Computer Shopper 2019-11-01

ISSUE 381|COMPUTER SHOPPER|NOVEMBER 2019 53

MID-RANGE PCs

PREMIUM PCs

MSIB350MMortar

★★★★★

£100•www.amzn.to/2zuBbF1

AMD Ryzen71700

★★★★★

£204•www.amzn.to/2RhQGHp

INTELCorei9-9900K

★★★★★

£480•www.ebuyer.com

Both AMD and Intel

have recent mid-range

chips, but with the

erstwhile high-end Ryzen 71700 dropping

below £200, it’s agreat wayofadding

octa-core power to aPCthat might otherwise

have had to make do with six cores.

Anear-perfect

motherboard for

AMD Ryzen-based

microATX systems. It’s remarkably well

equipped forconnectivity and upgradability,and comes close to

much more expensive mobos in performance benchmarks.

Intel’s 9th-gen chips see

it finally joining the

octa-core club,including

the flagship Core i9-9900K. With Turbo

Boost speeds hitting 5GHz straight out of

the box, it’s ajust as potent in single-core gaming as it is in

serious multithreaded workloads.

PROCESSORSOCKETAM4•DIMENSIONS244x244mm•CHIPSETAMDB350•MEMORY

SLOTS (^4) • PCI-EX16SLOTS (^2) • PCI-EX1SLOTS (^2) • PCISLOTS (^0) • USBPORTS2xUSB2,3xUSB3.1,
1xUSBType-C•VIDEOOUTPUTS1xHDMI,1xDisplayPort,1xDVI-D•WARRANTYOneyearRTB•
DETAILSwww.msi.com•PARTCODEB350MMortar•FULLREVIEWJul2018
SOCKETAM4•CORES (^8) • FREQUENCY3.0GHz•INTEGRATEDGRAPHICSNone•
WARRANTYThreeyearsRTB•DETAILSwww.amd.com•PARTCODEYD1700BBAEBOX•
FULLREVIEWJul2017
SOCKETLGA1151•CORES (^8) • FREQUENCY3.6GHz•INTEGRATEDGRAPHICSIntelUHDGraphics
(^630) • WARRANTYThreeyearsRTB•DETAILSwww.intel.com•PARTCODEBX80684I99900K•
FULLREVIEWJan2019
COOLERMASTERMasterBoxK500
★★★★★
£76•www.scan.co.uk
AMD RadeonRX5700XT
★★★★★
£329•shop.amd.com
AMD RadeonRX5700
★★★★★
£290•shop.amd.com
THERMALTAKEView37
★★★★★
£110•www.scan.co.uk
Great looks, afull set of
pre-installed fans, high build
quality and aspacious interior:
the MasterBox K500 is acommendable
all-rounder.It’s not the best on storage capacity,
but you can still add at least acouple of SSDs
and hard disks each.
The standard
RX 5700 is
better value for
lower resolutions, but if you
want to playat4Kwithout the
expense of Nvidia’s topRTX graphics
cards, the RX 5700 XT’s higher core count and
clock speeds make it agreat choice.
Aspacious, feature-rich
chassis forboth ATX- and
EATX-based builds, the View
37 comes with agull-wing side window that’s
perfect forshowing off your handiwork.
CASETYPEMid-tower•MOTHERBOARDTYPEATX,microATX,
Mini-ITX•SUPPLIEDFANS3x120mm•MAXDRIVEBAYS3x3.5in,
2x2.5in•DIMENSIONS260xx190x280mm•WEIGHT6.2kg•
WARRANTYTwoyearsRTB•DETAILSwww.coolermaster.com•
PARTCODEMCB-K500D-KGNN-S00•FULLREVIEWJan2019
GPUAMDRadeonRX5700XT•MEMORY8GBGDDR6•GRAPHICSCARDLENGTH272mm•
WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILSwww.amd.com/uk•PARTCODERadeonRX5700XT•
FULLREVIEWOct2019
GPUAMDRadeonRX5700•MEMORY8GBGDDR6•GRAPHICSCARDLENGTH268mm•
WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILSwww.amd.com/uk•PARTCODERadeonRX5700•
FULLREVIEWOct2019
CASETYPEMid-tower•MOTHERBOARDTYPEATX,EATX,
microATX,Mini-ITX•SUPPLIEDFANS2x140mm•MAXIMUM
DRIVEBAYS7x3.5in,11x2.5in•DIMENSIONS525x261x538mm•
WEIGHT11.8kg•WARRANTYThreeyearsRTB•DETAILSwww.
thermaltake.com•PARTCODECA-1J7-00M1WN-00•
FULLREVIEWDec2018
AMD’s7nm GPUis
cheaperthanboththe
GeForce RTX2060 and
the RTX2060 Super,yet is just as comfortable
with gaming at 1080p and 1440p.This low price only seems to apply
forthe reference design rather than partner versions, but the
blower-style cooler is the only real downside.
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MSIMPGZ390GamingEdgeAC

★★★★★

£143•www.scan.co.uk

From built-in 802.11ac

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to

high-end audio connectivity,

the MPG Z370 Gaming Edge AC is stuffed with

features. Addinagood price,easy overclocking and awell-designed

BIOS, and it’s perfect forpremium Intel-based builds.

PROCESSORSOCKETLGA1151•DIMENSIONS305x244mm•CHIPSETIntelZ390•MEMORY

SLOTS (^4) • PCI-Ex16SLOTS (^3) • PCI-Ex1SLOTS (^3) • PCISLOTS (^0) • USBPORTS2xUSB2,2xUSB3,
1xUSB3.1,1xUSBType-C•VIDEOOUTPUTS1xHDMI,1xDisplayPort•WARRANTYOneyearRTB

• DETAILSwww.msi.com•PARTCODEMPGZ390GamingEdgeAC•FULLREVIEWApr2019

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