Gaming PC build for WoW (€500-€600)

kavsmdf · 28-01-2019 11:10PM #1

1. What is your budget? €500-600. Could probably stretch a bit if it meant a massive upgrade.

2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming - World of Warcraft

3. Do you need a copy of Windows? Yes but not included in budget

4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? No

5. Do you need a monitor? No

5a. If yes, what size do you need. N/A

5b. If no, what resolution is your current monitor and do you plan to upgrade in the near future? 1920x1080 - I would like to upgrade, but not essential

6. Do you need any of these peripherals? No

7. Are you willing to try overclocking? Yes

8. How can you pay? Card

9. When are you purchasing? Soon

10. If you need help building it, where are you based? N/A

Cheers for the help guys. Have never built a PC before but happy to learn. Another note is that I will need to connect using WiFi. Cheers.

I really only need it for playing WoW, but would like it to run very well.

K.O.Kiki · 28-01-2019 11:30PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£37.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Patriot - Burst 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card (£160.79 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: RIOTORO - CR488 ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.21 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£44.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £489.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-28 22:30 GMT+0000

Windows 10: Use the Microsoft media creation tool: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

Don't know much about wi-fi modules; as long as it's got 2 antennae it should be fine.

killanena · 28-01-2019 11:54PM

I'd recommend power line adapters for online gaming, unless you have a nice expensive router or your PC is very close to it. Benefits of a weird connection without the mess

kavsmdf · 29-01-2019 10:28AM

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£37.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Patriot - Burst 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card (£160.79 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: RIOTORO - CR488 ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.21 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£44.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £489.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-28 22:30 GMT+0000

Windows 10: Use the Microsoft media creation tool: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

Don't know much about wi-fi modules; as long as it's got 2 antennae it should be fine.

Cheers for the fast reply! That's awesome thanks so much. Would this all be individually upgradeable in the future? For example, if I wanted to get a new graphics card in a couple of years I wouldn't need to upgrade the whole system? Really appreciate that anyway. Will let you know how it goes!

kavsmdf · 29-01-2019 10:29AM

killanena wrote: »

I'd recommend power line adapters for online gaming, unless you have a nice expensive router or your PC is very close to it. Benefits of a weird connection without the mess

Great advice, Ill pick up these for sure! Cheers.

K.O.Kiki · 29-01-2019 12:24PM

kavsmdf wrote: »

Cheers for the fast reply! That's awesome thanks so much. Would this all be individually upgradeable in the future? For example, if I wanted to get a new graphics card in a couple of years I wouldn't need to upgrade the whole system? Really appreciate that anyway. Will let you know how it goes!

For future-proofing, I'd suggest maybe putting a few more into the power supply, e.g. be quiet! - Pure Power 11 CM 600 W 80+ Gold

The rest should be grand for upgrades - MSI B450M PRO-VDH should be fine for 6-core Ryzen CPUs (e.g. Ryzen 5-2600 or upcoming 3000-series). Case can fit large graphics cards & CPU coolers up to 165mm.

29-01-2019 10:18PM

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£37.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Patriot - Burst 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card (£160.79 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: RIOTORO - CR488 ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.21 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£44.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £489.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-28 22:30 GMT+0000

Windows 10: Use the Microsoft media creation tool: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

Don't know much about wi-fi modules; as long as it's got 2 antennae it should be fine.

I just bought this exact build because I was to lazy to research :pac::pac::pac:

cheers!

Mike9832 · 31-01-2019 02:46PM

Would this be good for Resident Evil 2?

1080p high/medium settings ( basically ps4 pro quality at 1080p would do me )

Need 2 x 27" inch monitors

Budget is 1000e all in

Need OS and console like controller, speakers too nothing fancy, soundbar quality is fine

Power line adapter and a basic printer/scanner, ( small in size)

Thanks

K.O.Kiki · 31-01-2019 03:07PM

https://www.techspot.com/review/1784-resident-evil-2-benchmarks/

RX 570 4Gb should be good enough for 1080p, but I'd recommend finding an RX 580 8Gb as the gameplay will be smoother (no spikes into sub-60fps).

You don't need to buy OS, just use the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft's site & activate later/never.

Mike9832 · 31-01-2019 03:22PM

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

https://www.techspot.com/review/1784-resident-evil-2-benchmarks/

RX 570 4Gb should be good enough for 1080p, but I'd recommend finding an RX 580 8Gb as the gameplay will be smoother (no spikes into sub-60fps).

You don't need to buy OS, just use the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft's site & activate later/never.

Thank you

RX580 looks very strong

Cheapest I can find is is €230, does that look right

Is there anyway to edit your build and add that card, monitors, powerline adapters, controller?

It looks perfect

Xenoronin · 31-01-2019 05:32PM

Overclockers are pretty good for price (amazon might beat them, but don't usually have the free games offers): https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapphire-radeon-rx-580-nitro-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-37m-sp.html

You can edit it by following this link: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/tfdXzY

Mike9832 · 31-01-2019 07:44PM

Xenoronin wrote: »

Overclockers are pretty good for price (amazon might beat them, but don't usually have the free games offers): https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapphire-radeon-rx-580-nitro-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-37m-sp.html

You can edit it by following this link: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/tfdXzY

Thanks alot man

Can't believe Resident Evil 2 is free with that lol

Nice

Mike9832 · 31-01-2019 07:48PM

Xenoronin wrote: »

Overclockers are pretty good for price (amazon might beat them, but don't usually have the free games offers): https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapphire-radeon-rx-580-nitro-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-37m-sp.html

You can edit it by following this link: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/tfdXzY

What's this one like?

It's a good bit cheaper at 180 and has free games too

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powercolor-radeon-rx-580-red-dragon-v2-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-18l-pc.html

Xenoronin · 01-02-2019 09:34AM

The one i linked is a tad faster (boost clock is a little higher). That looks good too though so I think you'd be flying with either.
The deal is pretty insane. If you were buying these games at release anyway, that's a good 120euro off the cost of the card.

TitianGerm · 01-02-2019 12:26PM

Xenoronin wrote: »

The one i linked is a tad faster (boost clock is a little higher). That looks good too though so I think you'd be flying with either.
The deal is pretty insane. If you were buying these games at release anyway, that's a good 120euro off the cost of the card.

You only get two games with the 580. They'd be around €70-€80 if buying separately.

Xenoronin · 01-02-2019 01:02PM

TitianGerm wrote: »

You only get two games with the 580. They'd be around €70-€80 if buying separately.

Aye, I am aware. I was using "full price" from steam. Releases are generally €60 unless you get launch discounts or buy elsewhere.

Mike9832 · 01-02-2019 10:43PM

Xenoronin wrote: »

The one i linked is a tad faster (boost clock is a little higher). That looks good too though so I think you'd be flying with either.
The deal is pretty insane. If you were buying these games at release anyway, that's a good 120euro off the cost of the card.

I know was definitely buying resident evil 2 anyway

Have it finished now

Bumped it up to 16gb of ram and added monitors etc

Ordering RX580 from Overclockers separately, rest mostly from amazon, have prime account and address pal so works out better for me

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

TitianGerm · 01-02-2019 11:30PM

Mike9832 wrote: »

I know was definitely buying resident evil 2 anyway

Have it finished now

Bumped it up to 16gb of ram and added monitors etc

Ordering RX580 from Overclockers separately, rest mostly from amazon, have prime account and address pal so works out better for me

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

Why get them shipped to addresspal? It'll cost you a fortune if Amazon ship separately.

Mike9832 · 01-02-2019 11:36PM

TitianGerm wrote: »

Why get them shipped to addresspal? It'll cost you a fortune if Amazon ship separately.

Can you get shipped from Amazon UK to here?

Thought it was only addresspal

TitianGerm · 01-02-2019 11:55PM

Mike9832 wrote: »

Can you get shipped from Amazon UK to here?

Thought it was only addresspal

Of course you can, please tell me you haven't been shipping to Addresspal for years :eek:

You have Prime so most items can be shipped here in two days.

Mike9832 · 02-02-2019 12:00AM

TitianGerm wrote: »

Of course you can, please tell me you haven't been shipping to Addresspal for years :eek:

You have Prime so most items can be shipped here in two days.

I have lol

Must have ordered about 10 packages through Addresspal

Have the thing deleted now

TitianGerm · 02-02-2019 12:08AM

Mike9832 wrote: »

I have lol

Must have ordered about 10 packages through Addresspal

Have the thing deleted now

Ah 10 is not a lot, I'd have hundreds of orders over the last few years!!

Mike9832 · 02-02-2019 12:17AM

TitianGerm wrote: »

Ah 10 is not a lot, I'd have hundreds of orders over the last few years!!

It's enough

I would never have known, thanks for that :pac:

Do you know how to claim the free games?

Trying to buy card on overclockers and it doesn't let me select games I want

TitianGerm · 02-02-2019 12:20AM

Mike9832 wrote: »

It's enough

I would never have known, thanks for that :pac:

Do you know how to claim the free games?

Trying to buy card on overclockers and it doesn't let me select games I want

I think you get a link after ordering and you register your card with AMD and pick the ones you want.

08-02-2019 10:24PM

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£97.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI - B450M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£37.78 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Patriot - Burst 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card (£160.79 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: RIOTORO - CR488 ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.21 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£44.97 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £489.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-28 22:30 GMT+0000

Windows 10: Use the Microsoft media creation tool: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

Don't know much about wi-fi modules; as long as it's got 2 antennae it should be fine.

@K.O.Kiki I bought this setup and I have the computer built. Everything is working fine, windows installed and drivers installed etc. When gaming the screen is flickering and little black spots are appearing some times, any idea what could be causing this?

cherryghost · 10-02-2019 03:05AM

Sounds like it could be GPU. Are temps ok? Is the GPU well seated and are the display cables put in well?

Gaming PC build for WoW (€500-€600)

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