best price to performance pc for pure performance at around £800

[Kieran_18]

im looking to build a pc but i want the best price to performance and im, not exactly that good at coming up with builds all the ones i have made on pc partpicker are all around £1000 and arent that well rounded

im looking at
1080p
60fps +
and i play alot of simulation games such as hearts of iron and sins of a solar empire
but i do also play open world rpg like fallout and skyrim

any help that anyone could give me would be much appreciated

 

[SkyNetRising]

For £800 it would look something like this.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/KgzhFt

PC case usually is influenced by personal preference. Check, if it looks acceptable.
Also you may want to add a better cpu cooler than stock cooler.

Monitor, keyboard, mouse, OS not included. If you need those also, then significant alterations would be necessary to meet your budget.

 

[Kieran_18]

For £800 it would look something like this.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/KgzhFt

PC case usually is influenced by personal preference. Check, if it looks acceptable.
Also you may want to add a better cpu cooler than stock cooler.

Monitor, keyboard, mouse, OS not included. If you need those also, then significant alterations would be necessary to meet your budget.

i have a hyper 212 evo already as well as os mouse and keyboard , thanks for your help much appreciated

 

[Kieran_18]

For £800 it would look something like this.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/KgzhFt

PC case usually is influenced by personal preference. Check, if it looks acceptable.
Also you may want to add a better cpu cooler than stock cooler.

Monitor, keyboard, mouse, OS not included. If you need those also, then significant alterations would be necessary to meet your budget.[/quotemsg

how much would this change with a budget of £900? out of curiousity would it just be cpu and mobo for a ocable version ?

 

[Kieran_18]

For £800 it would look something like this.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/KgzhFt

PC case usually is influenced by personal preference. Check, if it looks acceptable.
Also you may want to add a better cpu cooler than stock cooler.

Monitor, keyboard, mouse, OS not included. If you need those also, then significant alterations would be necessary to meet your budget.

how much would this change with a budget of £900? out of curiousity would it just be cpu and mobo for a ocable version ?

 

[Peter Martin]

mmmmm, i want one of these, 889 but still. mmmmmm

https://www.ibuypower.de/Gamer-PC/AMD-Ryzen-7

 

[logainofhades]

800 budget

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£144.97 @ Box Limited)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£67.20 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£143.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Toshiba - OCZ TR200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£44.94 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£51.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Super JetStream Video Card (£239.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£34.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£67.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £795.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-13 18:41 BST+0100

900

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£144.97 @ Box Limited)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£67.20 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£143.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Toshiba - OCZ TR200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£44.94 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£29.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: PNY - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB Video Card (£364.57 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£34.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£67.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £898.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-13 18:40 BST+0100

 

[CRO5513Y]

Logain's build above is good, just made some changes to the 800.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/HfMXJ8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/HfMXJ8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£144.97 @ Box Limited)
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard (£85.97 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£146.77 @ Technextday)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£54.21 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£51.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 580 8GB GTS Black Core Edition Video Card (£210.28 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£67.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £796.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-14 05:05 BST+0100

- Full ATX Motherboard + Case that supports ATX.
- G.Skill RAM kit that is the same speed + size but lower latency for almost the same price.
- RX 580 8GB going for cheaper than all the 6GB 1060 atm and generally they're fractionally faster depending on the game.
- M.2 SSD, note it's not NVMe though. I just personally prefer them for the cleanliness of the build (no cables) but that's up to you.

Hope this helps!

 

[Kieran_18]

Logain's build above is good, just made some changes to the 800.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/HfMXJ8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/HfMXJ8/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor (£144.97 @ Box Limited)
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard (£85.97 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£146.77 @ Technextday)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£54.21 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£51.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 580 8GB GTS Black Core Edition Video Card (£210.28 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox 5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£67.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £796.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-14 05:05 BST+0100

- Full ATX Motherboard + Case that supports ATX.
- G.Skill RAM kit that is the same speed + size but lower latency for almost the same price.
- RX 580 8GB going for cheaper than all the 6GB 1060 atm and generally they're fractionally faster depending on the game.
- M.2 SSD, note it's not NVMe though. I just personally prefer them for the cleanliness of the build (no cables) but that's up to you.

Hope this helps!

this does help thank you

if i put a 1070 in instead of rx 580 what would change ?

 

[TerryLaze]

im looking to build a pc but i want the best price to performance

If you take out the very cheap CPUs,intel does much better for price/performance and will have a huge difference in sims/strategy and anything with fewer threads.
The plain i5-8400 does much better in VFM as well as doing much better in gaming.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Ryzen_7_2700/19.html

 

[ohenryy]

I find hard to recommend a 2600X when you can get a Ryzen 1700 for a great price..

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor (£164.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.98 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard (£155.03 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston - A400 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£51.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 580 8GB GTS Black Core Edition Video Card (£201.62 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix - Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case (£67.00 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£88.79 @ Alza)
Total: £821.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-14 12:44 BST+0100