Advice on parts

[Joe Pinetree]

Case
PCS 3312B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i3 Quad Core Processor i3-9100F (3.60GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® H310M-A R2.0: Micro-ATX, DDR4, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 SUPER - HDMI
1st Storage Drive
256GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (500MB/R, 400MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING

Price: £493.00 including VAT and Delivery

 

[Joe Pinetree]

Maximum budget is £500
I will be using it for gaming
My monitor is 60hz 1080p

 

[Joe Pinetree]

That seems like 50% more budget for not 50% more performance couldn't I just use these specs and be good? As spending $270 on a sdd a slightly better motherboard and a slightly higher clock speed cpu seems like a waste:

Case
PCS 3312B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Quad Core CPU (3.6GHz-3.9GHz/18MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.0, 6GB/s
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 SUPER - HDMI
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
128GB ADATA SX6000 LITE M.2 2280 (1800 MB/R, 1200 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 18 to 20 working days
Price: £542.00 including VAT and Delivery

 

[SpyderTracks]

That seems like 50% more budget for not 50% more performance couldn't I just use these specs and be good? As spending $270 on a sdd a slightly better motherboard and a slightly higher clock speed cpu seems like a waste:

Case
PCS 3312B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Quad Core CPU (3.6GHz-3.9GHz/18MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.0, 6GB/s
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 SUPER - HDMI
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
128GB ADATA SX6000 LITE M.2 2280 (1800 MB/R, 1200 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Extra Case Fans
1x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 18 to 20 working days
Price: £542.00 including VAT and Delivery

The build you've posted wouldn't work for gaming, the cpu and chipset would bottleneck the rest of the PC completely, but all in all it's not sufficient for gaming.

You can't just put in any specs you want and expect it to work, each component has a particular use case.

You're looking at around £850 for an entry level gaming PC.

 

[Joe Pinetree]

It all seems fairly balanced to me. I could spend more on a better cpu but the thing is I could spend more on a graphics card I just want to know, am I going to run into any bottlenecks or something like that? Or is there a upgrade that would largely greaten my performance for not too much money?

 

[SpyderTracks]

It all seems fairly balanced to me. I could spend more on a better cpu but the thing is I could spend more on a graphics card I just want to know, am I going to run into any bottlenecks or something like that? Or is there a upgrade that would largely greaten my performance for not too much money?

The CPU will bottleneck the GPU which means the GPU won't be able to run as it's supposed to.

The case isn't sufficient and would lead to overheating anyway which would further reduce performance.

It's slow memory which would also impact performance.

There's no room on the PSU for any future investment, so after about 1 year you'd have to replace the whole thing anyway because you wouldn't be able to upgrade the graphics card.

If you're looking at benchmarks on places like cpubenchmark or userbenchmark, they're garbage results not based on actual performance. It's complete gibberish and shouldn't be used.

 

[Rakk]

@Joe Pinetree do remember that the people replying to you do not work for PCS (neither do I) so they are not suggesting more expensive stuff to benefit themselves or PCS, they are suggesting it so that you don't waste your money and have to get a whole new replacement soon.
They also do know what they're talking about

 

[WhiskyMac]

Might be better off with a console here - especially if you can wait for the new PS5/Xbox could be excellent.

 

[Joe Pinetree]

I've seen a system very similar to this built for a budget gaming pc and it performed fairly well I've changed the motherboard and the ram but I'm not sure how you're meant to get a better upgrade for the cpu as games only really utilize around 4 cores and from the benchmarks I have seen online that 1650 super is a good budget graphics card option I could overclock the ram to 3200mhz and then I don't really see any bottlenecks I'm not trying to run the latest triple a games is there any major issues with it.

C
PCS 6003B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Quad Core CPU (3.6GHz-3.9GHz/18MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B450-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s)
Memory
8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 - HDMI
Hard drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
SSD
128GB ADATA SX6000 LITE M.2 2280 (1800 MB/R, 1200 MB/W)