Building a gaming PC for a friend, £850 budget

Mr Crabs Se7en · Sep 20, 2016

I am trying to put together a system build for my friend, whose budget is £850. I have already created a parts list although it goes over the budget. Here is the list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/D6LWtJ
Is there anything I could replace to make it cheaper?

Xemko · Sep 20, 2016

Does he plan to overclock? Case?

Mr Crabs Se7en · Sep 20, 2016

Xemko :

No, and the case is listed as a custom part near the bottom

Xemko · Sep 20, 2016

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£62.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£60.97 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING Video Card (£289.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Deepcool 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM 64-bit (£18.80)
Monitor: BenQ GL2250HM 21.5" 60Hz Monitor (£91.38 @ Amazon UK)
Other: Sumvision Keyboard (£15.95)
Other: CiT Goblin Mesh Gaming (£26.30)
Total: £887.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-20 22:13 BST+0100

Since he is not planning to overclock, i picked i5 6500 (non K). It comes with intel stock cooler which will be sufficient in terms of cooling.
Switched DDR3 motherbard / RAM to DDR4, plus 16GB of memory (8 is on the edge these days).
Better and cheaper PSU, here is a review .
Also i listed SSD, which is a must in my opinion for better general experience.
I couldn't find any reliable info about that case, so you better check if that MSI gpu (277 x 140 x 39 mm) will fit into the case. (Anyway i'd pick something better for a gaming rig).

Mr Crabs Se7en · Sep 20, 2016

Xemko :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock B150M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£62.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£60.97 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING Video Card (£289.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Deepcool 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM 64-bit (£18.80)
Monitor: BenQ GL2250HM 21.5" 60Hz Monitor (£91.38 @ Amazon UK)
Other: Sumvision Keyboard (£15.95)
Other: CiT Goblin Mesh Gaming (£26.30)
Total: £887.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-20 22:13 BST+0100

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Xj728K
changed the case, less vram with the gpu but same cpu

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