Can you help me build a budget computer? 550£

[Jonas_10]

Can you help me build the best price to performance gaming pc. I want it to have a nice case, and not a chinese (Possibly FATAL) Supply

 

[Ali Tauseef]

Best I could do:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus H110M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£61.80 @ Alza)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.80 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card (£149.94 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£31.89 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£67.80 @ Alza)
Total: £563.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-09 22:52 BST+0100

 

[MatthewGB]

Improved over above:

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dct7HN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dct7HN/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£42.30 @ Novatech)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£50.38 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow KC300 180GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£86.26 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card (£149.94 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£31.89 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£32.88 @ Aria PC)
Total: £555.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-09 23:23 BST+0100

Got cheaper mobo, cheaper RAM, and replaced with HDD with a much faster, but smaller SSD. PSU replaced with a much cheaper lower-end model (But still good quality don't worry).

 

[Ali Tauseef]

Improved over above:

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dct7HN
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dct7HN/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£161.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£42.30 @ Novatech)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£50.38 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow KC300 180GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£86.26 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 470 4GB STRIX Video Card (£149.94 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£31.89 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£32.88 @ Aria PC)
Total: £555.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-09 23:23 BST+0100

Got cheaper mobo, cheaper RAM, and replaced with HDD with a much faster, but smaller SSD. PSU replaced with a much cheaper lower-end model (But still good quality don't worry).

Jesus, which part? You went with an absolute crap of a PSU, slower RAM and only one stick of it, do you really think 180 GB will be enough as main storage?

 

[Trafalgar747]

Here you go, slightly better and newer processor then the other two builds, USB 3.1 mobo, stronger GPU, better airflow and quality case, better and semi modular power supply. Also, a HDD is more important than an SSD on a budget gaming rig.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£42.30 @ Novatech)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£50.38 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.80 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card (£161.92 @ BT Shop)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£39.40 @ Alza)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£51.05 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £542.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-10 15:16 BST+0100

@MathewGB, your build is not very improved over from @Ali Tauseef, although you put in a single memory stick since the board only supports two max so he can upgrade to 16GB in the future, an HDD is more important if he does not already own one, an your power supply is worse in quality.

 

[Ali Tauseef]

Here you go, slightly better and newer processor then the other two builds, USB 3.1 mobo, stronger GPU, better airflow and quality case, better and semi modular power supply. Also, a HDD is more important than an SSD on a budget gaming rig.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£42.30 @ Novatech)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£50.38 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.80 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card (£161.92 @ BT Shop)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£39.40 @ Alza)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£51.05 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £542.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-10 15:16 BST+0100

@MathewGB, your build is not very improved over from @Ali Tauseef, although you put in a single memory stick since the board only supports two max so he can upgrade to 16GB in the future, an HDD is more important if he does not already own one, an your power supply is worse in quality.

He's going to need a B250 motherboard, an H110 chipset motherboard will require a bios update for Kaby Lake CPUs.

 

[Trafalgar747]

Here you go, slightly better and newer processor then the other two builds, USB 3.1 mobo, stronger GPU, better airflow and quality case, better and semi modular power supply. Also, a HDD is more important than an SSD on a budget gaming rig.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£42.30 @ Novatech)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£50.38 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.80 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card (£161.92 @ BT Shop)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£39.40 @ Alza)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£51.05 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £542.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-10 15:16 BST+0100

@MathewGB, your build is not very improved over from @Ali Tauseef, although you put in a single memory stick since the board only supports two max so he can upgrade to 16GB in the future, an HDD is more important if he does not already own one, an your power supply is worse in quality.

He's going to need a B250 motherboard, an H110 chipset motherboard will require a bios update for Kaby Lake CPUs.

A B250 motherboard is about $20 more expensive, an i bios update is absolutely no problem to carry out.

 

[Ali Tauseef]

Here you go, slightly better and newer processor then the other two builds, USB 3.1 mobo, stronger GPU, better airflow and quality case, better and semi modular power supply. Also, a HDD is more important than an SSD on a budget gaming rig.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£42.30 @ Novatech)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£50.38 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.80 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card (£161.92 @ BT Shop)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£39.40 @ Alza)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£51.05 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £542.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-10 15:16 BST+0100

@MathewGB, your build is not very improved over from @Ali Tauseef, although you put in a single memory stick since the board only supports two max so he can upgrade to 16GB in the future, an HDD is more important if he does not already own one, an your power supply is worse in quality.

He's going to need a B250 motherboard, an H110 chipset motherboard will require a bios update for Kaby Lake CPUs.

A B250 motherboard is about $20 more expensive, an i bios update is absolutely no problem to carry out.

How will he do that for free?

 

[Trafalgar747]

The PC will boot without a BIOS update, but may cause stability issues. You can download the BIOS from the manufactures website for free, in this case here: https://ca.msi.com/Motherboard/support/H110M-PRO-VD-PLUS-.html#down-bios and flash in on in the BIOS.

 

[Ali Tauseef]

You're saying "may", why would he risk that. Maybe it won't go past the BIOS.