PC build for daughter £700-£800

[jamest]

Hi All - 2014 was the last time I built a system, so a little out of touch!
I want to build a PC for my daughter's birthday... She plays games like minecraft, sims, subnautica.

Does this spec look OK for a sub £800 + delivery build? Any other suggestions?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x ASUS PRIME A520M-K (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £61.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £59.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £218.99
• 1 x Corsair CX-M Series CX550M 550W 80 Plus Bronze Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020102-UK)= £67.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 512GB Vulcan G SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £44.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 570 Red Devil 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x Viewsonic VX2458-mhd 1920x1080 TN 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen LED Backlit Gaming Monitor= £139.99
• 1 x Aerocool Aero One Mini Eclipse ARGB Micro- ATX Case - Black Tempered Glass= £49.99

Total: £813.54 (includes shipping: £19.62)​

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[Sparx]

Looks good to me - one thing I'd swap is GPU to 1650 Super, about £10 more but faster, lot more power efficient (100w vs 150w) and more stable drivers with Nvidia too.

Not in stock with OcUK but it is elsewhere if look... https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-441-as.html

Also 3600 can be had for £185 if you look elsewhere too, saves £35 and offset getting the slightly better GPU

 

[jamest]

Great advice, thanks!

 

[nbendall34]

This looks like a good setup, Is it all compatible?

 

[Sparx]

This looks like a good setup, Is it all compatible?

Yes.

If you want a slightly nicer mobo and IO, could get this board though if want to keep it cheap still.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-am4-ddr4-matx-motherboard-mb-6fe-as.html

 

[jamest]

Thanks Sparx.
Parts ordered and went with the 1650.

 

[Sparx]

Sounds good. Definitely got the 1650 Super right?

I actually found the Asus one I linked for £145, so hopefully that's what you grabbed

 

[jamest]

Yes, got the Super!
I did just have to double check though!

 

[nbendall34]

Hi James, Did you get the PC in the end? If so, are you able to benchmark it because I am thinking of upgrading to these specs? Thanks

 

[jamest]

Yeah system is up and running.
Not sure what benchmarks you had in mind... In Time Spy, completely stock it scores 4975 (4717 Graphics & 7223 CPU).

 

[nbendall34]

Yes, should have been more clear. What is the average FPS for games? I currently stream and play the game on one device, so this will need to handle running the game 60fps+ and streaming