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Hey guys,

Its going to be the first time I'm building a PC. Wouldn't mind if you looked at the parts and improved it or even gave some advice. Mostly gonna be doing gaming on it and other light tasks on it. Trying to keep it around the £800 mark.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/meerkat2808/saved/T4khqs

Any thoughts are appreciated^_^

  • CPU
    I5-8400
  • Motherboard
    Gigabyte B360 ds3h
  • RAM
    2*8gb Vengence 2400 ddr4
  • GPU
    ASUS gtx 1060
  • Case
    Fractal define c mini windowed
  • Storage
    1tb WD blue and 240gb sandisk ssd
  • PSU
    550w bronze corsair cxm (grey)
  • Operating System
    windows 10
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You could get this Z370 board for the same price. Otherwise looks good

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/V9WfrH/gigabyte-z370p-d3-atx-lga1151-motherboard-z370p-d3

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Do you need the PC to be compact? If not, get an ATX case. Good ATX boards are much easier to find than good mATX boards, and you often get more room to work with. 

If you switch to ATX, there's a Z370 board available for £80. 

Get faster RAM. You get ~5-7% more performance with 3200MHz RAM, but there will also be benefits with 3000MHz RAM. 

The A400 is a pretty bad SSD. The MX500 is the cheapest really good SSD, but you should probably be fine.

There's a Sapphire RX 580 for £10 less than the 1060 6GB. You get the same in game performance, but you get support for Freesync. A Freesync monitor is generally ~£100 less expensive than an equivalent G-sync monitor. And you can get low end monitors with support for Freesync. 

For the PSU, the Formula 450W would be a better PSU, imo. Quieter and multi rail, but with a shorter warranty than the TXM (5 Vs 7 years). 

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