Entry level gaming PC

[loopylou]

Hi all, it's been about 10 years since I last built a PC, but my 8 year old has decided he wants to play Fortnite on PC.

I'm so far out of the loop with PC specs these days I have no idea to start. I'm guessing budget will be around £350. No idea if that's even feasible?

Any help or pointers would be appreciated. We have a monitor that can be used.

 

[Minibiker]

Used market will be a very good idea with this kind of Budget... You can get some bargains on older gen Ryzen stuff, To play fortnite you wont need anything really powerful tbh.

 

[Joxeon]

I would say to go with something like this and try pick up a used RX480/570/ gtx970 gpu for about 70 quid.
Try get a ryzen 5 2600/1600AF cpu which goes for around the same price as the 3100 since the 3100 would need a bios update to be compatible unless of course you have some old ryzen cpus knocking about.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H V2 AMD B350 (Socket AMD4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £43.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Quad Core 3.9GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED48= £44.99
• 1 x Gigabyte 240GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £38.99
• 1 x Kolink KL-400 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply= £34.99
• 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K5 RGB Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £24.95

Total: £309.60 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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[loopylou]

Thank you, looks good, I'll have a nose around for used parts.

 

[pc-guy]

I would say to go with something like this and try pick up a used RX480/570/ gtx970 gpu for about 70 quid.
Try get a ryzen 5 2600/1600AF cpu which goes for around the same price as the 3100 since the 3100 would need a bios update to be compatible unless of course you have some old ryzen cpus knocking about.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H V2 AMD B350 (Socket AMD4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £43.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Quad Core 3.9GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £109.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED48= £44.99
• 1 x Gigabyte 240GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £38.99
• 1 x Kolink KL-400 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply= £34.99
• 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K5 RGB Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £24.95

Total: £309.60 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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thats a pretty decent spec tbh. i would swap the motherboard for a B450m Mortar Max (watch auction or used partts) so that you have scope to upgrade to Zen 3 if you choose to. 300 series chipset also supports Zen 2 but I dont think the VRM are going to handle any kind of overclocks

there are probably more used parts for ATX format motherboard so maybe try to get a cheap (but functional) ATX case. try have a look at the CiT C100 Mid Tower Gaming Case