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mattbm1

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£400 gaming pc please. Must include every component like power supply , cpu cooler etc. Not very knowledgable with building pc so I thought it would be best to ask other people to create the best pc for my budget, please leave comments and suggestions / builds.
 
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elbert
Free trail windows 10 and 4GB meets just about all games min RAM requirement. GTA 5 for example only requires 4GB's. CSGO only requires 2GB's. Overwatch is 4GB's so it works. The OP should save up for a 16GB RAM kit first upgrade then I would suggest a SSD.

The CPU can be overclocked to match a i5-7400 so upside its worth upgrading as the OP can. The 1050ti is great so its should last a good while.
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Hellfire13

Hellfire13

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The cpu comes with stock cooler which should be sufficient.
Purchase a key and activate Windows later on... https://www.howtogeek.com/244678/you-dont-need-a-product-key-to-install-and-use-windows-10/

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£59.98 @ PC World Business)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£63.48 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£59.30 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB DUAL Video Card (£101.08 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Zalman - T2 Plus MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£23.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.57 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £395.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-13 23:54 BST+0100
 
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elbert

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Thats a pretty hard limit. Here is a build just 25 over.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£97.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£64.48 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£35.49 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£13.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card (£139.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case (£25.80 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Antec - EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£49.19 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £425.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-13 23:57 BST+0100
 
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jaslion

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This will be the best performer. You can easily replace or expand the storage later.
 
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mattbm1

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I found this build, sounds pretty good to me for £400. Here are the specs, tell me what you think.
Windows 10
Corsair Carbide Air 240 MATX + 3 Corsair SP120 Fans
Corsair RM650x Modular PSU
Intel Pentium G4560 Kaby Lake Processor
ASUS Prime B250M-Plus Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB DDR4/2400
Zotac NVidia GeForce 1050GTX Ti 4GB GDDR5
Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA 3 HDD
TP-Link Archer T9E AC1900 Dual Band WiFi
 
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photonboy

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Ryzen requires a high memory bandwidth to the CPU. It works best at 3200MHz Dual Channel (i.e. 2x4GB). The memory bandwidth you have is effectively 1200MHz as it's 2400MHz single channel.

4GB is not sufficient for gaming either.

It's a very poorly balanced system because it skimps on system memory to try to fit in a better CPU/GPU etc.

A little more money to get at bare minimum 2x4GB 2400MHz that changes things but that's not where we are at, plus you also need WINDOWS.
 
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elbert

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Free trail windows 10 and 4GB meets just about all games min RAM requirement. GTA 5 for example only requires 4GB's. CSGO only requires 2GB's. Overwatch is 4GB's so it works. The OP should save up for a 16GB RAM kit first upgrade then I would suggest a SSD.

The CPU can be overclocked to match a i5-7400 so upside its worth upgrading as the OP can. The 1050ti is great so its should last a good while.
 
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Lehan123456789

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Honestly I would just suggest the @OP to get 8gb of ram from the start: it will save time and money, and running non-esports titles will actually be reasonably possible. You might be able to save a bit on the PSU, however everything is as budget as you can possibly get!
 
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