Bang for buck gaming pc ~£1k

[MoonBoots]

Hi. I'm looking for a decent bang for buck gaming pc, ideally for around £1k.

Any thoughts on the below - is it reasonable to spend half the budget on just the GPU?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AK-TG) = £35.99
• 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00764) = £474.99
• 1 x AMD - Avatar Radeon Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-01186) = £0.00
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-09F-PT) = £50.00
• 1 x Asus Prime B550-Plus (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6F6-AS) = £119.98
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3CC-AM) = £149.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00541) = £79.99
• 1 x Kolink Classic Power 700W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: CA-04G-KK) = £50.00

Total: £972.92 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

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[Tetras]

is it reasonable to spend half the budget on just the GPU?

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Not just reasonable, it is required nowadays.

Any thoughts on the below

Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AK-TG) = £35.99

You can get 32GB for like..., £15-£25. I'd do it. 8GB sticks have outlived their usefulness.

Is this a prebuilt PC? Was just wondering why it has the Kolink Classic.

 

[MoonBoots]

Not just reasonable, it is required nowadays.


You can get 32GB for like..., £15-£25. I'd do it. 8GB sticks have outlived their usefulness.

Is this a prebuilt PC? Was just wondering why it has the Kolink Classic.

Yes good point on the RAM, I can't believe how cheap it is now. Will get the 32GB version of the same model instead: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...4-pc4-25600c16-3200mhz-dual-ch-my-0aj-tg.html

I'm not sure why I chose that particular PSU, I might have sorted by most sold. Can definitely swap it out if you recommend?

Thanks

 

[Tetras]

I'm not sure why I chose that particular PSU, I might have sorted by most sold. Can definitely swap it out if you recommend?

Yeah, I'd swap it out for something much more heavy duty, more like this one.

If you're happy to brand switch then (review of A750GF here and RMx here):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RM750x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020199-UK) (SKU: CA-266-CS) = £100.00
• 1 x MSI MPG A850GF UK PSU 850W, 80 Plus Gold certified, Fully Modular (SKU: CA-00J-MS) = £109.99

Total: £209.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[MoonBoots]

Yeah, I'd swap it out for something much more heavy duty, more like this one.

If you're happy to brand switch then (review of A750GF here and RMx here):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RM750x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020199-UK) (SKU: CA-266-CS) = £100.00
• 1 x MSI MPG A850GF UK PSU 850W, 80 Plus Gold certified, Fully Modular (SKU: CA-00J-MS) = £109.99

Total: £209.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

That Corsair looks lovely, well worth it by the sound of that review. Compared to the bronze rated Kolink I might get back some of the money in power savings over the years as well.

Not a bad build for a grand! I'll be very happy with it for quite a while anyway. Thanks for the help.

 

[BogEyes]

Curve ball, but I'd find it hard to go AM4 new considering it's a dead socket now.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £194.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 16GB (2X8GB) DDR5 PC5-41600C40 5200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD516G5200HC40CDC016) (SKU: MY-0BC-TG) = £59.99
• 1 x Asus Prime B650-Plus (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K4-AS) = £124.99
• 1 x Kolink Modular Power 700W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-04K-KK) = £54.95
• 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00764) = £474.99
• 1 x AMD - Avatar Radeon Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-01186) = £0.00
• 1 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C) (SKU: HD-589-WD) = £39.95
• 1 x Kolink Bastion RGB Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-03Q-KK) = £29.99

Total: £979.85 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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I feel this AM5 build would give some more scope for upgrading in the future.