£800-£1000 build - gaming

Raz · 29 Jan 2020 at 12:54

Hi all,

My brother is looking to build a PC for some gaming and general use for about £800 but £1000 max.

He wants to go for a Ryzen 3600 or above. He's thinking about the following base components:

Tomahawk B450
16GB Corsair RAM @3200
5600 XT

Knowing the games he plays on his PS4 I imagine he'd want a system that can play upcoming games at a good resolution (1440p minimum) and a decent framerate (Assassin's Creed, FIFA, Cyberpunk).

Any tips welcome.

tamzzy · 29 Jan 2020 at 12:57

in terms of value for pure gaming, one would find it hard to beat this currently:

My basket at overclockers uk:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £179.99
1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £84.95
1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £74.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Dual Fan 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £338.99
1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £74.99
1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0A)= £94.99
1 x Silverstone SST-PS15B-RGB Micro ATX Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass= £59.99

Total: £921.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)

Raz · 29 Jan 2020 at 12:59

Thanks for the quick response! That looks good.

Smiffy-UK · 30 Jan 2020 at 00:02

That's very similar to what tamzzy said for me. Took me less than 2 hours to decide and order. My case isn't as good. Double more storage space and 100 more W from PSU, if I was you I'd just buy what they've suggested, others on here have said they'll name thier kids after Tamzzy, so don't haste. They know whats good.

Seriously tho imagine Tamzzy beats mohamed or John as the majority of names in the world.

tamzzy · 30 Jan 2020 at 00:16

Smiffy-UK said:
others on here have said they'll name thier kids after Tamzzy, so don't haste. They know whats good.

Seriously tho imagine Tamzzy beats mohamed or John as the majority of names in the world.

Raz · 30 Jan 2020 at 22:24

Smiffy-UK said:
That's very similar to what tamzzy said for me. Took me less than 2 hours to decide and order. My case isn't as good. Double more storage space and 100 more W from PSU, if I was you I'd just buy what they've suggested, others on here have said they'll name thier kids after Tamzzy, so don't haste. They know whats good.

Seriously tho imagine Tamzzy beats mohamed or John as the majority of names in the world.