Here is a build targeting 800€ focused on 1080p or even 1440p games and esports scenarios where high refresh rate experiences are needed, streaming, and productivity tasks.
This Build focuses on maximizing the performance per euro while keeping it future-proof, it uses the same main components as the 900€ build while reducing the price on the motherboard, memory, case, and power supply, but still using good components.
All prices are based on Portugal stores, which may differ slightly from and other shops outside the country.
Parts
MOTHERBOARD - ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 (warning below) 129.90€
Good board for the price, since it is a B650 and has good VRMs you will be able to overclock the CPU to maximize the GPU utilization, there’s only a small twist with this board compatibility the Ryzen 5 8400f needs a bios update to work but it may not be a problem is most cases since the BIOS may come updated or at least with the version needed.
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 8400F 149.90€
CPU COOLER - Stock CPU Cooler Included
The cooler included with the CPU is enough for this build, there is no need to buy a different one unless we are going to overclock a lot, if that’s the case then a cheap AIO will do the job.
GPU - Intel ARC B580 (if available and with good price) < 280€
At the time of writing this, in Portugal, this card is not available but when this card launches here, it could be a good alternative to the RX 7600 if the pricing is right, for now, I would still recommend going to the alternative card because the card also performs a bit worse with PCIe 3.0 and CPUs with 3+ years, the Motherboard and CPU combo that was chosen here have Resizable BAR compatibility so that won’t be a problem.
GPU - AMD RX 7600 (if available and with good price) < 280€
Great card for the buck, great for 1080p, and enough for 1440p games with textures on low because of the 8GB of VRAM but for me where it excels the most is on esports titles where it can be ideal for high refresh rate experiences, at the time of writing I was able to find on Portugal some models of this card below 280€, I would not pay much more than this.
MEMORY - Team Group Kit 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 4800MHz Elite Plus Black CL40 89.90€
Good kit for the price, but don’t be limited at this one, this is just an example and you should search if you can find a better kit at the moment especially with more speed (4800mhz+) because AMD CPUs love memory speed and you will avoid some bottlenecks in specific scenarios. Just don’t make the mistake of overspending on RAM on this budget.
STORAGE - Kioxia Exceria Plus G3 1TB M.2 NVMe Gen 4.0x4 63.90€
Very Fast NVME storage with enough space for apps and games, I recommend you get an extra SATA SSD with at least 1TB of capacity for your games and cold storage. It can be a DRAM-less model to keep costs down since your operating system will be installed on a much faster drive. As always, be sure to look for sales to get the best deal.
CASE - Aerocool CS-104 22.90€
Alternatives and recommendations
On this budget you are completely dependent on the price that you buy your GPU since it’s the most expensive part by a big margin, the only component that I would change from here in case you can find the GPU below 280€ is the case, where I would switch to other with multiple fans pre-installed that will help with cooling of the machine.
If you don’t need the 1TB storage and go for the 500GB, I would recommend getting a better case with more fans pre-installed that will help with ventilation and may open for some extra overclocking headroom.
Benchmarks
On the video below you will find some game benchmarks on a machine running with similar specs.
Since the CPU is not the same, on CPU bottleneck cenarios you may expect 10% less performance on some titles (with overclocking you may be able to remove this), the GPU is the same so those benchmarks with a GPU bottleneck are close to this build.
Credits to: ShadownSeven