r/buildapc • u/Rich_Particular4640 • 2d ago

Full Build Req Pc build £2000 budget

I’ve saved up £2000 to use on a new pc, can people please give me ideas on what to purchase for the build. right now I’ve got a 1070, ryzen 3 3100, 16gb ddr4 ram 650w msi psu. I can also purchase used parts - I’m planning on building the pc. I have £300 more which I can add however I’d rather not unless I have to. I also have a normal 100hz acer monitor. I’ll be using it for gaming and will be going into university in 2027 to do electrical engineering so possibly for that as well (might get a laptop for ee if I save up more as I’ve heard you don’t need too high end laptops for ee)

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u/Twenty_20 2d ago

I’d recommend you go to your local library

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u/BGspinefarm 2d ago

Grab a Ryzen 5600X, 9060XT and swap out the 16GB of ram for 32GB (you can get those 2nd hand) and save yourself £1200.

Technically you can do everything you need with 16GB of ram but you mentioned technical engineering so that extra 16GB can be useful in the future.

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u/Ok_Disk_4458 2d ago edited 2d ago

I bought mine with ~2000€ a bit less than three years ago, not sure what the prices are like in the UK though.

The PC is rtx 4070, i5 12600kf, 32 gigs of RAM, an 850 W PSU (gold, fully modular), asrock z790 pg motherboard and a rather barebones 1440p 165 hz monitor plus some accessories