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£1,072

Corei3-9100f

Intel£70

Anincrediblynippyquad-coreCPUforthe

price,Intel’s9thgenbudgetchipskips

integratedgraphicsforaffordability.

B360M-HDV

ASRock£63

ASRock’sB360Mboarddefinitelyqualifies

as‘nofrills’,butit’llstillgetthejuiceoutof

yourCPUwithoutbottlenecks.

CX-MSeriesCX550M

Corsair£55

A UKpricespikeinourpreviousEVGA

500Wpickopensthedoorforthisquiet

Corsairoption.

GeForceRTX 2060 GAMING

EVGA£320

Compact,greatvalue,andpartofNVIDIA’s

latestGPUgeneration,thisEVGAmodelis

thebudgetgamer’sbestfriend.

BasiliskEssential

Razer£30

Razer’s‘essential’lineconjuresimagesof

supermarketown-brandcereal,butthis

affordableBasiliskperformsbrilliantly.

Neos

Bitfenix £36

The Neos provides decent airflow, good

support for 3.5-inch hard drives, and a fairly

painlessbuildexperience.

WDBlue1TB7200RPM

Western Digital £34

One terabyte of old-fashioned hard storage

is the perfect home for all of your media,

backups and storage-hungry games.

Optix MAG271C

MSI £239

MSI packs huge value into this. You will have

to start blaming your k:d on your broadband

instead of your refresh rate though.

BlackWidow Lite

Razer £65

Silent and deadly as its namesake, this

BlackWidow board from Razer is a joy to type

on.Nonumberpadthough,bewarned.

HS35

Corsair£28

Deceptivelyluxuriousfortheprice, Corsair’s

budgetcansoffercomfortandpowerful

low-end.Alsocolours.Verybright colours.

VengeanceLPX16GB

Corsair £57

16GB of RAM gives you plenty of breathing

room when running multiple programs, and

Corsair’s selling this kit cheap.

MX500 250GB

Crucial £50

Crucial’s SSD range is fantastic value and

offers good performance, too. A 250GB drive

can hold your OS and essential programs.

Hyper 212 Evo

CoolerMaster £25

Even a budget build can benefit from a good

CPU cooler, letting you enjoy a quieter,

cooler system.

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