Help with new PC build for my brother

[lazerphazer21]

So my brother would like a PC, he's only had a PS4 and slow laptop until now.

He's put together a parts list and asked for my thoughts except I'm not up to date on the latest hardware, I built my PC nearly 5 years ago.

 

The parts list is linked below, the budget is as close to £500 as possible not including the OS (will be windows 10). He'll be using it for web browsing and gaming at 1080p. So the 250GB SSD will do for now and I foresee a hard drive being added in later.

 

I've had a look and I know the case for example would be a nice to have upgrade however I think it'll be grand for now. He has recently bought a new monitor, a 27" acer 1080p unit, and it has freesync. I'm wondering would the AMD/Radeon equivalent to the 1050Ti that's currently in the build be able to leverage the monitors freesync and if so would it benefit the gaming experience?

 

Also please let me know if there's anything mistakes I've missed in the parts list like incompatibilities or overspends, or recommended part swaps because I've been out of the loop for a while.

 

Cheers

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£88.80 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£63.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£66.52 @ Technextday) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£42.00 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB Video Card  (£149.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£45.46 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.93 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £500.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[XR6]

13 minutes ago, lazerphazer21 said:

So my brother would like a PC, he's only had a PS4 and slow laptop until now.

He's put together a parts list and asked for my thoughts except I'm not up to date on the latest hardware, I built my PC nearly 5 years ago.

 

The parts list is linked below, the budget is as close to £500 as possible not including the OS (will be windows 10). He'll be using it for web browsing and gaming at 1080p. So the 250GB SSD will do for now and I foresee a hard drive being added in later.

 

I've had a look and I know the case for example would be a nice to have upgrade however I think it'll be grand for now. He has recently bought a new monitor, a 27" acer 1080p unit, and it has freesync. I'm wondering would the AMD/Radeon equivalent to the 1050Ti that's currently in the build be able to leverage the monitors freesync and if so would it benefit the gaming experience?

 

Also please let me know if there's anything mistakes I've missed in the parts list like incompatibilities or overspends, or recommended part swaps because I've been out of the loop for a while.

 

Cheers

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£88.80 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£63.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£66.52 @ Technextday) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£42.00 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB Video Card  (£149.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£45.46 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.93 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £500.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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It's fine but I'd try to go for a better power supply (maybe a Corsair CXM unit) and quicker RAM. 2400MHz RAM will be decent for the build but Ryzen is known to be picky about RAM speed.. I'd go for 2666MHz if you can.

ASRock boards also aren't anything special but for now it should do the job.

[Fnige]

I got this. which is just under 500

 

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PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/TCLY7W
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/TCLY7W/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£88.80 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£63.97 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Kingston - HyperX Fury 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£60.32 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Gigabyte - 256 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£33.98 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 560 - 1024 4 GB GAMING OC rev 2.0 Video Card  (£127.30 @ More Computers) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£45.46 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£43.93 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £498.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[Guest]

I think this build would be good for him

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Lhgh8Y
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Lhgh8Y/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£88.80 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£62.39 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£58.99 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU650 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£16.79 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.79 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4 GB NITRO+ Video Card  (£149.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Deepcool - Frame MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.74 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £485.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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It has faster RAM, a SSD and HDD, a better GPU, and a better PSU. You can change what case you want, as it is totally subjective.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£71.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£62.39 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£58.29 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£42.00 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Video Card  (£189.95 @ AWD-IT) 
Case: Aerocool - QS-240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.55 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £502.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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