under £450 Budget PC Build, absolutely lost

jordrobbo98 · Jan 29, 2018

Recently have been looking for a pc build but seriously struggling as i am a bit lost, having difficulty finding what goes with what and what is better than what.
ideally would want to be able to play games like the elder scrolls series as well as a few other fairly recent games.
i have a budget of just under 500
would also love it if i could upgrade it as time goes on in order to keep it current
do not require an OS or peripherals

Scottray · Jan 29, 2018

Here's a good site to start with: https://pcpartpicker.com/. You can view what other people have built and create your own list of components. It's also pretty good at flagging components that are not compatible.

vapour · Jan 29, 2018

480 is kind of difficult, I will use win 10 as trial and get this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£82.50 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£67.97 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£101.09 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB SC GAMING Video Card (£113.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT - Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£34.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX - XT 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.75 @ YoYoTech)
Total: £474.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-29 20:50 GMT+0000

jordrobbo98 · Jan 29, 2018

Scottray :

been using this but in the uk version there are not a lot of prices which makes it very hard to find anything

jordrobbo98 · Jan 29, 2018

vapour :

this is a great help thank you, have been looking at that processor myself, the ram is a little pricey, do you know of any that are on sale or discounted or anything, id happily take a cut and upgrade it in the future, these are just building blocks to my ideal one, thanks again mate!

jordrobbo98 · Jan 29, 2018

is 550W necessary or could 450W work?

vapour · Jan 29, 2018

jordrobbo98 :

any 350+ good quality will do. 500 can allow future upgrades. Ryzen loves faster ram. 2400 ram is almost 90, so this ram is good to have.

superninja12 · Jan 29, 2018

whatever u do !!!!!!
take the 16gb ram!! its hilarious how cheap it is!!!!! everywhere else in the world is 1.7x the price of your country

my humble suggestion almost the same as vapour

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£82.50 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£67.97 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£122.99 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB SC GAMING Video Card (£113.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£32.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£56.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £514.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-29 21:18 GMT+0000

iknow i went above budget but u get so much more back !!

madmatt30 · Jan 29, 2018

Similar but with a 1050ti

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£82.50 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£62.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory (£86.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£36.59 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB StormX Video Card (£136.98 @ Ebuyer)
Other: CiT F3 Black Midi Gaming Case With 12cm Red LED Fan & Red Stripe (£28.93 @ Amazon UK)
Other: Corsair CP-9020120-UK CX Series 450 W CX450 ATX/EPS 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply Unit - Black (£37.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £472.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-29 21:24 GMT+0000

madmatt30 · Jan 29, 2018

@superninja - the ram prices aren't real mate .

Soon as you go to the actual retail sites they're either oos or twice the price :-/

superninja12 · Jan 29, 2018

madmatt30 :

those damn retailers!@!@

madmatt30 · Jan 29, 2018

^ partpicker uk has homestly always been a bit crappy at scraping prices.
Lot of stuff missing , lot of prices wrong.

We are sufferimg exactly the same as everywhere else for ddr4 prices , gpu prices at the low/mid range are still fairly reasonable

That viper 2800 I listed is the best priced ram in the uk currently as far as im aware.

jordrobbo98 · Jan 29, 2018

okay so after a bit of searching and tweaking i think I'm going to go for something like this, i cant really afford to go a penny over budget at the moment but ill keep in mind any past or future suggestions when upgrading, you guys certainly helped a lot thank you!

CPU

AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor
£82.50

Motherboard

ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
£47.94

Memory

Patriot - Signature Line 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
£84.49

Storage

Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
£36.59

Video Card

EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB SC GAMING Video Card
£113.99

Case

BitFenix - Nova TG (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case
£39.59

Power Supply

Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
£37.97

Total:
£443.97

madmatt30 · Jan 29, 2018

^ better spending the extra now mate honestly.
A b350 board capable of overclocking & a 1050ti over the non ti will get you an extra 12 months of use without upgrades.

jordrobbo98 · Jan 29, 2018

madmatt30 :

ill be looking to upgrade a few times within the year anyway, just don't have the cash to drop all at once right now, ill take another look though deffo thanks dude

vapour · Jan 29, 2018

definitely B350 MB, dude. If you insist on A320, get 1300X then.

jordrobbo98 · Jan 29, 2018

Changed the motherboard to the B530 and the ram to the viper elite, unfortunately the 1050 is now sold out, any alternatives?

superninja12 · Jan 29, 2018

msi 1050 mini

jordrobbo98 · Jan 29, 2018

i knew gpu's were overpriced due to them "miners" but holy Christ £400+ for a 560 on amazon is madness haha

vapour · Jan 29, 2018

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card (£110.98 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £110.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-30 00:03 GMT+0000

jordrobbo98 · Jan 30, 2018

is there any reason the a320 would be inferior as a choice to the b530?

vapour · Jan 30, 2018

1200 is only 3.1 on A320, but B350 can OC it to ~3.7-3.8 with stock cooler, that is huge improvement
1300X is 3.5, may reach 3.9 with stock on B350, but less improvement compared to 1200, so I suggest either 1200+B350 or 1300X+A320 if you are on a budget, but not 1200+A320.

jordrobbo98 · Jan 30, 2018

thing is my budget has dropped since writing this post so i can only really afford a 40-50 pound board otherwise i would definitely get the b350

vapour · Jan 30, 2018

Final attempt to save for you:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (£82.50 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£61.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot - Viper Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory (£86.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£33.95 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Low Profile Video Card (£109.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case (£27.48 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX - XT 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£37.75 @ YoYoTech)
Total: £440.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-30 18:55 GMT+0000

jordrobbo98 · Jan 30, 2018

vapour :

cheers for the help, sorry for being awkward money is just tight atm, and the high prices aren't much help haha

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