Advice on £700 gaming/coding PC (excluding graphics card)

[sergerold]

Budget (including currency): £700 (excluding graphics card)

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Occasional gaming, coding

 

Hi everyone

 

I'm in the process of planning a new build (this will be the third or fourth PC which I've built). I'm looking for a PC which will be used for occasional gaming (nothing too heavy) and coding. The following are important to me:

• I'd like a smallish mATX build
• I'd like my PC to be really quiet

I have come up with the following as a preliminary parts list. Please note that I haven't chosen a graphics card and may just buy an ultra cheap one as a placeholder until I decide which one to go for.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£194.98 @ Aria PC) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S SE-AM4 CPU Cooler  (£54.32 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£94.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£64.48 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 250 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£64.88 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C TG MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£79.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£88.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £688.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-03 16:54 BST+0100

 

I'd be very grateful for any thoughts on the above - in particular, any compatibility issues or components which are better (in terms of size/quietness) at around the same price.

 

Thanks

[Eighjan]

Any special reason for the X-variant of the CPU?

Is 250 GB enough for a system drive?

[Oswin]

just get the regular 3600, its roughly the same thing but cheaper

[boggy77]

Scythe Ninja 5

Scythe Mugen 5 PCGH Edition 

 

these would be quieter, cooler and cheaper than the noctua you've picked.

 

you can find a 500gb ssd for that price that's not samsung:

Crucial P1

Crucial P2

Kingston A2000

Western Digital Blue SN500

ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro

 

[sergerold]

I've also just noticed that MB doesn't appear to have bluetooth which is a bit annoying!

[Nena Trinity]

You want 500GB drive, also got any extra drives from before? You want at the very least a terabyte to put games on.