Spec me a gaming computer

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Hi all,

I don't mind building the computer. I'm looking for parts which will equate to a rig capable of playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 5.

Budget is around £500.

Thanks for any advice.
 
£500 is really pushing it.

Cheapest B450 board you can find. AMD RX580, 16GB RAM, maybe stick with a SATA SSD but you’ll be struggling for storage. Do you have anything at all already?
 
Are AMD generally cheaper than Nvidia and what's the ball park price I should be looking at for a new GFX Card that would suffice? I see the RX580 is around £150... so that kind of price?
 
smr said:
Are AMD generally cheaper than Nvidia and what's the ball park price I should be looking at for a new GFX Card that would suffice? I see the RX580 is around £150... so that kind of price?
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A RX570 would be Ok as well. Just don’t expect amazing performance. If your budget is that restrictive then a PS4 Pro or Xbox One X may be a better buy.
 
This would be ok:
CPU - Ryzen 3100
Mobo - Gigabyte b450M ds3h
GPU - Asus rx 580
RAM - 16Gb ddr4 theres a 3000mhz tforce kit for £60 but faster would be better (didnt spend a lot of time looking)
Storage - WD Blue 500gb ssd - more would be ideal but this budget...
PSU - koling 500w 80+ bronze - not a massive fan of the brand but its not horrific

Altogether on oc its 499 plus delivery
 
@smr why does it 'have to be new' when you're aware the budget is very tight for a half-decent rig? Lol

Anyway, this is prob best you'll get for a bit over £500 without buying new or shopping around. Could get 16GB (this one) but it's another £18 and concious already £38 over the £500 budget... and wasn't even gonna bother spec'ing a PC without an SSD and 480GB is minimum. 240GB would be pointless, Windows and one game (i.e. COD) would fill it.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £537.81 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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RandomJozza said:
This would be ok:
CPU - Ryzen 3100
Mobo - Gigabyte b450M ds3h
GPU - Asus rx 580
RAM - 16Gb ddr4 theres a 3000mhz tforce kit for £60 but faster would be better (didnt spend a lot of time looking)
Storage - WD Blue 500gb ssd - more would be ideal but this budget...
PSU - koling 500w 80+ bronze - not a massive fan of the brand but its not horrific

Altogether on oc its 499 plus delivery
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Forgot a case, but you can technically run it without one and wait til you can afford one
 
Sparx said:
@smr why does it 'have to be new' when you're aware the budget is very tight for a half-decent rig? Lol

Anyway, this is prob best you'll get for a bit over £500 without buying new or shopping around. 8GB RAM, could get 16GB but it's another £18... and wasn't even gonna bother spec'ing a PC without an SSD and 480GB is minimum. 240GB would be pointless, Windows and one game (i.e. COD) would fill it.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £537.81 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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To be honest that’s actually not a bad rig for a 1080p machine. Amazing what you can get these days.
 
Thanks for the specs above, it's for a customer of mine I'm building it for so I can't spec used parts.

£100 quid mobo not really necessary is it? Could do with the cheaper £50/60 mobos? He won't be oc'ing.
 
CPU wise I was thinking I'd have to go for something like the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 but if you're sure the Ryzen 3 3100 would suffice for GTA 5 and RDR2 then that's fine.
 
smr said:
Thanks for the specs above, it's for a customer of mine I'm building it for so I can't spec used parts.

£100 quid mobo not really necessary is it? Could do with the cheaper £50/60 mobos? He won't be oc'ing.
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Fair enough.

Mobo - Yes and no... Yes you could go with a £50-60 board, but those MBs don't officially support Ryzen 3xxx CPUs out of the box. That's why the B450 'MAX' mobos were created. That said, I've heard some people use the Asus Prime B450M-K (or -A?) boards that shipped with the latest BIOS (don't think it was from OcUK though) and they had the latest BIOS. In theory you would think a year later since Ryzen 3 release, the newer B450 mb stock landing with retailers would come with the latest BIOS - but not sure if OcUK can guarantee that or not?

smr said:
CPU wise I was thinking I'd have to go for something like the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 but if you're sure the Ryzen 3 3100 would suffice for GTA 5 and RDR2 then that's fine.
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Ryzen 3100 can hold it's own gaming-wise against a 2600 believe it or not

2600 is also +£30 more expensive and scarce in stock, not many have it left 'new' anymore.

 
smr said:
Thanks for the specs above, it's for a customer of mine I'm building it for so I can't spec used parts.

£100 quid mobo not really necessary is it? Could do with the cheaper £50/60 mobos? He won't be oc'ing.
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So someone is paying you to do something like spec out and build a PC, so you're asking us to do half the work? Nice.
 
RandomJozza said:
So someone is paying you to do something like spec out and build a PC, so you're asking us to do half the work? Nice.
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What difference does it make whether I'm building it for me or for someone else, they're on a limited budget so I'm not asking for anything to spec a rig up if it makes you feel better.
 
 
So at RRP for the Mortar (£100) it's worth paying more over one of the £70 B450 boards?
 
No idea, that B Grade he spec'd isn't the Mortar Max model - so can't guarantee whether it has a Ryzen 3 compatible BIOS or not... Unless OcUK can check/tell you.

Would also never use a Kolink PSU in a rig - ever... That's like using a swear word.
 
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