PC Gamer

TOTAL

£853

BUDGET

BUILD

Enjoy 1080p gaming without

breaking the bank

Core i3-8100

Intel £102

A great processor for out-of-the-box gaming

performance. Opt for the AMD Ryzen 1300X

if you’d like to overclock.

B360M-DS3H

Gigabyte £65

It lacks overclocking options, but the new

B360 chipset is far cheaper than the Z370

and is perfect for this budget build.

500BQ

EVGA£40

Itmaybecheap,butthis500WPSUismore

thanenoughtohandleanybudgetbuild.This

rig only draws 269W at maximum load, too.

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

Inno3D £185

The rumours were true and graphics card

prices are starting to fall. Our pick for this

buildisbitcheaperthanlasttime.

Rival 100

SteelSeries£30

SteelSeries’ Rival lineup is ideal for those

lookingtogetaqualitygamingmouseata

respectable price.

Neos

Bitfenix£35

The Neos provides decent airflow, good

support for 3.5-inch hard drives, and a fairly

painless build experience.

WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM

Western Digital£47

Oneterabyteofold-fashionedhardstorage

is the perfect home for all of your media,

backups and storage-hungry games.

VP247HA

Asus£97

1080pand24inchesisaperfectmatchfor

thatGTX1060GPU.Expectaneasy60fpsin

allofyourtitles,incrispclearHDperfection.

450K

Cougar£46

Smart design, hybrid mechanical switches,

splashproof exterior and three backlighting

colouroptionsmakethisagoodpick.

Cloud Stinger

HyperX£35

We love the HyperX Cloud, but at £70 it’s too

muchforanentry-levelsystem.TheCloud

Stinger is the next best thing.

Vengeance LPX 8GB

(2x4GB) @2400MHz

Corsair£76

DDR4pricesarestillhigh,howeverthis

Corsairpairisagoodvalueoption.

MX500 250GB

Crucial£70

Crucial’sSSDrangeisfantasticvalueand

offers good performance, too. It’s also time

we jumped up to 250GB.

Hyper 212 Evo

CoolerMaster £25

We’ve dropped the controller from this build

and added in a better CPU cooler, for a

quieter, cooler system.

HARDWARE

Buyer’s Guide

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MEMORY

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SSD

HDD

CASE

DISPLAY

KEYBOARD

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