Elgato/Light Gaming £400

Rowan88 · 3 Jul 2017 at 12:54

Hi..

I was looking to build a PC for elgato hd60s capturing and light gaming (eSports, GMOD, Minecraft etc).

Originally I was looking at a Ryzen 1500X build but they have lowered the budget to £400 from £500.

Is it possible to get one for this price?

Hotwired · 3 Jul 2017 at 13:17

Even getting the bare minimum to run the 1500x you'd have very very little left for a gpu. You'd get a gpu but it would be the lowest powered one.

And thats not including a monitor, peripherals, windows licence if needed or the elgato device

Rowan88 · 3 Jul 2017 at 14:09

Yeah.. could I take a step down to a core i5-4xxx which would mean cheaper memory and motherboard?

All the other stuff I have this is just for desktop itself.

Rowan88 · 3 Jul 2017 at 17:17

Just out of curiosity..

If he was to get an e-Sports PC for the games mentioned above but forgetting the Elgato needs, how much would we be talking about? Just so I can show them a comparison.

Rowan88 · 4 Jul 2017 at 18:40

I managed to convince them the best option would be to spend the extra for a Ryzen 1500X as this will future proof the PC for a good while.. I am looking to order this today or tomorrow. How does this look:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1500X 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £173.99
1 x Asrock A320M-HDV A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £49.99
1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX424C15FBK2/8)= £68.99
1 x XFX XT Series 400W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £34.99
1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £43.99
1 x Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £29.99
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Mini 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £99.95

Total: £514.19
(includes shipping: £12.30)

Is there anything you think I should change?

wonkytrout · 4 Jul 2017 at 21:15

I you bought an MSI Motherboad would cashback help bring the price down? I'm sure I saw some offer start 1st July.

Rowan88 · 5 Jul 2017 at 11:44

I was looking at the msi board.. looked into it I would get £8 cashback.

Rowan88 · 5 Jul 2017 at 17:50

Ok I done a bit of homework and based on the budget I was given and the requirements of:

Elgato HD60S capturing/streaming, light gaming such as League of Legends, GMOD (eSports games etc), and hopefully some other 30-60FPS gaming.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1400 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99
1 x WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD10EZEX)= £43.99
1 x XFX XT Series 400W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £34.99
1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C14 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX421C14FBK2/8)= £70.99
1 x Asrock A320M-HDV A320 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £49.99
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Mini 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £99.95
1 x Kolink Aviator Midi Tower Gaming Case - Blue= £44.99

Total: £503.89
(includes shipping: £0.00)

Trying to sweeting OC down to £475 with price matching but would you say this build would be suitable for the requirements I have listed?

Rowan88 · 6 Jul 2017 at 16:28

OC can do the above build for £485, would you say that is the best build for the money? and the requirements??

ljop · 7 Jul 2017 at 08:16

Rowan88 said:
OC can do the above build for £485, would you say that is the best build for the money? and the requirements??

It looks reasonable for the price, however, I would probably be tempted to go for a 1050ti.

Rowan88 · 7 Jul 2017 at 13:15

Unfortunately I cannot stretch the budget any further... It was a £400-500.

I managed to get all the parts for £485 and I have let them know the only thing that should need upgraded in the future if anything is the GPU. He will get at least a good 2 years out of that one for what he needs, and if he requires more advanced gaming he can look into it at the time.