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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[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

 

[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.