TOTAL
£1,586
MID-RANGE
BUILD
Our recommended build for playing
the latest games
Vengeance LPX 16GB
(2x8GB) @2666
Corsair £118
16GB is the minimum amount of RAM we’d
recommendforasystemofthiscalibre.MasterLiquid Lite 240
CoolerMaster £50
This 240mm, dual-fan, all-in-one liquid CPU
cooler is ludicrously cheap, but performs
well and stays quiet, too.Z370 Tomahawk
MSI £144
This is a nice-looking bit of kit at a good
price. Couple that with two M.2 slots, and it’s
the perfect place to house that Core i5.Core i5-8400
Intel £181
Better default gaming performance and a
lower price puts this chip ahead of the AMD
Ryzen 2600X.GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Ed.
Nvidia£329
Faster and cheaper than a 1070, and ray
tracing-ready. Expect an overclocked
third-party replacement next month.MX500 250GB
Crucial £42
This is still our SSD of choice. We’ve kept the
capacity the same as our cheaper build, but
upgradingto500GBwouldbeideal.RMx 650W
Corsair £105
There’s nothing like having a quality power
supply. Get a decent cable kit for this one
and you can easily spice up your rig.MasterKeys Pro L
CoolerMaster £75
This is one of the cheapest mechanical
keyboards, yet it looks and feels great. It only
has single-colour backlighting, though.AW958 Elite
Alienware £65
Suitable for any grip thanks to its add-ons,
and there’s just something about those
massivemetallicbuttons.Eclipse P400S TG
Phanteks £80
The clean lines, intuitive build features and
fantastic price cements the Eclipse as our
mid-rangecaseofchoice.WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM
Western Digital £37
SSDs are great, but they’re still far from
cheap. This 1TB HDD will hold as many
games as you will need.AGON AG251FZ
AOC £290
Not only does this 1080p monitor have a
lightning-fast 240Hz refresh rate but it
produces decent image quality, too.HyperX Cloud
Kingston £70
Despite the budget price, we recommend
this headset. There’s simply nothing better
for the money.NEW
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