Help :(buying:( pc or prebuilt

[Spock_1701]

Budget (including currency): £800

Country: england

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: star citizen,streaming

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): so somebody i know is going to get a pc but they only have £800 for everything including monitor,keyboard,computer and windows 10(mouse is optional as i have a spare i could give him) he wants to play games at 1920 x 1080 30+fps

 

[zeusthemoose]

Definitely build. Prebuilt costs more for lower quality parts. I’ll update this with a recommended build.

[Guest]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (12nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor	£112.40 @ Alza
Motherboard	ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£54.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£39.20 @ Box Limited
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£83.85 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	£156.97 @ CCL Computers
Case	Thermaltake Versa H17 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£32.43 @ Ebuyer
Power Supply	EVGA 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply	£49.99 @ AWD-IT
Monitor	Asus VG248QE 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	£189.95 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£719.78
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-23 17:06 BST+0100

Pick any keyboard and mouse you want. Windows 10 is free nowadays.

 

[Spock_1701]

thanks

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Spock_1701 said:

thanks

Two points:

- My RAM choice is suboptimal -- find a dual-channel kit if you can, since what I listed is a single-channel kit. Prices are high right now, though, so if you got the single stick I recommended, buying another matching stick down the line when it's cheaper is a good idea.

- A 2TB hard drive is always a good idea for extra storage. The 500GB SSD I recommended will hold a few games, and load them nice and fast, but not that many.

[Spock_1701]

i know i am recreating your list with some tweaks for example 16Gb of ram and maybe a worse monitor you did however make a big mistake

the 1600 is 110 and the 3600 is 140 so with a £800 budget it works

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Spock_1701 said:

i know i am recreating your list with some tweaks for example 16Gb of ram and maybe a worse monitor you did however make a big mistake

the 1600 is 110 and the 3600 is 140 so with a £800 budget it works

Good spotting. I was sorting by lowest price since I didn't know how much you wanted left for peripherals, extra case fans, or whatever else. The R5 1600 isn't a bad CPU by any measure.

 

I would recommend the R3 3300X if you can find it -- it's not far off the R5 3600 in gaming performance whilst being cheaper. More cores doesn't always mean more better.

[Spock_1701]

thanks