UK - First Build, £1200 Budget. Help Required, my mind is melting!

Cornforth · January 20, 2020

Hi Forum,

Looking to build my first gaming PC, so ive been binge researching but now my mind is starting to melt the further i get down the rabbit hole and im not sure which way is up anymore...

I live in the UK, so ive found that my component prices are significantly higher than any of the $$ guides so it makes it tricky to gauge.

My Budget is £1000 - £1200, and im looking to get the best bang for my buck.

Below are a couple things that i have thrown together so far from the various bits of research that i have done.

Any advice on if the below works well together, what to change or improve on etc etc would be greatly appreciated! I have chosen some components as best bang for the buck at the moment, and some that allow room for future upgrades to give it a little longevity.

I originally looked at the RTX 2070 Super, but found it was £150 more than the RX 5700XT and not sure if it is a justifiable improvement for the price tag?

In terms of peripherals, i dont have any at the moment. So i will buy these around whatever spec PC I can get to, so this is not a limiting factor.

I also realise this question has been asked time and time again, so if there are any links to builds people recommend (UK Specific) then please link these too.

Thank you Community,

harvey likes intel · January 20, 2020

imo the 2 will work well, with those specs buy a benQ xl2411p monitor i have it as my second its 144hz 1ms and is great

January 21, 2020

No need for an expensive X570 motherboard.

You could swap out the R7 3700X for an R5 3600 and get a 2080 Super, but the 5700XT is good for 1080p/1440p. Easier to change the gpu later on so maybe stick with the 8 core 3700X. I think AMD are still doing the free games promotion. Link below gives you the info.

https://www.amd.com/en/gaming/raise-the-game

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor (£281.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard (£92.39 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£70.22 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£49.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card (£342.48 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB520 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.31 @ More Computers)
Total: £1095.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-21 00:01 GMT+0000

boggy77 · January 21, 2020

best of both worlds, similar to @lee32uk's build

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	£281.99 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler	£49.98 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	£88.90 @ More Computers
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	£78.27 @ CCL Computers
Storage	ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£61.30 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£49.50 @ Aria PC
Video Card	PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card	£359.98 @ Amazon UK
Case	Corsair SPEC-DELTA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case	£61.87 @ More Computers
Power Supply	BitFenix Formula Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	£66.53 @ CCL Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1098.32
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-21 10:29 GMT+0000