Re PCs. Thanks for all the advice. While I appreciate the flexibility here, the constraint is 500 quid spend max. Also the games are likely to be Sims 4, GTA V and Minecraft. This is merely to stop the Ryzen 3500U laptop she has melting a hole in the table. Even that machine does the job fine. In future it might get a 1660 in it at worst ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif)
In that case, get the 5600G from either Amazon (so you can return if unable to get going on your B550 MB) or a local shop that can do the "old CPU shuffle" to get your MB updated to support the processor if need be.
Go 16GB DDR4-4000 RAM (see my earlier note about XMP profiles for why), and shop your SSD carefully to avoid the ones with "undocumented parts alteration" due to component shortages.
Spend for a 800W PSU if you need to buy now and planning to upgrade to a 30
xx in future. If you already have the 600W, use it until you need better, or buy one of the "builder specials" off NewEgg or slAmazon. Don't forget to shop NewEgg AND pcpartpicker.com assiduously until you
have to buy... a couple-three weeks shopping time is usually enough of a window to get a "steal of a deal" on these components.
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Oh, and make sure whatever case you buy, that it has the PSU in a tunnel which isolates its airflow from the rest of the case. This is the "minimum standard" for real gamer PCs now... tho a lot of MFRs are still flogging the old "big open box" designs that simply don't cut it anymore.
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