Xmas gift for 12 yr old, DIY build with expansion

[cygnusX]

Looking to buy components as a Xmas gift for a 12 year to build his first PC.

We already have a 1TB SATA Hard Drive, Keyboard, Mouse and Screen. My budget is £400, this is what I have at the moment any helpful feedback would be very useful to me.

My thoughts are to use the Intel onboard graphics until he wants to add a powerful graphics card.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Cougar Spike Micro-ATX Gaming Case - Black= £25.99
• 1 x Intel Core i3-8100 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Cougar VTX 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - Black= £42.95
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400= £74.99
• 1 x MSI Z370-A Pro Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99

Total: £376.21 (includes shipping: £12.30)​

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[cygnusX]

Thanks for the information on the overspec'd power supply.

Why would the AMD Ryzen 3 be a better choice than the Intel i3-8100
Any reason behind the RAM change?

 

[cygnusX]

Thank you for that information, really useful and looks good performance for the money.

Thank you again for the advice.

 

[cygnusX]

AK8KW10, would the rest of the setup be suitable if I dropped another £40 into the budget to upgrade to a RYZEN 5 QUAD CORE 1500X 3.70GHZ (SOCKET AM4)

 

[cygnusX]

I need a smaller case to drop all this into, will this do the job?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1500X 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 550 D5 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £89.99
• 1 x Asrock AB350M-HDV AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £67.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD48G3000= £89.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x Kolink Sanctuary Micro-ATX Cube Case - Black= £46.99

Total: £494.64 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[cygnusX]

After reading everyone's great feedback, I think I'm there, as long as it fits into the case I have selected (better shape for the location).

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1500X 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99
• 1 x Kolink Sanctuary Micro-ATX Cube Case - Black= £46.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £104.99
• 1 x Team Group Xtreem T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black= £94.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99

Total: £533.64 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[cygnusX]

After reading everyone's great feedback, I think I'm there, as long as it fits into the case I have selected (better shape for the location).

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1500X 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99
• 1 x Kolink Sanctuary Micro-ATX Cube Case - Black= £46.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 560 Gaming OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £104.99
• 1 x Team Group Xtreem T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black= £94.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99

Total: £533.64 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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Or would this be a better case https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitfenix-phenom-matx-cube-case-nvidia-edition-black-ca-173-bx.html

I have a Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" and a 120GB SSD I can add to the mix.

Anything else I have missed? i.e. SATA cables, etc.

Thank you again for all the advice, I'm new to the PC self-build world as you can probably tell.

 

[cygnusX]

I've gone full circle here, but I've got carried away and needed to bring it back closer to budget. The whole point is he can upgrade in the future and hopefully this setup allows that.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99
• 1 x Kolink Sanctuary Micro-ATX Cube Case - Black= £46.99
• 1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 550 D5 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £89.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD48G3000= £89.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £94.99

Total: £458.64 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[cygnusX]

Thank you for all your assistance, sorted.