PC build for daughter £700-£800

jamest · 19 Sep 2020 at 20:03

Hi All - 2014 was the last time I built a system, so a little out of touch!
I want to build a PC for my daughter's birthday... She plays games like minecraft, sims, subnautica.

Does this spec look OK for a sub £800 + delivery build? Any other suggestions?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x ASUS PRIME A520M-K (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £61.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £59.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £218.99
1 x Corsair CX-M Series CX550M 550W 80 Plus Bronze Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020102-UK)= £67.99
1 x TeamGroup 512GB Vulcan G SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £44.99
1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 570 Red Devil 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £149.99
1 x Viewsonic VX2458-mhd 1920x1080 TN 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen LED Backlit Gaming Monitor= £139.99
1 x Aerocool Aero One Mini Eclipse ARGB Micro- ATX Case - Black Tempered Glass= £49.99

Total: £813.54 (includes shipping: £19.62)

Sparx · 19 Sep 2020 at 20:13

Looks good to me - one thing I'd swap is GPU to 1650 Super, about £10 more but faster, lot more power efficient (100w vs 150w) and more stable drivers with Nvidia too.

Not in stock with OcUK but it is elsewhere if look... https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-441-as.html

Also 3600 can be had for £185 if you look elsewhere too, saves £35 and offset getting the slightly better GPU

jamest · 19 Sep 2020 at 20:24

Great advice, thanks!

nbendall34 · 19 Sep 2020 at 20:24

This looks like a good setup, Is it all compatible?

Sparx · 19 Sep 2020 at 21:14

nbendall34 said:
This looks like a good setup, Is it all compatible?

Yes.

If you want a slightly nicer mobo and IO, could get this board though if want to keep it cheap still.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...cket-am4-ddr4-matx-motherboard-mb-6fe-as.html

jamest · 19 Sep 2020 at 22:54

Thanks Sparx.
Parts ordered and went with the 1650.

Sparx · 20 Sep 2020 at 17:28

Sounds good. Definitely got the 1650 Super right?

I actually found the Asus one I linked for £145, so hopefully that's what you grabbed

jamest · 20 Sep 2020 at 17:55

Yes, got the Super!
I did just have to double check though!

nbendall34 · 5 Nov 2020 at 19:41

Hi James, Did you get the PC in the end? If so, are you able to benchmark it because I am thinking of upgrading to these specs? Thanks

jamest · 5 Nov 2020 at 20:34

Yeah system is up and running.
Not sure what benchmarks you had in mind... In Time Spy, completely stock it scores 4975 (4717 Graphics & 7223 CPU).

nbendall34 · 5 Nov 2020 at 23:10

Yes, should have been more clear. What is the average FPS for games? I currently stream and play the game on one device, so this will need to handle running the game 60fps+ and streaming