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Jesus that's overpriced. And horrible choices. If you're willing to build your own, I could make a £500 part list for you.

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

use pc part picker next time, that site is painfully slow on an iPhone 7 plus. 

drop the ssd to get the pc under £500 https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/xdjFM8 

No no no no bad ssd and bad psu.

 

I'd say get a G4560 instead and you could afford a better psu and maybe even a 470.

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2 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

not the best psu but it will get the job done, UK pricing sucks so getting a 470 might be hard. 

Cx450m is literally the same price and much better.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/FQ648d/corsair-power-supply-cp9020101na

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@nerdslayer1Boom, even has 8gb vram.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£67.21 @ Alza) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£44.57 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.37 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 8GB ROG STRIX GAMING Video Card  (£167.94 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £495.24
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Could bump it down to 4gb and save $20 also.

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@nerdslayer1Boom, even has 8gb vram.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£67.21 @ Alza) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£44.57 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.37 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 8GB ROG STRIX GAMING Video Card  (£167.94 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £495.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Could bump it down to 4gb and save $20 also.

 

bit of a cpu bottleneck in some games but its a much better build over all. 

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@DocSwag you forgot the Windows 10 Key.

 

The RX 460 4GB is a great card to begin with and not much of a bottleneck to the CPU

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£63.33 @ Alza) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£59.30 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 4GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  (£104.92 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£58.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£85.80 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £494.46

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26 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

use pc part picker next time, that site is painfully slow on an iPhone 7 plus. 

drop the ssd to get the pc under £500 https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/xdjFM8 

Holy shit, why CXM in this situation??

There is XFX TS 430W (Seasonic) and a 430W Seasonic ECO at the same fucking price point, in fact cheaper! XFX's 450W ProSeries unit is even cheaper!

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11 minutes ago, xyameax said:

@DocSwag you forgot the Windows 10 Key.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7FfWCy the RX 460 4gb is a great starting card and has enough vram for this build and won't be bottlenecked too much by the cpu.

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.63 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($35.29 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.69 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 4GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  ($118.88 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($88.58 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $490.94

 

or 23 usd on kinguin 

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try this instead:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£155.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£42.30 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£44.57 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card  (£166.74 @ Aria PC) asus dual rx 480 if you can spend abit more.
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23  ATX Mid Tower Case  (£26.48 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.74 @ More Computers) 
Total: £512.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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24 minutes ago, xyameax said:

@DocSwag you forgot the Windows 10 Key.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7FfWCy the RX 460 4gb is a great starting card and has enough vram for this build and won't be bottlenecked too much by the cpu.

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.63 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($35.29 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.69 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 4GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  ($118.88 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($36.89 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($88.58 @ OutletPC) 
Total USD: 490.94

Total Euro: 462.13

Or just downgrade to a 4gb rx 470 and get windows from kinguin instead of getting rid of ssd, getting worse GPU, and getting worse psu.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£67.21 @ Alza) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£44.57 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.37 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card  (£149.94 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £477.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter?

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38 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Or just downgrade to a 4gb rx 470 and get windows from kinguin instead of getting rid of ssd, getting worse GPU, and getting worse psu.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£67.21 @ Alza) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£44.57 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.37 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card  (£149.94 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £477.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Where is the OS? That is what he will be needing in the build.

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1 hour ago, DocSwag said:

Or just downgrade to a 4gb rx 470 and get windows from kinguin instead of getting rid of ssd, getting worse GPU, and getting worse psu.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£67.21 @ Alza) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£44.57 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.37 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card  (£149.94 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£49.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Total: £477.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£62.53 @ BT Shop) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£44.57 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: SK hynix SL308 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card  (£166.74 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.74 @ More Computers) 
Total: £478.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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*coughs*

XFX TS is based on Seasonic ECO design.

Spend the rest on OS at Kinguin.

 

25 minutes ago, xyameax said:

Where is the OS? That is what he will be needing in the build.

https://www.kinguin.net/catalogsearch/result/index/?q=Windows+10

 

OEM keys, but they work fine. We've said this before. 

1 hour ago, xyameax said:

@DocSwag you forgot the Windows 10 Key.

 

The RX 460 4GB is a great card to begin with and not much of a bottleneck to the CPU

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£63.33 @ Alza) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£59.30 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 4GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  (£104.92 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£58.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  (£85.80 @ CCL Computers) 
Total: £494.46

We responded to you saying Kinguin has it cheapest, but ofc you didn't care.

That PSU is trash and it's not worth downgrading to a RX460 for a fully legitimate operating system. 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£62.53 @ BT Shop) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£44.57 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: SK hynix SL308 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card  (£166.74 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.74 @ More Computers) 
Total: £478.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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*coughs*

XFX TS is based on Seasonic ECO design.

Spend the rest on OS at Kinguin.

 

https://www.kinguin.net/catalogsearch/result/index/?q=Windows+10

 

OEM keys, but they work fine. We've said this before. 

We responded to you saying Kinguin has it cheapest, but ofc you didn't care.

That PSU is trash and it's not worth downgrading to a RX460 for a fully legitimate operating system. 

I am only using it to factor into the cost. If we wanted to cut costs, we could always use the Insider Preview ISO from Microsoft and use those. They are pre-activated, and come with the latest software. The downfall is the chance of crashes. That is free to use and still a legitimate. I didn't ignore the kinguin, using gray market or cracked applications is against the Forum Rules, which is one of the reasons I keep bringing up OS costs.

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I am only using it to factor into the cost. If we wanted to cut costs, we could always use the Insider Preview ISO from Microsoft and use those. They are pre-activated, and come with the latest software. The downfall is the chance of crashes. That is free to use and still a legitimate. I didn't ignore the kinguin, using gray market or cracked applications is against the Forum Rules, which is one of the reasons I keep bringing up OS costs.

Heck, you could just use the normal OS unactivated. Works for unlimited amounts of time and you can work around some of the pitfalls. 

To quote the Community Standards: 

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Talking about piracy in general, broad details, is acceptable however the posting or discussing pirated/hacked/cracked or otherwise nefariously obtained content is not. This includes Windows content, games, hackintosh, etc.

Kinguin and grey market is not mentioned in there, it's not 'nefariously obtained content' - that talks more about game and application piracy and downloads, etc. 

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Heck, you could just use the normal OS unactivated. Works for unlimited amounts of time and you can work around some of the pitfalls. 

To quote the Community Standards: 

Kinguin and grey market is not mentioned in there, it's not 'nefariously obtained content' - that talks more about game and application piracy and downloads, etc. 

Gray markets recently have talked about games, like G2A, but even those keys are done by either from received keys or even to the extent of Credit Card fraud, which is nefarious.

http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/9/8006693/the-truth-behind-those-mysteriously-cheap-gray-market-game-codes

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2979288/error-activate-w10pro.html

 

 

Just a few articles regarding it. The gray market when doing prices is a bad idea, especially with some nefarious practices these retailers have.

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12 minutes ago, xyameax said:

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Edge cases, but alright. Many users here have used Kinguin's keys and still had no deactivation. I've been on an OEM key from G2A for 3, nearly 4 years with my current rig, no problems going from Win7 > 10Preview > 10Insider > 10Stable and 3 re-installations. 

 

Game keys =/= Windows keys 

Windows 10 keys come from either:

- System builders (from MS, many stores have been caught because of it)

- Refurbishers (from MS, commonly resold)

- OEM builders (from MS)

 

Alternatively, in the EU, where it is legal to re-sell OEM keys due to laws surrounding it (look up 'oem windows germany'), it's super cheap for an OEM version of Windows taken from a broken/dead machine. Like 5GBP. That's where you'll find these come from most of the time. 

 

 

 

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I am not saying all keys are bad, just in terms of recommendation, using these services, even if legal in some countries, is not the best in all, especially from gray markets. It may be cheaper to use a key from Kinguin or G2A, it is still a gray market known for nefarious practices that I can not endorse, especially here on the forums. 

Like I said before, using an insider preview ISO from Microsoft itself is still a full version of Windows, and activated, but is still a beta build.

 

Edit: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewiso?wa=wsignin1.0

it requires you to create a Microsoft Account and apply to the Insider Preview program, but you will be able to download the ISO from there.

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I am not saying all keys are bad, just in terms of recommendation, using these services, even if legal in some countries, is not the best in all, especially from gray markets. It may be cheaper to use a key from Kinguin or G2A, it is still a gray market known for nefarious practices that I can not endorse, especially here on the forums. 

Like I said before, using an insider preview ISO from Microsoft itself is still a full version of Windows, and activated, but is still a beta build.

 

Edit: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windowsinsiderpreviewiso?wa=wsignin1.0

it requires you to create a Microsoft Account and apply to the Insider Preview program, but you will be able to download the ISO from there.

Insider often breaks. I'd rather use unactivated normal Win10, personal experience. 

 

OEM keys simply offer a cheaper option for budget builders and cheapskates to stay within budget. 

 

It's not always grey market in a lot of places. Especially where resale is allowed, like the UK. And sale is legal from these places to consumers in other locations. 

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Where is the OS? That is what he will be needing in the build.

Get it from kinguin.net

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£55.20 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£62.53 @ BT Shop) 
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£44.57 @ CCL Computers) 
Storage: SK hynix SL308 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 480 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card  (£166.74 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Zalman ZM-T3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£25.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£38.74 @ More Computers) 
Total: £478.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-17 04:45 BST+0100

 

*coughs*

XFX TS is based on Seasonic ECO design.

Spend the rest on OS at Kinguin.

 

https://www.kinguin.net/catalogsearch/result/index/?q=Windows+10

 

OEM keys, but they work fine. We've said this before. 

We responded to you saying Kinguin has it cheapest, but ofc you didn't care.

That PSU is trash and it's not worth downgrading to a RX460 for a fully legitimate operating system. 

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