My First PC build

[Banjokazooie59]

Hi, im hoping to build my first PC around Christmas time. I need an replacement to my current PC (AMD Athlon b22, Radeon HD 5450 1gb). Upgrade is not possible due to the PSU.

I have a budget of around £370 (i know its small).

I've made a bit of a part list but the CPU has recently gone up in price drastically.

I want to use it for games like Fortnite (and other light games) but want to play on high settings at a good framerate.

 

Pentium G5400 3.7Ghz (Used to be only £58)

Gigabyte - H310 D3 (Just a supported motherboard that looks good)

Kingston - FURY (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 (A cheap Ram kit)

Focus G Petrol Blue Mid Tower Case (I like the look of this case)

Corsair 550 Watt VS550 Refurbished (The cheapest 550w power supply from a brand i've heard of)

GTX 680 (CeX do a good price. it gives the same performance but is cheaper than the 1050)

Im using storage and peripherals from my old pc.

 

I don't really want to go higher than the budget but right now its above.

I've also made a list using Ryzen and at the moment its a bit cheaper than the Pentium build.

The problem is that they both now cost more than the budget.

 

Does anyone have any advice on what to do about this / alternatives to think about

Thanks

 

[GoldenLag]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£73.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£61.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£71.49 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.94 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: be quiet! - Pure Power 10 500W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply  (£56.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £294.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-14 14:48 BST+0100

 

Save the rest 

 

Towards a used R9 290x/390x/nano/fury

[GoldenLag]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£47.94 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£61.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£71.49 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£29.94 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: be quiet! - Pure Power 10 500W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply  (£56.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £268.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-14 14:58 BST+0100

 

Or this. Put the cash towards one of the mentioned GPUs or an hd 7970

[MandoPanda]

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($98.79 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  ($67.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($27.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.94 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.93 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - BR 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ B&H)
Total: $393.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-15 03:03 EDT-0400

 

[VEXICUS]

17 hours ago, Banjokazooie59 said:

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Build something like this for now, and purchase a used gpu like gtx 770/780/960/970. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£73.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£61.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£71.49 @ CCL Computers) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£22.95 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: be quiet! - Pure Power 10 500W 80+ Silver Certified ATX Power Supply  (£56.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £287.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-15 08:34 BST+0100