Secret Zero | RTX 5050 8GB + Ryzen 5 5600 | Ready-to-Go Gaming PC | PC36
Secret Zero | RTX 5050 8GB + Ryzen 5 5600 | Ready-to-Go Gaming PC | PC36
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🤫 Secret Zero
The cheapest way into a properly built machine, and we have not hidden anything to get here
Secret Zero is the entry point to the Secret series, which is where we put the money into the parts and not into the marketing. A Ryzen 5 5600 and an RTX 5050 in a glass-fronted Phanteks XT V3, hand-built and stress tested like every machine we sell.
This is a 1080p gaming PC and we would rather call it that than dress it up. At high settings in modern titles it is comfortable, in competitive games it is quick, and with DLSS it will stretch to 1440p in plenty of things. What it will not do is play the heaviest recent releases at 1440p with everything on, and any listing that tells you otherwise at this price is selling you something.
What you do get is the same build standard as our four thousand pound machines: bloat-free Windows, a BIOS set up properly, and a full stress test with a certificate in the box.
🧬 Built to last, designed to evolve
This system is built on AMD's AM4 platform rather than the newer AM5. That is a deliberate choice at this price: AM4 is a mature, extremely well supported socket with cheap memory and cheap boards, and it is what makes this machine cost what it does. Being honest about the trade, AMD have stopped releasing new processors for it, so the upgrade path here is a Ryzen 7 5700X3D rather than anything newer. Memory, storage and the graphics card all remain straightforward to change, and this board has four memory slots with two of them free.
📃 Specifications
- 🧠 CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600
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- 6 cores, 12 threads of Zen 3, boosting to 4.4GHz, with 32MB of L3 cache
- Still a genuinely good gaming processor, and by some distance the best value chip AMD have ever sold. At this resolution with this graphics card, it is the card that sets your frame rate
- 65W TDP, which keeps the machine cool and quiet without needing an expensive cooler to manage it
- If you ever want more, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D drops straight into this board. It is the last worthwhile AM4 upgrade and it is a large one in games
- ❄️ CPU cooler: AMD Wraith Stealth
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- The cooler AMD ship with the 5600, and it is genuinely matched to it. A 65W processor is what this cooler was designed around
- Being straight about it: it keeps the 5600 within temperature comfortably, and it is audible when the processor is working hard. It is not a bad cooler, it is a small one. If quiet matters to you, the tower cooler upgrade below is the single most effective change you can make to this machine
- This case takes coolers up to 175mm tall, so there is a great deal of room to go bigger later. Nothing about this chassis limits you
- Mounted with fresh paste applied by hand rather than the pre-applied pad
- 🔲 Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WiFi (micro-ATX)
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- Four DDR4 slots supporting up to 128GB. Two are used on this build, so adding memory later means adding sticks rather than throwing away what you have. That is unusual at this price and it is a real reason we picked this board
- PCIe 4.0 x16 for the graphics card, which is what this card uses
- Two M.2 slots: one Gen4 with a heatsink, one Gen3. Only one is used here
- Four SATA ports, plus VGA, DisplayPort and HDMI on the rear
- Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2 built in, aerial supplied. Gigabit Ethernet. Worth stating plainly because some retailer listings for this board incorrectly claim Wi-Fi 6: it is Wi-Fi 5, and it is comfortably quicker than any UK domestic broadband connection
- Rear I/O is four USB-A ports plus two USB 2.0. There is no USB-C on the rear panel of this board, though the case's front USB-C works from the board's front header
- BIOS Flashback and diagnostic LEDs, which make this an easy board to service and upgrade later
- PC36 only uses motherboards chosen for stability and longevity. See our Trusted brands page
- 📏 Memory / RAM: 16GB (2×8GB) DDR4-3200 CL16
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- Dual channel DDR4-3200 CL16, which is the sweet spot for Ryzen on AM4 and the speed the memory controller runs best at. Enabled via XMP in the BIOS before it ships
- Two matched sticks, with two slots left free. Going to 32GB later is a matter of adding a second pair rather than replacing what is in there
- DDR4 is a large part of why this machine costs what it does. It is a fraction of the price of DDR5 at the moment, and on a build at this level you would not feel the difference
- 16GB is enough for every current game at these settings
- Specification guaranteed, model may vary. Happy to confirm the exact part on request
- 💾 Storage: 1TB NVMe SSD
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- An NVMe drive on the board's Gen4 slot, under its heatsink. Games load in seconds and Windows feels instant
- This is a QLC drive. It is quick for everything you will do day to day, and it slows down only during very long sustained writes such as moving hundreds of gigabytes in one go. For gaming and normal use you would not notice, and the money saved is in the graphics card instead
- We fit 1TB as standard across the whole range rather than varying it by price, so comparing our machines to each other is straightforward. The 2TB option is below
- The board has a second M.2 slot free, and the case takes two 2.5 inch drives and one 3.5 inch drive, so there is plenty of room to add storage later
- Specification guaranteed, model may vary. Happy to confirm the exact part on request
- 🎮 Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
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- Blackwell, 2,560 CUDA cores, 8GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus. 130W, so it runs cool and asks little of the power supply
- DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation is what makes this card make sense. It is the entry point of the current generation, and the current generation of upscaling is exactly what an entry card needs. The transformer model is a real visual step up from what came before
- NVENC with AV1 encoding for streaming and recording. Even at this price you get the encoder most streaming software is built around, which is not true of every card at this level
- Fourth-generation ray tracing cores. Ray tracing is possible here at 1080p in most titles with DLSS doing the work, but it is not what this card is for
- Being straight about the 8GB and about the tier: this is an entry card. It is comfortable at 1080p high, and at 1440p it will need DLSS and some settings turned down in recent heavy titles. We would rather tell you that than let you discover it. If 1440p is your target, Secret One is the honest recommendation
- The chipset and VRAM are guaranteed: it will always be an RTX 5050 with 8GB. The AIB brand varies with availability, and we only use established manufacturers. See our Trusted brands page for more info
- 🧰 Case: Phanteks XT V3, Black
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- 460 × 235 × 370mm, roughly 40 litres. Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX, four expansion slots. Steel chassis with tempered glass front and side panels
- Generous where it matters. Graphics cards up to 430mm long, CPU coolers up to 175mm tall, power supplies up to 150mm. Nothing you are likely to want to fit later is going to be a problem, which is not something we can say about our small form factor machines
- The glass front is the whole design. There are no front fan mounts, because there is no front mesh to breathe through. Air comes in through the floor instead, which is why the fans are where they are. If you would rather have a mesh front, there is a free case swap in the upgrade options below
- Fan mounts: three in the base, one at the rear, three in the top. Seven 120mm positions in total
- Radiator support is top only, up to 360mm, if you ever fit liquid cooling
- Two 2.5 inch drive mounts and one 3.5 inch mount
- Front I/O is USB-C, one USB-A and a combined headphone and microphone jack
- Fully compatible with rear-connect motherboards if you ever go that way
- Also made in white. We build either at no extra cost, so ask on live chat if you would prefer it
- 🌬️ Case cooling: 3 × 120mm ARGB base intake, 1 × 120mm ARGB rear exhaust
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- Three reverse-blade ARGB fans in the floor drawing cool air straight up into the graphics card, and one ARGB exhaust at the rear that we fit ourselves. That is the airflow path this chassis was designed around
- Reverse blade matters here. In a bottom-mounted position a normal fan's blade geometry works against the direction of travel; a reverse-blade fan is built to push the other way and moves noticeably more air for the same noise
- We do not fit top fans on any Secret build. With intake in the floor and exhaust at the rear, the airflow path is already doing its job, and three more fans would add cost and noise for very little. We would rather leave them out than sell you fans that are not earning their place
- Four-pin PWM throughout with addressable lighting, run from the board's ARGB headers
- Fan curves are set by hand before dispatch and verified through our standard stress testing rather than assumed
- A 65W processor and a 130W graphics card is a very easy job for a 40 litre case. This is the coolest and quietest configuration in the Secret range by a wide margin
- ⚡ Power supply: Deepcool PF500 500W, 80 PLUS
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- 500W against a build that draws around 220W under a heavy gaming load. That is a comfortable margin for what is fitted
- 80 PLUS certified. This is the entry tier of our power supply range and we are not going to pretend otherwise, but it is a properly certified unit from a manufacturer we use across the catalogue rather than an unbranded one
- Non-modular, which in a 40 litre case with a full cable management chamber is a non-issue. There is plenty of room to tuck away what you are not using, and that is part of what the build time buys you
- If you plan to fit a much larger graphics card later, tell us before you order. 500W is right for this build and would not be right for a big upgrade, and it is far cheaper to specify the larger unit now than to swap it afterwards
- 🔌 Cabling: Black cabling, routed and tied
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- Routed through the chassis cable channels and tied down, with the floor intake path kept clear so the fans can actually breathe
- Braided cable extensions are available as an upgrade if you want the look through the glass. Ask us on live chat
- 📶 WiFi / Bluetooth / Ethernet: Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 4.2 and Gigabit Ethernet, included
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- Built into the MSI B550M PRO-VDH WiFi. No separate adapter needed, and the aerial is supplied in the box
- Wi-Fi 5 rather than Wi-Fi 6 on this board. It is comfortably quicker than any UK domestic broadband connection, so for downloads and online play it makes no practical difference
- Gigabit wired Ethernet, which we would still recommend over wireless for competitive play
- 🪟 Operating system: As chosen by you from the listing options below. Windows 11 Home (OEM) is recommended.
- 🧹 Setup and optimisation: PC36 High-Class Standard. Full stress test with certificate, bloat-free installation, and BIOS set up properly
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PC36 High-Class Standard, included free with every build
- Ready the moment you open the box. Your PC boots straight into Windows with a local account already set up. No account sign-in wall, no first-run questionnaire, no half-hour of setup before you can use the machine you just bought
- BIOS updated and configured properly: manual fan curves, PBO enabled, XMP enabled, Secure Boot enabled
- Vanilla Windows 11 installation if you choose Windows, with no bloatware added by us, and all drivers loaded and ready to go
- Full stress test with certificate. Every system is torture tested on CPU, RAM and GPU before dispatch, and ships with the certificate to prove it. The same test our four thousand pound machines get. This is the part of the Secret series we are proudest of: the price is lower, the build standard is not
PC36 Premier Optimisation, available in the listing options
- CPU tuning to bring thermals and noise down with minimal performance loss, plus a deeper strip and debloat of Windows and a hand-tuned fan profile
- Worth more on this build than on most, because the stock cooler is the noisiest thing in the machine and a proper undervolt is what quietens it
PC36 Ultimate Performance Tune, available in the listing options
- Advanced overclocking: memory tune, CPU tune and GPU overclock on top of everything in Premier
- Not the machine for it, and we will say so. This build is limited by the graphics card, and a processor overclock will not change your frame rate. On the stock cooler it would also undo the quiet you just paid for. The money would do more good spent on the cooler upgrade or a bigger card
- 🛡️ Warranty: 3 years parts & labour (return to base)
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- Standard 3-year coverage included, parts and labour both. The same warranty as every machine we sell, regardless of price. The cheapest machine we build gets exactly what the most expensive one gets
- Optional extended warranties in the listing options below
Why don't all parts list a brand and model?
Most of our spec is named exactly. The processor, motherboard, case, cooler and power supply are the models listed, every time.
For memory, storage and graphics cards we give a performance and quality guarantee instead of a model name. Supply on these three moves constantly, and pricing with it. Rather than list a part we might not be able to source next week, we commit to the specification: capacity, speed, timings, endurance class. And for graphics cards, we will always give you the chipset (e.g. RTX 5050) and VRAM (e.g. 8GB) that is listed.
We only use parts from established manufacturers. In practice the difference between two well-made components at the same specification is small enough that most people would never notice it.
If you'd like to know exactly what's going into your machine, ask before you order and we'll tell you. If you'd prefer a particular model, we can usually accommodate that, and you'd pay the difference in cost.
👁️ Transparency notes
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The stock CPU cooler is adequate, but we recommend choosing to upgrade it for noise and thermal improvement (click or tap to read more)
It keeps the 5600 within temperature without difficulty, but it is a small cooler and you will hear it when the processor is working. The tower cooler upgrade below fixes that properly. We fit the stock cooler as standard to keep the price where it is, not because we think it is the better part.
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The 500W supply is sized for this build, so tell us before you order if a much larger graphics card is on your mind (click or tap to read more)
It is the correct unit for a 130W graphics card and it is the entry tier of what we fit. If a big graphics card upgrade is on your mind, say so before you order and we will fit a larger supply from the start.
- RGB heatspreaders on the RAM are not guaranteed unless the quick add-on is chosen - this is due to industry-wide supply constraints on memory
- Product images are representative photos of a similar spec in the same style. Your PC will look similar but not identical. Our support team can help clarify anything you're unsure of.
🛠️ Popular upgrade options
- CPU cooler upgrade to a single tower: available via live chat.
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The upgrade we would take first on this build, ahead of anything else. A proper tower cooler with a 120mm fan in place of a small stock cooler spinning fast. It is the difference between a machine you can hear across a room and one you cannot. Worth it for almost everyone. This case takes coolers up to 175mm, so there is no constraint on how far you go.
- Mesh-front case swap to the Phanteks XT M3: available via live chat, at no extra cost.
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The same chassis with a fine mesh front instead of tempered glass, and two front intake fans plus a rear exhaust rather than the floor arrangement. Worth it if cooling and airflow matter to you more than the look of a glass front. Less worth it if you want the machine to look like this one does in the photographs. It costs nothing either way and we are happy to build whichever you prefer, so it is purely a question of taste.
- Storage upgrade to 2TB: available in the listing options below.
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Worth taking if you keep more than a handful of large modern games installed, since several now run past 100GB each. Easy to defer on this build though, because the board has a second M.2 slot free and the case has three more drive mounts.
- Memory upgrade to 32GB: available via live chat.
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This board has four slots and only two are used, so this means adding a matched pair rather than replacing what you have. Worth it if you multitask heavily or stream while playing. Not worth it for gaming alone at this tier, where 16GB is genuinely enough and the money does more good on the graphics card.
- CPU upgrade to Ryzen 7 5700X3D: available via live chat.
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The last worthwhile AM4 upgrade and a genuinely large one in games, because of the stacked cache. Worth it if you play simulation games, large open worlds or anything heavily modded. Less worth it if you play mostly at 1080p with this graphics card, because the card is the limit there either way. If you take this one, take the cooler upgrade with it.
- Extended warranty: available in the listing options below.
- Anything else: speak with us via live chat. If you are thinking about a larger graphics card, talk to us before you order rather than after, because the power supply is the part that decides how far you can go.
🎯 What is this PC best for?
- 1080p gaming at high settings in modern titles
- Competitive games at very high frame rates, where this machine is genuinely quick
- 1440p gaming with DLSS and sensible settings
- A first proper gaming PC, or a first build for someone moving off a console
- Streaming and recording, using the card's NVENC encoder
- Buyers who want the build quality and the warranty without the price of the hardware above it
📊 Performance estimates
Figures are given at 1080p and 1440p. Performance varies with game updates, maps, settings and background apps. These are estimates, not guarantees.
Fortnite - Competitive Settings (click or tap to expand)
1080p: 200-260 FPS
1440p: 115-150 FPS
Native testing (no upscaling or frame generation).
Cyberpunk 2077 - Ray Tracing Medium (click or tap to expand)
1080p: 55-70 FPS
1440p: 32-42 FPS
Upscaling set to Auto (DLSS / FSR / XeSS based on GPU).
Battlefield 6 - High Settings (click or tap to expand)
1080p: 85-110 FPS
1440p: 50-65 FPS
Native testing (no upscaling or frame generation).
💬 Need help?
Not sure if this is the right spec for you? Ping us on live chat and we'll help you choose the perfect PC for your games, work and budget. You'll be talking to one of us, not a chatbot.
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If there is a change or upgrade you would like to make that can't be done directly from the listing, please contact us and we'll make it happen 😎
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Every PC36 system undergoes rigorous stress testing before it leaves our workshop. We push it harder than you ever will — if it fails, we don’t ship it.
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How Long Until I Get My PC?
Build time is typically 7-10 days
Shipping time is typically 3 days
Most orders are delivered within 10-14 days. If you need it faster please get in touch
If you pay by bank transfer, we can build your PC faster, knocking 2-3 days off the standard completion time
In rare circumstances where availability is low, there may be a delay - we will contact you if so. Rest assured, your payment is not actually taken until stock is confirmed
Delivery and Packaging
Most PCs are delivered via DPD
Delivery is normally made on weekdays. You can change the delivery day (including weekends) via the tracking number or DPD app
PC36 has a unique triple-secure shipping method - you can read our SOP here: LINK
We include as many of the individual component boxes as we can fit in the package, because it helps you with resale value down the line
Please note shipments cannot be delivered to a "safeplace" nor to a neighbour. They must be received by a resident only
Further shipping policy details here
Trusted Brands
Due to stock variability, it is not always possible to specify the exact model of SSD/Motherboard/Power Supply/Board partner graphics card model in every listing, although they will always fulfil the spec/chipset described on the listing.
PC36 is a premium brand. We will only ever use components that make sense for a long term, stable, and performant system. That said, we are always happy to confirm the exact model we will use via live chat just before you purchase
See our Trusted brand list here
Warranty
PC36 offers a gold-standard 3-year warranty on all PCs
This covers component and assembly faults
It does not cover accidental, liquid, or vandalism damage, nor overclocking.
User error including pirated software or viruses is not covered
Repair/replacement is attempted first, and if unable to/uneconomical a refund may be offered
Returns Policy
Returns are accepted within 14 calendar days of delivery, with the following conditions:
- Buyer bears responsibility for return postage cost (unless faulty), and responsibility for the safety/condition of the parcel on its journey back to us
- All serial numbers are recorded and any discrepancies will void the return
- The PC and packaging must be returned in saleable as new condition. All packaging and accessories must be included in the return or it will be void
- Refunds are sent directly to the payment method used for the order
See the full returns policy here
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Optimisation Options
Pick the level of tuning you want — from correct setup, to fully unlocked performance and validation.
| Optimisation | Standard Included |
Premier £99 · Most Popular |
Ultimate £299 · No Compromise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Windows install & drivers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fan curves & noise optimisation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CPU performance tuning (Ryzen: PBO + Curve Optimiser + limits) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Windows debloat & responsiveness tweaks (reduced background services, faster UI, snappier feel) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| RAM latency tuning (better 1% lows) | ✓ | ||
| GPU tuning (overclock by default · undervolt on request for creators/silence) | ✓ | ||
| Extended stress testing (incl. overnight memory validation) | ✓ |
Standard
Sensible, clean set up that just works.
- ✓Clean Windows install & drivers
- ✓Fan curves & noise optimisation
Premier
Improved performance and day-to-day simplicity. Best value for most builds.
- ✓Everything in Standard
- ✓ CPU performance tuning (Ryzen: PBO + Curve Optimiser + limits)
- ✓ Windows debloat & responsiveness tweaks (reduced background services, faster UI, snappier feel)
Ultimate
Maximum performance, plus deeper testing and validation.
- ✓Everything in Premier
- ✓ RAM latency tuning (platform best-practices)
- ✓ GPU tuning (overclock by default · undervolt on request for creators/silence)
- ✓ Extended stress testing (incl. overnight memory validation)






