£500ish small form factor?

[Ducky89]

Hi guys,

My other half has decided she’d like a PC for gaming. She currently has one built up from old parts that I had but it’s not cutting the mustard any longer.

Ideally after something that will run Sims 4, new Two point hospital and for general browsing. Would ideally be future proof for games of a similar vein.

Small for factor would be benificial, her desk isn’t that large.

I was thinking Ryzen 3 + 1050ti but happy to be advised otherwise.

Thanks in advance
Joe

 

[orbitalwalsh]

What's her old system ?.

 

[Ducky89]

Nothing worth saving @orbitalwalsh, a 560ti with a knackered fan and a Phenom 955.

Saying that, I had planned to re-use the PSU (newish Corsair 450W) and HDD.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Nothing worth saving @orbitalwalsh, a 560ti with a knackered fan and a Phenom 955.

Saying that, I had planned to re-use the PSU (newish Corsair 450W) and HDD.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte AB350N-GAMING WIFI AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Mini ITX Motherboard= £104.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED48= £82.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1400 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050 StormX 2048MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £119.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £39.95
• 1 x Silverstone Sugo SG13B Mini-ITX Chassis - Black= £39.95

Total: £508.96 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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Itx cost a little more but has WiFi inbuilt

Intel mATX (intel oTX would be same as above but with i3 8100 and asrock b360 itx)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £39.95
• 1 x Intel Core i3-8100 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £98.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £68.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B360M-D3H Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £74.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x Antec P6 Micro-ATX Case - Black Window= £44.99

Total: £489.60 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[Ducky89]

Thanks very much for those orbital - is there a sweet spot at a slightly higher budget? Will £600 say get us a much nicer machine?

 

[ExoMale]

APU should do the trick, sims 4 isnt really that demanding, i used to play that with an haswell i3 + gtx 750 years ago, the ryzen APU chips are stronger than older APU models. technically you could get away with a gtx1030 which i think is between the 2200g & 2400g.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 2400G VEGA Graphics AM4 CPU w/ Wraith Stealth Cooler= £128.99
• 1 x MSI B450I GAMING PLUS AC (Socket AM4) Mini-ITX Motherboard= £124.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED48= £82.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £79.99
• 1 x In-Win BQ656 USB3.0 Mini-ITX Case - 120W Power Supply= £74.99

Total: £503.05 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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case it an acquired taste, but it comes with a psu that should be plenty as its pretty much a low powered APU.

alternative suggestion is this intel, its the older kabylake, but you dont really need more than this to play those 2 games and to browse.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Pentium G4560 3.50GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £44.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Intel B250 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £69.95
• 1 x Asus GeForce GT 1030 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £79.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £79.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 450W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £59.99
• 1 x Aerocool CS-102 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £22.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £68.99

Total: £437.99 (includes shipping: £11.10)




edit: i have that Aerocool case above and for the price its nice and small enough for a desk as per seen in my setup pic below.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Thanks very much for those orbital - is there a sweet spot at a slightly higher budget? Will £600 say get us a much nicer machine?

Nicer as Looks.. or nice as POWER ??
In theory, £600 means you can whack Either gtx 1060 for full power ! Or gtx 1050ti and move up to 6 core i5 8400 or ryzen 5 1600