£6-700 build

[Mike_J_Smith]

A friend wants to get a PC for his son to play fortnite and I've offered to help build one for him, rather than buying something from the highstreet.

He needs everything, pc, monitor, periperhals etc. I built something similar for my son a while ago so I've got a starting point, but he only does minecraft and roblox type games, so I don't know what would be needed to run fortnite.

Would the on-board graphics of AMD or Intel be OK at 1080p?

If not, what graphics card for approx. £200 - £250 would be the best option?

Probably nothing second hand, so best that I could buy off the shelf.

 

[tamzzy]

easily done, though if you need speakers/headset then will need to juggle the build slightly

the only thing is that radeons don't work very well with fortnite dx11 performance mode, the workaround is not to use dx11 performance and use dx12 instead (or just use dx 11 standard mode)
there is no equivalent nvidia card with similar performance at this price-point

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x MSI 25" PRO MP251 1920x1080 IPS 100Hz 1ms FreeSync Gaming Monitor (SKU: MON-MSI-02162) = £68.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £55.99
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03128) = £49.99
• 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K2 Plus ARGB Micro-ATX Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-07B-KK) = £42.95
• 1 x CORSAIR CX Series CX650 80 PLUS Bronze ATX Power Supply (SKU: POW-CRS-01135) = £46.99
• 1 x MSI B550M PRO-VDH WiFi (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-358-MS) = £100.00
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £119.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 6600 Fighter 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1AD-PC) = £179.98
• 1 x Logitech Wireless Desktop MK270 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse (920-004523) (SKU: KB-252-LG) = £29.99
• 1 x Jonsbo CR-1000 ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: HS-00Z-JB) = £12.95

Total: £707.82 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[mickyflinn]

Oops made a mistake.

 

[mickyflinn]

Lol had to reedit build.

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 MSI B550M PRO-VDH WiFi (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-358-MS) = £99.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £56.00
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 6600 Fighter 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1AD-PC) = £179.98
• 1 x Crucial P3 PLUS 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-07A-CR) = £59.00
• 1 x be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 10 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: CA-14V-BQ) = £54.94
• 1 x MSI 25" PRO MP251 1920x1080 IPS 100Hz 1ms FreeSync Gaming Monitor (SKU: MON-MSI-02162) = £68.99
• 1 x Antec CX500M RGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-02734) = £54.95

Total: £693.84 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Mike_J_Smith]

That’s awesome thanks. It’s the lower tier graphics cards that I don’t have any current experience of. Thanks!

 

[edGfaCTor]

Even better value if they are willing to let you go for a mix of pre owned and new.

 

[mickyflinn]

That’s awesome thanks. It’s the lower tier graphics cards that I don’t have any current experience of. Thanks!

The Rx 6600 is a solid 1080p card for the money.

Note none of the CPUs recommended from amd or intel have onboard graphics.

If you prefer intel then swap to this.


My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £55.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £98.99
• 1 x Asus Prime B760M-A WIFI D4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6KG-AS) = £109.99

Total: £264.97 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Tetras]

That’s awesome thanks. It’s the lower tier graphics cards that I don’t have any current experience of. Thanks!

If not, what graphics card for approx. £200 - £250 would be the best option?

RX 6600 is the best sub-£200 card, or the 6650 XT if you can get one near that price. The 3050 8GB is a decent chunk slower than the 6600, so you'd only buy it if nvidia was essential.

The 3060 12GB is around £250 and is not a bad buy for a content creator, but you'd usually get the 4060 8GB instead for gaming, since it is newer and has much lower power consumption. Here's a fairly lengthy video on the subject:

I'd avoid the RX 6400, 6500 XT and RTX 3050 6GB, they will struggle with the newer games, so I consider them a poor long-term investment unless the card HAS to use only slot power (like upgrading a Dell). The 6400/6500 XT also have technical limitations the 6600 does not have, which makes them even less appealing.

 

[Mike_J_Smith]

Thanks chaps. I've gone back to him with it and will see what he wants to do. For the GPU I'm thinking 6650XT if I can squeeze it in the budget or 6600 if not. No preference of nvidia / AMD / Intel etc, so that's not an issue. 4060's are probably pushing it cost wise, but good to know about.