Gaming PC £700-800

[Rowan88]

Was looking at building a decent gaming PC for 1080p gaming. Mainly fortnite, csgo, rust, rainbow six seige.. but I dont want to be limited to only eSport games.

Is this the best I can get for the money or should I go for a 1660?

Any changes welcome..

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £175.00
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £89.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £68.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card *BLACK FRIDAY DEAL*= £149.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £41.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB BarraCuda 7200rpm 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST1000DM010)= £34.99
• 1 x MSI MAG Vampric 010 Midi Tower ARGB Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass= £49.99

Total: £699.13 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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[Rowan88]

Sounds like a plan..

So the RX590 will be able to play Cyberpunk and other newer AAA titles comfortably?

If thats the case then it seems the remaining budget can be used for SSD or case etc.

Is there any difference in the SSD or M.2 drive?

 

[Rowan88]

Cheers.. if he was go from RX590 to 5700XT/2060.. what would he gain from the extra £150-200.. is it worth or should he just be using the RX590 and upgrading a few years down the line?

 

[Rowan88]

Cheers,

Since I have a rough idea of the parts based on price also, would the RX590 or 1660 SUPER be better to get? Noticed in some benchmarks the 1660 has higher frames and only seems around £50-70 more.

 

[Rowan88]

Yeah large ssd seems to be best decison will choose that.

I think the RX590 is the best option for him. I noticed the 5500XT are around the same price and similar performance but not releases yet.

Is it worth waiting for these or just get 590. Also when are the 5500XT released?

 

[Rowan88]

Cool.. so..

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G320C6K)= £58.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £89.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £175.00
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card *BLACK FRIDAY DEAL*= £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte 1TB M.2 PCIe x4 NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive= £99.95
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £74.99
• 2 x MSI MAG Vampric 010 Midi Tower ARGB Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass= £49.99

Total: £768.51 (includes shipping: £19.62)​

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Only thing not 100% on is the case... so he can choose whatever he prefers but I said £50-70 is a good point.

So being £50 under budget is there anything that should get added to this build?

 

[Rowan88]

Lol..

Well incase he needs more space ill prob either add in the 480gb ssd or 1tb hdd for £35-45.

Also he was looking at a 144hz montor.. any recommendation on here for 1080p 144hz freesync??

Or should he just stick with 75hz?

 

[Rowan88]

Cheers just finalising the build now.

What is better:

Gigabyte M.2 NVME 1TB £99.95
or
Kingston 960GB SSD £79.99

Is it worth saving £20?


Im going to also add either a 1TB HDD or 480GB SSD.

 

[Rowan88]

Right... after speaking with them they said they might jump up from the RX590 to the 5700/2060 (preferably the 5700 for freesync). Mainly cause the prebuilt system they seen before for £950 had a 2060, but the other parts were no were near what I have here.

So I put this together for £900... is this worth the money? 1080p gaming, high FPS, future proof for a good while.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £175.00
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £89.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G320C6K)= £58.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x MSI MAG Vampric 010 Midi Tower ARGB Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass= £49.99
• 1 x Cryorig H7 Single Tower Heatsink with 120mm Fan= £34.99
• 1 x Kingston A400 960GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/960G)= £79.99
• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 5700 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card *ASUS £65 CASHBACK*= £314.99
• 1 x Phanteks Extension Cable Combo Kit - Black/Grey= £22.99

Total: £915.12 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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[Rowan88]

Cheers... right final lap. This is the build for him?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £175.00
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £89.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G320C6K)= £58.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £299.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x Kingston A400 960GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/960G)= £79.99
• 1 x MSI MAG Vampric 010 Midi Tower ARGB Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass= £49.99
• 1 x Phanteks Extension Cable Combo Kit - Black/Grey= £22.99
• 1 x Cryorig H7 Single Tower Heatsink with 120mm Fan= £34.99

Total: £900.12 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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Is the Cryorig required?

 

[Rowan88]

Says the GPU is 20th Dec.

I will remove the cooler then he wont be overclocking anytime soon.

Will either put the £35 saved towards a dearer case or extra 1tb hdd/480gb ssd.

 

[Rowan88]

Lol nope still not decided on case, right to keep within the £900 budget this is the spec I have sent him to order:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £175.00
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £89.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G320C6K)= £58.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £299.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x Gigabyte 1TB M.2 PCIe x4 NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive= £99.95
• 1 x Phanteks Extension Cable Combo Kit - Black/Grey= £22.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P350X Glass Digital RGB Midi Tower Case - Black= £64.99

Total: £901.59 (includes shipping: £14.70)​

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[Rowan88]

Cheers.

He is ordering those parts now.

Will all the parts come without GPU first or wait till all at once? Means I can build most of it and stick GPU in when it arrives.
Or.. does Ryzen 5 3600 not have onboard graphics?

 

[Rowan88]

No problem I could always use my RX580 to test it all first.

Will post a complete pic. The black/grey should look clean.

I know ur not allowed to post other websites etc... but when u were all saying windows keys cheaper where is the best site to get them from... PM me.

 

[Rowan88]

You'll need to call them to ask to ship the other parts first, otherwise they won't bother, and they don't allocate stock so other parts might go out of stock before the GPU comes in!

I'll pass the message on for him to do, we thought they automatically would as he paid for Sunday delivery so they would come tomorrow (except the GPU till 20th).

 

[Rowan88]

Contacted them and guy has split order so that all parts come tomorrow except GPU.

Says hopefully it will come by 20th but can't guarentee. Says contact them on the 20th if its in stock and they will update to Sat or Sun delivery to get it faster..

Cross fingers time

If this Gigabyte GPU doesn't come in on time what are the next alternatives to go for? The 5700 for £315?