Entry Level Gaming Rig

[Chrisc]

Good evening,

Im looking at getting a new rig for a family friend. They play world of tanks and things around that nature.

They have a budget of around 500-£650. I have put a rig together using a 12100F i3 and an RX6600. I am wondering what other specs anybody else can come up with.

I only need system only, no peripherals needed.

Cheers

 

[Chrisc]

Cheers for the replies guys, If it was for a direct family member I would have looked 2nd hand for sure. However as its a family member of a family member, I opted for all new. Ive gone with the below.


Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 D6 Rev2 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
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£248.99

Gigabyte B560M Aorus Elite (Socket LGA 1200) Micro ATX Motherboard
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£80.00

Intel Core i3-10105F 3.70GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail
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£80.00

Kolink Modular Power 500W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply
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£35.00

Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey
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£50.00

TeamGroup 512GB Vulcan G SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive
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£47.00

TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI-E Adapter
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£14.99

Kolink Inspire Series K11 ARGB Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Window
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£39.95
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[Chrisc]

Are there any other HDD's you will be adding to the machine that you already have? Even if its rotating ferrous.

You can't inflict a 500mb size sole hard drive onto someone. You just can't do that.

But I can't see anywhere you can squeeze to fit in the extra £33 and stay under £600.

There is a b grade 1tb m.2 @ £70 :

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And a B grade LGA1200 mobo including wifi @£70 which would save £25. [you would need to have a spare sata cable in case the mobo comes with nothing. The potential lack of io back plate is the usual biggest risk on these b grades]

Yes this was one issue, i do have a Samsung 860 SSD which ill pop in as well, its only 256gb. Ill explain it may need more storage sooner rather than later.

 

[Chrisc]

If it were a pre-built machine, i'd agree with you, but its not.

Which to be honest, the OP may as well do if warranty is a concern, 11400f/3060 builds for £650 all the time etc, leaving them with a better cpu and gpu too. That entire build posted above is below average for the money paid.

10100F with a b560 board for £160 is absolutely terrible value for money, its 2 years old. Same as £250 for a 2060, old hat tech.

To be honest after I posted the original question, they told me they wanted it below £600 and had to include a WiFi option. I could have saved some money getting parts from different places but I plan to build it, hand over the invoices and hope to never see it again. As far as I'm concerned, I couldnt get a pre-built similar spec PC for anywhere near the price.

 

[Chrisc]

But you can, easily. Deals come up all the time, could have even gone to the local second hand store if you don't want the latest tech where you get 2 year warranty - Custom i7-10700/16GB DDR4/1TB HDD+256GB SSD/2070 Super - £550, minus 15% if you buy the vouchers off forums, that's £470, for a pc which has a miles better processor, gpu, with more storage..

Again, I want to avoid anything 2nd hand.

For my direct family member sure id take the risk. But for somebody I have met twice, ill hand it over and hope to never see it again in my life.

 

[Chrisc]

5600G pre builds are everywhere for circa £230, add a 6600 for £300..

I couldnt find anything close to be honest. So id be intrigued to know where you're seeing these.

 

[Chrisc]

IMO, if that's the case (lol pun)...i'd probably say that not getting involved in the first place is the best option.
just point them in the direction of a decent pre-built and be done with it.

To be honest, I ignored the request twice. So I eventually reluctantly accepted. Its a decent rig either way so im happy with it for the cost.