Building a new pc for gaming any advice

[Luke1572]

Hi,
My dad has set me a budget of £500 to build a new pc. I will be using it mainly for gaming I can't afford the latest tech so what could anybody sugest me to buy.
Thanks.

 

[StarShock]

do you just need the tower for that budget? or do you need a monitor, mouse keyboard etc.?

 

[kurosagi01]

Do you have any used parts from any previous computers you can salvage from? Do you need Windows? do you need peripherals aswell?
What sort of games you looking at playing?

 

[Luke1572]

I'm starting from scratch but I have a monitor and Windows. I'm wanting to play games like ark survival and high graphic games on steam

 

[kurosagi01]

I'm starting from scratch but I have a monitor and Windows. I'm wanting to play games like ark survival and high graphic games on steam

So you just need the tower itself? No peripheral required?

 

[StarShock]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDPGD48G300= £89.99
• 1 x Aerocool Qs-180 Micro-ATX Chassis - Black= £26.99
• 1 x Cougar VTX 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - Black= £41.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H AMD A320 (Socket AMD4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £49.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £79.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1050Ti StormX 4096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 120GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £28.99
• 1 x WD 1TB Blue 7200rpm 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (WD10EZEX)= £35.99

Total: £515.62 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[Luke1572]

So you just need the tower itself? No peripheral required?

Yes, just the tower

 

[Luke1572]

Thanks for your input starshock I will look into what you have listed. does that and setup have any room for overclocking or would an Intel setup be better suited?

 

[StarShock]

unfortunately no overclocking with that motherboard would need to move up to a B350 or B450 motherboard for that. something like this >

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte B450M-DS3H AMD B450 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £69.95

Total: £79.85 (includes shipping: £9.90)​

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In this price range there's definitely no Intel overclocking as their cheapest unlocked processor is the 8350K at £155 and ~£100 for the motherboard

 

[orbitalwalsh]

as above or Dell Optiplex refurb with i5 or i7 and slap in gtx 1050ti is its a standard desktop size , units are like £200