New build for my Wife

[Dizzy]

Ok so its been 16 years since I built my wife's current PC and as it will either allow her to play a game on it OR allow her to talk to the people she is gaming with on discord but not both at the same time the time has come to stop upgrading my machine and get her a new rig.
This list is just thrown together late last night after an evening of headaches for her. Did I miss anything?
Her budget is around £1000 but a couple of hundred here or there is fine as I think I owe her that much. She would be using it for WoW or LoL mostly so it doesn't need to set the world on fire, and currently has a 19 inch monitor that I think we should upgrade so I added one on at the end.
Thanks in advance for the advice and suggestions!

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £119.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2 (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-594-GI) = £94.99
• 1 x Aerocool Integrator Gold 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-23T-AE) = £89.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Chann (SKU: MY-4BH-CS) = £44.99
• 1 x Crucial P3 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-077-CR) = £71.98
• 1 x APNX Creator C1 Black Mid Tower Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00624) = £89.99
• 1 x MSI 27" PRO MP275 1920x1080 IPS 100Hz 1ms Business Productivity Monitor (SKU: MON-MSI-01781) = £88.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 WindForce 2X OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1G8-GI) = £278.99

Total: £879.91 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Bounce]

Ok so its been 16 years since I built my wife's current PC and as it will either allow her to play a game on it OR allow her to talk to the people she is gaming with on discord but not both at the same time the time has come to stop upgrading my machine and get her a new rig.
This list is just thrown together late last night after an evening of headaches for her. Did I miss anything?
Her budget is around £1000 but a couple of hundred here or there is fine as I think I owe her that much. She would be using it for WoW or LoL mostly so it doesn't need to set the world on fire, and currently has a 19 inch monitor that I think we should upgrade so I added one on at the end.
Thanks in advance for the advice and suggestions!

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £119.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2 (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-594-GI) = £94.99
• 1 x Aerocool Integrator Gold 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-23T-AE) = £89.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Chann (SKU: MY-4BH-CS) = £44.99
• 1 x Crucial P3 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-077-CR) = £71.98
• 1 x APNX Creator C1 Black Mid Tower Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00624) = £89.99
• 1 x MSI 27" PRO MP275 1920x1080 IPS 100Hz 1ms Business Productivity Monitor (SKU: MON-MSI-01781) = £88.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 WindForce 2X OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1G8-GI) = £278.99

Total: £879.91 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

If you are buying a complete new system you may aswell go down the am5 platform rather than the am4 platform as am4 is now end of life.

Swap out the motherboard, cpu and ram and you’ll be golden.

 

[Rob_B]

Yup, for a new build you probably don't want to go AM4 unless you're buying 2nd hand and saving a tonne of cash.

You can get a 7600 for about £180 (9000 series pending though so might change soon, hopefully downwards), decent lower end B650 mobo for £120 and 32GB of 6000 C36 RAM for about £90, yes it's more expensive but it'll last so much longer and you have decent upgrade options for years to come.

The PSU seems ok but you could pick up a Seasonic for that sort of price.

1080P for the monitor @ 27" might not be a fun time.

GPU might need a rethink, for £300 I'd personally try to find a 6750XT, one on B grade @ OCUK that I'd imagine you could offer on and get for under £300

This is with your selected monitor/GPU/case which again, personally I'd not go for. The mobo you should look into, Hardware Unboxed have good reviews on B650 boards.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £188.99
• 1 x DeepCool AK400 Digital CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: HS-01A-DC) = £44.99
• 1 x Asus Prime B650M-A WIFI II (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K6-AS) = £139.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £89.99
• 1 x APNX Creator C1 Black Mid Tower Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00624) = £89.98
• 1 x MSI 27" PRO MP275 1920x1080 IPS 100Hz 1ms Business Productivity Monitor (SKU: MON-MSI-01781) = £89.00
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4060 WindForce 2X OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1G8-GI) = £278.98
• 1 x Seasonic G12 GM-650 80 Plus Gold Semi-Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-08J-SS) = £80.00
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00540) = £56.98

Total: £1,058.90 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Tetras]

Her budget is around £1000 but a couple of hundred here or there

Here is a 1440p build for £1K.

The CPU cooler is optional.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £98.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B760M DS3H AX DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BZ-GI) = £109.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £55.99
• 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00767) = £379.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00540) = £56.99
• 1 x MSI MAG Forge M100R ARGB Tempered Glass Windowed Micro ATX Mid Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-014-MS) = £55.00
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RM750x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020199-UK) (SKU: CA-266-CS) = £99.95

• 1 x MSI 27" PRO MP275Q 2560x1440 IPS 100Hz sRGB 100% Business Productivity Monitor (SKU: MON-MSI-02163) = £128.98

• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £24.95

Total: £1,010.83 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Gary*]

Here is a 1440p build for £1K.

The CPU cooler is optional.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £98.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B760M DS3H AX DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BZ-GI) = £109.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £55.99
• 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00767) = £379.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00540) = £56.99
• 1 x MSI MAG Forge M100R ARGB Tempered Glass Windowed Micro ATX Mid Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-014-MS) = £55.00
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RM750x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020199-UK) (SKU: CA-266-CS) = £99.95

• 1 x MSI 27" PRO MP275Q 2560x1440 IPS 100Hz sRGB 100% Business Productivity Monitor (SKU: MON-MSI-02163) = £128.98

• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £24.95

Total: £1,010.83 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Not OP, just pitching in to say that's a cracking build for 1K!

 

[Dizzy]

Here is a 1440p build for £1K.

The CPU cooler is optional.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £98.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B760M DS3H AX DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BZ-GI) = £109.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £55.99
• 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00767) = £379.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00540) = £56.99
• 1 x MSI MAG Forge M100R ARGB Tempered Glass Windowed Micro ATX Mid Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-014-MS) = £55.00
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RM750x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020199-UK) (SKU: CA-266-CS) = £99.95
• 1 x MSI 27" PRO MP275Q 2560x1440 IPS 100Hz sRGB 100% Business Productivity Monitor (SKU: MON-MSI-02163) = £128.98
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £24.95

Total: £1,010.83 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

The build I threw together was based on my current build, but this, this looks nice, couple of things on pre-order but those can be swapped.
Thanks people, looks like I might be building this weekend