Help with build

[flashoveride]

looking for some advice been asked to build a pc for a friend who has a disabled son that has been running a 10 year old rig I am able to build it but not up to date with all the new gen so am hoping some people on here could help with the build

The build will be used for gaming at 1920 x 1080 with a budget of 700 pound no need for any displays and no need for mouse and keyboard just a case and everything to go in u dose play aaa games the budget is not massive I know and he loves red so black and red is he thing so would like to see what everyone things would be a good build thanks in advance for any help

 

[tamzzy]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £124.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B550M DS3H (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BR-GI) = £94.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £59.99
• 1 x Aerocool Integrator 700W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: CA-23Q-AE) = £39.95
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00540) = £64.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7600 Pulse Gaming 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-02Y-AM) = £248.99
• 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K6 ARGB Micro-ATX Case - Black (SKU: CA-047-KK) = £29.99

Total: £663.89 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Freddie1980]

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[dfour]

Only thing I would do different is use the last of the budget to get a decent PSU. Having a modular PSU in that case will help a lot as it wont have much room for spare cables.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x CORSAIR RM Series RM650 Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply (SKU: POW-CRS-01425) = £79.99

Total: £79.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Tetras]

Intel/DDR4 option:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £124.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B760M DS3H DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5C0-GI) = £114.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £59.98
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Pulse Gaming 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-39R-SP) = £199.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00540) = £65.00
• 1 x B Grade Phanteks Eclipse P400 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black/Red (SKU: BG-07C-PT) = £43.54
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-09Q-PT) = £89.99

Total: £706.48 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

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CPU has a cooler in the box.

 

[tamzzy]

Only thing I would do different is use the last of the budget to get a decent PSU.

haha yes, not a bad recommendation
such a shame that my budget go to is no longer in stock

Having a modular PSU in that case will help a lot as it wont have much room for spare cables.

not quite true tbh. here is mine with a vs550, there's plenty of space
literally building in it at the moment, so having first hand experience

 

[dfour]

I looked at the pictures of the internals of the case, you cant judge how much space the fixed hard drive cage takes up. Hence my assumption of lack of space.

 

[flashoveride]

Thank you everyone and very much appreciate the advice this will make him so happy one last thing what would be the difference from the intel core I 5 and the ryzan cpu if anything

 

[Tetras]

what would be the difference from the intel core I 5 and the ryzan cpu if anything

i5-12400 and Ryzen 5600 performed within 1% in TPU's testing.

 

[tamzzy]

one last thing what would be the difference from the intel core I 5 and the ryzan cpu if anything

nothing much. they're basically neck and neck with most tasks, add/subtract a few % here and there depending on exactly what task.
the ryzen combo is £20 cheaper (£120) vs the intel combo (£140)

 

[tamzzy]

I looked at the pictures of the internals of the case, you cant judge how much space the fixed hard drive cage takes up. Hence my assumption of lack of space.

haha yes, nothing beats actually being able to inspect items physically.

the vs550 is a 14cm long psu, and with that, there is an extra 10cm of space until you hit the hdd cage. so even with a 16cm psu, there's still plenty of room to stash the excess cables.
it's only with a 18cm psu then probably starting to run into problems (6cm space)...but who puts a high-end high-wattage psu in one of these cases anyway?
of course if not using a hdd, can stash the extra cables in space where the hdd cage is lol

 

[dfour]

No future proofing on either although with AM4 you do get the X3D chips that can make a massive difference in games if they can make use of it.

 

[flashoveride]

No future proofing on either although with AM4 you do get the X3D chips that can make a massive difference in games if they can make use of it.

is there a possibility way to make it future proof I would assume not because of budget restrictions

 

[dfour]

Yes unfortunatly your budget is a bit tight to go AM5.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £188.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Ki (SKU: MY-0AT-TG) = £99.95
• 1 x Kolink Inspire Series K6 ARGB Micro-ATX Case - Black (SKU: CA-047-KK) = £29.98
• 1 x CORSAIR RM Series RM650 Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply (SKU: POW-CRS-01425) = £80.00
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Pulse Gaming 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-39R-SP) = £199.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 500GB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00539) = £49.99
• 1 x Asus Prime B650M-A WIFI II (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K6-AS) = £155.99

Total: £804.89 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

tryng to stick to items that are in stock.
Compromised on drive size and you will have to use the stock cooler. You could cheap out on the PSU but I reccomend you never do that as the one thing that will likely outlast your pc build is a decent quality psu.