Spec me a gaming pc for £1500

[A[L]C]

Hi all,

Looking for a spec for a gaming pc up to a max of £1500 although prefer around £1300. No monitor/kb/mouse/os required.

I don't have a preference around intel/amd but won't be replacing it for a few years so edging towards AMD due to their promise to support AM4 until 2020.

Thanks

 

[lee32uk]

Hi

What is the monitor you have ?

 

[A[L]C]

1080p but will be looking to go to 1440 (probably ultrawide) in the near future

 

[A[L]C]

What about something like this? It is a bit more than I'd like to spend

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor] | £245.99
**CPU Cooler** | [Alphacool - Eisbaer LT360 63.9 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler] | £94.50
**Motherboard** | [Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard] | £179.99
**Memory** | [Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory] | £176.39
**Storage** | [Samsung - 970 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive] | £156.97
**Storage** | [Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive] | £50.39
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte - Radeon RX VEGA 64 8GB Video Card] | £499.99
**Case** | [Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case] | £77.39
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply] | £89.99

| **Total** | **£1571.60**

 

[lee32uk]

Here is a spec with an R5 2600 and 1080 ti.

Case is personal pref so you might want something else. The cooler is optional. If you are not overclocking to the max then the stock one is pretty good.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus Prime X470-Pro AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £158.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM006)= £51.95
• 1 x Corsair Carbide 270R Mid Tower Case - Black Window (CC-9011105-WW)= £61.99
• 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken 3 CPU Cooler - 140mm= £42.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £166.99
• 1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080Ti SC Black Edition GAMING ICX 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £719.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £149.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £79.99

Total: £1,526.93 (includes shipping: £14.10)





There is also this bundle deal if you are not bothered about having an X370 chipset instead of X470.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Promo Bundle - AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Gigabyte X370-Gaming 3, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* = £431.93
  • Memory Capacity:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30

Total: £442.43 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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[D.Roberts]

Bimey a 480GB SSD for £80 :O

Might have to look at getting one for my sons PC at some point.

 

[lee32uk]

What about something like this? It is a bit more than I'd like to spend

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor] | £245.99
**CPU Cooler** | [Alphacool - Eisbaer LT360 63.9 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler] | £94.50
**Motherboard** | [Asus - ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard] | £179.99
**Memory** | [Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory] | £176.39
**Storage** | [Samsung - 970 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive] | £156.97
**Storage** | [Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive] | £50.39
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte - Radeon RX VEGA 64 8GB Video Card] | £499.99
**Case** | [Fractal Design - Meshify C Dark TG ATX Mid Tower Case] | £77.39
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply] | £89.99

| **Total** | **£1571.60**

Cooler in my spec would do fine to drop the price. Same goes for the SSD. No real difference in most day to day with an NVMe. You might get a couple of seconds off windows boot etc but not really much of a difference.


The 1080 ti is also faster than the Vega 64, although if you plan on going for a Freesync screen then it is a good option.

 

[A[L]C]

Anyone see anything to improve in this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700 3.2GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £274.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £54.95
• 1 x Cryorig M9I Single Tower Heatsink for Intel= £17.99
• 1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1080Ti iChill X3 Ultra 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £739.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B360 Aorus Gaming 3 WIFI Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £95.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £149.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM006)= £51.95
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £79.99

Total: £1,554.03 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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[lee32uk]

Anyone see anything to improve in this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-8700 3.2GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £274.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £54.95
• 1 x Cryorig M9I Single Tower Heatsink for Intel= £17.99
• 1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1080Ti iChill X3 Ultra 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £739.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B360 Aorus Gaming 3 WIFI Intel B360 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £95.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £149.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM006)= £51.95
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £79.99

Total: £1,554.03 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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I would swap out the gpu, cooler and psu for the ones below.

The EVGA is £30 cheaper and they have good warranty support. Pretty sure there is also a rep on the forum too.

The H7 is a bit more expensive but has a 120mm fan instead of 92mm. Might be a touch quieter.

Also a modular psu will make cable management a bit easier. Either the Bitfenix Whisper or Seasonic Focus are fine.

So overall the cost should be around the same (£2 more to be exact) when you factor in the cheaper gpu, but you are getting a better cooler and fully modular psu.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 1080Ti SC Black Edition GAMING ICX 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £709.99
• 1 x Cryorig H7 Single Tower Heatsink with 120mm Fan= £34.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Whisper M Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £89.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £89.99

Total: £936.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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[ilc72]

I don't have a preference around intel/amd but won't be replacing it for a few years so edging towards AMD due to their promise to support AM4 until 2020.

Personally this is the most important thing to influence the choice, I can heartily recommend the X470-F motherboard and save a few £’s with the 2700 as opposed to the 2700X as both are unlocked.

Make sure you go with the fastest memory you can afford, but beyond 3600Mhz isn’t generally supported. TeamGroup do a nice RGB kit that is ASUS Aura sync compatible and their 16GB 3000Mhz kit is on sale at £159.

Unless your going for a high overclock then stick with a good Air cooler as long as the case has good airflow.