TOTAL
£956
Core i3-8100
Intel £114
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 £70
It lacks overclocking options, but the new
B360 chipset is far cheaper than the Z370
and is perfect for this budget build.CX-M Series CX550M
Corsair£55
AUKpricespikeinourpreviousEVGA
5 00W pick opens the door for this quiet
Corsair option.GeForce GTX 1060
Windforce OC 3GB
Gigabyte £210
Amidst fluctuating GPU prices, Gigabyte’s
compact1060modeloffersthebestvalue.Rival 110
SteelSeries£25
Agreatsensor,simpledesignand
impressively low price make this a great
entry-level gaming mouse.Neos
Bitfenix£39
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£37
Oneterabyteofold-fashionedhard storage
isthe perfect home for all of your media,
backups and storage-hungry games.G2460PF
AOC£199
This is the cheapest 144Hz gaming monitor
you can buy, yet it still offers decent image
quality, great performance and Freesync.K55
Corsair£50
This keyboard may lack mechanical
keyswitches but it offers decent typing, plus
it has RGB and extra gaming keys.Cloud Stinger
HyperX£28
We love the HyperX Cloud, but at £70 it’s too
muchfor an entry-level system. The Cloud
Stinger is the next best thing.Vengeance LPX 8GB
(2x4GB) @2400MHz
Corsair £62
DDR4pricesarestillhigh,however this
Corsairpairisagoodvalueoption.MX500 250GB
Crucial£42
Crucial’sSSDrangeisfantasticvalue and
offers good performance, too. A 250GB drive
canholdyourOSandessentialprograms.Hyper 212 Evo
CoolerMaster £25
Even a budget build can benefit from a good
CPU cooler, letting you enjoy a quieter,
cooler system.R
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