Computer memory. RAM.......

[Spoon]

Are we talking laptop or desktop?

Desktop mate

 

[Octopus]

Desktop mate

whats your budget?

 

[Spoon]

What are you planning to use the PC for?

Playing games and editing video's for my daughters YouTube channel.
Rendering videos takes about 2.5 hours for a 30 min vid. If she does an hour vid then it takes lots of hours and I end up leaving it running overnight.

 

[Spoon]

whats your budget?

about £600. I'm thinking of using my graphics card and hard drive (for second drive) from original comp.

 

[kingeri]

All mainstream desktop motherboards these days use dual channel memory...the 'HEDT' ones are even quad channel. Dual channel memory will be worth it for gaming and video editing, can make a significant difference. If a new PC didn't have it these days, I'd be wondering what other corners have been cut.

 

[kingeri]

...Also I'd wait for the next-gen Ryzen 3000 series CPUs to come out (imminently) otherwise you may end up with buyers regret. They look like they are going to blow Intel out of the water on price and performance....

Plus....Intel chips are full of security flaws..

 

[Octopus]

about £600. I'm thinking of using my graphics card and hard drive (for second drive) from original comp.

My son bought a really decent gaming PC a while back ..... £1800 but that included a £700 video card

I think you need to up your budget and get a PC with 16GB RAM is my advice

 

[kingeri]

Murdoch's right.....16GB is the minimum I'd want these days. And for gaming....the graphics card is the budget killer..

 

[ferg]

£600 is achievable if reusing your graphics card and storage drive.

The components for mine, without the graphics card, came in at a bit more than that but with a bit of realism that's an achievable budget.

 

[Spoon]

Looking at 16GB... Two 8GB cards.
Existing graphics card is Geforce GTXi 510, 2GB. I think that is good enough for what I need.

 

[Spoon]

Besides, the missus would cut my danglies off if I spent £1,800 on a comp...

 

[ferg]

I bought the bits for mine pretty much the same way you are.

Then sneaked in the M.2 drive and GTX1080 while the wife wasn't paying attention

 

[Spoon]

Correction. Existing graphics card is Geforce GTX 1050, 2GB

 

[Spoon]

Anyone know of any sites where you can config your own comp?

The below is from Computerplanet.co.uk

£603.

 

[kingeri]

For Ryzen you REALLY need faster RAM, preferably 3200Mhz at CL14. I would seriously wait til Monday, the next-gen Ryzens are supposed to being announced, and you should be able to get miles better performance for similar price, or the 2xxx series will drop in price.....