New build: would this be decent.

matthewredshaw.mr

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I'm looking at building a new PC for mostly gaming as my current one's a bit outdated. Listed below is what I've got so I was wondering whether or not this would be ok and if there's anything better you'd recommend within the price range. The only thing I can't change is the gtx 1060 because I already have that.


CPU: Intel - Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£199.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£26.32 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI - Z270 PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£104.99 @ Box Limited)
Memory: Crucial - 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£30.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial - 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£30.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial - 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£30.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£84.95 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - AV-GP 500GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£19.20 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini Video Card (£184.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.60 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA - B3 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: £771.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

The above comes from part picker. Looking on amazon I can get the power supply for about £70 (although at a discount atm for just under £60)

Not including the graphics card the highest I can go is around £650.

Thanks in advance for any advice/help.
 

mbilal2

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Buy the 960 EVO-Series ssd instead. Also a G3 EVGA PSU is recommended. Drop that RAM get a faster one, 2400 being the minimum.

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

Memory: ADATA - XPG Z1 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£89.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£109.98 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£85.00)
Total: £284.90

Get these RAMs (or similar) instead if you have the budget:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/DHPzK8/team-vulcan-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3000-memory-tlgd416g3000hc16cdc01
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor (£186.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£80.92 @ Novatech)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£119.50 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£88.88 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.95 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Windforce OC Video Card (£199.94 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£57.60 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£47.57 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £820.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-16 18:04 BST+0100