Budget Build

[arjgrundy]

Hello all.

I've been asked if I can build a PC for my cousin's son..the budget is to include everything except a monitor. This is going to be a push but the budget is £300 / £350.

The PC is to be used for games such as Fortnite. I appreciate that there might be limited factors with such a small budget.

Any help would be appreciated

 

[zaniro]

Is buying used or a prebuild mini pc a consideration?

 

[Tetras]

A new build is unlikely to be the best option here, but anyhow, this is the best I can do (CPU cooler is in CPU box):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i3-12100F 3.30GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AS-IN) = £73.99
• 1 x MSI PRO H610M-E DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03383) = £59.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AK-TG) = £29.99
• 1 x B Grade PowerColor Radeon RX 6500 XT Fighter 4GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: BG-08H-PC) = £98.99
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 500GB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03127) = £32.98
• 1 x Aerocool Bolt Mini TG Micro-ATX case - black (SKU: CA-234-AE) = £24.95
• 1 x be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 10 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: CA-14U-BQ) = £49.99

Total: £370.88 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[tamzzy]

A pre-owned system would be the best bet here.
Could get a Ryzen 5600 + RTX 2060 build for under £300.

 

[arjgrundy]

Thank you both for the replies. Much appreciated

 

[arjgrundy]

Thanks again for the help..all setup and running running around 60fps on medium at 1080p on Fortnite. My cousin's little boy will be over the moon

 

[Tetras]

Thanks again for the help..all setup and running running around 60fps on medium at 1080p on Fortnite. My cousin's little boy will be over the moon

Wow, you got it!

Looks pretty cool for a budget build! What was the b-grade 6500 XT like? Did it look new?

 

[arjgrundy]

Wow, you got it!

Looks pretty cool for a budget build! What was the b-grade 6500 XT like? Did it look new?

Yeah it was fine. No issues at all. Really happy with it Tetras. Packaging etc was fine

 

[Tetras]

Yeah it was fine. No issues at all. Really happy with it Tetras. Packaging etc was fine

Cool! Happy gaming and thanks for the pics!

 

[arjgrundy]

Thanks for the help

 

[arjgrundy]

Cool! Happy gaming and thanks for the pics!

Thanks very much