Budget Gaming PC build for son advice

andy91

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My son is wanting to build a budget gaming PC for xmas. He already have a graphics card, ssd and case.

He has picked out the following parts:

Asus ROG Strix B550-F Gaming (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard £160
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail £149.99
Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey £44.99
Aerocool Integrator 850W 80 Plus Bronze Semi-Modular Power Supply £74.99
Aerocool Cylon 4F ARGB LED CPU Cooler - 120mm £29.99

total £459.95

It seem decent to me but is he getting the best bang for buck here?

Any advice of tweaks that could be made that would get him a better deal for roughly the same money?

How overclockable is this setup?

I am probably going to wait for the black Friday deals to appear before ordering so obviously subject to change on prices on that day.
 
There are cheaper boards like Gigabyte's B550 Gaming X (£116 @ OCUK) and you could check the price of the 5600 non-X.
 
You could save a few pounds by using a non-RGB CPU cooler.

Do you know what games he wants to play (that would help with spec-ing the PC)?
 
 
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Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard
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andy91 said:
Will this psu be ok?
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I can't find any professional reviews for this model, but for the price, I doubt it is very good. If it was me, I'd buy a lower wattage PSU from a known quantity, e.g. Seasonic GX-750, but hard to recommend anything without knowing what the graphics card is.
 
I would dump that psu and buy a better quality one like the bitfenix formula series 80+ gold for about a tenner more for the 750 watt.
 
Tetras said:
I can't find any professional reviews for this model, but for the price, I doubt it is very good. If it was me, I'd buy a lower wattage PSU from a known quantity, e.g. Seasonic GX-750, but hard to recommend anything without knowing what the graphics card is.
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GTX 1650 at the moment but probably upgrade in future.
 
andy91 said:
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail £149.99
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Take a look at the Ryzen 5500 to save £50. But I agree with you that the Ryzen 7000 series might be a better long term bet.

I've not found any serious reviews of that CPU cooler, which is not a good sign.
 
Quartz said:
Take a look at the Ryzen 5500 to save £50. But I agree with you that the Ryzen 7000 series might be a better long term bet.

I've not found any serious reviews of that CPU cooler, which is not a good sign.
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But he'd be getting a much worse rig and obsolete platform for almost the same money. It makes no sense.

Oops, misquote. I meant to quote @andy91
 
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