I bought a gaming pc from OCUK because of this forum

[GravyMonster]

It's been a while since I put together a new PC, but JFC - how long has £2000 been considered a good price for a mid-level setup?

 

[m@rty]

It's been a while since I put together a new PC, but JFC - how long has £2000 been considered a good price for a mid-level setup?

Hardware prices have been going through the roof the past few years, plus there's always been a premium when getting someone else to build it for you.

Gone are the days where you can build your own decent set up for £1k

 

[beachBOYken]

since when is this a computer forum?

Since forever.

 

[hornetstinger]

Hardware prices have been going through the roof the past few years, plus there's always been a premium when getting someone else to build it for you.

Gone are the days where you can build your own decent set up for £1k

Yeah motherboards have doubled in price. Don't ask about GPUs they're the worst effected

 

[Maccy]

If you can build a lego set you can build a PC!

And if you can build a PC, you can build an apache helicopter gunship

(Hope this reference isn’t missed)

 

[LuckyBenski]

And if you can build a PC, you can build an apache helicopter gunship

(Hope this reference isn’t missed)

My PC was born in Blighty but it was made in the navy!

 

[CaptainRAVE]

10% crew checking in (if you know, you know)

I'm amazed how much everything costs in the UK

Fixed

 

[Megahurtz400]

And if you can build a PC, you can build an apache helicopter gunship

(Hope this reference isn’t missed)

I was born in Leeds, but I was made in da royal naveh….

 

[Feek]

You didn't impart the life skills for him to self build?

He built the last two, I haven't built a PC since 2007 and he's come into a few quid recently so decided he'd like to buy a pre-built system.

 

[LadFromWales]

I've not built a PC (for myself, have for family and friends) since 2017. Getting really itchy fingers now! 2025 looks to be the year.

Nothing with the pins in the socket yet, so I'll get to live that first time "will I bend the pins" anxiety when installing the CPU.

 

[GGizmo]

I built one PC. That was enough for me.

It's better leaving it to the experts, especially when it comes to overclocking.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

We found the guy who paid for the forum for the year, congrats!

It's been a while since I put together a new PC, but JFC - how long has £2000 been considered a good price for a mid-level setup?

Since nvidia started machining their cards out of solid gold? Or at least thats how they're pricing them.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Nice one @Bassmansam

Enjoy your new rig

It was the other way round for me in that I knew the shop first, then found the forum later.

 

[LadFromWales]

I built one PC. That was enough for me.

It's better leaving it to the experts, especially when it comes to overclocking.

What struggles did you come across that put you off building again?

While CPU overclocking is largely redundant now, I took it upon myself to delve into overclocking RAM. It took a few weeks of testing with various utilities (and buying some B Die at silly prices during covid as crucial stuff didn't cut it) but I did achieve 3733MT/C14. Not sure I'll bother doing it when I upgrade to AM5...at least not initially!

 

[nine_tails]

I remember my first build from here. Was about £1K ish IIRC.

The damn thing would not boot with both rams installed, but would boot with one without issues. It was a newly released motherboard , I found a a dodgy BIOS on some site and that fixed it until the stable release. Fun times.

I've moved to laptops, but I miss how good it was and lasted me a long time.

erm.. yeah , on point....Enjoy OP.

 

[Bassmansam]

It's been a while since I put together a new PC, but JFC - how long has £2000 been considered a good price for a mid-level setup?

That kinda makes me sad that im spending over 2k and its only mid level

 

[pepp77]

That kinda makes me sad that im spending over 2k and its only mid level

If it makes you feel any better it is upper mid level

 

[Bassmansam]

If it makes you feel any better it is upper mid level

yes it does.

Funnily enough the first game i will play is day of defeat source as i have missed it so much these past few years.
Then Cyberpunk

 

[danoliver1]

That kinda makes me sad that im spending over 2k and its only mid level

Don't feel sad, it will only be mid level for 6 months after that it becomes entry level.
6 months after that you'll be lucky if pong will run on it.

 

[Mekrel]

I've been out of the custom PC building space for nearly two decades. Intel P35 chipset and the Conroe (sp?) CPUs were the pairings at the time. I don't keep an eye on prices but I assumed things had gone crazy considering the nVidia GPU memes I see around.

I used to love building back in the day, especially with interesting boards like the DFI RD600 based board. I think that was the first chipset that could run asynchronous memory and chip FSB without a performance hit? I could have swore someone released a white and red motherboard based on the RD600, or might have been the reference board.