Question Trying to make absolute cheapest budget build (views and upgrades/downgrades)

[Gamefreaknet]

Hi. For a while now I have been "gaming" on a Gaming Laptop (Alienware M17 R1: i7 8750H, RTX 2070MQ) however more recently I have noticed that it has started to stress such as whenever I am doing games my GPU goes from 0% - 5% usage to suddenly 90% - 100% usage on games from Wreckfest to Minecraft thus I started making custom builds. My money situation is quite tight however I have a decent idea of what I would prefer in my next build:

• A 3060ti+ (bare minimum 3050ti)
• 32GB DDR4 RAM (3600mhz+ although 3200mhz as bare minimum)
• i5 12th gen+ (i3 12th gen is meh and the 11th gen got easily trumped by 12th gen... i do tend to favor Nvidia and Intel over AMD by the way)
• Pure SSD storage (preferably 2TB + 500GB however i do get i can start with 1TB then upgrade...)
• High receiving network card and onboard WiFi on the motherboard

I have currently got a few builds however for this build (my first gaming desktop) I would like your views on it, whether i should change out some parts, if its cheaper elsewhere, etc....)
I am trying to aim for as close to £1000 (although realistically £1500 is fine).
Build here
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Component		Selection	Price
CPU		Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor	£298.79	Buy
CPU Cooler		ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler	£48.79	Buy
Motherboard		MSI MAG B660 TOMAHAWK WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	£199.99	Buy
Memory		TEAMGROUP T-Force Dark Za 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	£88.42	Buy
Storage		Crucial P2 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	£38.99	Buy
Storage		Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	£166.30	Buy
Video Card		Gigabyte EAGLE OC GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB Video Card	£672.97	Buy
Case		MSI MAG VAMPIRIC 100R ATX Mid Tower Case	£49.99	Buy
Power Supply		NZXT C650 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	£49.99	Buy
Operating System		Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit	£112.50	Buy
Wired Network Adapter		Asus XG-C100C 10 Gb/s Ethernet PCIe x4 Network Adapter	£94.99	Buy
Monitor		MSI Optix G271 27.0" 1920 x 1080 144 Hz Monitor	£199.97	Buy
Total:	£2021.69

(I am from the UK)

 

[Gamefreaknet]

Below here is an alternative build: (not much cheaper but the lowest specs I would drop to):
Build here:

Component		Selection	Price
CPU		Intel Core i3-12100 3.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£142.99	Buy
CPU Cooler		ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler	£48.79	Buy
Motherboard		Asus TUF GAMING B660-PLUS WIFI D4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	£209.99	Buy
Memory		Patriot Viper Elite II 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-4000 CL20 Memory	£100.99	Buy
Storage		ADATA LEGEND 840 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	£133.06	Buy
Storage		Crucial P3 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	£43.94	Buy
Video Card		Asus ROG STRIX GAMING OC GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 8 GB Video Card	£424.99	Buy
Case		MSI MAG VAMPIRIC 100R ATX Mid Tower Case	£49.99	Buy
Power Supply		be quiet! System Power 10 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£62.47	Buy
Operating System		Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - Download 64-bit	£111.36	Buy
Wired Network Adapter		Asus XG-C100C 10 Gb/s Ethernet PCIe x4 Network Adapter	£94.99	Buy
Monitor		MSI Optix G271 27.0" 1920 x 1080 144 Hz Monitor	£199.97	Buy
Total:	£1623.53

 

[Lafong]

Have you deliberately rejected 13th gen CPUs?

How soon must you build? Before February?

You might see frowning at those power supply choices.

 

[Gamefreaknet]

Have you deliberately rejected 13th gen CPUs?

How soon must you build? Before February?

You might see frowning at those power supply choices.

i dont really have a date which I am looking to buy before. I might look to going for the 13th gen later on when prices for them have "cooled/gone down"Which power supplies would you recommend instead for each of these builds?

 

[ohio_buckeye]

As far as gpu, if they are available there the rx 6600 may be better value than the 3050. If you want to 3070 level performance I’d consider the 6700xt. At least in the USA they tend to be a bit cheaper and aren’t much slower of a card.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Below here is an alternative build: (not much cheaper but the lowest specs I would drop to):

Wired Network Adapter

Asus XG-C100C 10 Gb/s Ethernet PCIe x4 Network Adapter

£94.99

Buy

10Gbit network card? What's with that?
Do you have required 10Gbit capable network setup to utilize it?

CAT6a network cables?​

10Gbit switch?​

10Gbit router?​

other 10Gbit capable devices?​

10Gbit ISP connection?​

 

[USAFRet]

"£2021.69" and "£1623.53" does not scream "absolute cheapest budget build" to me.

Neither does:
Asus XG-C100C 10 Gb/s Ethernet PCIe x4 Network Adapter

 

[Gamefreaknet]

"£2021.69" and "£1623.53" does not scream "absolute cheapest budget build" to me.

Neither does:
Asus XG-C100C 10 Gb/s Ethernet PCIe x4 Network Adapter

i was meaning "Absolute cheapo" as in the cheapest i could drop it to so it could basically run (basically) every game stably