Gaming £500 Budget

[snappyfish]

So my Nephew wants a PC, currently he has a basic laptop. Wants to game on it. Budget is around £500 Has a monitor, keyboard etc already.

I've not build a PC since my one in spec so not sure whats what these days for the money. Advice is welcome! Thanks

 

[snappyfish]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £119.99
• 1 x Asrock B450M Pro4 (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £70.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD4= £44.99
• 1 x Kolink Modular Power 600W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply= £49.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0A)= £59.99
• 1 x Kolink Aviator M Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £34.99

Total: £543.23 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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few alterations:
instead of the 2600 - get the 1600AF (product code YD1600BBAFBOX) - £95
and you get free shipping
= £506 total build cost

now i've opted for a 8gb ram build + rx590, this would give better performance than 16gb + rx570 build
and adding ram is cheaper/simpler than needing to buy a new gpu and swapping then selling the gpu


that being said, for a budget of £536, can get 16gb ram and rx590 - this would be probably what i can recommend, if the budget is flexible enough

Spoiler: £536 build

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £119.99
• 1 x Asrock B450M Pro4 (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £70.99
• 1 x Kolink Modular Power 600W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply= £49.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0A)= £59.99
• 1 x Kolink Aviator M Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £34.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £74.99

Total: £573.23 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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Thanks, It's funny hearing talk of Ryzen as when I built my system it was all about Intel.

 

[snappyfish]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £119.99
• 1 x Asrock B450M Pro4 (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £70.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD4= £44.99
• 1 x Kolink Modular Power 600W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply= £49.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0A)= £59.99
• 1 x Kolink Aviator M Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £34.99

Total: £543.23 (includes shipping: £12.30)
​

few alterations:
instead of the 2600 - get the 1600AF (product code YD1600BBAFBOX) - £95
and you get free shipping
= £506 total build cost

now i've opted for a 8gb ram build + rx590, this would give better performance than 16gb + rx570 build
and adding ram is cheaper/simpler than needing to buy a new gpu and swapping then selling the gpu


that being said, for a budget of £536, can get 16gb ram and rx590 - this would be probably what i can recommend, if the budget is flexible enough

Spoiler: £536 build

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £119.99
• 1 x Asrock B450M Pro4 (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £70.99
• 1 x Kolink Modular Power 600W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply= £49.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £149.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0A)= £59.99
• 1 x Kolink Aviator M Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £34.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £74.99

Total: £573.23 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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Found this pre-built for £483.99 3 years warranty. NEW how does it compare.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6 Core
Gigabyte B450M DS3H AMD Socket AM4 Motherboard
HyperX FURY 16GB (2x 8GB) 3200MHz DDR4 RAM
Adata Ultimate SU630 240GB 2.5" SATA SSD
XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX 8GB GPU Graphics Card
Be Quiet! System Power 9 600W 80+ Bronze PSU
Aero Cool Bolt Mini Case - Black

Thanks