Gaming Build £700-£800

Swifty55 · 14 Jun 2020 at 12:09

Hey guys. My friend is looking to get back into some PC gaming and needs a complete base unit build.

I’m assuming Ryzen is the way to go, but I’m not up to par with the knowledge.

Needed;

CPU/Cooler
Mobo
Ram
Gfx
PSU
SSD
Case

He will be gaming at 1080p/144hz.

Many thanks.

orbitalwalsh · 16 Jun 2020 at 07:06

Swifty55 said:
Hey guys. My friend is looking to get back into some PC gaming and needs a complete base unit build.

I’m assuming Ryzen is the way to go, but I’m not up to par with the knowledge.

Needed;

CPU/Cooler
Mobo
Ram
Gfx
PSU
SSD
Case

He will be gaming at 1080p/144hz.

Many thanks.

Intel has edge at 1080p gaming. But normally that's with expensive high end GPUs which the budget wouldn't cover so AMD would be best train of thought .
Wait till b550 is released for pricing

Joxeon · 16 Jun 2020 at 07:56

Should do very nicely for 1080p gaming.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £99.95
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £179.99
1 x Zalman T7 Mid-Tower ATX Case - Black Window= £29.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3333MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX433C16PB3K2/16)= £82.99
1 x Seasonic Core Gold GC-650 650W 80+ Gold Power Supply= £79.99
1 x WD Green 3D NAND 480GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS480G2G0A)= £49.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £239.99

Total: £775.19 (includes shipping: £12.30)

orbitalwalsh · 16 Jun 2020 at 10:16

2pm today b550 release.
£100 for b550 matx

Joxeon · 16 Jun 2020 at 11:31

orbitalwalsh said:
2pm today b550 release.
£100 for b550 matx

I doubt any will be that cheap unless they are completely stripped of features besides what use is pcie gen 4 for a budget gaming PC?.

orbitalwalsh · 16 Jun 2020 at 12:50

Joxeon said:
I doubt any will be that cheap unless they are completely stripped of features besides what use is pcie gen 4 for a budget gaming PC?.

Should be a few from Gigabyte , MSI and ASRock that are under $90 at least stateside . Again that matx Toma shouldn't be anywhere near £100 mark , even if sterling increased. Actually dropped a little from £80 odd when AMD said only x570/B550 were only ones to run Zen3 .

And you say budget PC £700... PCIe 4.0... what is Xbox and PS5.. actually running m.2 PCIe 4.0 at speeds they should be . Development from Xbox already finding was into DX12 which should help least PCIe 3.0 get a boost over sata 3 SSDs (fingers crossed )

orbitalwalsh · 16 Jun 2020 at 15:59

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £109.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C19 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £89.99

Total: £210.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)

Though I'm guessing monitor will most likely be 1080p 144hx Freesync or no sync at all ? G-sync monitors quite expensive

Swifty55 · 16 Jun 2020 at 18:50

Hi, thanks for the suggestions. Why mATX builds?

Will that not prevenbt future upgrades etc?

Joxeon · 16 Jun 2020 at 19:38

Depends what future upgrades your after? but I would wait for B550 reviews before jumping in.

Curlyriff · 25 Jun 2020 at 00:08

Swifty55 said:
Hi, thanks for the suggestions. Why mATX builds?

Will that not prevenbt future upgrades etc?

Tbh MATX has most people covered these days. Not worth cost or performance to xfire/sli. Have 4 dimm slots, min 2 x M.2 slots. Plenty of USB and SATA ports. Second PCIE slot for sound card or similar if wish, decent VRMs etc.

With that the boards are cheaper than ATX and allow more room in larger case for water-cooling setup or smaller overall build depending on preference.