Copying the sub $500

[AdamDew]

Budget (including currency): £400

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming - HOI4, Cities Skylines, Stellaris

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): 

Having just watched the LTT video regarding the $500 I've plucked up the courage to copy it, however I had not quite realised how awful the suppliers are in the UK, so i'm really looking for help to see if i've done things right?

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/dewad/saved/VMx4dC

 

this is my list, my current system is an OptiPlex 380 'smush' build - upgraded following some of the many tutorials online to give a... fair.. playing capability (on low) so I already have the Barracuda HDD, but im just astonished that the price im looking at is nearly £550? is there nothing I can do to find cheaper of these products?! I'm honestly pushing my budget with 400 - am I better just buying it piecemeal? any help (even if a brutal  "that's the way it is chump!") is appreciated!

 

Cheers,

Adam

(Long time stalker - first time poster)

 

[mockedarche]

Power supply i've never seen a white one and imo bronze is always the best spot. I think people overdue efficiency and it tends to matter more with streamer or 24/7 systems and for budget the relatively small increase in powerusage is worth it. The ssd I personally think 120gb is the only real point unless you go for a full ssd rig (or full ssg besides footage etc). Its enough space for OS, programs, launchers, and maybe your favorite game.  You said you already had a HDD why is there one of the list? I don't live in the UK so if I look for stuff it would take me a bit.

[You_found_dom]

11 minutes ago, Ohsnaps said:

Power supply i've never seen a white one

White is just anything above 80% efficiency and below 80+ bronze

[You_found_dom]

24 minutes ago, AdamDew said:

Budget (including currency): £400

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming - HOI4, Cities Skylines, Stellaris

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): 

Having just watched the LTT video regarding the $500 I've plucked up the courage to copy it, however I had not quite realised how awful the suppliers are in the UK, so i'm really looking for help to see if i've done things right?

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/dewad/saved/VMx4dC

 

this is my list, my current system is an OptiPlex 380 'smush' build - upgraded following some of the many tutorials online to give a... fair.. playing capability (on low) so I already have the Barracuda HDD, but im just astonished that the price im looking at is nearly £550? is there nothing I can do to find cheaper of these products?! I'm honestly pushing my budget with 400 - am I better just buying it piecemeal? any help (even if a brutal  "that's the way it is chump!") is appreciated!

 

Cheers,

Adam

(Long time stalker - first time poster)

 

That psu will give you a tasty deep-fried cpu, gpu, and motherboard. Not sure if you really want that

[You_found_dom]

Replaced the psu, get a smaller ssd if this is too much

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£99.95 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£74.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£67.71 @ Newegg UK
Storage	Seagate BarraCuda 120 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£59.58 @ Ebuyer
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£53.79 @ CCL Computers
Video Card	Zotac GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB Twin Fan Video Card	£162.86 @ CCL Computers
Case	Corsair 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case	£46.32 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	SeaSonic S12III 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£65.47 @ Scan.co.uk
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£630.66
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-28 23:15 BST+0100

 

[GOTSpectrum]

It's not about UK suppliers, but instead taxes for the most part.

 

Do you need all that storage, that would be one great way for you to cut some budget, also go for a cheaper PSU. 

 

CEX has some better pricing on that GPU, second hand but comes with two years warranty.

 

Just now, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:

-snip-

 

the guy is asking for sub 400GBP... 

 

Personally I don't think sun 400 is a good price point, grab an old workstation/prebuilt and throw in a GPU is my suggestion here. 

[You_found_dom]

1 minute ago, GOTSpectrum said:

Personally I don't think sun 400 is a good price point, grab an old workstation/prebuilt and throw in a GPU is my suggestion here. 

Agreed, or buy used parts. Not sure what retailers you have, but used 6,8,and 10 core xeons should be easily findable

[GoldenLag]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£75.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£58.16 @ More Computers) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£60.81 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: TCSunBow X3 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£27.59 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 570 8 GB Video Card  (£134.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE White V2 230V 400 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.47 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Total: £395.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-28 23:24 BST+0100

 

You can grab this. 

 

Offcourse you probably should pick up a used GPU instead. That allowing for the 3100 and Pro-VDH being used instead. 

 

The fatality board may not habe the correct bios revision. As such that may have to be updated.