Gaming rig help?

andrew.mcewan83

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Oct 15, 2017
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Hello All,

I want to build my own PC. I will be mainly using it for gaming and maybe recording some videos of gameplay. For years I have been struggling along with 15 to 20 fps... it will be nice to get a rig together that will give me 60fps+ on max setting running a recording software in the background like obs. Now anyone can mash a few parts together but I am not an expert, I wouldn't know if any of the parts I have selected would be either compatible, old tech that will soon be obsolete and limit future upgrades or would cause a bottleneck in the systems performance. I would very much like people's suggestions. I would like to build it for under £600 but this can be slightly flexible. What I have to start with is:

Userbenchmark PC Build Comparison
Baseline Bench: Game 70%, Desk 75%, Work 49%
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1300X £110
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB £206
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 250GB £86
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) £40
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB £143
MBD: Asus PRIME B350M-A £73
Total: £658

So can you hit me with your suggestions please. Thank you in advance :)
 
Solution
They are compatible, but with your budget, SSD is not suitable, get it later when you have the money. Ryzen 1600 will be beneficial for your multi-tasking, 3000 ram is similar in performance, but cheaper (can't find £143 2x8 gb 3200 ram):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£178.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£66.88 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£135.51 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce...
They are compatible, but with your budget, SSD is not suitable, get it later when you have the money. Ryzen 1600 will be beneficial for your multi-tasking, 3000 ram is similar in performance, but cheaper (can't find £143 2x8 gb 3200 ram):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£178.50 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£66.88 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£135.51 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB AMP! Edition Video Card (£205.62 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £624.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-16 01:35 BST+0100
 
Solution

ohenryy

Honorable
Less CPU power but with SSD which I would say its a must..

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9hwMhq
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/9hwMhq/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£155.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£69.60 @ More Computers)
Memory: Crucial - 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£126.10 @ Alza)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: KFA2 - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB EXOC White Video Card
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H21 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA - 600W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£44.99 @ Novatech)
Total: £507.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-16 11:08 BST+0100
 

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