How can I make this build cheaper?

[Nick Young]

Hi,

I have made put together a part list on here: Part List

My budget is £900 and this build is already up to £1105.95. I'm not sure what else I can do to get the price down.

Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

Nick

 

[stevenjemint]

The Kraken is expensive, half the ram for now, swap the 960 evo for a cheaper SSD (you probably wont even notice the difference), the case is expensive too.

 

[WildCard999]

Cheaper, bigger SSD & much better GPU. If the budget needs to be under 900 then go with a 2x4gb kit for memory.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£235.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler (£51.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - Z370XP SLI (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£104.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£114.28 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£75.08 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 4 GB NITRO+ Video Card (£181.90 @ Alza)
Case: NZXT - H500 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.59 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 (EU) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.11 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £945.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-13 15:39 GMT+0000

 

[Peter Martin]

it depends upon what you want to give up in terms of performance. I would leave it as good for now. You don't want an i3 or even a lesser card

 

[ChumP]

This build should do much better in games with the RX 580 8GB and it's within your budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£145.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49 CFM CPU Cooler (£41.22 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard (£88.97 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£123.59 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£70.79 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 8 GB PULSE Video Card (£225.79 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£69.59 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £875.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[g-unit1111]

it depends upon what you want to give up in terms of performance. I would leave it as good for now. You don't want an i3 or even a lesser card

Really? A 1050TI is not a good card. And you can still get an 8600K on that budget, but the funds are very mismanaged. This would be a better use of that budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£235.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H5 Universal 65 CFM CPU Cooler (£52.67 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£142.49 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£131.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB SSC DT Video Card (£235.33 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1055.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-13 16:00 GMT+0000

That's a much better use of that budget. Or this if you want to go below £1000:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz 6-Core Processor (£199.98 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£142.49 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£131.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£74.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB SSC DT Video Card (£235.33 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.99 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - EVO Edition 620 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£70.47 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £968.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-13 16:01 GMT+0000

 

[SgtScream]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£183.17 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard (£94.72 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£131.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£70.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB GAMING X Video Card (£289.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£68.40 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£56.23 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £895.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-13 16:17 GMT+0000

 

[Karadjgne]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£183.17 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard (£94.72 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LED 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£145.19 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£70.79 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.34 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card (£219.00 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£68.40 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £896.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-13 16:27 GMT+0000