New gaming build for £850 budget

[bigdunc]

Looking for build recommendations for a friend's son who has a budget of £850. Doesn't need keyboard, mouse or monitor. Looking for it to include a 1TB SSD and a windowed case with RGB fans

Cheers

 

[LiE]

Here's an Intel build, but a few things to note. A Ryzen 3600 is usually a good bet but right now at £199.99 from OcUK it's not priced that well. So instead I've specced Intel, since it's a pure gaming build and the 3600 isn't priced well. I've gone for a 500GB SSD as 1TB would eat too much into the rest of the budget. Got some RGB in there from the case and CPU cooler.

You can go either 2060 or 5600 XT at this price, I went with the Zotac 2060 as it's got a good 5 year warranty and in some cases it edges the 5600 XT.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £55.99
• 1 x Kolink Modular Power 600W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply= £49.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-10600 3.30GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £209.99
• 1 x MSI MAG B460M BAZOOKA (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh RGB Micro-ATX Case - Black= £59.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0B)= £57.95
• 1 x Raijintek Leto Pro RGB LED Slim 120mm CPU Cooler= £34.99
• 1 x ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £299.99

Total: £880.54 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[Sparx]

AMD alternative, as LiE mentions you should shop about for the 3600 as it can be had £25 cheaper at least. Dunno what OcUK playing at with the price rise today again.

5600 XT and 2060 are very comparable, 50/50 in most games slightly better each other by a few FPS. But the Radeon card is £30 cheaper.

Managed to include 1TB SSD, much better quality and branded PSU with 10yr warranty as well.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
• 1 x ASUS TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £79.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C19 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £59.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £269.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £86.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0A)= £94.99
• 1 x Aerocool Aero One Mini Eclipse ARGB Micro- ATX Case - White Tempered Glass= £59.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports White CPU Cooler - 120mm= £29.99

Total: £881.92 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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[bigdunc]

AMD alternative, as LiE mentions you should shop about for the 3600 as it can be had £25 cheaper at least. Dunno what OcUK playing at with the price rise today again.

5600 XT and 2060 are very comparable, 50/50 in most games slightly better each other by a few FPS. But the Radeon card is £30 cheaper.

Managed to include 1TB SSD, much better quality and branded PSU with 10yr warranty as well.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
• 1 x ASUS TUF GAMING A520M-PLUS (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £79.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C19 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £59.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £269.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £86.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0A)= £94.99
• 1 x Aerocool Aero One Mini Eclipse ARGB Micro- ATX Case - White Tempered Glass= £59.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports White CPU Cooler - 120mm= £29.99

Total: £881.92 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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Looks good thanks. Just checked with him and he'd prefer a Midi tower case so will probably swap the Aero One Mini Eclipse for the Kolink Observatory Lite ARGB. I will also change the motherboard for the full size ATX MSI B450 Tomahawk