1080p gaming build ~£700

[FlailingNinja]

Hi

I've been asked to build a gaming PC for a friends son and have come up with the below. Have I made any mistakes or can it be improved upon sticking around that budget? Saving also welcome

Thanks in advance.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B360M Aorus Gaming 3 Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £80.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £68.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1060 StormX 3072MB GGDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £199.99
• 1 x Samsung 250GB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E250B/EU)= £79.99
• 1 x Kolink Stronghold Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass Side Window= £35.99
• 1 x Kolink KL-500 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply= £35.99
• 1 x Asus U2000 Wired Keyboard and Mouse Bundle Black - UK Layout= £12.95

Total: £677.48 (includes shipping: £12.60)
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[tamzzy]

cheaper board (just as good, but without the branding), faster ram (b360 only supports until 2666mhz, though), better gpu (6gb version), bigger ssd, better psu, swapped case for MATX build

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B360M-D3H Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £70.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G3000= £74.99
• 1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £269.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £99.95
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x Aerocool QS-240 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £29.99
• 1 x Asus U2000 Wired Keyboard and Mouse Bundle Black - UK Layout= £12.95

Total: £759.44 (includes shipping: £12.60)​

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[tamzzy]

ryzen option. for out-and-out gaming, the intel option would be better. if running mixed loads together, the ryzen option is better.
of course for both builds, can cut down to fit a budget, but imo, these parts are the best bang-for-buck components, so better to spend that little bit more instead

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1060 Twin X2 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £269.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £99.95
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x Kolink Stronghold Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass Side Window= £35.99
• 1 x Asus U2000 Wired Keyboard and Mouse Bundle Black - UK Layout= £12.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £154.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G3000= £74.99

Total: £786.44 (includes shipping: £12.60)​

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[ExoMale]

stuck with the i5, but went with an atx board that offers faster ram, chose a 1050ti to enable 16gb ram, chose a better power supply and went with a 1tb sshd for small ssd performance but with huge storage, but if you happy with a single 240gb ssd then get the teamgroup for few quid less. case, kb/mouse subject to preference.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £149.99
• 1 x MSI Z370 Gaming Plus Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £154.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB FireCuda 3.5" SSHD Internal Hard Drive (ST1000DX002)= £59.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x Aerocool CS-1101 Midi Tower Case - Black= £23.99
• 1 x SPEEDLINK Niala Keyboard and Mouse Bundle, Wireless - Black= £12.49

Total: £712.02 (includes shipping: £12.60)​

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[FlailingNinja]

Thanks all, looking over options now. It is 80% gaming so will stick to the intel on that advice.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Tamz is solid, would stick 2400 kit though, makes life easier then playing with speed and timings

Also , cryorig intel cooler £15

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cryorig-m9i-single-tower-heatsink-for-intel-hs-00a-cy.html

Heck you could even stick an i3 8100 ... It's 4 core 4 threads. Same as i5 of older gens people hAve been using for last 9 years

Still fly for gaming as most games have recommend specs for older 2/3rd gen i5 .

Lets you have the gtx 1060 5GB in budget