Sense check this for me please!

[Gee]

Hey guys

Good friend of mine is looking to replace his laptop with a semi-decent PC for gaming. Aiming for 1080p/60. He mostly plays Dota 2 but would like to ability to play other games in due course.

How does this look?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Intel B250 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £69.95
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £64.99
• 1 x Intel Pentium G4620 3.70GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £94.99
• 1 x Corsair CX-M Series 450W 80 Plus Bronze Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020101-UK)= £55.99
• 1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow UV400 Drive SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SUV400S37/1= £52.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide Series 88R Micro-ATX Case - Black (CC-9011086-WW)= £49.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.95
• 1 x AOC E2270SWHN 21.5" 1920x1080 TN Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £89.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £134.99

Total: £716.43
(includes shipping: £12.60)


Case is out of stock but I can get that from that Rainforest place.

Would you change anything on here?​

 

[pastymuncher]

Don't pay a extra £30 just for a extra 200mhz. Drop the cpu to the G4560 which is more sensibly priced at £64.99. The Superflower Golden Green HX450w is a much better psu than the Corsair although all of the cables are fixed. It has a 444w 12v rail, gold rated and has a 5 year warranty. The Corsair CX series are not very good and have poor quality internals.

 

[stulid]

If you went for a cheaper PSU (still enough power) - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xfx-xt-series-400w-80-plus-bronze-power-supply-ca-021-xf.html

then you could possibly get a 256Gb SSD for example?

 

[Gee]

Thanks for the reply guys. I'll swap out the PSU for the Super Flower one.

Any benefit of switching to a H110 motherboard? - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...151-ddr4-micro-atx-motherboard-mb-684-as.html instead of the Gigabyte one I posted, apart from saving myself £22?

Something like this?:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Pentium G4560 3.50GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £64.99
• 1 x Asus H110M-K Intel H110 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £47.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-17000C13 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2A2133= £68.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £55.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £134.99
• 1 x AOC E2270SWHN 21.5" 1920x1080 TN Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £89.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide Series 88R Micro-ATX Case - Black (CC-9011086-WW)= £49.99
• 1 x Corsair Force LE Series 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F240GBLE200B)= £99.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.95

Total: £716.93
(includes shipping: £14.10)



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[lee32uk]

Don't pay a extra £30 just for a extra 200mhz. Drop the cpu to the G4560 which is more sensibly priced at £64.99. The Superflower Golden Green HX450w is a much better psu than the Corsair although all of the cables are fixed. It has a 444w 12v rail, gold rated and has a 5 year warranty. The Corsair CX series are not very good and have poor quality internals.

The new Grey label versions are pretty good units. They have upgraded the internals and the warranty to 5 years. I would say it is fine for a build like this one. The SuperFlower is priced the same though, so I would take it over the Corsair at the moment.

I agree with the cpu. Makes sense to drop down to the G4560.

 

[mickyflinn]

Thanks for the reply guys. I'll swap out the PSU for the Super Flower one.

Any benefit of switching to a H110 motherboard? - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...151-ddr4-micro-atx-motherboard-mb-684-as.html instead of the Gigabyte one I posted, apart from saving myself £22?

The h110 motherboard will need a bios update to take the Kabylake cpu, stick with what you have aprt from get the G4560 as mentioned above.

 

[Gee]

Thank you all again for the prompt replies. Everything look okay?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Pentium G4560 3.50GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £64.99
• 1 x Super Flower Golden Green HX 450W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black= £55.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 WindForce OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £134.99
• 1 x AOC E2270SWHN 21.5" 1920x1080 TN Widescreen LED Monitor - Black= £89.99
• 1 x Corsair Carbide Series 88R Micro-ATX Case - Black (CC-9011086-WW)= £49.99
• 1 x Corsair Force LE Series 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F240GBLE200B)= £99.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 10 32/64-Bit - USB Pen Drive - Retail (KW9-00017)= £89.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Intel B250 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £69.95
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £64.99

Total: £734.89
(includes shipping: £14.10)

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[stulid]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...d-state-hard-drive-suv400s37-2-hd-102-ks.html

£10 cheaper SSD

 

[mickyflinn]

24" monitor can be had for £10 more.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/monitors/by-size/24-60.96cm

 

[Gee]

Thanks for all your help peeps. I'll feed this back. Cheers!