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Budget (including currency): £800-950

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Video editing, pretty much most AAA games

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): 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/7L6Tf9

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£115.98 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£63.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£99.53 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.54 @ Currys PC World Business) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING Z Video Card  (£382.81 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.74 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Currys PC World) 
Total: £923.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-15 20:09 BST+0100

 

My friend helped me make this build and recommended to post here to see if everything checks out. It's slightly more expensive than 900£ so I was wondering if it was possible for it to be cheaper. If not, what parts could be improved for around the same price?

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2 minutes ago, hailegend said:

Budget (including currency): £800-950

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Video editing, pretty much most AAA games

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): 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/7L6Tf9

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£115.98 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£63.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£99.53 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.54 @ Currys PC World Business) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GAMING Z Video Card  (£382.81 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.74 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Currys PC World) 
Total: £923.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-15 20:09 BST+0100

 

My friend helped me make this build and recommended to post here to see if everything checks out. It's slightly more expensive than 900£ so I was wondering if it was possible for it to be cheaper. If not, what parts could be improved for around the same price?

The hard-drive is something you can reduce cost. Here is something I recommend: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Barracuda-internal-silver-ST1000DM010/dp/B01LY65EVG/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1O4XYKKOJF3DT&dchild=1&keywords=1tb+hardrive&qid=1592248583&s=amazon-devices&sprefix=1tb+hard%2Camazon-devices%2C257&sr=1-2

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Also the Video Card, you can save some bucks there: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-RTX2060-V375-035R-Graphics-GeForce/dp/B07MVZM78T/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=msi+geforce+rtx+2060+6gb+gaming+z+video+card&qid=1592248667&s=amazon-devices&sr=1-2

 

**I am not an expert on video cards**

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PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£157.08 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£119.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£63.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£64.41 @ BT Shop) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£38.54 @ Currys PC World Business) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB Red Dragon Video Card  (£280.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.74 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.99 @ Currys PC World) 
Total: £827.20
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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better...

Ryzen 5700g @ 4.4ghz all cores | Asrock B550M Steel Legend | 3060 | 2x 16gb Micron E 2666 @ 4200mhz cl16 | 500gb WD SN750 | 12 TB HDD | Deepcool Gammax 400 w/ 2 delta 4000rpm push pull | Antec Neo Eco Zen 500w

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor £115.98 @ Aria PC
Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £74.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory £63.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage Team GX2 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £60.97 @ Amazon UK
Storage Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £35.97 @ Currys PC World Business
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card £487.98 @ Aria PC
Case Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case £37.74 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £64.99 @ Currys PC World
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £942.59
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-15 20:18 BST+0100  

This is around the same price. Although if your playing games in 1080p you can swap the 2070 super for a 2060 or 2060 super and save money.

Quote me or mention me at @Shrekpad so I get notified 
pc specs:
CPU: Intel i7 8700K MOBO: ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming RAM: 16GB (2x8) DDR4 G Skill TridentZ 3000 MHz GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GAMING OC CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv STORAGE: Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB M.2 NVME SSD,
T-Force Delta RGB 250GB SSD, 4TB Seagate Barracuda HDD PSU: 750 Watt EVGA SuperNova G3 MONITER: Dell S2716DGR 1440p 144hz G-Sync, BenQ PD2700U 4K 60hz CPU COOLER: Corsair H115i RGB Platinum OS: Windows 10

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4 minutes ago, Nano Adam said:

Also the Video Card, you can save some bucks there: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-RTX2060-V375-035R-Graphics-GeForce/dp/B07MVZM78T/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=msi+geforce+rtx+2060+6gb+gaming+z+video+card&qid=1592248667&s=amazon-devices&sr=1-2

 

**I am not an expert on video cards**

Ventus is easily the worst model. The MSI Gaming Z is fairly expensive but there are still other good models for cheaper.

Quote me or mention me at @Shrekpad so I get notified 
pc specs:
CPU: Intel i7 8700K MOBO: ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming RAM: 16GB (2x8) DDR4 G Skill TridentZ 3000 MHz GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GAMING OC CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv STORAGE: Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB M.2 NVME SSD,
T-Force Delta RGB 250GB SSD, 4TB Seagate Barracuda HDD PSU: 750 Watt EVGA SuperNova G3 MONITER: Dell S2716DGR 1440p 144hz G-Sync, BenQ PD2700U 4K 60hz CPU COOLER: Corsair H115i RGB Platinum OS: Windows 10

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £157.08 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard £119.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory £63.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £64.41 @ BT Shop
Storage Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £35.97 @ Currys PC World Business
Video Card MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB MECH OC Video Card £359.40 @ Alza
Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case £52.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £64.99 @ Currys PC World
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £918.29
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-15 20:23 BST+0100  
 

G502 Lightspeed Review

PC:

Spoiler

i5-6400

GIGABYTE GA-H110M-DS2

CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX 2X4 DDR4-2666MHz

ASUS ROG STRIX-GTX 1060-O6G

SEAGATE 2TB HDD

FUJISTU F300 240GB SSD

CORSAIR CX750M

Laptop:

Spoiler

Acer Nitro 5
i5 8300h
GTX 1050 4Gb
12 Gb RAM

128 Gb SSD

1 Tb HDD

Peripherals:

Spoiler

Keyboard:

Logitech G310 Atlas Dawn (Romer G)

Rexus Legionare MX5.1 (Content Browns)

Mice:

Logitech G602

Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Steelseries Rival 105

Logitech M330

Headset:

Logitech G430 
Cooler Master MH 752

 

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5 minutes ago, Shrekpad said:

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor £115.98 @ Aria PC
Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £74.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory £63.98 @ Amazon UK
Storage Team GX2 512 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £60.97 @ Amazon UK
Storage Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £35.97 @ Currys PC World Business
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC 3X Video Card £487.98 @ Aria PC
Case Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case £37.74 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £64.99 @ Currys PC World
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £942.59
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-15 20:18 BST+0100  

This is around the same price. Although if your playing games in 1080p you can swap the 2070 super for a 2060 or 2060 super and save money.

yeah i'll prolly be playing my games in 1080p so i might just swap to the 2060 if it saves money

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6 minutes ago, hailegend said:

yeah i'll prolly be playing my games in 1080p so i might just swap to the 2060 if it saves money

the 5700xt performs better and is cheaper than the 2060 (apparently)

G502 Lightspeed Review

PC:

Spoiler

i5-6400

GIGABYTE GA-H110M-DS2

CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX 2X4 DDR4-2666MHz

ASUS ROG STRIX-GTX 1060-O6G

SEAGATE 2TB HDD

FUJISTU F300 240GB SSD

CORSAIR CX750M

Laptop:

Spoiler

Acer Nitro 5
i5 8300h
GTX 1050 4Gb
12 Gb RAM

128 Gb SSD

1 Tb HDD

Peripherals:

Spoiler

Keyboard:

Logitech G310 Atlas Dawn (Romer G)

Rexus Legionare MX5.1 (Content Browns)

Mice:

Logitech G602

Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Steelseries Rival 105

Logitech M330

Headset:

Logitech G430 
Cooler Master MH 752

 

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https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/BzZzK8/viewsonic-vx2458-c-mhd-236-1920x1080-144-hz-monitor-vx2458-c-mhd

Quote me or mention me at @Shrekpad so I get notified 
pc specs:
CPU: Intel i7 8700K MOBO: ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming RAM: 16GB (2x8) DDR4 G Skill TridentZ 3000 MHz GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GAMING OC CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv STORAGE: Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB M.2 NVME SSD,
T-Force Delta RGB 250GB SSD, 4TB Seagate Barracuda HDD PSU: 750 Watt EVGA SuperNova G3 MONITER: Dell S2716DGR 1440p 144hz G-Sync, BenQ PD2700U 4K 60hz CPU COOLER: Corsair H115i RGB Platinum OS: Windows 10

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1 minute ago, Shrekpad said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/BzZzK8/viewsonic-vx2458-c-mhd-236-1920x1080-144-hz-monitor-vx2458-c-mhd

should be a great moniter if you don’t mind not having gsync or freesync.

that monitor does have freesync

G502 Lightspeed Review

PC:

Spoiler

i5-6400

GIGABYTE GA-H110M-DS2

CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX 2X4 DDR4-2666MHz

ASUS ROG STRIX-GTX 1060-O6G

SEAGATE 2TB HDD

FUJISTU F300 240GB SSD

CORSAIR CX750M

Laptop:

Spoiler

Acer Nitro 5
i5 8300h
GTX 1050 4Gb
12 Gb RAM

128 Gb SSD

1 Tb HDD

Peripherals:

Spoiler

Keyboard:

Logitech G310 Atlas Dawn (Romer G)

Rexus Legionare MX5.1 (Content Browns)

Mice:

Logitech G602

Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Steelseries Rival 105

Logitech M330

Headset:

Logitech G430 
Cooler Master MH 752

 

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2 minutes ago, Oswin said:

that monitor does have freesync

My bad 

Quote me or mention me at @Shrekpad so I get notified 
pc specs:
CPU: Intel i7 8700K MOBO: ROG Strix Z390-E Gaming RAM: 16GB (2x8) DDR4 G Skill TridentZ 3000 MHz GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GAMING OC CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv STORAGE: Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB M.2 NVME SSD,
T-Force Delta RGB 250GB SSD, 4TB Seagate Barracuda HDD PSU: 750 Watt EVGA SuperNova G3 MONITER: Dell S2716DGR 1440p 144hz G-Sync, BenQ PD2700U 4K 60hz CPU COOLER: Corsair H115i RGB Platinum OS: Windows 10

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