Is this decent for £750?

[ScarySquirrel]

Hi all,

I've been out of the PC gaming scene for a long time, but looking to get a PC for general use (wife will use it for study), but would also be keen for it to play games.

I'm mainly wanting to play iRacing, Football Manager, and if it could play some newer games like Star field at a decent frame rate that would be good as well.

I had specced up an AM5 socket PC but that was coming in at around £1200-1300.

I've then found a refurbished PC with he following spec for £750:

• Windows 11 Home
• AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-core CPU
• Be Quiet Dark Rock 4 tower CPU cooler
• 32GB (2x 16GB) 3200MHz Team T-Force Delta RGB DDR4 memory
• ASUS TUF Gaming B550M-PLUS WIFI II mATX motherboard
• 1TB WD_BLACK SN850X PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD
• Radeon RX 6750 XT 12GB graphics card
• Built-in WiFi & Bluetooth
• 750W Be Quiet Straight Power 11-series 80+ Gold PSU
• Corsair 3000D RGB AIRFLOW case in Black

Is that a reasonable price? Would it suit my needs as above? We only have a 1080p monitor at the moment.

I'm assuming the above spec wouldn't handle iRacing in VR would it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[***F1ZZY***]

That's a solid PC for 750 quid

 

[PhigBill]

For 1080p gaming and just general use, yeah, I don't see how that wouldn't work for you, for the price it's pretty solid.

 

[pepp77]

That is basically the same spec as I have except I have only a 6700XT. Plays games very happily at 1440p.

 

[ScarySquirrel]

That's reassuring. Thank you.

Just seemed a bit too good to be true.

 

[Goody_GTI]

Could you save a bit of cash and get the 5600x instead ?

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Just about to order it and someone has bought it

 

[Tetras]

Just about to order it and someone has bought it

This is an example of a £800 build:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3D2-AM) = £128.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming B550M-Plus WIFI II (AMD AM4) B550 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6J1-AS) = £129.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £59.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 4060 Dual 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-49H-AS) = £299.99
• 1 x KIOXIA EXCERIA G2 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TSH-00981) = £42.95
• 1 x AeroCool Trinity V2 Mini Tower PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-23J-AE) = £29.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-09Q-PT) = £89.98

Total: £789.88 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Would it suit my needs as above? We only have a 1080p monitor at the moment.

I'm assuming the above spec wouldn't handle iRacing in VR would it?

if it could play some newer games like Star field at a decent frame rate that would be good as well.

Afaik nvidia is preferable for VR (but I'd check the VR forum) and AMD for Starfield (video here *).

OCUK have a pre-order 6700 XT for £320, though if it was me, I'd go for a 7700 or 7800 XT.

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[ScarySquirrel]

Thank you, appreciate that. VR is something for the future so not a deal breaker, but good to know that Nvidia may be better for it.

 

[Craig_d1]

Just about to order it and someone has bought it

that sucks...look at MM...think you'll get something comparable in performance or better if you mix a bit of new with old and don't mind putting together yourself

 

[ScarySquirrel]

that sucks...look at MM...think you'll get something comparable in performance or better if you mix a bit of new with old and don't mind putting together yourself

I need to finance it on PayPal Credit some I'm a bit limited as to where I can buy it. The retailer that had the above deal has 36 months interest free. Otherwise I'd definitely look at second hand. I've also lost my MM access as I don't post much these days.

 

[riddler]

Yeah on this kind of budget the MM is the place to go, always fantastic bargains.

 

[ScarySquirrel]

I've got my access back

I've put together this spec, with a plan to get a second hand GPU for around £350 hopefully.

I've upped my budget a fair amount.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K0-AS) = £169.99
• 1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £74.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C36BBEK2-32) (SKU: MY-29U-KS) = £100.00
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RM850x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020200-UK) (SKU: CA-267-CS) = £119.98
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DG-AM) = £209.99
• 1 x Corsair 4000D Airflow Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass (CC-9011200-WW) (SKU: CA-25G-CS) = £75.95

Total: £762.89 (includes delivery: £11.98)
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[ScarySquirrel]

Just thought I'd post a quick update. Ended up spending nearly £1300 on the new build, oops. Ryzan 7600X and Radeon 7800XT.

Took me a few hours to put it together as its been ages since I've done it and things have changed a bit. But it booted first time, got the Bios updated, and Windows 11 installed without issue.

The Corsair case is bloody lovely, and I've got some Corsair Ram With RGB lights and a Thermalright Peerless Assassin with RGB fans as well, and it looks so good!

I've only been able to test Starfield quickly. I'm using a terrible monitor, but oh my good the framerate was insane. I was only in 1080p, but with everything on ultra it was just amazing. I forgot how good using a mouse to play an fps was as well.

I'm now waiting for a new 27" monitor to be delivered. Got an LG 27GR75Q-B for £130 delivered from Ebay. I wanted the 27GP850, but opted for the cheaper one at that price.

Got a new mouse coming from MM as well. Razer Viper V3 wireless for £45, which I thought was decent.

Thanks for all the advice.

 

[ED209]

Took me a few hours to put it together as its been ages since I've done it and things have changed a bit. But it booted first time, got the Bios updated, and Windows 11 installed without issue.

The Corsair case is bloody lovely, and I've got some Corsair Ram With RGB lights and a Thermalright Peerless Assassin with RGB fans as well, and it looks so good!

Thanks for all the advice.

I have the same case and its quite good. Plenty of room to work in.

Best thing to do when building a PC is to take your time and this reduces the chance of issues or it not booting, glad its all working

 

[ScarySquirrel]

That's solid advice. That's why I did it over a few evenings, which probably helped.

On a side note, I cannot believe how big CPU coolers and graphics cards are now!

 

[ED209]

That's solid advice. That's why I did it over a few evenings, which probably helped.

On a side note, I cannot believe how big CPU coolers and graphics cards are now!

GPU Coolers are huge on the recent GPUs, even more so on the high end models like the 4090\7900XTX.

CPU coolers are quite big as well as some need to contend with Intel\AMD and the amount of heat they produce. Normally these now say what wattage they can handle so you know if its up to the job of the processor your using.

Good thing about NVME drives it also reduces the amount of cables needed and another point of failure as it plugs directly in to the mobo.

When I got my son his first PC (he was 12) I got him to build it while I supervised him, hopefully encourage him later on in life to build his own PCs

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Yeah the NVMEs I've installed are amazing. Take up no space, easy to install, and no cables. Love it!

 

[ED209]

Yeah the NVMEs I've installed are amazing. Take up no space, easy to install, and no cables. Love it!

Indeed, they also allow you to put more of the system together before it goes in to the case.

You can install the CPU\Ram\Storage\Cooler before even putting the mobo in to the case. Some may wait until its installed before doing the cooler (Depending if its an AIO or air cooler)