BUDGET BUILD
Enjoy 1080p gaming without breaking the bank
GIGABYTE Z390 UD Gigabyte $120
Surprisingly feature-rich for a budget board, this proves a fine home for 8th gen Intel chips.
Core i3-9100f Intel $80
An incredibly nippy quad-core CPU for the price, Intel’s 9th gen budget chip skips integrated graphics for affordability.
GeForce RTX 2060 KO GAMING EVGA $299
Nvidia’s latest GPU generation isn’t just for top-end machines thanks to EVGA’s take on the 2060.
Hyper 212 Evo CoolerMaster $38
We’ve dropped the controller from this build and added in a better CPU cooler, for a quieter, cooler system.
Vengeance LPX 16GB Corsair $74
16GB of RAM gives you plenty of breathing room when running multiple programs, and Corsair’s selling this kit cheap.
CX-M Series CX550M Corsair $71
A UK price spike in our previous EVGA 500W pick opens the door for this quiet Corsair option.
MX500 250GB Crucial $60
Crucial’s SSD range is fantastic value and offers good performance, too. It’s also time we jumped up to 250GB.
Caviar Blue 1TB 7200rpm Western Digital $43
One terabyte of old-fashioned hard storage is the perfect home for all of your media, backups, and AAA titles.
Neos Bitfenix $65
The Neos provides decent airflow, good support for 3.5-inch hard drives, and a fairly painless build experience.
Optix MAG271C MSI $310
MSI packs huge value into this. You will have to start blaming your k:d on your broadband instead of your refresh rate, though.
BlackWidow Lite Razer $89
Silent and deadly as its namesake, this BlackWidow board from Razer is a joy to type on. No number pad though, be warned.
Basilisk Essential Razer $49
Razer’s ‘essential’ line conjures images of own-brand cereal, but this affordable Basilisk performs brilliantly. JUNE 2020 93