PC Novice - Help a budget build

[grimfandango]

Hello,

I've never owned a PC before, however I have a steam deck/Mac combo, I'm looking to convert both into a PC Build.

Games I'm mostly playing at the moment are Witcher 3, Doom Eternal, Elder Scrolls Oblivion and occasionally data 2.

I'm hoping for something that would play around 60fps - I have a 4k monitor but happy with 1080p around medium settings, I also own a mouse, keyboard and a friend donated me his NZXT H510i case so I'm hoping to fit a build into that.

Any help would be appreciated, Ideally I'd like to go budget and maybe £600 but I can reasonably stretch to £1000 if needed.

 

[TonyCarter]

I don't think you'll get anything but an office-spec PC for £600, and £1100 is probably the lowest we've seen a 1080p rig come out at.

There are options to reduce this if you're happy with using an APU (CPU with embedded GPU) but you'd have to be willing on playing at 1080p low settings - otherwise there'd have to be so many corners cut as to make it a 'throwaway' PC which would need replacing rather than upgrading if you wanted better performance in a year or two.

We try not to configure 'throwaway' builds, as we tend to get customers coming back moaning that their PC is shutting down after they've put a more powerful GPU in - because they put the cheapest/lowest wattage PSU they could get away with; or they can't do a simple CPU swap because they're on the last-gen platform; or can't add another m.2 because they bought the budget motherboard; etc.

 

[TonyCarter]

For example, here is a 1080p build where the extra £100 too it from a poor 1080p build to a decent one.

But even then, we think we've cut some corners to get the price down that low, such as prefering an 850/1000W PSU to cover a future GPU upgrade for 1440p/4k gaming; faster RAM (as AMD sweet spot is 6000MHz); separate m.2 drives for the OS and the game installs (to mitigate a single m.2 failure losing everything).

...and in some cases, an extra £50-£100 gives you the next tier of GPU, PSU, RAM or storage.

Case
FRACTAL FOCUS 2 ARGB GAMING CASE (BLACK)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core CPU (4.0GHz-5.2GHz/38MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6600 - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 6500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
DeepCool AK400 Performance CPU Cooler ZERO DARK
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (6 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Price:
£1,108.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure:
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/c8aPfbqB0R/

 

[grimfandango]

For example, here is a 1080p build where the extra £100 too it from a poor 1080p build to a decent one.

But even then, we think we've cut some corners to get the price down that low, such as prefering an 850/1000W PSU to cover a future GPU upgrade for 1440p/4k gaming; faster RAM (as AMD sweet spot is 6000MHz); separate m.2 drives for the OS and the game installs (to mitigate a single m.2 failure losing everything).

...and in some cases, an extra £50-£100 gives you the next tier of GPU, PSU, RAM or storage.

Case
FRACTAL FOCUS 2 ARGB GAMING CASE (BLACK)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core CPU (4.0GHz-5.2GHz/38MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6600 - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 6500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
DeepCool AK400 Performance CPU Cooler ZERO DARK
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (6 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Price:
£1,108.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure:
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/c8aPfbqB0R/

Thank you for the very quick response and honest answer - I'm sure I could stretch the extra 100

 

[Scott]

Stretching the extra £100 and using the NZXT H510i via the send in your own case should do very nicely for the sort of spec we would whole heartedly recommend.