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SteamBug89

SteamBug89

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Evening all,

I’m at a bit of a sticking point. Now I’m older and somewhat wiser, I’m looking for my first gaming pc. I have a max of £1,500 that I want to include the monitor in. I don’t want to build it but get really confused with all the options that you can customise/configure.

I’m looking for an Intel and Nividia setup. I want to be able to run VR in the future, Rift or Oculus and looking at the 1070 as a minimum. Money wise I just want to get the most bang for my buck, I really just don’t know what to get and want smooth frame rates.

Thanks in advance.
 
SteamBug89 said:
Evening all,

I’m at a bit of a sticking point. Now I’m older and somewhat wiser, I’m looking for my first gaming pc. I have a max of £1,500 that I want to include the monitor in. I don’t want to build it but get really confused with all the options that you can customise/configure.

I’m looking for an Intel and Nividia setup. I want to be able to run VR in the future, Rift or Oculus and looking at the 1070 as a minimum. Money wise I just want to get the most bang for my buck, I really just don’t know what to get and want smooth frame rates.

Thanks in advance.
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What resolution, size and refresh rate would you like the monitor?
 
I really just want something to match the 1070 or higher. One of my friends is always banging on about 120hz refresh though, in regards to size 24” or 25” inches?
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,261.57 (includes shipping: £14.70)
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My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,279.58 (includes shipping: £14.70)
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Both PC are just parts, but you can often ask in the customer services for them to build the PC for you, for a small fee.

Doing it this way saves £200+ over buying a pre-built which leaves plenty of room for the monitor. If you go for a pre-built, the total comes to nearly £1500 without a monitor so there is no room.


Pre-built price 1080:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x Titan Katana Overclocked Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 1600 @ 3.80GHz = £1,455.98
    • Case:phanteks Eclipse P400S Glass Midi Tower Case - Noise Dampened Black/Red
    • Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A24
    • Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)
    • Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted
    • Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD (SI Only)
    • Optical Drive **Please Check Case Support**:Unwanted
    • Sound Card:Unwanted
    • WIFI:Unwanted
    • Lighting (Phanteks RGB must use Phanteks case):Unwanted
    • Operating System:Unwanted
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
    • CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Graphics Card:Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Turbo 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card
Total: £1,470.08 (includes shipping: £14.10)



Pre-built 1070:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x Titan Katana Overclocked Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 1600 @ 3.80GHz = £1,385.99
    • Case:phanteks Eclipse P400S Glass Midi Tower Case - Noise Dampened Black/Red
    • Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A24
    • Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)
    • Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted
    • Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD (SI Only)
    • Optical Drive **Please Check Case Support**:Unwanted
    • Sound Card:Unwanted
    • WIFI:Unwanted
    • Lighting (Phanteks RGB must use Phanteks case):Unwanted
    • Operating System:Unwanted
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
    • CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Graphics Card:KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 "Reference Blower" 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (70NSH6DHK6VK)
Total: £1,400.09 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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Didn’t actually release they could build if you sent through a spec!

What kind of monitor would work well with those setups? How does AMD match up to Intel i5, I don’t really know much about AMD processors to be honest.
 
SteamBug89 said:
Didn’t actually release they could build if you sent through a spec!

What kind of monitor would work well with those setups? How does AMD match up to Intel i5, I don’t really know much about AMD processors to be honest.
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They don't seem to always do it, but have done in the past. It's definitely worth asking as it saves you £200+. Otherwise you'd need to lower the specs, but since you'd be spending £1500+ in one go I'm sure they might change their minds.


For a monitor, a G-Sync screen would be ideal but these cost slightly too much for your budget, and so I recommend a FreeSync screen instead.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £494.04 (includes shipping: £14.10)


The lowest priced G-Sync screen costs £100 more than the Samsung, and does features ofcourse G-Sync (and a slightly higher refresh rate) but it is a lot to pay for a TN monitor which creates a worse picture than the Samsung.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £370.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)



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