Budget Gaming PC

kris182

kris182

kris182

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Hi guys,

After getting rid of my last self built PC a few years ago I've decided to build another. As I've been out of the the loop for quite a while I thought I'd try and get some advice here on my potential build.

This will be a fairly budget build for around £700 (not inc. monitor, kb & mouse) and I'm looking to play GTA V, Cities Skylines, Civ 6 and a few racing games (I have Project Cars and may pickup Forza 7) @ 60fps 1080p on high-ultra settings.

I started looking at an i3 build but then started reading all the hype about this new Ryzen chip from AMD... so, as these looked pretty good, with good OCing potential and a great price I thought I'd base my build on a Ryzen 3 1200. I plan to OC to ~3.9Ghz which according to many many YT videos I've watched seems pretty straightforward even on the stock cooler.

Therefore my build is as follows:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £740.08
(includes shipping: £11.70)



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I've already been bought the Ryzen 3 1200 as a gift so that's none negotiable now but I do have a good upgrade path for the future if / when required.
RAM - went for the 3200mhz for a bit of future proofing. Mobo has 4 slots so I can add another 8GB later on if needed.
Case - it goes well with my office furniture and seems to have good reviews so I'm pretty much set on this.
HDD - started with an M.2 SSD to avoid migration later on with a plan to add further storage when I have the funds, this might be a secondary bigger SSD or old school 2T HDD.

The parts I'm not so clear on are the Mobo (a B350 is a must for OC) and whether to go for a GTX 1060 6GB or go AMD with an RX 580 8GB.

From what I can gather the 1060 6GB and RX 580 8GB are pretty much on a par for games and are around the same price however I'm thinking that as FreeSync monitors seem a fair bit cheaper then the nVidea equivalents the RX580 might be the better choice for future proofing? I currently have an LG 23" 1080p monitor however I'm sure I'll want a bigger one at some point next year when funds allow. Maybe even a 1440p monitor. Will the 580 perform better @ 1440p having more VRAM?

Any thoughts appreciated.

Thanks
 
To answer the question on GPU probably RX580 for longevity but you would need to confirm the fps on those games on any of a multitude of review sights. Just pick two.

However, I think you would also need to get a higher wattage PSU for security especislly as you are thinking about upgrade path.

The Superflower 550w Super Platinum King for another £10 would be more suitable
 
Yeah a good power supply is worth it, it's an investment. Plus don't make the mistake I made when I built my first PC. I had my new card arrive, fitted it, pc turned on fine, loaded up GTA 4 and all of a sudden everything just went black. I was using an extremely weak psu, it had the correct wattage, but was just cheap junk.
 
Good points about the PSU. According to PC part picker my current build is well within the 450w but add a GTX 1080 for example and it wouldn't be sufficient so for a little extra I think I'll go for with the 550w.

Any views on Superflower over Corsair. I'm not familiar with the Superflower brand...

Also, any views on the mobo I've chosen? Never had an ASrock before. Or are they all going to be pretty similar?

After watching more benchmarks on YT i'm leaning towards the RX 580 at £250 if I can find one in stock at that price!
 
Using a PSU calc for just CPU and GPU, I am getting 362W. That is with Ryzen 5 1400 and Rx580.

If you are planning on overclocking just CPU this goes to approximately 405w and with the GPU overclocked as well about 450w. These seem high but do include a margin of error for things like degeneration of components over time and keeping the PSU in it's sweet spot.

Bear in mind that this is without ancillary things like HDD, RAM, fans etc. so 550w is probably enough.

Superflower is a very well regarded brand but a lot of people are recommending the new Seasonic Focus range. Not my area of knowledge.
 
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