I've been planning a PC build for my girlfriend, who currently doesn't have one and has just come across £500 to buy one.
It'll be used for mainly for office work and browsing etc, but also some light gaming. Things like overwatch, sims, fall guys & minecraft primarily, and maybe overwatch 2 when it comes out, which might be a little harder. Although she wouldn't have an issue with playing on 720p in games if needed.
I've seen the Ryzen 7 5700G, and it seems like a build including that might be able to perform well for these purposes.
I'm still unsure if buying a used pre build system would be the better strategy to get better value, but I'm hesitant because she wants it to last her a long time.
There is also a strong possibility of upgrading the system with a GPU and new case and PSU to support it in a year or two.
I've put this build together which I think will perform beyond what is strictly needed, and is within the budget, but I'd love some advice:
PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9TYHzf
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor (£257.49 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£64.48 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Custom: EXDISPLAY CiT S012B Black Slim Micro ATX or ITX Case 300w PSU Built-in Card-reader (£34.97 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £471.91
Any advice on this would be brilliant, thanks. (Especially whether the inbuilt case PSU looks dodgy, I'm unsure.)
It'll be used for mainly for office work and browsing etc, but also some light gaming. Things like overwatch, sims, fall guys & minecraft primarily, and maybe overwatch 2 when it comes out, which might be a little harder. Although she wouldn't have an issue with playing on 720p in games if needed.
I've seen the Ryzen 7 5700G, and it seems like a build including that might be able to perform well for these purposes.
I'm still unsure if buying a used pre build system would be the better strategy to get better value, but I'm hesitant because she wants it to last her a long time.
There is also a strong possibility of upgrading the system with a GPU and new case and PSU to support it in a year or two.
I've put this build together which I think will perform beyond what is strictly needed, and is within the budget, but I'd love some advice:
PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9TYHzf
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor (£257.49 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£64.48 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN570 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Custom: EXDISPLAY CiT S012B Black Slim Micro ATX or ITX Case 300w PSU Built-in Card-reader (£34.97 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £471.91
Any advice on this would be brilliant, thanks. (Especially whether the inbuilt case PSU looks dodgy, I'm unsure.)