Best budget build gaming pc for between £600-£700

[aaza7]

Hi I am currently looking to build a gaming pc for £600-£700, i've looked at some custom pc builds for AMD and Intel but not sure which would be best for my budget. I was thinking of AMD as its best bang for your buck but feel more inclined to go for Intel as they seem to utilise their parts more. This gaming pc will be used for playing games such as CSGO, GTA and PUBG. I won't be requiring an OS as I have a current spare windows 7. I won't be requiring any peripherals either as I will buy them seperately in the near future. Please guys could you help me out I am stuck 🙁

thank you guys
Aaza

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

Assuming you have monitor as well, this is about as good as it gets with that budget https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/DqxDLD

 

[aaza7]

Assuming you have monitor as well, this is about as good as it gets with that budget https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/DqxDLD

looks good bro ty, just wondering is this motherbaord good for future upgrades?

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

You can upgrade to the I7-7700K but that is probably that. As it seems you will need new motherboard for next gen Intel Coffee Lake CPU, so if you can wait a couple of months i would recommend that, and then get the new 6 core I5-8600K and a new Z370 series chipset motherboard.
There are rumors that motherboard manufactures will ujpdate the Z270 motherboards with a BIOS update to work with the new CPU, but that is only rumors and officially Intel has stated that current motherboards will not support the new generation CPU.

 

[aaza7]

You can upgrade to the I7-7700K but that is probably that. As it seems you will need new motherboard for next gen Intel Coffee Lake CPU, so if you can wait a couple of months i would recommend that, and then get the new 6 core I5-8600K and a new Z370 series chipset motherboard.
There are rumors that motherboard manufactures will ujpdate the Z270 motherboards with a BIOS update to work with the new CPU, but that is only rumors and officially Intel has stated that current motherboards will not support the new generation CPU.

ah I see, what about an AMD build would that be better for what I want or stick to intel?

 

[blankcr8]

I think you can still get better bang for your buck with a ryzen build.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/H9CBKZ
this should last you much longer with a slightly more powerful gpu and more cores/threads with the cpu.

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

For a pure gaming rig, I would go Intel as they are simply just faster.
Also that RX580 GPU is noisy and runs hot, then better get a GTX 1060 which is about same performance.

 

[blankcr8]

For a pure gaming rig, I would go Intel as they are simply just faster.
Also that RX580 GPU is noisy and runs hot, then better get a GTX 1060 which is about same performance.

the 1060 is probably better than the 580, but the i5 and r5 1600 are actually similar in gaming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RMbYe4X2LI

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

For a pure gaming rig, I would go Intel as they are simply just faster.
Also that RX580 GPU is noisy and runs hot, then better get a GTX 1060 which is about same performance.

the 1060 is probably better than the 580, but the i5 and r5 1600 are actually similar in gaming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RMbYe4X2LI

No they are not. I5 wins in most games http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-5-1600-cpu,5073.html

 

[ohenryy]

At exactly 800£ 😀
Looks like intel has the edge on gaming for now, perhaps in the future will have better use of more cores, but these days if you game only, Intel is the way to go.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9hwMhq
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9hwMhq/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£70.91 @ More Computers)
Memory: Crucial - 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£114.80 @ Alza)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: KFA2 - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB EXOC White Video Card (£248.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA - 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.39 @ Aria PC)
Total: £800.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-05 23:56 BST+0100

 

[aaza7]

looks like a cool pc but i cant afford to go the extra £100 🙁

At exactly 800£ 😀
Looks like intel has the edge on gaming for now, perhaps in the future will have better use of more cores, but these days if you game only, Intel is the way to go.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9hwMhq
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9hwMhq/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£70.91 @ More Computers)
Memory: Crucial - 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£114.80 @ Alza)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: KFA2 - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB EXOC White Video Card (£248.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case (£33.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA - 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.39 @ Aria PC)
Total: £800.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-05 23:56 BST+0100

 

[aaza7]

any other good builds or current builds in here that could be improved on please guys? just wondering cause I wanna be thorough with this as I will wanna upgrade it slowly in the future if possible

 

[blankcr8]

I'd still say ryzen especially if you're planning on upgrading, because the platform is new and there will probably be another 2 generations of amd cpus on am4

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

You won't need to upgrade your cpu for the next 2 generations anyway. From my first post https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/DqxDLD
You can upgrade GPU to 6 GB version if your budget can take it.

 

[aaza7]

So are we all going with this Intel build as the answer? the only problem is that it doesnt have a case 😱

 

[madmatt30]

So are we all going with this Intel build as the answer? the only problem is that it doesnt have a case 😱

NO mate,I wouldn't - I would not build any intel i5 rig at this moment in time.
It makes no sense.

Ryzen 1600@4ghz on a $130 board with a $40 cooler vs an i7 7700k@4.9ghz on a $230 board with a $150 cooler.

This is an upto date video from 3 days ago ,now ryzen has matured its far far better than benches people keep throwing up that are way way out of date.

[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8K2yc11eC4"][/video]

The first 5 minutes cover older benches that were run where the ryzens were getting eclipsed by both the i5 7600k & i7 7700k,after 5 minutes the new benches start.
Things are vastly vastly different now - yes the i7 still generally wins ,not by a massive amount though.
Remember this is $350 ryzen cpu/mb/cooler combo vs $650 worth of intel i7!!!

 

[madmatt30]

IN budget with 16gb ram & the case included.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£183.54 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard (£78.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£109.99)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Windforce OC Video Card (£198.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman - R1 ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£41.00)
Total: £692.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-18 18:05 BST+0100


psu here
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CP-9020120-UK-CX450-Bronze-Supply/dp/B06WW51XBX/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1505754286&sr=1-2&keywords=cx450

ram here
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ballistix-Sport-8GBx2-PC4-19200-288-Pin/dp/B00MTSWFMM/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1505754271&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=crucial+ballixtix+16+gb

 

[aaza7]

Thanks guys after a bit of chatting and research into some parts I have decided to go with this one! thank you all