Split of spend

[sargan]

Looking for a guide ... a 'rule of thumb' over how to split your money on a PC build
Don't want to unbalance things and buy one very expensive item that is meismatched to the others ...

sort of thinking for comparative costs
CPU = Mobo = GPU
PSU = RAM = 50% CPU cost
CASE=PSU= 1/3 of CPU cost

 

[sargan]

It is hard to do that because it really varies on what is the best use of your budget and what the purpose of the PC is.

Tell us what your budget is and what the use of the PC is and we'll do you a spec.

Generally speaking: if the motherboard is 50% of the CPU you're probably fine. The graphics should be around 2-3x the CPU cost. The majority of gaming builds will pick a 750+ PSU that costs somewhere between £80 and £130. The majority of gaming builds will have 32GB of DDR5 which costs about the same as the PSU (£80-£130).

Thanks that is rule of thumb I was looking for, its not overall cost but how I should split the cost.