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Hi guys, im thinking of building a budget-ish Gaming PC around £650-£700 (not sure what that would be in $s) and need to choose a cpu and gpu. Can anyone give any good suggestions for this price range??

 

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Ryzen 5 1600, GTX 1070 + 550W 80+ Gold PSU + B350 mobo = The rest gets cheap + some non-necessities missing (like SSD). You can get those later.

Ryzen 5 1400, RX 580 + 500W 80+ Silver PSU + B350 mobo = Everything you want, but not the best parts.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Something like this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£199.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£64.38 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£57.60 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: PNY - CS1311 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£39.47 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.88 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card  (£229.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.99 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.36 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £708.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-28 10:39 BST+0100

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£199.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£64.38 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£50.99 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: SK hynix - SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£73.90 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1 Video Card  (£212.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - ECO 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£44.39 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: CIT F3 Black Midi Case With 12cm Purple LED Fan & Purple Stripe  (£22.70 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £707.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-28 10:55 BST+0100

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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On 5/28/2017 at 10:32 AM, Jurrunio said:

Ryzen 5 1600, GTX 1070 + 550W 80+ Gold PSU + B350 mobo = The rest gets cheap + some non-necessities missing (like SSD). You can get those later.

Ryzen 5 1400, RX 580 + 500W 80+ Silver PSU + B350 mobo = Everything you want, but not the best parts.

Hi, I think the gtx 1070 is a bit much for my budget, but thanks for then reply anyway

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1 minute ago, genjynx said:

Hi, I think the gtx 1070 is a bit much for my budget, but thanks for then reply anyway

gtx 1060 6gb then. RX cards aren't available atm.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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