Please help an idiot spec his small form factor gaming rig

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Hi, sorry for being a noob. I want to build a small form factor pc for gaming, but I only play old games so it really doesn't need to be that powerful. Looking at around £500-700.

For reference, I'd already ordered an MSI Trident 3 7RB (i5-7400, 1050Ti, 8gb) from another site but they ran out of stock. That's the kind of level I'm looking at anyway and would like everything such as WIFI etc included, plus a 250 ssd. If it's not something pre-built like the Titan Khukuri I've seen then I'd be having OC assemble it also.

Separate to that budget I'll also need a monitor and keyboard (coming from laptop). Was thinking of the Acer XF240H as it seems to be the cheapest 24" 144hz and has inbuilt speakers. No idea on the keyboard, so any recommendations for these also welcome.

Thanks in advance!
 
dont very often do baskets on here so someone else may have some better suggestions

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £637.54 (includes shipping: £11.70)​
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suggestions of pre-builts, like above, no windows included unless bundled originally

intel:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x Titan Khukuri Mini-ITX Gaming PC - Intel Core i3/i5/i7 = £638.88
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
    • Optical Drive:Asus External Slimline DVD Re-Writer, USB, 8x, Black, Cyberlink Power2Go 7 - Black (SDRW-08D2S-U LIT
    • Lighting:Unwanted
    • Operating System:Unwanted
    • Secondary Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - *System Stock*
    • Case:Cougar QBX Mini-ITX Cube Chassis - Black
    • Memory:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400
    • Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive
    • Processor:Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Graphics Card:Inno3D GeForce GTX 1050 Compact X1 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
  • 1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Mini Wireless N USB Adapter (TL-WN823N)= £10.99
Total: £665.77 (includes shipping: £15.90)​
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AMD:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x Titan Tanto Micro ATX Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 1400 system @ 3.60GHz = £679.96
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
    • Lighting:Unwanted
    • Optical Drive:OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
    • Operating System:Unwanted
    • Sound Card:Unwanted
    • Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive
    • Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted
    • Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - *System Stock*
    • WIFI:TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND)
    • CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1400 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
    • Memory:Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD416G30
    • Case:Zalman T1 Plus Mini-Tower USB 3.0 - Black
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Graphics:Palit GeForce GTX 1050 StormX 2048MB PCI-Express GDDR5 Graphics Card
Total: £694.06 (includes shipping: £14.10)​
​

to throw in a curve ball as something different

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x Primo Nano i5 - Intel NUC NUC7i5BNH Core i5-7260U = £639.95
    • Memory:Corsair Value 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 PC4-17000 2133MHz 260 Pin SODIMM Kit (CMSO8GX4M1A2133C15)
    • M.2 Solid State Drive:Unwanted
    • Solid State Drive:Kingston A400 480GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/480G)
    • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
    • Security Software:Bullguard Anti-Virus 2017 - 1 PC 1 Year **Offer Price**
Total: £654.05 (includes shipping: £14.10)​
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fyi i think you need a 1070 to comfortably push 144hz or at least a 980/980ti which you have no chance of a 1070 in budget and both will be bottlenecked to crap buy weak processors

this might be a better solution for monitor etc

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £311.04 (includes shipping: £11.10)​
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dont know what your 2nd budget is, but the bundle might be of use to you.


failing all this, there are plenty of systems on the used market for your £500-700 budget that will do most if not better in some areas and a screen etc can be included and vary of age from old to recent.
 
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