MOTHERBOARD
Let’s jump straight in and show you the Motherboard! I’ve gone for the ASUS ROG Strix Z690-F Gaming with WiFi 6, it supports DRR5, the latest Intel processors ( LGA 1700 ) and will support the next-gen of Intel processors. Now, this is quite a big chunk of the budget here, but I managed to snag this with 16 GB of DDR5 ram (single stick) for around $300 (about £250).
CPU
Ok so what CPU did we go for in this build… well this may surprise you but I went for the cheapest option! The i3 12100f! Bear in mind I got this just for gaming… if you plan to do video editing etc then maybe a 12700k might be better with its efficiency cores. It comes with 4 cores and 8 threads and I have heard good things about this budget CPU from the alder lake range. I didn’t think this version got a stock cooler but there is no reason why you can’t use this cooler and save yourself $60–80 while you save for another cooler etc.