Gaming PC for £800-£900

[cHk4]

Hi all, I've had a friend come to me asking about building a PC for within that budget, I'm not too up on parts around that price, I know he wants an mATX case and he's not an RGB lover, 90% gaming at ideally 1440p. I think he'd like a 4060 if possible.

Any suggestions on parts etc, please? NO need for a monitor or mouse/keyboard.

Thanks

 

[mickyflinn]

Hi.

This is the best I could do targeting 1440p , the 4060ti is capable at 1440p but more suited at 1080p check out reviews. Ideally another £100 would get you a 7800xt that is a1440p GPU.

Check reviews.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £119.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming B550M-Plus WIFI II (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6J1-AS) = £129.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £59.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh Micro-ATX Case - Black (SKU: CA-051-KK) = £52.99
• 1 x CORSAIR RM Series RM650 Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply (SKU: POW-CRS-01425) = £80.00
• 1 x KIOXIA EXCERIA G2 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TSH-00982) = £89.98
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4060Ti Twin Edge 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-13T-ZT) = £374.99

Total: £915.92 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

 

[Tetras]

I think he'd like a 4060 if possible.

For 1440p? I hope he plays esports and/or likes DLSS, I doubt the usable lifespan will be very long at that res.

My system is similar to Mickyflinn's, there is a cheaper B550 board if you can drop the wifi:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £119.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming B550M-Plus WIFI II (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6J1-AS) = £129.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £59.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ventus 2X OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-39A-MS) = £299.99
• 1 x KIOXIA EXCERIA G2 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TSH-00982) = £89.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 205M Mesh Micro-ATX PC Case Black (SKU: CA-7B2-LL) = £69.95
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-09Q-PT) = £89.98

Total: £871.87 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[tamzzy]

4070

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £119.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B550M DS3H (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BR-GI) = £94.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £59.99
• 1 x Lexar NM790 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Solid State Drive (LNM790X001T-RNNNG) (SKU: STO-LEX-01452) = £59.99
• 1 x be quiet! System Power 9 600W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply **OEM NO BOX** (SKU: CA-13V-BQ) = £38.40
• 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £54.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-072-PL) = £499.99

Total: £936.34 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

 

[Quartz]

AM4 - the Ryzen 5x00 - is a dead platform so the very cheapest sensible AM5 / Ryzen 7000 I can find is

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming A620M-PLUS WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASU-01397) = £136.00
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G6000HC38ADC01) (SKU: MY-0B2-TG) = £99.94
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £188.99

Total: £424.93 (includes delivery: £0.00)​