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I posted yesterday a link to PC part picker whcih was an intel i5-7700K Build I believe. I have changed the Build quite a lot and would like some expert opinion. I cannot go higher than £700 that is my budget and since I am 13 I don't have much to spend. Anyways here's the link:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/swcnRG


I also have another question, should I get 1x8GB Ram for now and then later on in the future upgrade to 16GB.
 
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That build you have in the link is great! And you are correct by putting the OS on the SSD and having a 1TB HDD to store your data and large games. You could definitely go with 8GB of RAM now and easily upgrade it in the future. That motherboard has four slots, so 2x4gb or 1x8gb will work and give an upgrade path. going with 1x8gb gives the better upgrade path for the future, while 2x4gb is better short term as you benefit from dual channel memory right away.

SSDs help speed everything up in the OS, such as booting, opening applications and programs that are saved on the SSD. They are much faster to read from and write to compared to a regular HDD.
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I also heard that an SSD is better than a Hard Drive but they are expensive so I put a 120GB one and will be installing windows on that? I remember hearing that it sped up turning the computer on. I'm not too sure how this all works....
 
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You can run 1x 8GB of ram but the computer will just be a little slower not because you have less ram but because you are running single channel instead of dual channel.

i'll look at your parts list.
 
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Hey not a bad build, good job. The power supply is a little weak for my taste. I'll like it to be at least 500W or 550W.

I would install Windows on the SSD so it'll boot up and run fast. Applications I'll put on the 1TB drive because your SSD is small.

If you want to go cheap why not go to Ryzen 3 1300X?
 
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That build you have in the link is great! And you are correct by putting the OS on the SSD and having a 1TB HDD to store your data and large games. You could definitely go with 8GB of RAM now and easily upgrade it in the future. That motherboard has four slots, so 2x4gb or 1x8gb will work and give an upgrade path. going with 1x8gb gives the better upgrade path for the future, while 2x4gb is better short term as you benefit from dual channel memory right away.

SSDs help speed everything up in the OS, such as booting, opening applications and programs that are saved on the SSD. They are much faster to read from and write to compared to a regular HDD.
 
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Thank you for saying what I said but getting the 'Best Solution'... F

 
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Thanks for the quick answer, I couldn't find the actual PSU I was going to get on PC Part picker so I just put that one it was around the same price. The one I am getting is Corsair VS Series VS500
 
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Honestly I have no clue what I'm doing on this site I only registered for it yesterday lol.
 
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