~£800 gaming PC build

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Any changes you would make within budget? Struggling to decide between a 250GB NVMe or a 500GB sata SSD. I don't plan on playing many games, so I don't feel like the extra space would be necessary, but it is a lot more storage for the money...

Which 1060 would you recommend also, have the MSI one selected as it is the cheapest but can stretch if it is worth the extra for a different card.

Finally motherboard, I went B450 so that I didn't encounter BIOS update issues when pairing with the R5 2600, and I didn't stretch to the 2600x because its another £45 which I don't think is worth it despite the better stock cooler, which is a shame really as I would like to eventually overclock.

Wondering which B450 motherboard you would recommend as long as it is a similar price to the above Tomahawk.

Thanks for any advice in advance :)



Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£149.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard (£91.96 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£70.58 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£70.79 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1 Video Card (£239.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£93.40 @ Alza)
Total: £811.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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For Ryzen no. The Ryzen CPU Architecture (Infinity Fabric) is directly linked to the RAM speed, so anything slower will seriously degrade the CPU performance.
Don't know you keep going about this as the faster RAM is not that much more expensive.
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My two cents..

1. RAM: Ryzen builds depends a lot on fast RAM and dual channel. So get a 2x4 GB dual channel kit with a speed of 3000 or 3200 MHz. I would strongly consider getting 16 GB as 8 GB is starting to be limit these days.
2. Storage: In normal everyday usage you wont notice much if any improvements from a SATA SSD to a NVME SSD. Personally I would get larger drive.

Rest of the build looks fine.
 
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I prefer the 860 EVO because it's the best bang for the buck from Samsung.

Get 2x4GB RAM for dual-channel.

SeaSonic FOCUS Plus is just as good as the EVGA G3 for less cost.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£149.97 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard (£91.96 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£93.59 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£65.48 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.74 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1 Video Card (£239.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £815.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-01 19:27 BST+0100
 
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Glad you say that Kasper forgot to mention. I went with 1 8 gb as I plan to upgrade to 16gb dual channel when the ridiculous RAM prices stabilise. How important would 3000mhz be in comparison to 2400?
 
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For a Ryzen build it is very important. Now the problem is that buying 8 GB now and adding 8 GB later is not guarantied to work. Always buy the RAM you need in a kit to be sure it will work together. Even if the RAM is same brand and model there is no saying that it will be guarantied to work.
 
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I can't see much reason to go with the 860 eve here considering the 960 is just £5 more...
would you say 3000 mhz RAM is necessary with Ryzen?
 
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As I just said above, YES. 3000 MHz or 3200 MHz as that is the sweet spot these days.
 
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Surely were talking a few FPS, no?
 
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For Ryzen no. The Ryzen CPU Architecture (Infinity Fabric) is directly linked to the RAM speed, so anything slower will seriously degrade the CPU performance.
Don't know you keep going about this as the faster RAM is not that much more expensive.
 
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You're right it's not much more expensive. To be honest my frustration is with current RAM prices full stop not just with the 3000Mhz RAM.
 
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