[SOLVED] Build or buy £300 - £400 Gaming pc?

[danielm175]

Hi,

My friend has asked me to look for a new gaming PC for him. Budget around £300 to £400 just for the PC.

My issue is that I'm not sure if I should just buy one of Amazon or but all of the components then build it for him?

As I looked at some more build ones and I valued there components for the price. Which seemed to be a bit expensive around £400 for bad comments pre build ones with no GPU inside.

When building own pc I worry about compatibility and installing Windows. As I see that I could purchase a Windows 10 key on Ebay around 10 pound.

What should I do?

 

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PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/k2vFCL

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (14nm) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor (£91.97 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£52.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£40.24 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£33.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 570 8 GB Video Card (£124.99 @ AWD-IT)
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£31.00 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.98 @ Currys PC World Business)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCIe x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter (£11.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £433.11

 

[Sohom]

nkanha


Thank you but there is an error message at the bottom of your build? Does this mean ot won't work when turning the PC on?

It says "Warning!Some AMD A320 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Pinnacle Ridge CPUs. Upgrading the BIOS may require a different CPU that is supported by older BIOS revisions"

Thats a warning message... it requires a bios update for working with ryzen 2000 series, u can go ahead get the cheapest b450 motherboard u can find, they are ryzen 2000 series ready...

Also that motherboard does not have WIFI build in.

I wud suggest u to get the Netgear A7000 wireless ac1900 wifi adapter https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-adapters/A7000.aspx adapter or AC1200 adapter https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-adapters/a6210.aspx

And also dont go for inbuilt wifi... not worth the extra money... Just my opinion...

But for gaming, wired is always the preferred and recommended option...