First Gaming Build - Budget of £600 - £700

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Hi all. I've never built a gaming PC before but have used a non-gaming PC to play games. It obviously isn't designed for this, and my FPS is very very inconsistent in almost all instances.

I'm hoping to build a gaming PC, within the budget of £600 - £700. The most likely games this would be adapted for would be Overwatch, Starcraft II, Minecraft, e.t.c, but I would like it to be relatively future-proofed, although this isn't the most essential aspect for me. The case can be cheap and non-flashy, I'm looking for more function over fashion with this. Provided it works for the games I enjoy, three examples of which I listed above, then I'm happy.

The screen I use currently has an HDMI port, so component suggestions that work with that would be excellent. Keyboard, mouse and other accessories aren't required; I own a keyboard, mouse and competent mic, and as I said, function over fashion, so they don't really need to be replaced. I use a 23 inch HP monitor with resolutions 1920 x 1080.

Thanks!

 

[tamzzy]

nice little micro atx build, bang in the middle of your budget range
of course, if you wanted to spend top end of your budget, can upgrade the GPU to a 1660 super (~15% better GPU performance)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £84.95
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card *BLACK FRIDAY DEAL*= £164.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £62.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Gigabyte 480GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £44.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £39.95

Total: £656.51 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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nice little micro atx build, bang in the middle of your budget range
of course, if you wanted to spend top end of your budget, can upgrade the GPU to a 1660 super (~15% better GPU performance)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £84.95
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card *BLACK FRIDAY DEAL*= £164.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £62.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Gigabyte 480GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £44.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £39.95

Total: £656.51 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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Thanks for the speedy response, I'll look into the components you've suggested.