Building a PC for £750, any suggestions?

[Rafalex]

I am going to build a pc for around £750, Its mainly going to be used for gaming. I will be using my spare PSU which is 650 watts. I do not need an ssd. I do need an OS. I own all the peripherals. Any suggestions of what parts i should use?

[phillpower2]

Hello Rafalex,

Can I ask what the brand and model name or number details of the present PSU are, 650W sounds great but certain brands are complete junk.

Will you need a new case and DVD drive.

[Rafalex]

Hello Rafalex,

Can I ask what the brand and model name or number details of the present PSU are, 650W sounds great but certain brands are complete junk.

Will you need a new case and DVD drive.

The brand of the Psu is OCZ and the model is OCZ ZS650W. I will need a case but not a DVD drive

[phillpower2]

Not a bad PSU when new 6+ years ago but is three years out of warranty so should also be replaced.

Done a quick list here, over your budget and being realistic unless you do an AMD build you will not get everything for £750, the only room for manoeuvre would be to downgrade the CPU and MB, take a look and see if you can tweak the list to suit for yourself.

[Rafalex]

What if I’d buy Windows 7 since it £50 cheaper, and downgrade the mobo.

[phillpower2]

You may save £50 on Windows now but don`t forget support for Windows 7 ends in a couple of years so it may well end up costing you a lot more.

Lets see what we can do with an AMD build, their new Ryzen processors are well rated.

[phillpower2]

Not heard back from you Rafalex, do you still require assistance, an update would be appreciated.

[Rafalex]

Yes, I would still like some assistance, been looking into ryzen myself. What do you thinkg would be a good combo for a ryzen build ? Sorry for not responding for a while

[phillpower2]

Sorry for not responding for a while

Not a major problem but when members visit the forums but do not update their threads I like to check in with them just in case.

Here you go, Raf2

NB: Please keep in mind what I said about your present PSU, spend an additional £50 or so now rather than risk blowing all of the new hardware with a 6+ year old power supply.

[Rafalex]

Yep, I am probably going to buy a new PSU since as you said, its not worth the risk.

[phillpower2]

What do you think of the new list that I did for you!

[Rafalex]

Looks good, what do you think about getting a cheaper motherboard for the first build you did?

[phillpower2]

Done here selected the original MB over one or two others because it had onboard Wi-Fi

[Rafalex]

Would a 600 watt psu be enough for these builds?

[phillpower2]

Depends on the particular PSU, cheap 600W brands are often not capable of putting out even 500W, let us know what you are looking at but a word to the wise don`t go cheap and make sure that anything you consider is at least Bronze efficiency rated.