£1000 budget just for tower

[jamster0212]

mate of mine wants to get into pc gaming, hes currently using kbm on xbox haha. hes managed to save up 1k for his gaming pc.

he has monitor/mouse/keyboard / headset.

hes gaming on 1080p.

his only real requests so far have been to be able to run fortnite ultra at 120fps or more and he would love a case with a tempered glass side panel.

i can sort windows out and i'll be building it for him.

any help on specs or what is a good buy right now would be a massive help lads.

thanks a lot.

 

[Xionic]

I'd go with something like this but I'd swap out the 3700x for a 5600x which are £30 cheaper but cant be basketed atm. There's potentially other graphics cards in that price point too but other may be able to better advise

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x ASUS TUF B450M-Plus Gaming (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £83.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £329.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £79.99
• 1 x WD Black 250GB M.2 SSD + 2TB HDD Bundle= £106.94
• 1 x Aerocool Aero One Mini Eclipse ARGB Micro- ATX Case - Black Tempered Glass= £49.99
• 1 x Corsair TX650M 650W 80 Plus Gold Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020132-UK)= £79.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £229.99
• 1 x Cryorig H7 Ultra CPU Heatsink with Black 120mm Fan= £36.95

Total: £1,011.03(includes shipping: £13.20)
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[EsaT]

ASUS TUF B450M-Plus Gaming (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £83.99
WD Black 250GB M.2 SSD + 2TB HDD Bundle= £106.94

Cryorig H7 Ultra CPU Heatsink with Black 120mm Fan= £36.95

That board is garbage even for that price.
This would have superior VRM for lot better upgradability to higher core count CPUs for £70.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-b450m-mortar-max-socket-am4-ddr4-matx-motherboard-mb-348-ms.html

No sense to go for old spinning rust for games.
1TB SSDs capable to holding good number of games are below £100.

And with Alpenfohn Brocken Eco Advanced for £20 there's little sense in that Cryorig.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alpenfohn-brocken-eco-advanced-cpu-cooler-120-mm-hs-05j-al.html

 

[Xionic]

That board is garbage even for that price.
This would have superior VRM for lot better upgradability to higher core count CPUs for £70.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-b450m-mortar-max-socket-am4-ddr4-matx-motherboard-mb-348-ms.html

No sense to go for old spinning rust for games.
1TB SSDs capable to holding good number of games are below £100.

And with Alpenfohn Brocken Eco Advanced for £20 there's little sense in that Cryorig.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alpenfohn-brocken-eco-advanced-cpu-cooler-120-mm-hs-05j-al.html

Fair shout on the mobo, I wasn't aware of it's poor vrms and I missed that cooler completely.
With the size of some games I still like a 2tb spinner in my builds but each to their own.