specialist builds. If you want advice with one of them, go ahead and ask! But none of us will offer advice on any competitor's product.
 
Citrus_9

Citrus_9

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adamnodder said:
Hi all,

I’ve been wanting a pc build for several months now but the shortage and price of pc components these days is ridiculous. Is there a good website to use for pre-builds? Before you all try convince me otherwise to just wait it out i pretty much have been and its not getting any better. The price of pre builds nowadays is better than building your own.
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Prebuilt PC's usually don't have a future upgrades path and are built with poor quality cheaper components - that's why prebuilds may be slightly cheaper. But they're being built without the reason of PC use in mind, while custom PC's are specced the best for your personal use.

While you may get a prebuild cheaper, it's mostly just a one time purchase for a few years... We've seen examples even in this forum when after 2-3 years only (!) people come asking what can they do to make that PC faster and perform better, and we rarely can advice something amazing - rather just explaining a poor choice of components and advising to get a new, but proper PC.

Prebuild sellers often don't give a full description of all components in the PC because it often has a lower end PSU (so if upgrading a PC in future, like, changing a GPU, a PSU may be not powerful enough to cope - all rewiring and changing a PSU cost time and money), motherboards are often one of the cheapest which limits CPU upgrades, cooling solutions aren't great which makes all components run hotter and shortens the PC life... I could continue and continue...
 
Martinr36

Martinr36

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Citrus_9 said:
Prebuilt PC's usually don't have a future upgrades path and are built with poor quality cheaper components - that's why prebuilds may be slightly cheaper. But they're being built without the reason of PC use in mind, while custom PC's are specced the best for your personal use.

While you may get a prebuild cheaper, it's mostly just a one time purchase for a few years... We've seen examples even in this forum when after 2-3 years only (!) people come asking what can they do to make that PC faster and perform better, and we rarely can advice something amazing - rather just explaining a poor choice of components and advising to get a new, but proper PC.

Prebuild sellers often don't give a full description of all components in the PC because it often has a lower end PSU (so if upgrading a PC in future, like, changing a GPU, a PSU may be not powerful enough to cope - all rewiring and changing a PSU cost time and money), motherboards are often one of the cheapest which limits CPU upgrades, cooling solutions aren't great which makes all components run hotter and shortens the PC life... I could continue and continue...
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And most of this also applies to the PCS prebuilts that you can get from PCW/curry's
 
Scott

Scott

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You're over-spending in some areas but you are getting some excellent upgrades for the spend. You don't actually need the X570 board but it would cover a modest upgrade in CPU level if you wanted to in the future.

The one area I would definitely address is the Wifi. If you need Wifi, opt for the AX200, if not then the one you have selected is fine.... or can be removed. Just keep in mind that the stock Wifi card is known to present issues and be, functionally, quite slow.
 
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