First Build - Thoughts?

By dipsylalapo
in Hardware Hangout

 Share

Recommended Posts

Grand Master

dipsylalapo Supervisor

Posted
  • Supervisor
Posted

Good morning, 

 

I've always thought it would be cool to build a PC, but never found the need. I've always used laptops and found that any gaming that I did, I used my Xbox. My wife wants to get a desktop and I thought it would be a perfect excuse build a PC. Build is fairly budget, but I'd like to be able to run a few games (nothing triple A). She'll mainly be using it for her design software/light Photoshop use. 

 

Any thoughts/recommendations? Ideally I'd like to keep the budget to around £500-£600. All of these are listed from Amazon for ease, but I'll shop around to save a few quid where I can. 

 

Processor - Intel G4560 @ £64.99

Motherboard - Gigabyte DS3H @ £69.34

RAM - Kingston HyperX Fury (2x4GB) @ £55.97

GFX Card - EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti @ £149.99

Case - CoolerMaster N200 @ £44.74

Power Supply - Corsair CX450M @ £48.39

SSD - Samsung 850 EVO @ £83.45

 

Total - £517

 

So yeah thoughts! Also I'll be using a 1TB HDD that I have lying around. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Grand Master

Mockingbird

Posted
Posted (edited)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£146.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: *MSI - B350 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£85.05 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *ADATA - XPG Z1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  (£50.63 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: *Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini Video Card  (£185.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.80 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: XFX - XT 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£42.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £537.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-04 11:03 BST+0100

 

 

OR

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£146.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: *MSI - B350 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£85.05 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *ADATA - XPG Z1 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory  (£89.92 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: *Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini Video Card  (£185.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  (£25.80 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: XFX - XT 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£42.95 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Total: £576.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-04 11:03 BST+0100

 

Edited by Mockingbird
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Grand Master

dipsylalapo Supervisor

Posted
  • Author
  • Supervisor
Posted
18 minutes ago, Xahid said:

I suggest to change the Processor to Core i3, rest is good to go.

I did consider this, but looking online there seems to be marginal improvements over the Pentium for circa £50 extra...is it worth it?

 

13 minutes ago, Mockingbird said:

AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor

MSI - B350 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard

ADATA - XPG Z1 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory

Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini Video Card

BitFenix - Nova ATX Mid Tower Case

XFX - XT 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

 

Total:£537.41
 

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/NGGKTH

 

There's no SSD in that build, which I'd like adding that, makes the price start pushing the top end of my budget :(

 

Thanks both btw :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Grand Master

Xahid

Posted
Posted
4 minutes ago, dipsylalapo said:

I did consider this, but looking online there seems to be marginal improvements over the Pentium for circa £50 extra...is it worth it?

 

There's no SSD in that build, which I'd like adding that, makes the price start pushing the top end of my budget :(

 

Thanks both btw :)

Yes, that's worth it, but on the other hand, AMD is much better option.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Grand Master

Mockingbird

Posted
Posted (edited)
12 minutes ago, dipsylalapo said:

I did consider this, but looking online there seems to be marginal improvements over the Pentium for circa £50 extra...is it worth it?

 

There's no SSD in that build, which I'd like adding that, makes the price start pushing the top end of my budget :(

 

Thanks both btw :)

Considering that I've upgraded both the processor and the video card, I have to cut corner somewhere

 

Intel Pentium G4560 -------------------> AMD Ryzen 5 1400

 

Geforce GTX 1050 Ti --------------------> Geforce GTX 1060

 

Solid State Drive -----------------------------> Hard Disk Drive

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Grand Master

Mockingbird

Posted
Posted (edited)
10 minutes ago, Xahid said:

Yes, that's worth it, but on the other hand, AMD is much better option.

Did you noticed that I also upgraded (the build) from Geforce GTX 1050 Ti to Geforce GTX 1060?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Grand Master

Xahid

Posted
Posted
1 minute ago, Mockingbird said:

Did you noticed that I also upgrade from Geforce GTX 1050 Ti to Geforce GTX 1060?

Yes, I did, GTX 1050 2GB will be sufficient, as he mentioned, not meant for triple A games.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Grand Master

Mockingbird

Posted
Posted
2 minutes ago, Xahid said:

Yes, I did, GTX 1050 2GB will be sufficient, as he mentioned, not meant for triple A games.

Honestly, anything below the Geforce GTX 1060 is awful for gaming.

 

I would gladly give up the SSD for the Geforce GTX 1060.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Grand Master

Xahid

Posted
Posted (edited)
5 minutes ago, Mockingbird said:

Honestly, anything below the Geforce GTX 1060 is awful for gaming.

 

I would gladly give up the SSD for the Geforce GTX 1060.

1050 is not really bad,

I have 1050 ti and Im satisfied with its performance over 1080P in games like Witcher 3, Doom, Just cause XL with High details.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Grand Master

dipsylalapo Supervisor

Posted
  • Author
  • Supervisor
Posted

I'm not sure on the 1060, but will definitely look at the Ryzen instead, but again there's a significant price difference :p

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Grand Master

Mockingbird

Posted
Posted
14 minutes ago, dipsylalapo said:

I'm not sure on the 1060, but will definitely look at the Ryzen instead, but again there's a significant price difference :p

LL6EiTYKU2AsNha3a9WvQc-650-80.pngZJ2jHi5sSPBx7y3Rq5HqJQ-650-80.pngPwypr2YxZnHPwxH2E88UvR-650-80.pngdPpMgNCbQ8HqVUM3is5QpT-650-80.pngFYw3nCQQKxbVmdxCYnaZsV-650-80.pngnkjpuqZmd5qjTN78E6SLvX-650-80.pngEnrLf6MFKYUrieyi9L36re-650-80.pngv59RfWFvxdxd4biP6ZtZDb-650-80.pngDDfkv8KXjfdfCnWwP955nc-650-80.png4gpPzh2HtzQ73K3MNU2m2f-650-80.pngFGxC3PE2zurQ5Aq5tLtbTg-650-80.pnguFVkMPaysgKmiFuj8spgHi-650-80.pngLYKiYUJUeLoSHuzpbvkt2k-650-80.pngr6q57Uq8o6FQ2gEjVDWoym-650-80.pngKKrdrsYAHRtL6p7Ufasr7-650-80.pngEYWj93iBCBHjRnRAcmmmi3-650-80.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Grand Master

xendrome

Posted
Posted
58 minutes ago, Mockingbird said:

I would gladly give up the SSD for the Geforce GTX 1060.

lol who does that...

 

The 1050Ti is fine for gaming especially with the CPU he is selecting.

 

OP, change the drive to a M2 SSD though.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing