Budget £500 Used Parts mATX gaming rig build advice please?

[G4Gaming]

Hi Guys

I wanted some advice on building a budget gaming rig for around £500 (can probably stretch to £600)

I have a converted Apple PowerMac G4 case that I modified to take an mATX build a few years back, and I always planned on building a Hackintosh to go inside, but ended up just buying an actual Mac instead. I wanted to use the chassis for a casual gaming rig, as I put a lot of time and effort into the case, and I think it would make an awesome little rig!

Here's a picture of it for those interested:

So here are my requirements:
£500-600 max budget
Motherboard has to be mATX to fit in the case.
16GB of RAM
Would like an M.2 SSD (1TB preferably)
I'm running an ultra wide monitor, so will have to be able to comfortably game at 3840 x 1600 60fps
I would like a semi modular or fully modular power supply, just because I might need to get longer cables for certain things depending on where I choose to mount the PSU.


I was thinking about a GTX 1070 or 1070ti for graphics, as they are a decent price on the second hand market, but if there's something that would better bang for the buck, please say
I was probably going to go for a Noctua air cooler rather than water-cooled, something like a NH-U9S or NH-C14S due to case height restrictions.

I'm not going to be a hard core gamer with it, mostly a casual gamer. Probably playing things like GTA5, Forza Horizon 4 and any future releases that take my fancy. Also enjoy playing higher demanding emulators like Dolphin and PCSX2, and some not so taxing games like Parkitect and Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty.

It's been a while since I last built a PC, and my last one was a higher budget i7 4930k build, so I'm a bit out of touch with the latest PC parts.

Please tell me if my budget is unrealistic what what I'm after!

Thank you in advance!

Have a great day everyone, and stay safe

 

[G4Gaming]

Thank you for everyones suggestions, I've gone for most of what dfour suggested.

I've ordered:
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processor (£180)
Be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W CM PSU (£79.99)
MSI MAG B550M MORTAR WIFI Motherboard mATX (£129.98)
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200 MHz RAM (£57.98)
WD Blue SN550 1TB High-Performance M.2 Pcie NVMe SSD (£83.29)

Came to £531.24

I also ordered a pair of Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM 120mm case fans.

I'm going to try the stock Ryzen CPU cooler for now and see how I get on, I'm just worried about temps, as the case isn't the best for ventilation!

As for the GPU, I might wait til next month when there is a steady supply of RTX 3070 and 3080s, and hopefully the older cards will come down in price.
I was hoping to snag a good GTX 1080ti, but they are still selling for around £400, and I didn't really want to spend more than £250 on the GPU.

Thanks

 

[G4Gaming]

I would remove the name where you purchased your parts as it's against the forum rules , tx.

Thanks, I've removed them, I didn't know that was against the rules!

 

[G4Gaming]

You can pick up 2080TI for around £450 it seems so that 1080ti is bad value. Also bare in mind how long the graphics cards are bcause that case doesnt look that long to take a 300mm+ card.

Where are you seeing these £450 2080ti's? They're still selling for over £1000 brand new, and second hand ones on eBay are selling for at least £600!
That's a good point about the length of the GPU! Space is a little tight in the case so I will have to measure before hand!

 

[G4Gaming]

Thought I would update this with the final specs and pictures of the finished build.

Had to increase the budget a bit, and couldn't really wait for GPU prices to come down any longer and just went for a 2070 super, which I paid £400 for.

Final Specs:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processor
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER EVO OC Edition
MSI MAG B550M MORTAR WIFI Motherboard mATX
Crucial Ballistix 16GB 3600MHz CL16 DDR4 RAM
Be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W CM PSU
WD Blue SN550 1TB High-Performance M.2 Pcie NVMe SSD
Noctua NF-F12 PWM chromax black Fans x2
EZDIY-FAB Sleeved Cable extension kit



Pictures:

 

[G4Gaming]

Thanks for the pics, looks good.
What are the temps like?

Thanks, they are pretty good actually considering. Max temperature under synthetic load was 69'C, and under real world load was 62'C, and the build is whisper quiet with the Noctua fans, So I'm really happy about that as well!