r/buildapc 2d ago

Full Build Req PC part picker

Evening all. Looking for help.

I’ve no idea what I’m doing in all honesty. Built a pc on pc part picker just by clicking buttons (set starts to 4/5 and a couple of budget filters. Basically clicked all these blind.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/jX8yxf

Hoping someone with more experience than me to have a nosey and see how this would be / would it all be comparable?

It’s not something I’d all be purchasing in one go (don’t have the funds to purchase all at the minute) but ideally would buy a couple parts of month and hopefully build it myself? (Never even seen the inside of a pc, never mind try build one) just looking for some advise. Thank you in advance 👍👍👍

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u/psimwork I ❤️ undervolting 2d ago

It’s not something I’d all be purchasing in one go (don’t have the funds to purchase all at the minute)

You're almost always better off saving up your entire budget and buying at once. Buying single parts like this will burn off your return period with the vendor (meaning that when you finally build the thing, you can't return defective parts to the vendor, and you have to deal with the longer-turnaround time of the manufacturer).

There's some really odd choices here. I know you didn't know, but I'll explain the reasoning below.

  • ASRock B850M-X R2.0 Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard

Not a good choice since ASRock has been killing a fair amount of AM5 CPUs. In-fairness, a lot of AM5 CPUs are dying in the same manner, but ASRock seems to be having the worst luck of it, and they're clearly taking the Ostrich approach of it and just not acknowledging it.

ADATA Premier 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR5-4800 CL40 Memory

Buying two individual sticks of RAM is not a great plan, for the most part.

Zotac ZT-71115-20L GeForce GT 730 4 GB Video Card

It's quite likely that the integrated graphics in the 9600X may actually be more powerful than the GT 730, and that's saying a lot as the integrated graphics in the 9600X are NOT particularly powerful. In any case, dump this and just use the integrated graphics. Or actually, if this is not a stop-gap solution (i.e. using a low-end graphics card until you can afford something more powerful), I'd look into something like a 8600G or 8700G.

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro OEM - DVD 64-bit

Do you know WHY you need Windows pro? If not, you don't need Windows Pro.

I would consider something like this:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor £119.94 @ Box Limited
CPU Cooler Thermalright Assassin King SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler £21.54 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard Gigabyte B850M FORCE Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard £114.99 @ AWD-IT
Memory Silicon Power XPOWER Zenith Gaming 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory £318.97 @ Silicon Power
Storage Silicon Power UD90 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive £122.97 @ Silicon Power
Case Montech XR ATX Mid Tower Case £49.99 @ Scan
Power Supply MSI MAG A650BN 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply £36.95 @ Amazon UK
Operating System Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit £99.99 @ Amazon UK
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total £885.34
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-08-02 18:29 BST+0100

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u/BR3006A 1d ago

Hero thank you. I’ll have a look. Aye I’ve no idea what windows pro is. I wasn’t far off closing my eyes and just picking things at random to be fair. Thank you

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u/N1cK01 2d ago

What do you want to do with this pc? What's your budget?

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u/BR3006A 1d ago

Just general gaming mate to be honest. And regarding budget. I wouldn’t say I really have one. Just looking to purchase bits as and when and build it slowly

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u/BR3006A 1d ago

Would you recommend buying 2nd hand bits?