Budget Gaming Rig ~ £600. Advice & comments greatly appreciated.

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Hello everyone,

I'm looking to undertake the somewhat daunting task of building a budget gaming rig (1st build) with a budget of approx. £500 - £600.

I must admit that I'm not immensely tech savvy and have been out of the PC gaming scene for a while. Typically looking to play games such as Fallout 4 and various current MOBAs/FPS' comfortably.

Having browsed the forums and other completed builds I've stumbled through and come up with the below:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/gk2Ff8

If anyone on this site could take a look and comment, it'd be sincerely appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
J

 
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MB - You don't really save much going with B150 over H170...
MEM - Always install modules in pairs to take advantage of the dual memory controllers. A single modules will have you in single channel mode (reduced performance). You will still have two open slots for a future upgrade if needed.
HD - Less failures with the WD Blue.
GPU - Changed to a different factory overclocked variant for less cost. Both are good options.
CASE - The Tesseract below is a solid case on a budget.

Your original build was closer to 670 with the OS cost factored in. If you have more budget available, then look toward an i5 upgrade or an SSD...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz...
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MB - You don't really save much going with B150 over H170...
MEM - Always install modules in pairs to take advantage of the dual memory controllers. A single modules will have you in single channel mode (reduced performance). You will still have two open slots for a future upgrade if needed.
HD - Less failures with the WD Blue.
GPU - Changed to a different factory overclocked variant for less cost. Both are good options.
CASE - The Tesseract below is a solid case on a budget.

Your original build was closer to 670 with the OS cost factored in. If you have more budget available, then look toward an i5 upgrade or an SSD...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£97.26 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£71.23 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£26.04 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£239.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.32 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£71.81 @ More Computers)
Total: £635.62
 
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Allamasnackbar

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Hi again,

Have had a play around with the build, now potentially looking to stretch the budget to £700ish to push for an i5 CPU. Can you please take a look at the below and let me know how it looks?

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/wPbXsJ

Thanks in advance.
 
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CPU - The i5-6400 is a very welcome upgrade from the i3. Check out the speed and price difference between the i5-6400 and the i5-6500. For £17 more you have a 3.2GHz clock speed vs the 2.7GHz of the i5-6400. Just something to think about...
MB - Good to see you kept H170. Changed to a different H170 variant from Gigabyte. Same features and less cost.
PSU - Your original Seasonic was a good choice, but that EVGA B1 is a major step in the wrong direction. XFX, Seasonic, the EVGA G2 lineup, or filter through the Tier 1 or Tier 2 list. www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.28 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£83.01 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£24.58 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (£239.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£54.04 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) (£71.81 @ More Computers)
Total: £708.66
 
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