About to build myself a new gaming PC would like some thoughts

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Thomas_283

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£190.83 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B350-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (£78.10 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial - 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£83.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Green 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£75.02 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card (£229.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Corsair - SPEC-ALPHA (White/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£66.60 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.85 @ Alza)
Total: £791.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Will also be grabbing a HDD from my old PC with windows 10, wondering between the AMD card or a 1060 6gb
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£190.83 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£85.49 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1 Video Card (£212.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair - SPEC-ALPHA (White/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£66.60 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.36 @ Ebuyer)
Other: Ballistix Sport LT 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) DR x8 DIMM 288-Pin - BLS2C8G4D240FSE...
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This is fine. Your PSU is good, could be upgraded, but still good. I would recommend switching to Samsung's SSD as they perform much better. The RX 580 is technically BETTER than the GTX 1060, on paper at least. I would also consider upping the memory to at least 2666mhz, so maybe getting 3000 9https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Kgx9TW/team-t-force-night-hawk-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3000-memory-thwd416g3000hc16cdc01)

Other than that, you should be good.
 
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With the intention of getting you a bit better quality for your money.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£190.83 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£85.49 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GT OCV1 Video Card (£212.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair - SPEC-ALPHA (White/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case (£66.60 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£48.36 @ Ebuyer)
Other: Ballistix Sport LT 16GB Kit (8GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) DR x8 DIMM 288-Pin - BLS2C8G4D240FSE (Red) (£105.17)
Other: Asrock B350 PRO 4 (£85.49)
Total: £794.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-01 15:49 BST+0100

The ballistix will run at 2666 1t or 2933 2t on the pro 4

That WD green you picked is a poor ssd imo.

The mx300 m2 offers an extra 30gb of space & no cabling requirements.

The CX 450 is enough , this build was based around keeping a sub £800 budget.

If you can afford an extra £20 I would keep the 580 personally - that 1060 (which also offers a rebate down to £199) is a good buy though irregardless.
 
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would recommend these changes :

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£190.83 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£87.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£123.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Corsair - Force LE 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£71.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 580 4GB NITRO+ Video Card (£212.89 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Cooler Master - CM 590 III (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.96 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: be quiet! - Pure Power 10 CM 600W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.96 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £796.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-01 15:56 BST+0100
 
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