Under £1000 Gaming PC

[MarkPlays]

1. Budget & Location

So I am located in the UK and I would like to build a powerful rig. I have a budget of £1000 but do not want to spend it all so I have some left over. HOWEVER this does not mean I will settle for Ryzen 3's or i3's

 

2. Aim

The aim of this machine is to hold a stable 60 FPS (or more) in triple-A games whilst still having a sleek look and the horsepower in the back.I do have a preference for a case as it will be windowed and something like the NZXT H440 or S340 Elite

 

3. Monitors

I will need a monitor to be included in the list with sizes from at least 22" onwards (If a 144Hz could be squeezed in it would be great)

 

4. Peripherals

No peripherals will be required except from a decent WIFI card

 

[i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness]

2 minutes ago, MarkPlays said:

S340 Elite

Do you want to overheat your PC?

[MarkPlays]

Just now, i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness said:

Do you want to overheat your PC?

 Cheers for the help

[Streetguru]

12 minutes ago, MarkPlays said:

 

Buy a case that actually has airflow

 

Should wait until April 19th for Ryzen 2 and X470 motherboards

 

GPU pricing is almost not horrible where you're at

Monitor is free-sync, if you can find an RX 580 at a decent price maybe get that instead

4GB RX 580 here for 275 GBP, probably worth it if you want to have free-sync, you should check the free-sync range on that monitor though, not sure why it's so cheap.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/XYDzK8/asus-radeon-rx-580-4gb-dual-video-card-dual-rx580-o4g
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/6QWpGG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/6QWpGG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£139.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£63.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card  (£263.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.97 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.00 @ Box Limited)
Monitor: LG - 24GM79G-B 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  (£169.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £934.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-05 18:18 BST+0100

[i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness]

10 minutes ago, MarkPlays said:

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i3 7100

 

Cooler Master Hyper 212X

 

GTX 1060, preferably EVGA

 

Corsair CX550 modular or nonmodular, your choice

 

SanDisk 240GB SSD

 

Western Digital Black 2TB 7200RPM

 

12GB DDR4 (pick and choose brands here)

 

Gigabyte B250-HD3P

 

Corsair Carbide Spec-04, or Fractal Design Core 1000

 

Will run any modern title at decent settings. 240GB of OS space and 2TB of slow storage for games and personal files.

[FroxIV]

Running the setup downbelow in the nzxt s340 elite without major temp issues.

6 hour gaming and temps are around 50-60°C for GPU and CPU. Not that bad for " NO airflow "

Case fully setup with NZXT fans.

 

Full setup was around 900€ with crazy GPU and Ram prices.

[i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness]

1 minute ago, FroxIV said:

major temp issues.

that implies minor temp issues

 

1 minute ago, FroxIV said:

Case fully setup with NZXT fans.

Brand loyalty is a vice grip that will squeeze every penny it can out of you.

[FroxIV]

1 minute ago, i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness said:

Brand loyalty is a vice grip that will squeeze every penny it can out of you.

You can choose between brands and features. Fans doesn't have to cost 40€ a piece... even they did in my case

 

The rx480 is a pretty warm running card. So temps will be different if you running a GTX series card.

How ever the ASUS cards starts spinning fans @ 60°C so im not worried about these.

Also im running stock fan on the CPU so you can lower temps if u gonna swap them for some higher tdp cooler.

 

[i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness]

1 minute ago, FroxIV said:

Also im running stock fan on the CPU so you can lower temps if u gonna swap them for some higher tdp cooler.

 

which is why I posted what I did, you must have missed it.

 

i3 7100

 

Cooler Master Hyper 212X

 

GTX 1060, preferably EVGA

 

Corsair CX550 modular or nonmodular, your choice

 

SanDisk 240GB SSD

 

Western Digital Black 2TB 7200RPM

 

12GB DDR4 (pick and choose brands here)

 

Gigabyte B250-HD3P

 

Corsair Carbide Spec-04, or Fractal Design Core 1000

 

Will run any modern title at decent settings. 240GB of OS space and 2TB of slow storage for games and personal files.

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, FroxIV said:

 

The point is that you had to fill up up the case with fans to overcome it's short comings on airflow.

 

Better to just buy a case that has a Mesh front panel for intake from the start.

[Guest]

21 minutes ago, i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness said:

which is why I posted what I did, you must have missed it.

 

i3 7100

 

Cooler Master Hyper 212X

 

GTX 1060, preferably EVGA

 

Corsair CX550 modular or nonmodular, your choice

 

SanDisk 240GB SSD

 

Western Digital Black 2TB 7200RPM

 

12GB DDR4 (pick and choose brands here)

 

Gigabyte B250-HD3P

 

Corsair Carbide Spec-04, or Fractal Design Core 1000

 

Will run any modern title at decent settings. 240GB of OS space and 2TB of slow storage for games and personal files.

The i3 7100 is not a good choice of cpu. He would be better off going with a Ryzen build on this budget.

[i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness]

46 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

The i3 7100 is not a good choice of cpu. He would be better off going with a Ryzen build on this budget.

Ryzens have a lower overall clockspeed and lower IPC as well. Intel is better for gaming, AMD is better for productivity, on a consumer level.

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness said:

Ryzens have a lower overall clockspeed and lower IPC as well. Intel is better for gaming, AMD is better for productivity, on a consumer level.

The clock speed has nothing to do with it. A 2 core/4 thread i3 is a bad choice. 

[i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness]

30 minutes ago, lee32uk said:

The clock speed has nothing to do with it. A 2 core/4 thread i3 is a bad choice. 

Okay then, i3 8100 and B350 board.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, i_got_laid_by_a_dragoness said:

Okay then, i3 8100 and B350 board.

The build that Streetguru posted is a better option. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (£139.99 @ Aria PC) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (1 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£134.02 @ YoYoTech) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£64.79 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£33.95 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card  (£263.99 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: be quiet! - Pure Power 10 400W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply  (£45.87 @ Ebuyer) 
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter  (£24.75 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: LG - 24GM79G-B 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  (£169.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: Game Max GMX-EXPLORER  (£23.99 @ Aria PC) 
Other: ASROCK H310M-HDV (£49.90)
Total: £951.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-06 03:39 BST+0100

[sumbee]

11 hours ago, Streetguru said:

Buy a case that actually has airflow

 

Should wait until April 19th for Ryzen 2 and X470 motherboards

 

GPU pricing is almost not horrible where you're at

Monitor is free-sync, if you can find an RX 580 at a decent price maybe get that instead

4GB RX 580 here for 275 GBP, probably worth it if you want to have free-sync, you should check the free-sync range on that monitor though, not sure why it's so cheap.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/XYDzK8/asus-radeon-rx-580-4gb-dual-video-card-dual-rx580-o4g
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/6QWpGG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/6QWpGG/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£139.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£63.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£149.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£35.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Dual Video Card  (£263.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.97 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.00 @ Box Limited)
Monitor: LG - 24GM79G-B 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor  (£169.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £934.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-05 18:18 BST+0100

All the same parts except the case, I would choose Aerocool - QS-240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case which would bring my total to £908.94. I don't understand the need of a Full ATX case here when the mobo is mATX. The Aerocool case has enough airflow for cooling your CPU/GPU.

 

Add-in a SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply instead of the cooler master 550, you can upgrade your GPU later for a full 250 watt Titan probably in a year or few more months later, by which we will have a Titan of Turing or Ampere Architecture. And the good thing is you will get 70 more watts at a fraction of £14 here @ £922.73. But still less than the above estimate. As far I know Seasonics are much better PSUs. Jonnyguru has reviewed a 520 Watt of the same make in the webpage below and that scored 9.7out of 10, pretty impressive. 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/D39kdX

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=185

[LienusLateTips]

11 minutes ago, sumbee said:

All the same parts except the case, I would choose Aerocool - QS-240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case which would bring my total to £908.94. I don't understand the need of a Full ATX case here when the mobo is mATX. The Aerocool case has enough airflow for cooling your CPU/GPU.

The MasterBox has a full mesh front.

 

ATX as a upgrade option.

 

 

Your taste isn't really popular at the moment...

[sumbee]

2 minutes ago, JDE said:

The MasterBox has a full mesh front.

 

ATX as a upgrade option.

 

 

Your taste isn't really popular at the moment...

Well the world is moving towards smaller, my friend. And you don't need an ATX unless you are going Quad SLI. I don't think the good gentleman here is planning for that, so try to sell what the customer really needs, not what you think he might need.

[Streetguru]

8 minutes ago, sumbee said:

Well the world is moving towards smaller, my friend. And you don't need an ATX unless you are going Quad SLI. I don't think the good gentleman here is planning for that, so try to sell what the customer really needs, not what you think he might need.

The best overclocking boards are generally going to be ATX, also just gives you more room for stuff in general.

[sumbee]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

The best overclocking boards are generally going to be ATX, also just gives you more room for stuff in general.

Agreed, but my recommendation was based on the fact what you yourself recommended a micro ATX board in your build "ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard". If you want to go for ATX then also fine. But as I said, I would rather prefer a smaller form factor; preferable mATX, as I don't believe Overclocking is really affected there.

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, sumbee said:

 

If you're going compact though you should probably just go ITX, otherwise it's better to have an ATX case for any future upgrades.

[LienusLateTips]

23 minutes ago, sumbee said:

Well the world is moving towards smaller, my friend. And you don't need an ATX unless you are going Quad SLI. I don't think the good gentleman here is planning for that, so try to sell what the customer really needs, not what you think he might need.

ATX mobos better OC, plus it's around the same price either way

[sumbee]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

If you're going compact though you should probably just go ITX, otherwise it's better to have an ATX case for any future upgrades.

Well I prefer mATX over ITX simply because, it's really hard to find all good and capable hardware at this budget. Micro ATX just provides you ample option on upgrades and expansion that is needed for a regular gamer. I don't think adding 3 more PCI lanes increases efficiency, except it just eat up bandwidth from a 4 lane PCI configuration for the additional lanes. 

I am not debating the fact if ATX is better or not, or mATX is better or ITX is even better. My point was clearly on the grounds that It's typically not optimized to go ATX case on a mATX motherboard, when you simply don't have the additional PCI lanes. I just gave the gentleman an option and he is the one who is going to spend his hard earned money. I didn't disagreed with any option and I expect the same from others too.

[sumbee]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

ATX mobos better OC, plus it's around the same price either way

Oh my friend, I think you really took it personal. You need to cool down, everyone is entitled to their opinions.