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[Eyaan]

Budget (including currency): £900

Country: England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Warzone, Minecraft and games like A Plagues TaleSo

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 I wanna make a beginner gaming pc for myself, that can be easily upgraded in the future, but I don't want it to also brag the bank. What I've come up with so far: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/mw8Kvf , however I want it to be a tad bit cheaper if possible.

 

[tishous]

I think you should get an i5-10400f or i5-11400f (or the non-f variants) with a B460 or B560 motherboard. It could be up to £100 cheaper and performs the same (if you get the i5-10400f) or better (if you get the 11400f).

 

If you do stick with Ryzen, get faster RAM and a cheaper motherboard. The Ryzen 5 3600 doesn't need 1. a B550 motherboard and 2. a motherboard with VRM cooling as robust as it has. A WD Blue SN550 is about £50 cheaper and performs the same for gaming compared to the 970 evo. The case is priced okay, but it doesn't have good airflow, look for something with a mesh front panel or at least more ventilation than the H510 has. The 1650 is very weak. For a system costing £900, a 1660 Super is the lowest tier graphics card I would go for. I'm sure if you looked on ebay you could find one for around the same price as that 1650.

 

Oh, and don't pay £90 for a windows key. Simply click "I don't have an activation key" when installing windows, and you have the full experience. If the watermark bothers you, get a cheap windows 10 from a third-party seller.

[curiousmind34]

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

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£244.99 @ Currys PC World Business) 
Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£94.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£70.63 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£81.48 @ Ebuyer) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 G5 4 GB OC Low Profile Video Card  (£219.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P360A ATX Mid Tower Case  (£68.09 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: EVGA BQ 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£53.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£86.99 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £920.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[You_found_dom]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/gvkTQD

 

This is what I have, put the fan on the back, and this will be good

the ssd has dram cache which is important in an ssd. changed the psu to one that I know is definitely reliable. You don't need to buy windows for that much

[Eyaan]

5 minutes ago, YT_DomDaBomb20 said:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/gvkTQD

 

This is what I have, put the fan on the back, and this will be good

the ssd has dram cache which is important in an ssd. changed the psu to one that I know is definitely reliable. You don't need to buy windows for that much

This looks good, but does it not need a cpu fan?

[You_found_dom]

17 hours ago, Eyaan said:

This looks good, but does it not need a cpu fan?

it comes with one. If you would like to get a better one, you can, but the included cooler is good, and will even support a minor overclock

[Eyaan]

So I am going to go with this, since it is cheap and cheerful, https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/34gnxc, just check if all good!! I also think I should add more fans so help with that as well pls! (like the ones that mount on the case, or cpu fans etc)