For gaming there is very little difference between the 3600Mhz and 3200Mhz RAM that PCS offer due to their timings
When posting this my order is at 9 working days.
- Thread starter Storm.rl
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MrWilson
Godlike
If you have ethernet connection you won't need Wifi, but the TUF motherboard comes in 2 variants, one of which has Wifi built in.
3200mhz is the sweet spot for Ryzen CPUs, with the RAM that PCS stocks upgrading to 3600mhz won't improve gaming performance.
Storm.rl
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Okay thanks for 3200MHz ram change
Storm.rl
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yes I will be using Ethernet most likely but incase i don’t have ethernet it’s always good to have WiFi I assume?
Storm.rl
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The specs relating to the £1336 price seems the best to me but I saw that it would be Ethernet only? And I lowered the ram to 3200Mhz instead. So with regards to all the specs for that one I would technically save money on the specs I shared at first haha. So this helps a lot! Is there any little upgrades other than gpu on that build?
MrWilson
Godlike
Ok, so I've switched to the Wifi motherboard, downgraded RAM to 3200mhz, and swapped the HDD for a second m.2 drive for nice speedy games loading. You could beef up the PSU a little more in anticipation of future GPUs. Rumours and leaks of next gen GPUs seem to suggest they will use a lot of power, so increasing the PSU to 850W or higher means that a few years down the line when you come to buy a new GPU you won't have to buy a new PSU as well.
Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WiFi (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3000MB/sR | 1600MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2200 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler Black Edition
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Price: £1,371.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/tFxWCnueAV/
Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WiFi (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3000MB/sR | 1600MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2200 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler Black Edition
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Price: £1,371.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/tFxWCnueAV/
Storm.rl
Active member
These are the specs I will be going for however a question on the gpu is that would that delay the order any longer?
Storm.rl
Active member
So would you say amend my order to the same as this however knowing the order times with the normal 3060 would that affect my order time? However this looks very good compared to my build haha thanks a lot!
Storm.rl
Active member
And use my external HDD instead of an internal one?
RichLan564
Bright Spark
No, in the spec from MrWilson you have a 500GB M.2 drive for Windows and a second 1TB M.2 for your games and general storage, do you need more than 1TB ?
As this is your first time building a PC, can I ask where you are getting Windows from? Please be aware that cheap Windows keys available online are almost certainly not kosher and may leave you with Windows disabled in the future. Also, do you really want to be downloading anything from a site that sells dodgy merchandise.
Storm.rl
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Well I’m not sure as my friend said they would help me. However I do have a windows account or whatever it is on my laptop and a disk version of an old windows but idk how to get an activation key and it’s very expensive