Audio production + gaming build for £1000

[audiobuilder]

Hi everyone, I'm looking to build a machine for someone with audio production and gaming in mind, to a budget of around £1000 or so. This needs to include a monitor and basic peripherals.

Here's my list so far, any feedback and recommendations would be appreciated - thank you!

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI MAG B550M Mortar WiFi (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £149.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £218.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £59.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £86.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER TUF OC 4096MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £158.99
• 1 x WD 2TB Blue 5400rpm 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (WD20EZAZ)= £57.95
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0A)= £53.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh RGB Micro-ATX Case - Black= £59.99
• 1 x MSI Optix G241VC 24" 1920x1080 VA 75Hz FreeSync 1ms Curved Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £129.95
• 1 x Logitech MK120 Keyboard and Mouse Desktop Set (920-002552)= £17.99

Total: £1,008.02 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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[orbitalwalsh]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...lar-power-supply-cp-9020133-uk-ca-233-cs.html

As a rule. Intel tends to do better with audio programs

Intel version . Stronger GPU. Monitor that is G-sync enabled

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-10400F 2.90GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £158.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B460M-D3H (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard= £79.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21600C18 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £52.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £218.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh Micro-ATX Case - Black= £44.99
• 1 x Corsair TX550M 550W 80 Plus Gold Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020133-UK)= £74.99
• 1 x AOC G2590FX 25" 1920x1080 TN 144Hz FreeSync/G-Sync LED Gaming Monitor - HDMI, DP= £189.95
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £109.99
• 1 x Logitech MK120 Keyboard and Mouse Desktop Set (920-002552)= £17.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 34 CPU Cooler - 120mm= £20.99

Total: £982.16 (includes shipping: £12.30)​

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