Gaming Rig Build

[vK 3 1 RON]

Good day everyone, I've made this thread before but wanted to collect some more info so I've made a new one

This is the list I've currently got together, looking for 1080p gaming at (60 fps min, hoping to push as high as I can). Most modern titles AAA, fine with medium-very high settings, either works great.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£130.38 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard	£85.98 @ Aria PC
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	£74.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Kingston A400 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£31.39 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£35.97 @ PC World Business
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	£152.49 @ Amazon UK
Case	Phanteks ECLIPSE P350X ATX Mid Tower Case	£58.97 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£63.97 @ Amazon UK
Monitor	AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	£81.99 @ Amazon UK
Keyboard	Cooler Master Devastator 3 Wired Gaming Keyboard With Optical Mouse	£50.44 @ Amazon UK
Custom	DisplayPort to DisplayPort 6ft Cable - Benfei (2K@165Hz, 2K@144Hz, 4K@60Hz) DisplayPort 1.3 High Speed Cable for PC, Laptop, TV - Male to Male, Black	£6.59 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£773.15
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-15 13:45 BST+0100

Build is for a friend, I'll be providing 2 corsair fans for the intake of the case, leaving the pre-installed one for the output in the back. Same with thermal paste and stuff, I've got that for him so no need to include it, Windows copy too. Looking to keep it as small a budget as possible, I'll set a max of £800 and that really is a max - the necessary components: Full tower, Monitor, Keyboard + Mouse (Note that CM Devastator has a mouse included) and then a few pounds spare to pickup a HDMI or DP cable

 

Any suggestions or comments are valued,

vK  

[Mephi00]

Maybe consider a rx5500, its supposed to be as fast as the 580, but cheaper.

Maybe even try to fit a rx 5600

[vK 3 1 RON]

2 minutes ago, Mephi00 said:

Maybe consider a rx5500, its supposed to be as fast as the 580, but cheaper.

Maybe even try to fit a rx 5600

Any news on the release date of them? Also I'd personally like to see tests or something with them from consumers/non-partnered companies before I consider it too thoroughly, good suggestion though, if it comes out before I build it, I'll take a look into the possibility

[Herman Mcpootis]

a few small chanes:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£114.78 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£83.46 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£30.94 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£30.94 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 256 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£40.50 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.97 @ PC World Business) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB Phoenix OC Video Card  (£199.98 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P350X ATX Mid Tower Case  (£58.97 @ Box Limited) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: AOC G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor  (£81.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Keyboard: Aula SHIHUNZAN Wired Gaming Keyboard With Laser Mouse  (£25.90 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £767.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-15 14:01 BST+0100

[vK 3 1 RON]

3 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£114.78 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£83.46 @ Ebuyer) 
 

Just a quick thing, this is one thing I've never really paid attention to in my years -- when PCPartPicker comes up with the warning that the motherboard may need a BIOS update prior to working with the CPU. Is this a mandatory thing? Or is it chance? And, I'm pretty sure I heard before that I have to email AMD and get a temp CPU to update BIOS with and then ship it back to them? Is that how it usually works? 

[Herman Mcpootis]

Just now, vK 3 1 RON said:

Just a quick thing, this is one thing I've never really paid attention to in my years -- when PCPartPicker comes up with the warning that the motherboard may need a BIOS update prior to working with the CPU. Is this a mandatory thing? Or is it chance? And, I'm pretty sure I heard before that I have to email AMD and get a temp CPU to update BIOS with and then ship it back to them? Is that how it usually works? 

it's by chance on whether you get an older board or a newer one with a new BIOS, but zen+ has been around long enough that any old stock should be long gone by now. that's how it works, or alternatively you can get the store to update it for you if possible.

[vK 3 1 RON]

Just now, Herman Mcpootis said:

it's by chance on whether you get an older board or a newer one with a new BIOS, but zen+ has been around long enough that any old stock should be long gone by now. that's how it works, or alternatively you can get the store to update it for you if possible.

Yeah that's more or less what I was assuming. Hopefully it'll be fine! Thank you very much for the suggestion