New build advice for 720p/1080p gaming, budget £500

[lenzz90]

I build my son gaming pc a few months ago with advice from people on the forum, and I am now going to put one together for myself. I have budget of £500 I do not need a case or power supply.

I was just going to put together the same system as my son's, but it was over 6 months ago and wanted to check if i can get better for my money. the specs of the pc i built my son are below, any advice would be appreciated .

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz 6-Core/12-thread Processor
Motherboard: MSI A520M-A PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
Lexar Hades 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit
Storage: Patriot P310 480 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
second hand RX 6600 8GB

 

[Tetras]

You can upgrade the CPU and get a new card instead of used.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B550M DS3H (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BR-GI) = £89.99
• 1 x Lexar Hades 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (SKU: MY-019-LE) = £37.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C) (SKU: HD-589-WD) = £43.99
• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 6600 Dual 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-00T-AK) = £179.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00

Total: £509.94 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

 

[gjbf1]

You can upgrade the CPU and get a new card instead of used.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B550M DS3H (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BR-GI) = £89.99
• 1 x Lexar Hades 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (SKU: MY-019-LE) = £37.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C) (SKU: HD-589-WD) = £43.99
• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 6600 Dual 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-00T-AK) = £179.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00

Total: £509.94 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

This.

@Tetras - great job, tough budget!

 

[Quartz]

Prices have come down on RAM, storage, and the RX 6600 so you should be able to get 32 GB RAM and a 1 TB NVME, or upgrade to a B550 motherboard - OCUK don't sell A520 motherboards.

1 x Gigabyte B550M DS3H (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BR-GI) = £89.99

This board did not perform well in Hardware Unbox's tests.

The MSI B550M Pro-VDH is an extra £30

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[Tetras]

This board did not perform well in Hardware Unbox's tests.

Still beat the prime

 

[Noughtboy]

I would be more inclined to add extra storage before upgrading the MB. If the OP wanted to add the extra £40. get the 2TB Kingston M2 drive. In fact, if the budget is fixed, sell the Starfield key for £30-£40 and get it anyway.

1 TB does not go as far as it used to. Less 25GB to start off with. Less 100GB for W10. Leaves about 875GB for everything. Photos. Videos. Music. Games. With many games running between 25GB-50GB, it runs out quickly.

I know the OP said gaming pc but we all have a habit if using it for other things