Xmas present of components

RedXIV

Hey folks,

This one is a bit tricky. Looking to get some components for the auld fella doing his build. he's already got some parts (PSU -750W , Hardrives, and a whole bunch of peripherals) but we as a family are looking to get him some presents and we have a sort of budget per person which I'm kinda hoping we can sync up to parts:

CPU - 500 euro max

motherboard - 200 euro max

RAM - 100 euro max

Case - 100 euro max

We acknowledge that the GPU shortage is still in place so hoping we can live without that for the next while (birthday is in April) and he can play with this for now until we can get one.

Would love any help or direction to get some compatibility of components?

K.O.Kiki

PCPartPicker Part List: https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/PyB2t8

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (€266.88 @ Amazon Deutschland)

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 CO CPU Cooler (€23.73 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard (€149.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory (€77.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205 Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case (€85.89 @ Caseking)

Total: €604.30

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-11-17 20:57 CET+0100

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5600G's iGPU is a bit faster than a GT1030, and it won't bottleneck a GPU once you upgrade.

RedXIV

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118180387#Comment_118180387

Constantly making my life easier in here! Thanks a million K.O.Kiki! we're significantly under budget there for the CPU, are we at the point of diminishing returns or is it compatibility with existing parts?

More than happy to take this on board though!

minitrue

Is the PSU still in warranty? I'd tend towards not re-using old PSUs for non-budget builds unless they are (and even then if it's most of the way through its warranty I'd take the chance to move on unless the budget was too tight). I'd also presume "hard drives" includes a reasonable ssd or else I'd add that to the top of the list!

I was looking at the uk pcpartpicker and coming up with a different list to K.O. Kiki's but he's probably right that it's back off to Germany for us all now! Either way with the budget you could either pop in the PSU and ssd or you could even grab a used gpu from CEX instead.

K.O. Kiki, if you don't mind me asking, why did you pick that Gigabyte board? You replied before me earlier while I was poking around so I wasn't going to bother adding my take but I had come up with the MSI B550-A Pro as the cheapest that has solid VRMs, a usb 3.2 gen 2 header (for the 4000D) and most importantly bios flashback.

So just for the sake of presenting a similar but different take here's what I was coming up with re-jigged to use the German stores instead of Amazon UK cause K.O. is no doubt right at this point that going the German route is saner.

[b]CPU:[/b] [url=https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/ycGbt6/amd-ryzen-7-5700g-38-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000263box]AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor[/url]  (€354.85 @ Computeruniverse)

[b]CPU Cooler:[/b] [url=https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/vV7G3C/noctua-nh-u12s-redux-7075-cfm-cpu-cooler-nh-u12s-redux]Noctua NH-U12S redux 70.75 CFM CPU Cooler[/url]  (€49.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)

[b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/7gxbt6/msi-b550-a-pro-atx-am4-motherboard-b550-a-pro]MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard[/url]  (€109.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

[b]Memory:[/b] [url=https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/hkTzK8/patriot-viper-steel-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3733-cl17-memory-pvs416g373c7k]Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3733 CL17 Memory[/url]  (€70.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

[b]Storage:[/b] [url=https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/jhfFf7/western-digital-black-sn850-500-gb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds500g1x0e]Western Digital Black SN850 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive[/url]  (€88.83 @ Amazon Deutschland)

[b]Case:[/b] [url=https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/bCYQzy/corsair-4000d-airflow-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011200-ww]Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case[/url]  (€89.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)

[b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=https://de.pcpartpicker.com/product/7v3mP6/seasonic-focus-gx-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-focus-gx-850]SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply[/url]  (€113.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)

[b]Total:[/b] €877.37

Yes, that SSD is probably overkill but in the context of a present going for a fast pci-e 4.0 one works for me. Likewise the 850W PSU really just so you can throw anything in there in terms of a gpu down the road. Overall it's all a bit premium and geared towards hopefully being "easy to build" with the one ufffff factor being the likelihood of having to use the bios flashback to get the cpu supported, I'm not sure if there's a sane place to get motherboards guaranteed to be updated :(

minitrue

The returns on the cpu upgrade (5700G Vs 5600G) would depend on what you are doing, they are about the same price per core though so I'd thrown it in there when you had given a €500 cpu budget ;) There's nothing past it in the AMD line up with an onboard gpu and the Intel side of things is a can of worms (power draw meaning cooling, DDR5 prices, motherboard prices, new platform compatibility issues or else stepping back a generation or two at which point there's nothing really to gain and either way onboard gpu power to lose) so it's not worth it here imho.

If you had a gpu and cpu power was a priority there's the 12 and 16 core parts along with a refresh coming "soon" but for now they are over €500 never mind the gpu issue.

K.O.Kiki

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118181490#Comment_118181490

Sorry, that was meant to be the Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite AX V2 - the cheapest B550 with good VRMs, USB-C 3.2 header, BIOS-Flashback & WiFi 6. Damn confusing product stacks!

5700G vs 5600G: Obviously the 8-core is faster overall, but IMHO it's not worth it if you'll be pairing it with a GPU - speaking of which, GTX 970 can be found used for 200 (220 from CEX with 2yrs warranty).

RedXIV

Hi folks! I'm back again after buying the components on K.O.Kiki's list here:

https://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/PyB2t8

If I had 500 quid to drop on a graphics card, what would folks recommend? Thanks a million!

buzzerxx

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B08WHML7GL?tag=haggle-web-de-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1&language=en_GB

RedXIV

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118867014#Comment_118867014

Awesome 😍

Jon Doe

If you are on a budget you may consider trying the 5600G graphics on its own. If deemed enough you can sell the discrete card for 100-200€ on the used card market.

K.O.Kiki

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119087318#Comment_119087318

Alright you're trolling now.

Why the hell would someone buy an RTX 3060 and then sell it for nearly nothing, to replace with an iGPU that is outclassed by a country mile?

Jon Doe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119087375#Comment_119087375

No, no I'm not: just my bad, I was under the impression that the OP had an old card that he intended to reuse. Something that would not be necessary with an IGP.

If I had 500 quid to drop on a graphics card, what would folks recommend? Thanks a million!

LOL! Pick one: geizhals.eu/?cat=gra16_512&asuch=&bpmin=450&bpmax=550

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