Budget PC for mild gaming, content creation and general office

[dx4100]

Hey All

What would you recommend I buy / build to satisfy the following for my teen daughter...

Gaming : nothing more complex than roblox
Office / Home work : usual stuff a kids going to do for GCSE / College home work
Content creation : she likes to play around with youtube content creation. Nothing to fancy.

Personally prefer an intel chip. Ideally around £500.

Its a stop gap really until I get her a decent laptop in a couple of years time.

Cheers

 

[Threepwood]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x OcUK Gaming Kinetic H6M - Micro ATX AMD A520 Home + Office PC (SKU: FS-1F7-OG) = £499.99
  • Case: 1 x Kolink KLM-003 Micro-ATX Case - Black
    
  • Memory: 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey
    
  • M.2 Solid State Drive: 1 x WD Blue SN580 500GB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive
    
  • Operating System: 1 x Build Stock Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced - Systems

Total: £499.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)
you can add an optional gpu there too, if it will be used a little more graphics wise​

 

[Tetras]

For a DIY build, maybe something like this:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £98.99
• 1 x MSI PRO H610M-E DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03383) = £59.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-295-KS) = £52.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 3050 Dual OC 6GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-03832) = £154.99
• 1 x Team Group MP33 PRO 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02681) = £43.99
• 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K2 ARGB Micro-ATX Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-046-KK) = £38.00
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-061-AS) = £79.99

Total: £528.94 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Not normally a fan of the 3050 6GB, but should be fine for light gaming. RX 6600 is much more powerful.

There's a b-grade 1650 for £100, which is worth considering to push you under budget. I don't recommend dropping the memory or SSD capacity from 32GB/1TB for quality of life reasons.

'Budget' PSU stock is very light at OCUK.

There's a CPU cooler in the CPU box, it'll do.

 

[dx4100]

For a DIY build, maybe something like this:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £98.99
• 1 x MSI PRO H610M-E DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03383) = £59.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-295-KS) = £52.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 3050 Dual OC 6GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-03832) = £154.99
• 1 x Team Group MP33 PRO 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02681) = £43.99
• 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K2 ARGB Micro-ATX Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-046-KK) = £38.00
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-061-AS) = £79.99

Total: £528.94 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Not normally a fan of the 3050 6GB, but should be fine for light gaming. RX 6600 is much more powerful.

There's a b-grade 1650 for £100, which is worth considering to push you under budget. I don't recommend dropping the memory or SSD capacity from 32GB/1TB for quality of life reasons.

'Budget' PSU stock is very light at OCUK.

There's a CPU cooler in the CPU box, it'll do.

Just wanted to say thanks for this. Sorry for the late reply but I went away for New Year so this went on to the back burner. This looks like a great build for the money. I think I want to swap out the graphics card for something a bit better so I can do some reasonable gaming on it. This look good ? Our monitors only do 1080p so thinking this will be a good setup.

The PSU seems to have jumped in price. Any cheaper alternatives worth considering ?

I have chosen the right RX 6600 card ?

Thanks

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £98.99
• 1 x MSI PRO H610M-E DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03383) = £59.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-295-KS) = £52.99
• 1 x Team Group MP33 PRO 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02681) = £43.99
• 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K2 ARGB Micro-ATX Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-046-KK) = £37.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-061-AS) = £119.99
• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 6600 Dual 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-47K-AS) = £199.99

Total: £613.93 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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[dx4100]

The girls have Acer Predator XB241H monitors that support G-Sync so thinking this graphics card might be a better choice.

Any thoughts?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £98.99
• 1 x MSI PRO H610M-E DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03383) = £59.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-295-KS) = £52.99
• 1 x Team Group MP33 PRO 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02681) = £43.99
• 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K2 ARGB Micro-ATX Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-046-KK) = £37.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-061-AS) = £119.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X XS OC 8GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-MSI-03207) = £199.99

Total: £613.93 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[dx4100]

Is it worth upgrading the case to something with better airflow ?

 

[Rob_B]

The 6600 is 20-30% faster than the 3050, do not buy a 3050.

Airflow - you haven't exactly got mega hot components so whilst those cheap cases aren't 'great' for airflow it'd be ok. I'd suggest a different case but it depends what you need from it.

A £120 PSU is nice but overkill for that build, lots are out of stock on OCUK but you can get something decent for £80ish. For the specs and the fact you said you'll be going with a laptop eventually you might want to pick up a 600W/650W be quiet! or something to tide you over

 

[dx4100]

Thanks for the feedback...

Swapped back to the 6600...

What sort of PSU would you recommend ?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £98.99
• 1 x MSI PRO H610M-E DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03383) = £59.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-295-KS) = £52.99
• 1 x Team Group MP33 PRO 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02681) = £43.99
• 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K2 ARGB Micro-ATX Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-046-KK) = £37.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-061-AS) = £119.99
• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 6600 Dual 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-47K-AS) = £199.99

Total: £613.93 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[GeorgeStorm]

Even a 550/650W would be more than enough for a build like this. Sticking to one of the bigger/more well known brands such as be quiet, cooler master, seasonic, corsair should be a safe bet just depends what is available and in stock.

 

[dx4100]

How about ?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £98.99
• 1 x MSI PRO H610M-E DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03383) = £59.99
• 1 x Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-295-KS) = £52.99
• 1 x Team Group MP33 PRO 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02681) = £43.99
• 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K2 ARGB Micro-ATX Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-046-KK) = £37.99
• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 6600 Dual 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-47K-AS) = £199.99
• 1 x Corsair CV Series CV550 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020210-UK) (SKU: CA-25C-CS) = £53.99

Total: £547.93 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[mickyflinn]

As a budget build it's fine but at least 3 of the parts are pre order .

 

[dx4100]

Yeah was going to ask about pre-order. Doesn't seem to say when the parts are due.

 

[dx4100]

Any suggestions on parts to swap them out for at Overclockers ? Or should I just source those bit from other providers.

 

[Craig_d1]

went a bit crazy having a look what a am4 build would cost now, and of course went rgb as kids involved

From above, if you don't want to wait for the 6600 gpu, get the 7600 gpu below
it's the new card of the6600 and 26% faster...seeing a the new gen is coming out end of this month the 6600 will be 2 generations old, so getting on a bit

AMD Radeon RX 6600 Specs

AMD Navi 23, 2491 MHz, 1792 Cores, 112 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 8192 MB GDDR6, 1750 MHz, 128 bit

www.techpowerup.com

also, just for midground, put the phanteks 750W psu in for £85. it's gold rated, 750w so will power something a bit better if you upgrade, and fully modular, compared to the semi modular 550w bronze rated corsair psu you picked..shame the tuf psu you originally picked was £79 for the whole of dec on offer

case comes with 7 rgb fans also. bit more than the kolink but front mesh also so s/b ok cooling
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Gigabyte B450M DS3H WIFI AM4 Socket Micro-ATXMotherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-02687) = £72.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3CC-AM) = £99.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit (CMW32GX4M2Z3600C18) (SKU: MY-4CK-CS) = £64.99
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03128) = £49.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x MSI MAG FORGE 120A Airflow ATX Mid-Tower Case - Black (SKU: CAS-MSI-01946) = £59.99
• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 7600 Dual V2 OC Gaming 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-00998) = £248.98

Total: £681.80 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Craig_d1]

not sure if 5600x comes with steaslth cooler or not..there's the 5600 cpu also but only £1 in it, so 5600x is faster..thermalright assassin king se is £20 otherwise