PC build for a friend

[beanhubbleday]

Hey all,

 

I've a friend who wants to get into PC gaming.

 

I'm no good at budget builds but it basically needs to run your standard games, GTA V/COD/CS:GO etc..

 

Please advise parts to get minus an OS, Monitor, Mouse & Keyboard and to a budget of £550 inc.shipping?

 

May be a tall order but any help would be great, thanks

[Herman Mcpootis]

might be a few bucks over after shipping on a few parts, hope you don't mind:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£165.00 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£39.98 @ Amazon UK) use amazon prime trial for shipping.
Memory: Patriot Signature Line 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£46.11 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 4GB RS Video Card  (£184.26 @ More Computers) free shipping.
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.94 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Ebuyer) ebuyer has free shipping on orders above 50 pounds.
Total: £548.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-29 12:57 GMT+0000

[TheSSVids]

There really isn't much to it, for 1080p gaming a 1060 is more than enough, and when it comes to processors, just get one that has 4 cores and above 3GHz clockspeed. I think that that's more than enough. Some say 8GB of RAM is enough, and they might be right, but I'd recommend 16GB. RAM frequency doesn't mean shit. Get an SSD as a boot drive, and a larger HDD as a storage drive. The rest doesn't really matter that much

[Aereldor]

Edit: coincidentally posted identical build.

[Morgan MLGman]

Besides the build mentioned above, you can try to spend around 10 pounds more for a 6% faster CPU, faster memory and a better case, but that's up to you.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£168.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£44.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£48.25 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 4GB RS Video Card  (£184.26 @ More Computers)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £560.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-29 13:12 GMT+0000

[beanhubbleday]

33 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Besides the build mentioned above, you can try to spend around 10 pounds more for a 6% faster CPU, faster memory and a better case, but that's up to you.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£168.59 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£44.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£48.25 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 4GB RS Video Card  (£184.26 @ More Computers)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £560.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-29 13:12 GMT+0000

Thanks, I'll pass it on. Much love 

43 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

Edit: coincidentally posted identical build.

I'll check it out, thanks

44 minutes ago, TheSSVids said:

There really isn't much to it, for 1080p gaming a 1060 is more than enough, and when it comes to processors, just get one that has 4 cores and above 3GHz clockspeed. I think that that's more than enough. Some say 8GB of RAM is enough, and they might be right, but I'd recommend 16GB. RAM frequency doesn't mean shit. Get an SSD as a boot drive, and a larger HDD as a storage drive. The rest doesn't really matter that much

I know but when i built mine I just went buy, buy, buy like I had no budget haha  

46 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

might be a few bucks over after shipping on a few parts, hope you don't mind:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£165.00 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£39.98 @ Amazon UK) use amazon prime trial for shipping.
Memory: Patriot Signature Line 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£46.11 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.94 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 480 4GB RS Video Card  (£184.26 @ More Computers) free shipping.
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  (£28.94 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Ebuyer) ebuyer has free shipping on orders above 50 pounds.
Total: £548.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-29 12:57 GMT+0000

Thank-You, i'll check it out  Much love