Thanks for your thoughts.
Never built a PC. I’m supposed to be renovating the bathroom at the moment so I am cautious about taking on an ambitious project for the sake of £50. Have built a power supply for record player (using a parts kit and some mild soldering, a success) and replaced batteries in mobile phones (one success, one spectacular failure)
£600??
Cutting edge definitely not required. I don't want to emphasise the gaming angle.
Thanks again.
crzylgs said:Any chance of you building the PC yourself or not something you're looking to do?
Never built a PC. I’m supposed to be renovating the bathroom at the moment so I am cautious about taking on an ambitious project for the sake of £50. Have built a power supply for record player (using a parts kit and some mild soldering, a success) and replaced batteries in mobile phones (one success, one spectacular failure)

crzylgs said:Depending on that situation and a rough price guide I could answer in more detail.
£600??
crzylgs said:However, a system based on the AMD 5600G (G-stands for built in graphcis) CPU could probably fit those needs and remove the need for an expensive dedicated graphics card. Intel have similar offerings but AFAIK especially for gaming the AMD CPUs with built in graphics tend to do better. When dedicated graphics cards get thrown into the mix it becomes more of a wash.
IT tech is a little complicated at the moment due to still inflated Graphics card prices but also both INTEL and AMD (the two CPU makers) have new generation of CPUs requiring new motherboards which use the more expensive DDR5. So, unless you're planning on spending a bomb and getting a really cutting edge system. You're almost certainly better on the previous Gen CPUs, motherboard and DDR4 ram.
Cutting edge definitely not required. I don't want to emphasise the gaming angle.
crzylgs said:This website is a font of regularly updated data in terms of which bundle of components are good value at a range of price points:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/
for example:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/guide/DWv6Mp/entry-level-amd-gaming-build
That above build guide uses the same 5600G CPU I mentioned as being a decent option.
Even if you don't build a system yourself, their guides can be a good check list for one you'd buy from a supplier.
Thanks again.