Advice for a mid range gaming build

[keijzerchief]

I'm planning on building my own PC, and was going to follow this part guide: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/guide/cTTwrH/modest-intel-gaming-build
Do you think this is a good build or should I make some changes to it?
Thanks in advance

 

[ChumP]

What's your budget for the system?

 

[keijzerchief]

Similar to the current build price, probably max about £850

 

[keijzerchief]

What's your budget for the system?

Similar to the current build price, probably max about £850

 

[WildCard999]

It's decent but for the price I'd change the system over to the Ryzen 2600/B450 MB/ DDR4 @3000+/RX 580 as it will give you nearly identical performance for a bit cheaper, plus if your monitor supports AMD Freesync then that's a added bonus for going with a AMD GPU.

 

[WildCard999]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£145.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£115.00 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£118.78 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£46.64 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Video Card (£194.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£80.01 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £821.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-10 21:25 GMT+0000

 

[keijzerchief]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£145.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£115.00 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£118.78 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£46.64 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Video Card (£194.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£80.01 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £821.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-10 21:25 GMT+0000

A couple things:
do you think this pc will be a better rig for gaming?
and I also noticed youve changed from a micro ATX to a ATX formfactor, are there any advantages of that?

 

[ChumP]

Managed to squeeze a GTX 1070 in there... it will be much faster in games than the rx580/gtx 1060.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£145.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£65.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£119.99 @ Box Limited)
Storage: Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.29 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card (£349.19 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.96 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £846.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-10 21:43 GMT+0000

 

[keijzerchief]

Managed to squeeze a GTX 1070 in there... it will be much faster in games than the rx580/gtx 1060.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£145.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£65.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£119.99 @ Box Limited)
Storage: Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.29 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card (£349.19 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.96 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £846.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-10 21:43 GMT+0000

Is the ryzen 5 a better CPU than the i5?

 

[ChumP]

It will perform a tad worse in games(it won't be noticeable), but it's quite a bit cheaper. Productivity wise the ryzen chip wins by a mile.
I'd say it has better value than the intel chip for the price.

Anyways i5 8400+GTX 1060 will be much slower than the ryzen 5 2600 + GTX 1070 in games.

@keijzerchief did downvote your answer by mistake sorry.

 

[WildCard999]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£145.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£115.00 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£118.78 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£46.64 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Video Card (£194.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£80.01 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £821.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-10 21:25 GMT+0000

A couple things:
do you think this pc will be a better rig for gaming?
and I also noticed youve changed from a micro ATX to a ATX formfactor, are there any advantages of that?

It'll game similarly to the build you posted above, as for the motherboard change I just decided to go full ATX as the case supports it and you'll have more PCI/PCIE slots if needed.

Personally I like ITX builds but to each there own.

It's doable with your budget if you want a smaller system.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£145.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG Strix B450-I Gaming Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard (£149.47 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£118.78 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£46.64 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.29 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Video Card (£194.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - H200 (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case (£79.98 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£80.01 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £851.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-10 22:26 GMT+0000

 

[SgtScream]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£145.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£79.19 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£115.19 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Crucial - BX500 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£57.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card (£349.19 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£46.99 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£65.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case Fan: Fractal Design - FD-FAN-SSLL-120-WT 41.8 CFM 120mm Fan
Total: £859.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-12 18:19 GMT+0000