£<700~ Build Brainstorm

[vK 3 1 RON]

Hello! I'm planning a build for a friend, and he's asked to be somewhere around £700 (UK) for an entire build. CPU, GPU, -> Monitor, Headset, keyboard etc. I've threw together this, 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£68.40 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard	£77.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£56.59 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£28.79 @ Aria PC
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£38.13 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	MSI - Radeon RX 580 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card	£199.97 @ Box Limited
Case	Phanteks - Eclipse P300 Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	£49.14 @ Aria PC
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	£49.99 @ Amazon UK
Wireless Network Adapter	Asus - PCE-N15 PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter	£15.58 @ Aria PC
Monitor	AOC - G2260VWQ6 21.5" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	£86.34 @ Aria PC
Other	AUKEY Mechanical Keyboard Blue Switches 88-Key Anti-Ghosting ( UK Layout ) Waterproof Gaming Keyboard Metal Panel with Keycap Removal Tool for PC and Laptop Gamer	£27.99
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£698.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-25 20:40 GMT+0000

 so far. And I'm kind of lost for what headset to get, I thought of the hyperx stinger because it's... well it's kingston and I like them, but I'm not too knowledgeable about headsets so can anyone help me out? And also, if anyone has ideas for what to remove/swap that's great too! 

 

He'll be using it mostly for gaming (black ops 4 etc, AAA games) and University work, he's doing a course in Game development and it seems like that'll be mostly Unity 3D, Blender and possibly Photoshop. I understand that a bigger SSD would be wise for that kind of production but that would've threw the budget out the window

 

Thanks~

vK

[lmeneses]

Idk about the periphs, but if you are gonna get an armor card, get the mk2. The other versions have heating issues

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

4 minutes ago, lmeneses said:

Idk about the periphs, but if you are gonna get an armor card, get the mk2. The other versions have heating issues

Nah, the 580 Armor is okay IIRC

[LukeSavenije]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£129.95 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC - Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/Red) CPU Cooler	£28.99 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	£82.45 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£56.59 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£28.79 @ Aria PC
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£38.13 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	£198.00 @ Amazon UK
Case	Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	£49.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	£49.99 @ Amazon UK
Wireless Network Adapter	TP-Link - Archer T2UH USB 2.0 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter	£14.39 @ Aria PC
Monitor	LG - 22MP58VQ-P 21.5" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor	£84.98 @ Amazon UK
Other	AUKEY Mechanical Keyboard Blue Switches 88-Key Anti-Ghosting ( UK Layout ) Waterproof Gaming Keyboard Metal Panel with Keycap Removal Tool for PC and Laptop Gamer	£27.99
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£790.24
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-25 21:02 GMT+0000

I would wait a while. Look for some deals tomorrow and get something like this. 300 series msi boards are trash, the aero coolers are cheap, a 1200 is not that good as a proper ryzen 5, display refresh rate overclocking exists, and for the notice, don't expect to overclock the ram, those are cheap hynix chips from a lower line

[LukeSavenije]

15 minutes ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

Nah, the 580 Armor is okay IIRC

Not if a proper xfx is the same price

[vK 3 1 RON]

28 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	£129.95 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC - Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/Red) CPU Cooler	£28.99 @ AWD-IT
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	£82.45 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Team - Vulcan 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£56.59 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£28.79 @ Aria PC
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£38.13 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	£198.00 @ Amazon UK
Case	Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case	£49.99 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	£49.99 @ Amazon UK
Wireless Network Adapter	TP-Link - Archer T2UH USB 2.0 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter	£14.39 @ Aria PC
Monitor	LG - 22MP58VQ-P 21.5" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor	£84.98 @ Amazon UK
Other	AUKEY Mechanical Keyboard Blue Switches 88-Key Anti-Ghosting ( UK Layout ) Waterproof Gaming Keyboard Metal Panel with Keycap Removal Tool for PC and Laptop Gamer	£27.99
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£790.24
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-25 21:02 GMT+0000

I would wait a while. Look for some deals tomorrow and get something like this. 300 series msi boards are trash, the aero coolers are cheap, a 1200 is not that good as a proper ryzen 5, display refresh rate overclocking exists, and for the notice, don't expect to overclock the ram, those are cheap hynix chips from a lower line

I'll look for deals tomorrow, but I'm not even sure if my friend has the money right now so Cyber monday will most likely pass without him getting anything. I don't expect the memory to be overclocked past 3000 MHz, and with a headset on top of that, it's going to go way over £800. So I'll look into the XFX card, the fractal case, the mobo and I'll see what I can sort out with the 1200 -> 1600x. Thank you for the input

 

and just because I'm curious - what makes the MSI 300 boards 'trash'?

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, vK 3 1 RON said:

I'll look for deals tomorrow, but I'm not even sure if my friend has the money right now so Cyber monday will most likely pass without him getting anything. I don't expect the memory to be overclocked past 3000 MHz, and with a headset on top of that, it's going to go way over £800. So I'll look into the XFX card, the fractal case, the mobo and I'll see what I can sort out with the 1200 -> 1600x. Thank you for the input

Yeah, I chose for the 1600x in this case, but something like a 1600/1700/1700x/1600x/2600/2600/2700/2700x/1800x would be fine, just look what's the best for the price

[vK 3 1 RON]

1 minute ago, LukeSavenije said:

Yeah, I chose for the 1600x in this case, but something like a 1600/1700/1700x/1600x/2600/2600/2700/2700x/1800x would be fine, just look what's the best for the price

I forgot to mention, but that was a good call for an IPS monitor I completely forgot Thanks

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, vK 3 1 RON said:

I forgot to mention, but that was a good call for an IPS monitor I completely forgot Thanks

No problem. Not that tns are that bad imo, but if it's the same price, I'll take the ips

[vK 3 1 RON]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

No problem. Not that tns are that bad imo, but if it's the same price, I'll take the ips

Yeah I have a TNS and it's fine but he is probably gonna do photoshop work and stuff so getting a colour accurate panel is definitely a good idea imo