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Spec me a budget PC....

I'm just throwing out ideas - for one the 3200G seems to be out of stock at a lot of places and I could do with getting something sorted sooner rather than later - I popped round earlier and my dad's PC sounds like it's about to take off! :D
 
Another quick question on the RAM - the following 3 RAM sets can be had within £7 of each other - are there any benefits of one over the others or are they just different colours?

TEAM GROUP VULCAN Z T-FORCE 16GB (2X8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHZ DUAL CHANNEL KIT - GREY
TEAM GROUP VULCAN TUF GAMING ALLIANCE 16GB (2X8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHZ DUAL CHANNEL KIT - BLAC
TEAM GROUP DARK T-FORCE 16GB (2X8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHZ DUAL CHANNEL KIT - BLACK/GREY (TDGED4

Or is it worth paying the extra tenner for the Corsair Vengeance set?
 
And PSU-wise, the be-quiet and Kolink seem to the be cheapest - is there any difference in quality between these and what is the deal with the whole bronze/silver/gold etc rating??

I'm assuming that due to no GPU a fairly low wattage supply will be fine?
 
Right, slightly different take on this little project in that the space where the tower is going to go is smaller than I though!

The dimensions we are working with are 25cm wide, 48cm high and 42cm deep.

The 42cm deep appears to be the issue and is potentially pushing me towards an MATX case (and even some of those are too deep for the space!) - although this is potentially not a "hard" limit as the desk is open at the rear so it's possible to pull the desk away from the wall by 3 or 4cm if absolutely necessary!

I'm sold on either the 3200G (preferred) or the 3400G CPU's so if anyone could recommend something that would fit these specs I'd appreciate it!

My initial try would be as follows:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £341.25 (includes shipping: £12.30)


*edit* just as an aside, my dad uses optical drives - space for 2 is ideal but one is the minimum!​
 
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Just an update on this - in the end we went for the Fractal Design Core 1100, Asrock B450 Pro4, Ryzen 5 3400G, 16GB of Corsair RAM and a Be Quiet 400W semi-modular PSU.

I put it all together last night and bar for a hairy 10 minutes trying to get the motherboard in without snapping it, all went to plan and it seems to be just the job!

Thanks for all of the suggestions and advice!
 
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