£600 - £650 Gaming PC

[taylormcdonnell3]

Hi guys, Thinking about building my first PC, Not sure if the parts I've selected are good enough or future proof just wondering if someone could help
Many thanks
Price range £600 - £650
These are my parts so far
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/W2rz9J

 

[julienruc]

Maybe try to bump up the motherboard if you want decent audio and more ports, and also if you're planning to overclock. Still, pretty solid build overall though. Go for it. Don't forget to buy more fans.

P.S: You can get a Windows 10 Pro OEM License for 5quid on Ebay. 100% legit, I do this all the time.

 

[taylormcdonnell3]

Maybe try to bump up the motherboard if you want decent audio and more ports, and also if you're planning to overclock. Still, pretty solid build overall though. Go for it. Don't forget to buy more fans.

P.S: You can get a Windows 10 Pro OEM License for 5quid on Ebay. 100% legit, I do this all the time.

Do you have any recommendations on motherboard and fans?
Really appreciate the help

 

[julienruc]

Maybe try to bump up the motherboard if you want decent audio and more ports, and also if you're planning to overclock. Still, pretty solid build overall though. Go for it. Don't forget to buy more fans.

P.S: You can get a Windows 10 Pro OEM License for 5quid on Ebay. 100% legit, I do this all the time.

Do you have any recommendations on motherboard and fans?
Really appreciate the help

Ideally, I would recommend this one:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Hy97YJ/msi-b450-tomahawk-atx-am4-motherboard-b450-tomahawk
or this one:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/gMQG3C/gigabyte-b450-aorus-elite-atx-AM4-motherboard-b450-aorus-elite

But it's 25-30quid more, so I don't know how that's gonna fare for you. Anything in between isn't something quite significant in terms of upgrade from the one you already picked so I'll let you decide.

Don't worry though, in terms of CPU performance, you will get the same performance regardless of each board you buy, it's mostly about the details (quality of capacitors, VRM, audio quality, number of ports, 3.1 gen USB, USB-C ports, RGB, overclocking, stability, build quality, m.2 ports, sata ports, and the list goes on...)

As for fans, I am a huge fan of the BeQuiet! fans as I don't feel good when my system gets loud. Psychologically I feel like something's wrong so I like to go for fans that are very quiet. Your case already comes with two 120mm fans for back and top exhaust so you just need another two 120mm or 140mm for the front of the case.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/4GsKHx/be-quiet-case-fan-bl047

If it's out of your budget, I can recommend these ones:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/hhbp99/arctic-cooling-case-fan-afaco140p0gba01
They're not as good but they've got a PWM connection, which allows you to manually be able to set the strength of the fans depending on temperature so you can keep things quiet when your components are cool and then they can jump up for performance when needed.

 

[taylormcdonnell3]

Maybe try to bump up the motherboard if you want decent audio and more ports, and also if you're planning to overclock. Still, pretty solid build overall though. Go for it. Don't forget to buy more fans.

P.S: You can get a Windows 10 Pro OEM License for 5quid on Ebay. 100% legit, I do this all the time.

Do you have any recommendations on motherboard and fans?
Really appreciate the help

Ideally, I would recommend this one:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Hy97YJ/msi-b450-tomahawk-atx-am4-motherboard-b450-tomahawk
or this one:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/gMQG3C/gigabyte-b450-aorus-elite-atx-AM4-motherboard-b450-aorus-elite

But it's 25-30quid more, so I don't know how that's gonna fare for you. Anything in between isn't something quite significant in terms of upgrade from the one you already picked so I'll let you decide.

Don't worry though, in terms of CPU performance, you will get the same performance regardless of each board you buy, it's mostly about the details (quality of capacitors, VRM, audio quality, number of ports, 3.1 gen USB, USB-C ports, RGB, overclocking, stability, build quality, m.2 ports, sata ports, and the list goes on...)

As for fans, I am a huge fan of the BeQuiet! fans as I don't feel good when my system gets loud. Psychologically I feel like something's wrong so I like to go for fans that are very quiet. Your case already comes with two 120mm fans for back and top exhaust so you just need another two 120mm or 140mm for the front of the case.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/4GsKHx/be-quiet-case-fan-bl047

If it's out of your budget, I can recommend these ones:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/hhbp99/arctic-cooling-case-fan-afaco140p0gba01
They're not as good but they've got a PWM connection, which allows you to manually be able to set the strength of the fans depending on temperature so you can keep things quiet when your components are cool and then they can jump up for performance when needed.

Thanks for that I shall add them to the build, In terms of upgrading the PC at later date will this be possible ? As in would I be able to upgrade GPU to for example GTX 1080 ?

 

[julienruc]

Yeah you can, the CPU bottleneck will be small and you'll still easily get a massive FPS increase.

The motherboard will read it no prob but it just sort of won't make much sense to have such good parts and a very cheap motherboard, which is why I suggested the upgrade in the first place.

Your PSU is big enough, even you decide to add another 8Gb of RAM and more storage options.

You're good to go

 

[taylormcdonnell3]

Yeah you can, the CPU bottleneck will be small and you'll still easily get a massive FPS increase.

The motherboard will read it no prob but it just sort of won't make much sense to have such good parts and a very cheap motherboard, which is why I suggested the upgrade in the first place.

Your PSU is big enough, even you decide to add another 8Gb of RAM and more storage options.

You're good to go

Thanks for the help!
So with all the added changes does this look good?
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/fzv8mq

 

[julienruc]

Yeah you can, the CPU bottleneck will be small and you'll still easily get a massive FPS increase.

The motherboard will read it no prob but it just sort of won't make much sense to have such good parts and a very cheap motherboard, which is why I suggested the upgrade in the first place.

Your PSU is big enough, even you decide to add another 8Gb of RAM and more storage options.

You're good to go

Thanks for the help!
So with all the added changes does this look good?
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/fzv8mq

Solid build mate. I think you're gonna be quite stoked. Piece of advice, for Windows 10 Pro you can find an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) on Ebay for 5quid. They're 100% legit. OEM licenses are usually sold to local retailers so it's often extra keys they have or keys they kept off laptops and PCs that never sold, so they're official Windows keys.

 

[taylormcdonnell3]

Yeah you can, the CPU bottleneck will be small and you'll still easily get a massive FPS increase.

The motherboard will read it no prob but it just sort of won't make much sense to have such good parts and a very cheap motherboard, which is why I suggested the upgrade in the first place.

Your PSU is big enough, even you decide to add another 8Gb of RAM and more storage options.

You're good to go

Thanks for the help!
So with all the added changes does this look good?
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/fzv8mq

Solid build mate. I think you're gonna be quite stoked. Piece of advice, for Windows 10 Pro you can find an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) on Ebay for 5quid. They're 100% legit. OEM licenses are usually sold to local retailers so it's often extra keys they have or keys they kept off laptops and PCs that never sold, so they're official Windows keys.

Okay cool I shall take a look , thanks for all the help much appreciated!