Gaming Build (£500-£600), asking for help

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Hello!
The last build I made, and when I was last in the loop when it comes to hardware, was roughly 10 years ago! Upgrades were made along the way and I have good knowledge of the fundamentals but I'm in dire need of a completely new computer. I've found that trying to read articles and watch videos in order to make good decisions to be very overwhelming to say the least, all whilst trying to get good performance and value for money. This is where I'm asking for your help, I don't necessarily understand which components are worth investing more in, what PSU to purchase, which brands hold up etc.

With some risk at coming across as lazy, could anyone please suggest a complete build for me?

Budget; £500-£600.
No peripherals or monitor needed.
Minimum 1 Terabyte storage on top of SSD system disk.
Very unlikely to ever overclock.
Main genres are more CPU intensive games such as: Civilisation, Total War, MMO RPGs, Action RPGs.
Audio is of lesser priority.

Thank you.
 
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Oh, no it's without the monitor, edited my post for better clarity. Are there any good outlets for buying used that offers some security in your purchase?
Ok that’s better. I’m kind of out of the loop on the newer Ryzen stuff but that’s absolutely where I’d be looking.
 
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This is the best I could do:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £626.14 (includes shipping: £12.30)

I'd seriously recommend shopping around, OCUK's prices at the moment seem a bit high for some products. I'm fairly certain you can get the same CPU for £120 brand new on a certain electronic auction website for example. If you can increase your budget just a little you could also get an 8GB AMD 580 for £160 which I'd personally recommend doing. That or you could bump up from the 2600 to a 3600 if you'd prefer more CPU power, but again shop around. Windows 10 you can pick up for next to nothing, it's pretty much free now assuming you need a license. You could also consider just going for a 1TB SSD by itself over a smaller SSD + HDD, I'm not sure how necessary your storage requirements are.
 
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