PC Build - Under £700

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Hi all,

So far I have the following PC at £1080, but need to get it under £700. Of course I expect performance to drop but I think this build is overspecced anyway.

The goal is - to be able to play Factorio, Satisfactory and other similar titles. This spec far exceeds that. What would you change to get it under £700 while ensuring it can last a couple generations of upgrades?

MSI Mag Tomahawk B550M Mobo + Ryzen 5600X CPU = £390
3060 Ti Founders Edition GPU = £380
MSI Mag Force Case = £48
16GB 3600Mhz CL16 RAM = £82
CPU Cooler = £30
PSU = £75
1TB NVMe Storage SSD = £75

Also, let's assume we can get a GPU at MSRP. Thanks in advance :)

Edit: I'll keep tweaking this list below for the final spec based on comments in the thread:

Mobo: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II AMD - £60
CPU: **B GRADE** RYZEN 5 3600 - £140
CPU cooler: Arctic Freezer 7 X Air Tower CPU Cooler - £17
GPU: 3060 Ti FE - £300
RAM: VULCAN Z T-FORCE 16GB (2X8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHZ DUAL CHANNEL - £70
Storage: ADATA SU630 480GB 2.5" SSD - £38
Case: **B GRADE** Kolink Nimbus RGB Mid Tower - £28
PSU: Corsair CV550 - £40

Total = £693
 
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You can get a tomahawk max B450 board and 3700x for £250 at the moment. That would save £140 use the included cooler to save another £30 get 16gb of 3200 memory for £65 to save another £17
 
It's not essential that the SSD is NVMe so could maybe save a few pennies there.

I like the cost savings of the B450 boards but from what I've seen they don't support 5000 series CPUs. Ideally this would be a PC that is cheap to begin with but could be upgraded later.

Really appreciating the help here everyone, some great suggestions in this thread already.
 
Ive been running a B450 tomahawk max with a 5800X since November, there are also B550 boards under £100 and maybe worth checking out the B-grade sections for some bargains.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £381.09 (includes shipping: £11.10)​
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Cadder said:
while ensuring it can last a couple generations of upgrades?
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Not happenning. It's all change to DDR5 with the next generation of CPUs and motherboards.

You can save £100 by going Intel:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £326.43 (includes shipping: £10.50)​
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Save a few pounds more with the Kolink Citadel Mesh case.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £539.51 (includes shipping: £11.70)​
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Just add your GPU.


Robert Disbury said:
You can get a tomahawk max B450 board and 3700x for £250 at the moment.
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The 3700X is £260 on its own.
 
mickyflinn said:
They absolutely do support 5000 series Cpu's the don't support pcie4 .
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My bad, I was looking at duff information it seems. I was roped in by the pretty colours :rolleyes::


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That's great, it should open up some more cost-effective options.
 
So there we have it, a PC build under £700. In a few months time this will seem really bad value for money, but right now this is decent for what is needed. I had to help a little, by giving a spare 240GB SSD with Windows 10 on it (from my server) and selling my 3060 Ti card for £300 since it's used :eek:

Mobo: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX II AMD - £60
CPU: **B GRADE** RYZEN 5 3600 - £140
CPU cooler: Arctic Freezer 7 X Air Tower CPU Cooler - £17
GPU: 3060 Ti FE - £300
RAM: VULCAN Z T-FORCE 16GB (2X8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHZ DUAL CHANNEL - £70
Storage: 2.5" 240GB Kingston SSD - Free
ADATA SU630 480GB 2.5" SSD - £38
Case: **B GRADE** Kolink Nimbus RGB Mid Tower - £28
PSU: Corsair CV550 - £40

Total = £693

Thanks OCUK Clearance - I just hope they're all in decent nick! :p
 
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