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New purchase - any comments / suggestions?

  • 16-05-2020 12:13pm
    #1
    ArthurG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I've gone from always building my own systems, to a gaming laptop, and now I'm set on going back to a pre-built system for mid-core gaming. I know all the benefits to building yourself, but tbh I can't be arsed, mainly because I've lost touch with all the latest thinking on specs etc.

    I've been looking around a few different suppliers, and spec'd the following from PCSpecialist for €1500, who I bought from before (with no issues). Any comments on the spec - anything stupid or overly old?. I play mainly MMOs, Dark Souls type RPGs and rarely first person. Nothing competitive.

    My current laptop while going well is getting a bit long in the tooth, so I want an upgrade that'll last a few years. A big attraction for me is recently getting a new 144hz monitor, and seeing how smoothly everything runs, I'd like to maintain that if possible. The laptop can barely do it, and sounds like it's about to take off when it does!.

    Thanks in advance!

    Case COOLERMASTER ELITE 130 CASE
    Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
    Motherboard Gigabyte B450 I AORUS PRO Wi-Fi AC (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s)
    Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
    Graphics Card 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
    1st M.2 SSD Drive 1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
    Power Supply CORSAIR 550W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
    Processor Cooling Noctua NH-L9i Low Profile AM4, Super Quiet CPU Cooler
    Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
    Wireless/Wired Networking GIGABIT LAN PORT + Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi excluded on H310I-PLUS)


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  • #2
    kingtiger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭kingtiger


    get a board with the B550 chipset for Zen 3 compatibility, boards should start appearing soon as they have just been released


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