Can I build a gaming PC for £500, or should I buy secondhand?

[Socrates]

I am new to PC gaming and have a £500 budget (excluding monitor, mouse and keyboard). I dont mind building a PC but could I do it with this budget, or would I be better off buying a second hand PC? Could I possibly buy some parts as a mix of new and second hand?

Any help/suggestions/recommendations are greatly appreciated!

 

[Minibiker]

Yeah you can buy new parts for around £500.. Buying used may get you a bit me of grunt for the money but warranty is fresh with new parts

 

[orbitalwalsh]

I am new to PC gaming and have a £500 budget (excluding monitor, mouse and keyboard). I dont mind building a PC but could I do it with this budget, or would I be better off buying a second hand PC? Could I possibly buy some parts as a mix of new and second hand?

Any help/suggestions/recommendations are greatly appreciated!

Bundle deal going on else were for £260 - Ryzen .2600 + Aorus b450 + 700w PSU + The Division 2 game


BU-GBT-01-Bundle-Ryzen-5-2600-Gigabyte-B450-AO_2496239.

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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 570 Gaming Dual 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £128.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G3000= £49.99
• 1 x Zalman S2 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £31.99
• 1 x Intel 256GB 545s SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps TLC 3D NAND Solid State Drive (SSDSC2KW256G8X1)= £38.99

Total: £261.66 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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Which also comes with choice of two free games

All knew, but £500 could land more powerful system second hand

 

[Socrates]

With this in mind am I better off buying a secondhand set up?

 

[Danny75]

To be honest, that's a very good system, new, with warranty, for £500.

Can mix and match if you want though. Like going second-hand on RAM could get you 16GB for same price if lucky. Spotted some GTX 1070s for about £130 including postage, seem to be from Russia though so who knows. Still, bay buyer is protected. Wouldn't bother for the rest. Too much second-hand can end up costly if parts fail.

 

[Socrates]

Also are there some parts I should buy new and some second hand?

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Also are there some parts I should buy new and some second hand?

Ram sounds like a good shout. If your getting the CPU and GPU new that's 3 free games...

The Division , Res Evil 2 and DMC5 ..

 

[tamzzy]

Bundle deal going on else were for £260 - Ryzen .2600 + Aorus b450 + 700w PSU + The Division 2 game


BU-GBT-01-Bundle-Ryzen-5-2600-Gigabyte-B450-AO_2496239.

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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 570 Gaming Dual 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £128.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G3000= £49.99
• 1 x Zalman S2 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £31.99
• 1 x Intel 256GB 545s SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps TLC 3D NAND Solid State Drive (SSDSC2KW256G8X1)= £38.99

Total: £261.66 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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Which also comes with choice of two free games

All knew, but £500 could land more powerful system second hand

That's fantastic for the price!

 

[orbitalwalsh]

That's fantastic for the price!

2 more units left in stock though ... OCUK RX 570 is the best price as well as SSD and RAM

 

[tamzzy]

@orbitalwalsh yeah, always recommend shopping around for the best prices

 

[Socrates]

I like the Ryzen 5 2600, if I extend my budget what is the highest GPU it could handle?

 

[MissChief]

I like the Ryzen 5 2600, if I extend my budget what is the highest GPU it could handle?

It will handle anything you can afford, even up to 2080ti. It's a very good and relatively recent chip.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

I like the Ryzen 5 2600, if I extend my budget what is the highest GPU it could handle?

at 1080p, then max would go is RTX 2080/Vega 7- even then you'll be wasting performance. 1080p is CPU bound and Ryzen currently cant match intel performance and clock speed. under that your all fine , going 1440p and 4k the gap between intel and amd is lessened

i just went for your budget!

if your able to £209 for RX 580 8GB or Vega 56 ( 3 free games)

£500 for rx 570 and ryzen 2600... and 3 free games... damn!

that bundle deal sold out a few times last week

 

[Socrates]

Thanks that makes sense.

I have found a Radeon RX Vega 56 gaming OC 8GB for £200, is it worth paying £70 more for this GPU?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-gr...b-hbm2-pci-express-g-gx-19p-gi-bg-57h-gi.html

 

[orbitalwalsh]

for £200 its damn good card! the bundle 700w psu will be able to handle it if your going for that .

you get 90 days warranty , not sure if Gigabyte would be able to help after that as its b-grade .. @GIGA-Man

the gaming difference is very big between the RX 570 and Vega 56!!! thats for sure!

https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/software/the_division_2_pc_performance_review/9

^^ that game comes free with the CPU

and only 2 bundle deals left

 

[Ezyryder]

I would get a new card, a Vega 56 would be my choice, and you get 3 games with it too, plus you can sell one copy of The Division 2 for £20 or so.

 

[Socrates]

I would get a new card, a Vega 56 would be my choice, and you get 3 games with it too, plus you can sell one copy of The Division 2 for £20 or so.

Why a new card, do used GPUs fail often?

 

[Ezyryder]

No, but you get 3 free games which you can either sell or keep (if you want them) plus a new warranty for 3 years.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

No, but you get 3 free games which you can either sell or keep (if you want them) plus a new warranty for 3 years.

2 years for Vega 3 for RX

I think people are finding it hard to sell on keys as it's sent straight to your steam account . That are they are to lazy - not sure haha

 

[Socrates]

2 years for Vega 3 for RX

I think people are finding it hard to sell on keys as it's sent straight to your steam account . That are they are to lazy - not sure haha

Only 90 days warranty for the Vega as its B grade