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Budget (including currency): £800ish

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Some triple A titles and other games

 

Basically a friend told me he was looking at buying a pre built gaming PC. I have built several of my own PC's and offered to build one for him to get a better bang for the buck. I havent kept up with recent parts as my pc is still a beast atm, but i have a slight understanding so ive put together this parts list for him.

 

He wants to play at 60FPS or higher on medium to high settings.

Also i havent included a case as this will be complelty upto him but i will guide him to certain brands. He may push budget upto £1000 but he may not at the same time so ball park £800ish

 

EDITED PARTS LIST

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £164.90 @ AWD-IT
CPU Cooler Silverstone PF240-ARGB 94 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler £69.98 @ Scan.co.uk
Motherboard ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard £77.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory £61.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £49.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £34.38 @ Aria PC
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card £201.79 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £79.98 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £740.99
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-25 01:30 BST+0100  
 

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £164.90 @ AWD-IT
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler £49.99 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard £77.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL18 Memory £57.68 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Storage Western Digital Green 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £27.40 @ BT Shop
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £34.38 @ Aria PC
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card £275.00 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply EVGA BR 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £60.40 @ Alza
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £747.73
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-25 00:33 BST+0100  

 

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4 minutes ago, shea99 said:

He wants to play at 60FPS or higher on medium to high settings.

If that's the case, then he will not need a RTX 2060. I'd step down to something like a GTX 1660. Then he could use the extra money to get some faster RAM. I'd recommend going with at least 3200 MHz. I'd also step the PSU up to something like a 650 W to give more room for upgrades in the future.

I mostly speak from my own past experience from similar problems. My solution may not work for you, but I'll always try my best to help as much as I can. If you want me to see your reply, make sure to quote my comment or mention me @WaggishOhio383, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

 

-- My PC Build --

Ryzen 7 2700x

AsRock B450 Steel Legend

XFX RX 590 Fatboy

Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer RGB 16GB 3200MHz
120GB Crucial BX500 SSD + 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

Corsair CX650M

Phanteks Eclipse P350x

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Just now, WaggishOhio383 said:

If that's the case, then he will not need a RTX 2060. I'd step down to something like a GTX 1660. Then he could use the extra money to get some faster RAM. I'd recommend going with at least 3200 MHz. I'd also step the PSU up to something like a 650 W to give more room for upgrades in the future.

id added the RTX for the future proof element and due to it being the newest tech. I know theyre are some benefits to it but im not 100% sure of them. It was between that or a 1660 Super/TI

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1 minute ago, BlueScope819 said:

Hold the liquid cooler and just get a decent air cooler like the Arctic Freezer eSports 34. As for the rest of it I would recommend at least 3200mhz RAM and a more decent board, along with a 500gb or larger SSD. Also get a better power supply.

 

Most importantly however if you wait about a week Ampere will launch so you will be able to get a lot better bang for buck.

Ok ill have a look into that. Not paid attention to the market advances over the last two years so ill have to have a bit of a research session.

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Just now, shea99 said:

id added the RTX for the future proof element and due to it being the newest tech. I know theyre are some benefits to it but im not 100% sure of them. It was between that or a 1660 Super/TI

In my opinion, ray tracing is just an overpriced gimmick that not many games even support yet. If you really want the PC to be future-proof, then get some faster RAM, and a larger power supply so that it can be upgraded in the future without having to swap the power supply as well. I'd definitely go with the 1660 ti to free up some room in the budget for more important things.

I mostly speak from my own past experience from similar problems. My solution may not work for you, but I'll always try my best to help as much as I can. If you want me to see your reply, make sure to quote my comment or mention me @WaggishOhio383, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

 

-- My PC Build --

Ryzen 7 2700x

AsRock B450 Steel Legend

XFX RX 590 Fatboy

Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer RGB 16GB 3200MHz
120GB Crucial BX500 SSD + 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

Corsair CX650M

Phanteks Eclipse P350x

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Try this:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£164.90 @ AWD-IT) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£67.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£58.79 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: ADATA SU630 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£22.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.38 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card  (£349.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Cougar MG130-G MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£37.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master MWE Bronze V2 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£51.46 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £788.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-25 00:44 BST+0100

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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8 minutes ago, BlueScope819 said:

Hold the liquid cooler and just get a decent air cooler like the Arctic Freezer eSports 34. As for the rest of it I would recommend at least 3200mhz RAM and a more decent board, along with a 500gb or larger SSD. Also get a better power supply.

 

Most importantly however if you wait about a week Ampere will launch so you will be able to get a lot better bang for buck.

Id also added the AIO as he had mentioned watercooling and liking the aestethic

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4 minutes ago, BlueScope819 said:

1660s is a better value though a 5700 xt would honestly be able to fit into the budget

1660 Super 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £164.90 @ AWD-IT
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler £49.99 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard £77.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory £61.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital Green 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £27.40 @ BT Shop
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £34.38 @ Aria PC
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card £201.79 @ CCL Computers
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £79.98 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £698.41
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-25 00:50 BST+0100  

rx 5700

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £164.90 @ AWD-IT
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler £49.99 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard £77.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory £61.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage Western Digital Green 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £27.40 @ BT Shop
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £34.38 @ Aria PC
Video Card Asus Radeon RX 5700 8 GB DUAL EVO OC Video Card £342.90 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £79.98 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £839.52
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-25 00:51 BST+0100  

Although that 5700 may stretch his budget beyond what he wants as he also needs peripherals but im fine with sorting them they are a seperate budget

 

This is what he showed me that he saw btw https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADMI-Gaming-PC-Package-Illuminated/dp/B018GTOCYG/ref=pd_ybh_a_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=1VTT3KXQJ8Q15WA333RF

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1 minute ago, BlueScope819 said:

as i said you can fit a 5700 xt

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £164.90 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £67.97 @ Amazon UK
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory £58.79 @ Amazon UK
Storage ADATA SU630 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £22.99 @ AWD-IT
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £34.38 @ Aria PC
Video Card PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card £349.98 @ Amazon UK
Case Cougar MG130-G MicroATX Mini Tower Case £37.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Bronze V2 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £51.46 @ CCL Computers
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £788.46
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-25 00:54 BST+0100  

and that "gaming pc" spent their entire budget on rgb and not actual performance the processor in there is like $100 and the graphics card is also $100

Yea i know i steered him away from it ASAP as soon as i saw a 1050ti 

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29 minutes ago, shea99 said:

Budget (including currency): £800ish

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Some triple A titles and other games

 

Basically a friend told me he was looking at buying a pre built gaming PC. I have built several of my own PC's and offered to build one for him to get a better bang for the buck. I havent kept up with recent parts as my pc is still a beast atm, but i have a slight understanding so ive put together this parts list for him.

 

He wants to play at 60FPS or higher on medium to high settings.

Also i havent included a case as this will be complelty upto him but i will guide him to certain brands. He may push budget upto £1000 but he may not at the same time so ball park £800ish

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £164.90 @ AWD-IT
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler £49.99 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard ASRock B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard £77.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL18 Memory £57.68 @ Overclockers.co.uk
Storage Western Digital Green 240 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £27.40 @ BT Shop
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £34.38 @ Aria PC
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB OC Video Card £275.00 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply EVGA BR 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £60.40 @ Alza
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £747.73
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-25 00:33 BST+0100  

 

Change the cooler to a hyper 212 evo. Its quieter, less chance of breaking/failure and will offer similar if not better performance

 

With the extra £15 saved from the cooler, get a better kit of ram from amazon. Also, buy the 240gb ssd from amazon too, itll be cheaper.

 

Finally, change the PSU. Those EVGA BR's are fire hazzards waiting to happen

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5 hours ago, BlueScope819 said:

as i said you can fit a 5700 xt

Did you just wholesale copy the list i sent?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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