PC Gamer Presents - PC Hardware Handbook - May 2018

TOTAL

£984

BUDGET

BUILD

Enjoy 1080p gaming without

breaking the bank

Core i3-8100

Intel £105

Intel’s new Coffee Lake processors add an

additional two cores to the lineup. Think of

this as a Core i5 processor, but cheaper.

Z370-A Pro

MSI £110

What better place to start than with MSI’s

Z370-A Pro? With plenty of expandability, it’s

perfect for any entry rig.

Ripjaws V Series 8GB

(2x4GB) – 2400

G.Skill £96

Memory prices are horrendous right now,

however this 8GB 2400 MHz kit is perfect.

500BQ

EVGA £56

It may be cheap, but this 500W PSU is more

than enough to handle any budget build. This

rig only draws 269W at maximum load, too.

A400 120GB

Kingston £38

A 120GB SSD will help with some zippy boot

times without breaking the bank. Just don’t

go installing too many games on here.

WD Blue 1TB 7200rpm

Western Digital £40

One terabyte of old-fashioned hard storage

is the perfect home for all of your media,

backups and storage-hungry games.

Neos

Bitfenix £34

The Neos provides decent airflow, good

support for 3.5-inch hard drives, and a fairly

painless build experience.

VP247HA

Asus £100

1080p and 24 inches is a perfect match for

that GTX 1060 GPU. Expect an easy 60fps in

all of your titles, in crisp clear HD perfection.

450K

Cougar £40

Smart design, hybrid mechanical switches,

splashproof exterior and three backlighting

colour options make this a good pick.

Cloud Stinger

HyperX £40

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

much for an entry-level system. The Cloud

Stinger is the next best thing.

Rival 100

SteelSeries £30

SteelSeries’ Rival lineup is ideal for those

looking to get a quality gaming mouse at a

respectable price.

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

EVGA £270

Its prices are haywire due to cryptocurrency

mining, but this is still the best deal you can

get right now.

F310 Gamepad

Logitech £25

It’s no Xbox 360 controller, but this cheap,

cheerful pad will help you power through all

the controller-friendly games in your library.

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