IF you had £500 to spend on a gaming computer....

[Petrolhead]

....what spec would you go for if you wanted a gaming pc, £500 max not including shipping, keyboard, mouse or monitor.

so what would you specify?

edit: items must be in stock at OC

 

[Petrolhead]

Ive had a look and struggling

 

[Holst1981]

Ive had a look and struggling

Same here.

I tried picking the cheapest parts in stock and went well over £500.

Best off with second hand at this budget.

 

[Petrolhead]

Same here.

I tried picking the cheapest parts in stock and went well over £500.

Best off with second hand at this budget.

Yep, i agree. Either a full system or parts from eskip

 

[MissChief]

It’s not great but is doable. Just.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x **B Grade** BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red= £18.95
• 1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherbaord= £70.00
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Quad Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) APU with RX Vega 11 Graphics - Retail= £169.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX432C16FB3K2/8)= £44.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 512GB Vulcan G SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £46.99
• 1 x be quiet! System Power 9 500W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £54.95

Total: £417.57 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[Petrolhead]

Well done for getting well under £500 however you seem to have no gpu?

 

[mickyflinn]

Shop wisely should bring it nearer £500.


DE My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Quad Core 3.9GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER StormX OC 4096MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £158.99
• 1 x Corsair CV Series CV550 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020210-UK)= £44.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B450M-DS3H AMD B450 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £68.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 512GB Vulcan G SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £46.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £62.99
• 1 x Aerocool CS-105 Cosmo Mini Tower - Black= £22.99

Total: £527.63 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[Kreeeee]

I know this in uncouth but I’d get an Xbox series X and a year of game pass. For £500 you’re outside of gaming PC territory really.

 

[Petrolhead]

Maybe i should have said items need to be in stock

 

[Petrolhead]

I know this in uncouth but I’d get an Xbox series X and a year of game pass. For £500 you’re outside of gaming PC territory really.

 

[mickyflinn]

Maybe i should have said items need to be in stock

You could easily pick up a 3100 the rest of my build is in stock.

 

[Petrolhead]

You could easily pick up a 3100 the rest of my build is in stock.

True but then you could probably get all the parts cheaper else where however for this i would rather keep it to OC. I have edited my first post to reflect this

 

[4K8KW10]

This and a graphics card from the other markets - used:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kolink KL-500 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply= £26.99
• 1 x **B Grade** BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red= £18.95
• 1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherbaord= £70.00
• 1 x TeamGroup 512GB Vulcan G SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £46.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £62.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £218.99

Total: £456.61 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[mickyflinn]

True but then you could probably get all the parts cheaper else where however for this i would rather keep it to OC. I have edited my first post to reflect this

Your gonna compromise your build performance if you do that, getting one part from Elsewhere for a much better build makes sense.

Good luck

 

[Petrolhead]

This is just somit to do for fun

 

[MissChief]

Well done, you seem to have no gpu

3400G has integrated GFX until he can afford a discrete one. It's perfectly capable of 1080p gameplay.

 

[Petrolhead]

3400G has integrated GFX until he can afford a discrete one. It's perfectly capable of 1080p gameplay.

Ah right

 

[pc-guy]

Well done, you seem to have no gpu

Christ, seriously with that kind of attitude who s gonna help you out?

Plus your own ignorance is staggering. The man specced you a CPU with integrated graphics that’s why he s able to spec within a £500 budget.

 

[MissChief]

Christ, seriously with that kind of attitude who s gonna help you out?

Plus your own ignorance is staggering. The man specced you a CPU with integrated graphics that’s why he s able to spec within a £500 budget.

No harm done mate, thicker skin than that and he didn't know.

 

[Petrolhead]

No harm done mate, thicker skin than that and he didn't know.

To be honest my reply was interrupted by a phone call and i simply pressed post reply, so appologies

it was meant to say, well done for getting a system together for that price and then, should there not be a gpu