Need help with a good PC build for Gaming and Music Production 2018

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charliegj99

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Hi,

Please could you guys help me out, ive never built a PC before so would like a build that is fairly easy to put together. My budget is about £600-£700 max so really looking for the best I can get for around that price. Need a good processor for music production soundcard wont really matter as I am getting an audio interface and a good graphics card for gaming too. I would also like it to be fairly quiet if possible as my last one was really loud. Thank you!
 
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It is all about budget constrained performance.
AMD always trail Intel until Ryzen comes out.
Above claim by Rdslw is wrong, Intel 8700k can beat Ryzen 7 in almost all functionality due to 6 core and 12 threads, fastest IPC, 5+ GHz. However, Ryzen 5 1600 and I5-8400 are close in gaming FPS, but Ryzen 5 has much cheaper motherboard while 8400 is still only supported on expensive Z370 MB. 8400 will become more attractive once cheap H3xx and B3xx MB comes out.

Downsides on 8400/8600k is they only have 6 threads compared to 12 by 1600, so 1600 may have better streaming in some games. 1600 is also better for multitasking, video editing, etc. Furthermore, 1151 socket is near to an end, while AM4 is new and will last 3 years.
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£125.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£104.95 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£102.75 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.50 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB SC GAMING Video Card (£214.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£58.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £693.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-12 16:01 GMT+0000

Buy CPU/MB here to get 2 free AAA games: https://www.aria.co.uk/asus/ryzenreloaded
If you can reuse storage, put the extra onto a 1060 6gb.
 
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charliegj99

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Are Ryzens better than Intel i5s and i7s at the moment, it seems everyone using them in their builds but i thought intel was favoured over AMD in the past?
 
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charliegj99

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Fair enough, would you say that build above is good? Also would it be quite easy to build and fit everything into the case? Cheers

 
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It is all about budget constrained performance.
AMD always trail Intel until Ryzen comes out.
Above claim by Rdslw is wrong, Intel 8700k can beat Ryzen 7 in almost all functionality due to 6 core and 12 threads, fastest IPC, 5+ GHz. However, Ryzen 5 1600 and I5-8400 are close in gaming FPS, but Ryzen 5 has much cheaper motherboard while 8400 is still only supported on expensive Z370 MB. 8400 will become more attractive once cheap H3xx and B3xx MB comes out.

Downsides on 8400/8600k is they only have 6 threads compared to 12 by 1600, so 1600 may have better streaming in some games. 1600 is also better for multitasking, video editing, etc. Furthermore, 1151 socket is near to an end, while AM4 is new and will last 3 years.
 
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