£750 PC Build

[AyEm]

Budget: £750

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, Valorant, CS:GO, Rainbow Six Siege, GTA V, Minecraft, Rocket League

Other details: 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2VQJW3

Upgrading from laptop

Going to buy within the next month or two

1080p resolution at 165hz

 

[Applefreak]

3 minutes ago, AyEm said:

Budget: £750

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, Valorant, CS:GO, Rainbow Six Siege, GTA V, Minecraft, Rocket League

Other details: 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2VQJW3

Upgrading from laptop

Going to buy within the next month or two

1080p resolution at 165hz

 

Only problem, that graphics card is currently sold at around £700 to £1100. You may be better off getting a used pc and upgrading some parts. If you can, use that laptop a while longer until card prices drop to normal levels again and you have a bit more money to play with. That being said, you could theoretically play with the Intel UHD graphics that's baked into the processor. Gamers Nexus did a video recently showing fps using onboard Intel graphics. Given your choice of games that's probably not a bad idea until you can get a proper graphics card for near to MSRP prices.

[curiousmind34]

21 minutes ago, AyEm said:

Budget: £750

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fortnite, Valorant, CS:GO, Rainbow Six Siege, GTA V, Minecraft, Rocket League

Other details: 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/2VQJW3

Upgrading from laptop

Going to buy within the next month or two

1080p resolution at 165hz

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/khpct8

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£149.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI B460M-A PRO Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  (£64.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£75.59 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£53.51 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card  (£250.00) 
Case: Aerocool Aero One Eclipse ATX Mid Tower Case  (£67.41 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 9 CM 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£66.12 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £726.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-10 22:31 BST+0100
 

Here you can get 6 cores

[AyEm]

On 4/10/2021 at 10:31 PM, curiousmind34 said:

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/khpct8

CPU: Intel Core i5-10400 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£149.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI B460M-A PRO Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard  (£64.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£75.59 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£53.51 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card  (£250.00) 
Case: Aerocool Aero One Eclipse ATX Mid Tower Case  (£67.41 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 9 CM 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£66.12 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £726.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-10 22:31 BST+0100
 

Here you can get 6 cores

Thanks, I'll take this into consideration too! I made this one too 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10400 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	£149.00 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock B560 Pro4 ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	£104.99 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£75.59 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£53.51 @ Amazon UK
Storage	ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£99.99 @ CCL Computers
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 580 4 GB NITRO+ Video Card	£170.00
Case	Aerocool Aero One Eclipse ATX Mid Tower Case	£64.98 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 CM 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£66.12 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£784.18
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-12 18:19 BST+0100

 

 

[BahnStormer]

Main observation: be careful with your choices of motherboards as not all have 2x NVME slots.

 

Even if you have 2x NVME slots, you might want to keep an eye on prices of 2Tb SN550's (£175?) as you could end up with more of the higher spec storage AND leave a a slot free for later?   

 

One other suggestion.... perhaps put the idea of a new GPU on hold for now.... save your money and get something way better in a few months for a lot less cash.

 

Two alternatives: 2nd hand (RX570/RX580?) or onboard.

 

I'd be tempted with either the i5-10400/10600 or a Ryzen 5 3400G... the latter being my preference as you'll have a fighting chance with using the onboard graphics.

 

i5-10600K is definitely the much better CPU - at a slight price premium.... the R5 3400G is only 4C/8T, so slightly slower than even the i5-10400 as a CPU, but have a look at the onboard GPU comparison: Intel i5 "UHD 630" vs the Vega 11 - the Ryzen is 3x faster.

 

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-UHD-Graphics-630-Desktop-Coffee-Lake-i5-i7-vs-AMD-RX-Vega-11-Ryzen-iGPU/m356797vsm401440

(work out the onboard graphics from your laptop - use ark.intel.com if you need to.... then put your laptop GPU in for comparison)

 

The Ryzen CPU is potentially also a fair bit cheaper, especially since it includes a cooler (saves ~£30-£40 at least) AND it's only ~£70 for a decent B450... and then you still have an upgrade path to a Ryzen 5xxx, when you're ready for it.

 

You can always add in a discreet GPU (2nd hand RX570?) if you want to find something to fill the gap, but it's a really, really bad time to be buying any GPU that is good enough to mine on (i.e. anything GTX1060 / RX580 or better).

 

edit2: Another option - if you're considering the onboard graphics - the i5-11400 might be available for you... and the UHD 730 closes the gap on Ryzen (from 3x to 2.5x).... https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-UHD-Graphics-730-vs-AMD-RX-Vega-11-Ryzen-iGPU/m1500304vsm401440

 

 

[AyEm]

15 hours ago, BahnStormer said:

Main observation: be careful with your choices of motherboards as not all have 2x NVME slots.

 

Even if you have 2x NVME slots, you might want to keep an eye on prices of 2Tb SN550's (£175?) as you could end up with more of the higher spec storage AND leave a a slot free for later?   

 

One other suggestion.... perhaps put the idea of a new GPU on hold for now.... save your money and get something way better in a few months for a lot less cash.

 

Two alternatives: 2nd hand (RX570/RX580?) or onboard.

 

I'd be tempted with either the i5-10400/10600 or a Ryzen 5 3400G... the latter being my preference as you'll have a fighting chance with using the onboard graphics.

 

i5-10600K is definitely the much better CPU - at a slight price premium.... the R5 3400G is only 4C/8T, so slightly slower than even the i5-10400 as a CPU, but have a look at the onboard GPU comparison: Intel i5 "UHD 630" vs the Vega 11 - the Ryzen is 3x faster.

 

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-UHD-Graphics-630-Desktop-Coffee-Lake-i5-i7-vs-AMD-RX-Vega-11-Ryzen-iGPU/m356797vsm401440

(work out the onboard graphics from your laptop - use ark.intel.com if you need to.... then put your laptop GPU in for comparison)

 

The Ryzen CPU is potentially also a fair bit cheaper, especially since it includes a cooler (saves ~£30-£40 at least) AND it's only ~£70 for a decent B450... and then you still have an upgrade path to a Ryzen 5xxx, when you're ready for it.

 

You can always add in a discreet GPU (2nd hand RX570?) if you want to find something to fill the gap, but it's a really, really bad time to be buying any GPU that is good enough to mine on (i.e. anything GTX1060 / RX580 or better).

 

edit2: Another option - if you're considering the onboard graphics - the i5-11400 might be available for you... and the UHD 730 closes the gap on Ryzen (from 3x to 2.5x).... https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-UHD-Graphics-730-vs-AMD-RX-Vega-11-Ryzen-iGPU/m1500304vsm401440

 

 

Yeah, I've made a new build but I added a 1tb SN550 as I don't think I'll need more than 1tb of storage, maybe in the future. I'll use the integrated GPU in the 6 core 10400/11400 for now until I can find a normally priced graphics card like a 1660s or an RX 580/570. Thanks for the help! 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-10400 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	£149.00 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	ASRock B560 Pro4 ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	£104.99 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£75.59 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£87.98 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8 GB NITRO+ Video Card	£170.00
Case	Aerocool Aero One Eclipse ATX Mid Tower Case	£59.99 @ Box Limited
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 CM 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£55.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£702.55
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-04-13 16:22 BST+0100