Productivity Budget PC

[jeffery7466]

Budget (including currency): £600

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Autodesk Revit, Photoshop, Chrome tab warrior

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

I managed to scrape together £600 (up from £300) for building a productivity desktop for a family member for her upcoming birthday. She currently has a HP Slimeline with a 5W TDP CPU. Obviously, with the whole human malware thing going on, its pretty hard to get parts. The PSU isn't ideal, but thats the best I could get for now, maybe as a place holder on this list. She will be carrying her 2TB HDD over. And yes she really wants a DVD drive.

I'm not sure what case to choose. I think she'll like something 'light' and simple - minimalist sort of thing. At most a strip of RGB at the front maybe. I'd appreciate some suggestions.

 

CPU	Ryzen 3600	£119.99
RAM	Patriot Viper 4 Blackout Series DDR4 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3200MHz Kit	£60.96
MOBO	Gigabyte B450M S2H	£57.98
GX	ASUS Radeon RX 580 AREZ 8GB DUAL OC	£169.97
PSU	Aerocool Aero Bronze 650W PSU	£54.98
Optical	Asus DVD Rewriter	£17.97
Case	??	??
WiFi	Ubit AC 1200Mbps Bluetooth WiFi Card	£21.95
Storage	Crucial MX500 500GB SSD	£59.66
		£563.46

 

 

[truecrafting]

8 minutes ago, jeffery7466 said:

Budget (including currency): £600

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Autodesk Revit, Photoshop, Chrome tab warrior

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

I managed to scrape together £600 (up from £300) for building a productivity desktop for a family member for her upcoming birthday. She currently has a HP Slimeline with a 5W TDP CPU. Obviously, with the whole human malware thing going on, its pretty hard to get parts. The PSU isn't ideal, but thats the best I could get for now, maybe as a place holder on this list. She will be carrying her 2TB HDD over. And yes she really wants a DVD drive.

I'm not sure what case to choose. I think she'll like something 'light' and simple - minimalist sort of thing. At most a strip of RGB at the front maybe. I'd appreciate some suggestions.

 

CPU	Ryzen 3600	£119.99
RAM	Patriot Viper 4 Blackout Series DDR4 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3200MHz Kit	£60.96
MOBO	Gigabyte B450M S2H	£57.98
GX	ASUS Radeon RX 580 AREZ 8GB DUAL OC	£169.97
PSU	Aerocool Aero Bronze 650W PSU	£54.98
Optical	Asus DVD Rewriter	£17.97
Case	??	??
WiFi	Ubit AC 1200Mbps Bluetooth WiFi Card	£21.95
Storage	Crucial MX500 500GB SSD	£59.66
		£563.46

 

 

I would change out the PSU to something like an Antec Eco Neo Gold if ur country has it

or if you dont have that look at the Pure Power PSU from BeQuiet

for a case
Look at the P300A MESH its like 50 GBP

 

Edited June 1, 2020 by truecrafting

[gloop]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£158.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£95.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£64.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Kingston A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£53.93 @ BT Shop
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 570 8 GB Video Card	£124.99 @ CCL Computers
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	£46.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£47.99 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£593.86
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-01 18:33 BST+0100

 

[jeffery7466]

On 6/1/2020 at 6:22 PM, truecrafting said:

I would change out the PSU to something like an Antec Eco Neo Gold if ur country has it

or if you dont have that look at the Pure Power PSU from BeQuiet

for a case
Look at the P300A MESH its like 50 GBP

 

 

On 6/1/2020 at 6:33 PM, gloop said:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£158.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450M MORTAR MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£95.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£64.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Kingston A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£53.93 @ BT Shop
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 570 8 GB Video Card	£124.99 @ CCL Computers
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	£46.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£47.99 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£593.86
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-01 18:33 BST+0100

 

Thanks both!

Yes the PSU isn't the best. Steve from GamerNexus did say that PSU may become more available towards the mid of this month.

Mesh is a good idea. I might go for the NR400 w/ ODD, which might be around 60GBP. When they eventually get stocked.

I can't find the Fractal Design Focus G or the mini version anywhere. Its at a good price though.

 

As much as I'd like to fit the 3600 in with a MSI Mortar mobo, its just going to blow the budget with everything else...