Pc build reccomdations

[officualgamingwizard]

Could you guys/girls please recommend a good PC build for £1350

i would prefer it to be a gaming based.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

I omitted a case and things like mouse and keyboard so that you may choose those yourself.
But here is my recommended build that'll get you great performance without going too expensive.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£137.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£124.79 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£70.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£161.62 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£38.21 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.95 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1 Video Card (£265.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£86.39 @ Aria PC)
Total: £931.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-08 22:57 BST+0100

You can of coures, go higher in SSD storage but I put the 128 in there as the minimum standard for you to have your OS and some main applications on it. Games, pictures, videos, music, etc. should all go on the HDD since you don't benefit from the faster speeds in those things (and yes, I know it can shorten loading screen times in games but I've never had a problem with the length of a loading screen on my HDD. As long as the rest of the PC is fast it won't be an issue, and to pay a butt load more money for high capacity SSD for games just to make them load 2sec faster is absurd.)

 

[officualgamingwizard]

Thank you for your reply

 

[Eximo]

My only change to the above would be to go for at least a 240GB SSD. 128GB will fill up quickly unless you keep a close eye on what Windows is doing.

Perhaps spend less on the the liquid cooler as well. The stock cooler is adequate for a mild overclock. Plenty of mid-range air coolers that are much cheaper that will do the job as well.

 

[Finstar]

Why settle for less?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor (£279.01 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£96.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£135.28 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£147.59 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£94.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card (£479.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.50 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£58.67 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1351.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-08 23:11 BST+0100

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

That's a horrible recommendation Finstar (although a nice build) it's more than the OP's budget by quite a bit. you forget that there are taxes for things or what? when someone tells you their budget, it means that's THE budget and you shouldn't go over it cuz then they can't afford it. if they went for less SSD and a 1060 6GB with that build then sure It fits in the budget nicely.

 

[Finstar]

That's a horrible recommendation Finstar (although a nice build) it's more than the OP's budget by quite a bit. you forget that there are taxes for things or what? when someone tells you their budget, it means that's THE budget and you shouldn't go over it cuz then they can't afford it. if they went for less SSD and a 1060 6GB with that build then sure It fits in the budget nicely.

WOW i didn't know £2 is something you need to drop a SSD and GPU by 2 tiers for!
Fyi taxes have already been applied to the prices and there's no import fees, so i really don't know what you're talking about

 

[WiiUMasterGman]

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor (£229.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£78.15 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (£71.95 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£154.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: PNY - CS900 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£49.46 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.95 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB AMP Extreme Video Card (£418.67 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£40.58 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£58.67 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1149.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-09 05:09 BST+0100

Taxes aren't really put in my friend (sadly) in my build the 1800x is $229 but atleast where I'm from we have 12% tax that would make it around $258

 

[officualgamingwizard]

In the uk tax is added on to the products

 

[madmatt30]

@xSimply1337x - while I have nothing against the ryzen 1600 your build is honestly horribly thought out.

Low end board, over expensive cooler, totally unnecessary.

For less money you can get a better board , a 250gb ssd & a 1070.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£137.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£70.98 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£158.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£58.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.95 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Video Card (£383.99 @ Aria PC)
Other: EVGA 650 W GQ Series ATX Modular Power Supply with Active PFC (£61.96 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £919.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-09 16:40 BST+0100

 

[madmatt30]

@officualgamingwizard

Do you need full system ?

Keyboard,mouse,monitor etc.

What resolution & refresh rate are you looking at using for if so?
Has a massive bearing on system balancing between cpu & gpu at the end of the day.

Higher refresh rates ?? Intel
Higher resolutions at 60-75htz ?? Save money with ryzen & buy the best gpu you can afford.

 

[officualgamingwizard]

no i already have a monitor and keyboard

 

[madmatt30]

Yes but what monitor ??

If it's 1080p 60htz you don't need to spend anywhere near £1350.

You'll get dwindling returns spending more money than you need to.

 

[officualgamingwizard]

yeah it is 1080p 60hz

 

[Finstar]

yeah it is 1080p 60hz

Then go with madmatts build. Hell, you could even drop the 1070 for a 1060 6gb or a RX 580 and you'd still be able to do high-max settings with 60 fps in every game.

 

[madmatt30]

While I've never really been one for going for the top tier cards the current prices of 1060's & 580s at around £280 are bad value.

Gtx 1070ti for under £400

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/zotac-geforce-gtx-1070ti-mini-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-zt-p10710g-10p-gx-10s-zt.html

Complete overkill for 1080p but if your sticking at that resolution you'll get 5 years out of it.