PCs and Steam: Thread 01

[MartyG]

I'm not sure there's going to be much of a scalping margin for these cards given the target market for them - after fees I think you're looking at £30-50 tops given the RX 6600 is around the £400 mark. Completely pointless for crypto mining too.

[fishbowlhead]

What's a decent mobo to combine with this case? its the re-designed one that doesn't catch fire , id certainly like something smaller these days.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/nzxt-h1-mini-itx-case-with-aio-and-psu-black-tempered-glass-ca-1aj-nx.html

[MartyG]

An ITX motherboard - you're really limiting your choices with ITX and losing features because of the form factor. Most will limit you to 1 PCIe slot and 2 RAM modules. Also likely to be less M.2 slots and SATA ports. Probably not worth going for the highend boards because of this, but you'll still be paying a premium on something like a ASUS B550 ROG STRIX ITX if you're going Ryzen.

Need good airflow in those cases too - limits your choice of tower coolers. They look nice, but can be a bit of a nightmare to work on.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-raises-european-rtx-30-series-founders-edition-prices

Nvidia raises the price of the 30XX FE line in Europe

[fishbowlhead]

An ITX motherboard - you're really limiting your choices with ITX and losing features because of the form factor. Most will limit you to 1 PCIe slot and 2 RAM modules. Also likely to be less M.2 slots and SATA ports. Probably not worth going for the highend boards because of this, but you'll still be paying a premium on something like a ASUS B550 ROG STRIX ITX if you're going Ryzen.

Need good airflow in those cases too - limits your choice of tower coolers. They look nice, but can be a bit of a nightmare to work on.

Ok thanks for the info, always worth asking before doing. Don’t think its worth the sacrifice long term then especially with airflow and cooling, or the agro involved in getting it all 100%.

The graphics card situation is completely out of hand.

[MartyG]

There are nice mATX cases that aren't massive, but will mean you get a couple more PCIe slots and 4 DIMMs with the micro ATX form factor mobos and there are far more options.

Such as the Corsair Crystal 280

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CC-9011136-WW-Crystal-Tempered-Glass/dp/B07CL9WFWC/ref=sr_1_48_sspa

The Corsair iCUE 220T which I've done a build in, depends if you like the front of it

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Airflow-Tempered-Mid-Tower-Gaming/dp/B07RQW7W9P/ref=sr_1_22_sspa

The Fractal Design Meshify C

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fractal-Design-FD-CA-MESH-C-BKO-TG-Tempered-Computer/dp/B074DQVB97/ref=sr_1_34

ITX is great if you're building a lower power machine but are less suitable for gaming boxes. You can definitely do them, but you do have to make some compromises.

[fishbowlhead]

There are nice mATX cases that aren't massive, but will mean you get a couple more PCIe slots and 4 DIMMs with the micro ATX form factor mobos and there are far more options.

Such as the Corsair Crystal 280
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CC-...f=sr_1_48_sspa

Hmmmm I really like the idea of this case, all the boring stuff in a separate chamber with all the cool stuff in the glass. What would be a good set of components to add to this for a £1k build (roughly).

I like the idea of doing one myself, gpu’s are an issue obviously but i can put my old amd 4gig one in it if needs be until a decent one comes up on its own.

[MartyG]

RTX 3050 on ebay as they're sold out (at least I can't see any in stock anywhere)



Or RTX 3060 in stock for delivery tomorrow, you decide (probs no to both really).

[speedlolita]

Genuinely depressing that the 3050 is weaker than a 2060.

[fishbowlhead]

So I decided to go a build myself in the end and ordered the Corsair Crystal 280 as i loved the look of it.

Whats a good motherboard to pair with this thats compatible with Ryzen & the newer intels?

[briareos_kerensky]

Do you have any special requirements from the mobo? 10GB network, Thunderbolt, anything?
If money is no objection, for Ryzen I'd go for an X570 Auros Xtreme, I'm running one myself and very happy with it.

[Brad]

I second the X570, although I have an Asus TUFF Gaming + WiFi variant. The twin NVMe slots are useful. Only got a Ryzen 5 3600 in at present but it's not bottlenecking anything when paired with a 6800XT

[speedlolita]

Nothing but praise for my B450 Tomahawk, dirt cheap now too.

Not an option if you want dual NVMe or PCIe 4 though.

[briareos_kerensky]

Daemon X Machina is free until the 2nd of February on the EGS.

[fishbowlhead]

No special requirements no just has to be pcie4 compatible as ill be keeping the OS and program files on a gen4 ssd, then all the other stuff on a larger standard ssd or a big ol platter drive. As long as i can add to the system going forward that's fine with me, I'm not a programmer or have a need for editing video at breakneck speeds. Obviously graphics cards are a big issue but ill use my old 4gig one until something newer actually comes up for sale.

Was looking at B550 AORUS PRO V2 ATX price range wise, the X570 might be overkill to be honest.