AM5 build possible with a budget of £1000 give or take?

[Evan North]

Budget (including currency): £1000

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming

 

So a buddy of mine has asked if I can find what is the best PC she can build for £1000 budget.

 

Preferably would like it AM5 DDR5 compatible.

 

IF possible, NVIDIA GPU please

 

Thank you, look forward to any ideas as this has stumped me. 

 

[Tetras]

Easy to do for that budget, but what resolution are they playing games at?

 

I assume it does not include monitor and peripherals?

[OddOod]

Definitely possible. But as Tetras said, we need to know resolution to get the correct CPU/GPU combo

[Evan North]

42 minutes ago, Tetras said:

Easy to do for that budget, but what resolution are they playing games at?

 

I assume it does not include monitor and peripherals?

Does not include anything else besides the PC itself.

 

As for resolution, they have a 1440p monitor 

[Evan North]

6 minutes ago, OddOod said:

Definitely possible. But as Tetras said, we need to know resolution to get the correct CPU/GPU combo

they have a 1440p monitor 

[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, Evan North said:

Budget (including currency): £1000

Country: United Kingdom

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming

 

So a buddy of mine has asked if I can find what is the best PC she can build for £1000 budget.

 

Preferably would like it AM5 DDR5 compatible.

 

IF possible, NVIDIA GPU please

 

Thank you, look forward to any ideas as this has stumped me. 

 

No Nvidia GPU, they s*ck and are expensive  

And it's £25 over budget, crap !

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£249.69 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M D3HP AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£48.99 @ SanDisk)
Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Core Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£389.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 10 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£84.74 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1025.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-22 16:42 BST+0100

 

EDIT : if you really want NVidia there's the 5060Ti 8GB, but 8GB it's so sad...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£249.69 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M D3HP AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£48.99 @ SanDisk)
Video Card: Gainward Ghost GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB Video Card  (£349.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 10 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£84.74 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £986.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-22 16:45 BST+0100

 

[podkall]

1 hour ago, OddOod said:

Definitely possible. But as Tetras said, we need to know resolution to get the correct CPU/GPU combo

I say we need to know their social security number as well. That way we can really get the correctest CPU/GPU combo.

 

1 hour ago, Evan North said:

Does not include anything else besides the PC itself.

 

As for resolution, they have a 1440p monitor 

 

1 hour ago, PDifolco said:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£249.69 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M D3HP AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£48.99 @ SanDisk)
Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Core Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£389.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 10 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£84.74 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1025.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-22 16:42 BST+0100

 

EDIT : if you really want NVidia there's the 5060Ti 8GB, but 8GB it's so sad...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£249.69 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M D3HP AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£48.99 @ SanDisk)
Video Card: Gainward Ghost GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB Video Card  (£349.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 10 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£84.74 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £986.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-22 16:45 BST+0100

Could get Montech or other case.

Could get 6750XT if you dont care about RT.

 

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/4xMLYd

 

 

[Evan North]

1 hour ago, PDifolco said:

No Nvidia GPU, they s*ck and are expensive  

And it's £25 over budget, crap !

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£249.69 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M D3HP AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£48.99 @ SanDisk)
Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Core Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£389.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 10 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£84.74 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1025.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-22 16:42 BST+0100

 

EDIT : if you really want NVidia there's the 5060Ti 8GB, but 8GB it's so sad...

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£249.69 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M D3HP AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£48.99 @ SanDisk)
Video Card: Gainward Ghost GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB Video Card  (£349.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ATX Mid Tower Case  (£54.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 10 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£84.74 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £986.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-22 16:45 BST+0100

 

 

12 minutes ago, podkall said:

I say we need to know their social security number as well. That way we can really get the correctest CPU/GPU combo.

 

 

Could get Montech or other case.

Could get 6750XT if you dont care about RT.

 

 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/4xMLYd

 

 

Would a CPU cooler not be needed ? 

[PDifolco]

23 minutes ago, Evan North said:

 

Would a CPU cooler not be needed ? 

I believe the 7700 non X has an AMD cooler included

Else get some £20 TR assassin 120mm

[Why_Me]

5 hours ago, Evan North said:

Does not include anything else besides the PC itself.

 

As for resolution, they have a 1440p monitor 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005863188096.html

AMD Ryzen 5 7500F £129.34

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: *Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£139.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (£82.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£90.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: *XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Core Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£389.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750BN PCIE5 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£58.62 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £840.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-22 21:48 BST+0100

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-free-or-cheap

[podkall]

3 hours ago, Evan North said:

Would a CPU cooler not be needed ? 

Not really, I'd agree with @PDifolco that AMD wins over Nvidia, even if 5060Ti is 3% faster than 7700 XT, if you plan to play 1440p or AAA games, or anything with rich graphics the performance will stagger tremendously.

 

@Why_Me is number 3.

[PDifolco]

5 minutes ago, podkall said:

Not really, I'd agree with @PDifolco that AMD wins over Nvidia, even if 5060Ti is 3% faster than 7700 XT, if you plan to play 1440p or AAA games, or anything with rich graphics the performance will stagger tremendously.

 

@Why_Me is number 3.

The 5060Ti 8GB is baaaaad

 

 

[podkall]

3 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

The 5060Ti 8GB is baaaaad

 

 

Yes, this exact video I had in mind when I wrote my comment.

[DJ_Jay125]

Throwing my hat in for fun, if your friend is married to getting a Nvidia card heres a build where they can squeeze in a 5060ti 16gb which is pretty ok all things considdered and a Ryzen 7

No matter what I wouldn't do the 5060ti 8gb its a awful card but the 16gb variant is perfectly fine

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9knZHW

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£250.69 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 EAGLE ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£127.00 @ MoreCoCo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory  (£80.73 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN580 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£48.99 @ SanDisk)
Video Card: Zotac Twin Edge GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Video Card  (£399.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case  (£49.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A650GL 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£71.47 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £1028.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-23 02:01 BST+0100

[Doobeedoo]

Can also maybe look into Ryzen 7600X3D and RX 7800 XT as potential options.

[porina]

Just on the GPU, 5060 Ti 16GB is available at £400 and makes sense to pay the minor difference over 8GB even if it goes over budget, especially as OP says "give or take" in the subject so it doesn't sound like a hard budget limit. It definitely makes the £10 less for the 7700 XT a bad option too.