[SOLVED] Can somebody help me build a pc for £400?

[Cubixty]

Hello ,

Ive currently got £400 in my pocket and I want to build a gaming pc . Unfortunately Im not good with choosing parts and finding the best deals . Everything should be new apart from the GPU . Thank you in advance

 

[EndEffeKt_24]

Hello ,

Ive currently got £400 in my pocket and I want to build a gaming pc . Unfortunately Im not good with choosing parts and finding the best deals . Everything should be new apart from the GPU . Thank you in advance

400 bucks is a tough budget to work with if you do not want to go used. Do you already have a gpu?

 

[Phaaze88]

400 pounds really isn't much to work with...

What did you have in mind for a 2nd hand gpu? Do you already have the monitor, mouse, keyboard, and OS?
I think you really need to reconsider your budget and save up some more.

Here's a build without the 2nd hand gpu, monitor, mouse, keyboard, and Operating System:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£106.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£61.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.38 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 (w/o ODD) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.99 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.91 @ More Computers)
Total: £398.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-07 09:44 GMT+0000


Here's that same build after making a couple of sacrifices:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor (£37.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£65.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.38 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR400 (w/o ODD) MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.91 @ More Computers)
Total: £323.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-07 09:41 GMT+0000

So unless you already have some of the non-listed parts, the 400 pound budget is just too low.

 

[Cubixty]

400 pounds really isn't much to work with...

What did you have in mind for a 2nd hand gpu? Do you already have the monitor, mouse, keyboard, and OS?
I think you really need to reconsider your budget and save up some more.

Here's a build without the 2nd hand gpu, monitor, mouse, keyboard, and Operating System:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£106.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£61.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.38 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR600 (w/o ODD) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.99 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.91 @ More Computers)
Total: £398.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-07 09:44 GMT+0000


Here's that same build after making a couple of sacrifices:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor (£37.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£65.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.38 @ Aria PC)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox NR400 (w/o ODD) MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.91 @ More Computers)
Total: £323.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-07 09:41 GMT+0000

So unless you already have some of the non-listed parts, the 400 pound budget is just too low.

Thank you , Im trying to get the best deals because of the budget and yes Ive already got a Mouse ,Keyboard , ect. Only need the rig . I know the budget is to low so Im trying to buy more used parts than new so I can save a bit on the parts . Also I can find really cheap gpu's in my area . Just kinda stuck on the compatability issues and that . Thanks for the help

 

[Flayed]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£106.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£61.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.28 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Silverstone PS15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£45.46 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £365.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-07 12:03 GMT+0000

 

[EndEffeKt_24]

Best you can do is try to score a used ryzen gen1 platform for like 150 pounds and go from there I think.

 

[Phaaze88]

Thank you , Im trying to get the best deals because of the budget and yes Ive already got a Mouse ,Keyboard , ect. Only need the rig . I know the budget is to low so Im trying to buy more used parts than new so I can save a bit on the parts . Also I can find really cheap gpu's in my area . Just kinda stuck on the compatability issues and that . Thanks for the help

Some good deals can be found 2nd hand, but you also have to be aware of the scams and bad deals in the mix as well.
-Fake GTX 750(Ti) & 1050(Ti)
-gpus that were heavily mined on, the most popular being the RX 400 & 500 series, and GTX 1050(Ti) & 1060. There's likely an abundance of those cards due to some miners trying to recoup their losses.

 

[ScrewySqrl]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor (£89.97 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£53.46 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£29.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA SU630 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£22.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.38 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card (£109.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£21.60 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: be quiet! System Power 9 400 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£38.90 @ Aria PC)
Total: £400.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-07 20:17 GMT+0000

All new parts with some expansion capability: a second 8GB stick can be used to up the system to 16 GB ram, the cpu can be upgraded to any of the 1000-2000-3000 series cpus, and likely this summer the 4000 series. . the 570 could be replaced by a RX 5500X even on the 400W PSU.