partpicker Budget Mid-Tier Gaming/Dev PC

[MetalMichael]

Building a PC for my brother, who has a budget of around £600 right now. He wants the system primarily as an upgrade from his laptop for hobby game creation in Unreal Engine, plus a few games such as Anno and Tomb Raider (1080p).

 

He was pretty set on an i7, so also considering second-hand options, although doubt that it's needed for his use-cases?

Unfortunately he needs it fairly short notice, so not able to wait for Ryzen 5 launch.

 

Upgrade paths are double the memory, and potential larger hdd storage add-on.

Case is just something cheap and not fixed.

 

Basic partpicker: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZPZLKZ

Just wanted to check people's thoughts on this build. It's been a while since I've built (2012), and normally a little higher price range.

 

Edit: Fixed Graphics card to something in-stock

Edited March 25, 2017 by MetalMichael
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[EPPHO]

Good build. I would put 500W PSU

[Moress]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£49.98 @ Novatech)
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£52.43 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Corsair Force LE 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£71.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card  (£169.18 @ More Computers)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.40 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.23 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £601.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-25 17:30 GMT+0000

[bgibbz]

I changed the power supply to one that's less likely to explode -

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.00 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£49.98 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£52.43 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Corsair Force LE 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£71.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card  (£169.18 @ More Computers) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.40 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.23 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £601.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-25 17:32 GMT+0000

[Legolessed]

2 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

I changed the power supply to one that's less likely to explode -

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£180.00 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£49.98 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£52.43 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Corsair Force LE 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£71.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card  (£169.18 @ More Computers) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.40 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.23 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £601.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-25 17:32 GMT+0000

i have been using a really weird off brand 650 watt power supply for over a year and its been fine. and the 430 watt is from  a brand that i have actually hear of before  

[MetalMichael]

Yeah, £18 more seems a lot for +20W. Didn't think that there'd be a problem with EVGA? That's new to me. Although semi-modularity is nice.

[bgibbz]

Just now, Legolessed said:

i have been using a really weird off brand 650 watt power supply for over a year and its been fine. and the 430 watt is from  a brand that i have actually hear of before  

Of course, most of the world usesbahotty psus from random brands, as that's what OEMs throw on. That being said, it's always a good idea to use a high quality to power supply. A power supply can easily bring down the rest of a system with it when it fails. Brand also doesn't mean a lot, as brands like evga make phenomenal psus and trash psus. The cx450m that I linked is generally considered to be a slightly above average PSU, and on my opinion should be the cheapest anyone goes on a PSU. 

[bgibbz]

3 minutes ago, MetalMichael said:

Yeah, £18 more seems a lot for +20W. Didn't think that there'd be a problem with EVGA? That's new to me. Although semi-modularity is nice.

Evga is a good brand, but that particular PSU is very low quality. 

 

 

I suggest a tier 3 or above unit from this list -

 

 

[Drake10114]

Seasonic M12ii  520w is considered to be good too by some folks