Budget Gaming Build Recommendations

[dante671]

Hi,

Got a friend looking to buy a budget gaming PC, he's currently been looking at a pre-built PC which would have the following specs:
Mobo: ASUS B450-F Strix
CPU: AMD Ryzen 2600X 4.25 GHz
GPU: ASUS Strix RX 580 OC 8GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB 2000MHz
Storage 240GB

The above would come with a case, stock coolers etc (doesn't include Windows) at a cost of £840 ish. There's also a variation with 480GB SSD for around £30 extra.

He's not too sure on the specific games he wants to play, but as a rough idea I'd assume the likes of PUBG, Overwatch, Battlefield as well as the likes of the Batman Arkham games as he previously played those on console.

So I'm looking for some recommendations on a build to show him that either match or beat the above, around the £840-870 price mark please?

Any advice is much appreciated, thanks.

 

[dante671]

Thanks for the recommendations, looks like a couple of good builds there.

For the DIY build since that includes Windows, and his original build didn't, that either saves him some money or leaves him £115 to play around with potential upgrades to components.

 

[dante671]

Nice, I definitely prefer DIY builds myself for similar reasons to you in that you have more options and generally get more for your money. I always go for the DIY choice for my own builds, but having an option of both DIY and pre-built is great since its for someone else.