£600 budget for gaming PC (no monitor, HDD, keyboard, mouse, OS)

[Jed Shields]

Hello all,

A friend of mine is looking for a gaming PC for his son who likes to play COD, FO4 etc. He's got a 1080p monitor at the moment, but will be getting a 4k TV next year. I know that with a 4K monitor that he'd need to spend probably more than he would want to. Is it the same with TV's, or is the TV able to upscale a lower resolution from the PC?

What would you recommend he gets right now in order to run 1080p? What would he need to spend to be able to get 4k? I think I need to let him know that 4k is probably not the way forward for him...

Currently looking at this:


"Ranger RB34" AMD Ryzen 5 3400G APU Gaming Bundle w/ Radeon Vega 11 Graphics

£289.99*

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Memory Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21600C18 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey

Corsair CV Series CV550 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020210-UK)
£44.99*



Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£229.99*



Aerocool CS-105 Cosmo Mini Tower - Black
£22.99*


This comes to £588

I've got an old HDD he can use for now, also don't need monitor, keyboard, mouse or OS.

 

[mickyflinn]

You don't need a 3400g with integrated gpu as you have a graphics card.

B450 motherboard
Ryzen 3100
16gb of 3200mhz ram.
£250. Approx.

 

[Jed Shields]

Nice one. That leaves me with around £280, £300 for a GPU. Any recommendations?

 

[mickyflinn]

Nice one. That leaves me with around £280, £300 for a GPU. Any recommendations?

Stick with the 1660 super and get a 3600 cpu that will give you 2 extra cores and a more balanced system.