Building my first gaming pc around the £400 mark, is it good?

[lewis_38]

Building first gaming pc, are all these parts compatible and are they good?

CPU £110 Intel core i5-6400

GPU £140 Gtx 1050Ti 4GB ddr5

PSU £35 600W 80+ certified

RAM £35 8gb 2666MHz DDR4 RAM

Motherboard £66 Gigabyte Intel GA-B250M-DS3H Socket 1151 mATX Motherboard

Case £20 Some cheap Micro ATX case

HDD £12 500GB HDD

Totals to £418

This is around my budget.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Shotta06]

II's O.K. you should be able to run most games on high with some tweaking every now and then. No modern game on Ultra though. 500GB HDD seems really small for modern games/apps etc but only you know how much space you need.

To get better help, always do the PC part picker and post.

Also, I would try for 16GB of ram but if your only gaming and nothing more 8 GB is fine

Hope this helped!

 

[lewis_38]

Thanks for your answer Shotta06, 500Gb will be enough for me to begin with as ill only be playing on a few games but i will expand when needed. Most of the parts in this build are second hand so using pc part picker wont work for an acurrate price point. And as of the RAM im only going to be gaming so i think 8GB will be plenty.

 

[sizzling]

What exact make and model PSU? A £35 600w sounds like it will be one of those fire hazard PSU's. The 80+rating is meaningless when it comes to quality. Chances are you will be better off with a reasonable 400w unit that's better made.

 

[madmatt30]

Change the cpu to the pentium g4560 , that'll save you nearly £60.

Intel Pentium Kaby Lake g4560 – MICROPROCESSOR (DDR4 – 2133/2400, DDR3L-1333/1600, 3.5 GHz) Color Silver https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NCE8T92/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_rD.lzbCT35QQB

Buy a better PSU than the one you chose , there are no good 600w units for £35 mate, it will be dire quality.

Corsair CP-9020101-UK CX450M 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply Unit https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01C3FFOHS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_hC.lzbR7AW7SY

 

[lewis_38]

Yeh i was going to go for a corsair one similar to that one but was hoping to find somewhere cheap but doesnt look like i will. About the pentium g4560, is this a good option as it only has 2 cores unless it has hyperthreading in which case i may consider it as i know 2 cores can be very limiting for gaming?

 

[madmatt30]

The pentium is hyperthreaded mate yes , its on nearly the same level as the i3 6100.
& not as strong as a proper quad but not as far behind as you'd think.

Sub £50 the corsair 450/450m is about the best quality psu there is available in the uk (& only that model not the older 430 or 500w ones)

 

[lewis_38]

Okay thanks mate would you recommend getting that over the i5-6400 then?

 

[madmatt30]

Matter of budget mate , just don't skimp on the psu ever.Pentium is incredible value for £60


If you were definitely after an i5 I could do you a brand new in box 6500 for £115.

 

[lewis_38]

Okay thank you i appreciate your help