£400 pc

[Maxb89]

I'm helping my friend build his first pc. I build mine quite a while ago so I know new products are here and prices have changed. Can someone please design a £400 budget pc on pc part picker as a base design?? It would mean the world to me and my friend. Thank you!!

[lvlasked]

what dose he want to do on the pc ? and if your using pc parts picker dont forget you can find 2nd hand things a little cheaper

[Acid Panda]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/3dhypg

 

build guide with parts

[Mateyyy]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£78.97 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£69.99 @ Ebuyer
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	£74.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Sabrent Rocket 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£69.98 @ Amazon UK
Case	Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case	£50.95 @ AWD-IT
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£51.22 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£396.09
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-22 16:00 GMT+0000

In this price range you'll most likely be limited to using an APU. If he plans on doing more graphics intensive tasks on the PC, like playing AAA titles, then you might want to look into the used market instead.

[papajo]

57 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£78.97 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£69.99 @ Ebuyer
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	£74.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Sabrent Rocket 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£69.98 @ Amazon UK
Case	Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case	£50.95 @ AWD-IT
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£51.22 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£396.09
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-03-22 16:00 GMT+0000

In this price range you'll most likely be limited to using an APU. If he plans on doing more graphics intensive tasks on the PC, like playing AAA titles, then you might want to look into the used market instead.

i would trim out some money from the PC case and the mobo to get a ryzen 5 3400g which has vega 11 graphics and is a better CPU overall 

[Mateyyy]

44 minutes ago, papajo said:

i would trim out some money from the PC case and the mobo to get a ryzen 5 3400g which has vega 11 graphics and is a better CPU overall 

The 3400G was overly expensive for some reason, as I would've gone for that in the first place. I agree that some money can definitely be saved on the case, though I'd still keep the motherboard.

[papajo]

3 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

The 3400G was overly expensive for some reason, as I would've gone for that in the first place. I agree that some money can definitely be saved on the case, though I'd still keep the motherboard.

3200g costs 80pounds  3400g costs 120 so 40 pounds difference 

 

The mobo is nice but at this budget sacrifices need to be made and a better CPU is gonna have bigger overall impact in everyday usage than a better mobo 

[Mateyyy]

3 minutes ago, papajo said:

3200g costs 80pounds  3400g costs 120 so 40 pounds difference 

The mobo is nice but at this budget sacrifices need to be made and a better CPU is gonna have bigger overall impact in everyday usage than a better mobo 

Here's what I meant by overly expensive (on PCPartPicker).