£1200 Gaming learning pc advice.

[Mihau]

Hello,

I'm looking for a new PC for gaming and learning programming (python) if it matters.

I have actually about 1200£ to spend on everything (case monitor keyboard hardware)
I'd like to get 16gb ram if possible
Tell me best build I can get for this money.
Actually i've got Lenovo G580 with SSD 8gb ram.

I'd like to get SSD drive, OS not required.

Regards,
Mihau

 

[orbitalwalsh]

morning, seems python can pretty much run on anything which is golden! means you can focus on getting best bang for buck with gaming (only need 2GB of ram to run python )

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Toshiba 1TB P300 Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £34.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £127.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070Ti Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £424.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £46.99
• 1 x AOC G2460FQ 24" 1920x1080 TN Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black= £169.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £149.99
• 1 x AeroCool Aero-300 FAW Midi-Tower - Black Window= £32.99

Total: £1,227.07 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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system should last you a good while and ryzen has a great lifespan on AM4 platform
gigabyte/aorus for uk rma and support if needs be, solid PSU without going cheap

intel will still have edge with Pure gaming and sure other will help quote that

 

[southernorth]

Don't get that monitor, it's terrible. More modern TN/VA 1080p 144hz monitors produce better looking image quality, and cost similarly.

 

[Mihau]

Any other suggestions with monitors, please ?

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Any other suggestions with monitors, please ?

Hopefully others will list model numbers as over 60hz won't be in your budget with gtx 1070ti , could dial the GPU to a lessor card and up the monitor

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £127.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £149.99
• 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 1070 EX OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £349.99
• 1 x AeroCool Aero-300 FAW Midi-Tower - Black Window= £32.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x TeamGroup 240GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £44.99
• 1 x Toshiba 1TB P300 Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £34.99
• 1 x MSI Optix MAG24C 24" 1920x1080 VA FREESYNC 144Hz 1ms Curved Widescreen Gaming Monitor= £259.99

Total: £1,226.87 (includes shipping: £0.00)


As a heads up, can use StoreMI to turn the 1TB HDD into a slight ghtly slower version of an SSD drive using the 240GB unit to combine the two ​

 

[Mihau]

Two more question before I'll buy that.
Does it have WIFI and can it handle 200 Mbs from Virgin media, i mean can I get full speed using that motherboard ?

Thanks so much for all replies.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Two more question before I'll buy that.
Does it have WIFI and can it handle 200 Mbs from Virgin media, i mean can I get full speed using that motherboard ?

Thanks so much for all replies.

Aorus 5/7 are the boards with WiFi, have best WiFi out of any X470 boards . Worth a quick Google on it to see. Did disappointing from Asus that they didn't follow and used older models

Personally, get the 5, 7 is overkill

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 5 Wifi AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £164.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 Wifi AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £214.99

Total: £391.08 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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[southernorth]

Any other suggestions with monitors, please ?

What type of games do you play?

If you mainly play fast-paced FPS then go for 144hz/1080p. If it's mainly RTS/RPG then you could look at Ultra-wide or even 1440p (GTX 1070 can do 60fps 1440p)

 

[fowler002]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asus ROG Strix X470-F Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £184.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600 3.90GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £158.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Dual 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card= £464.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black= £54.95
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £89.99
• 1 x WD 1TB Blue 7200rpm Internal Hard Drive (WD10EZEX)= £39.95
• 1 x Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £98.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £149.99

Total: £1,256.04 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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Leaving monitor for others to suggest, end up being little over budget

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Strix starting to lose its way , £185 and no WiFi

 

[Mihau]

Well most of the time RTS/RPG, some times Counter Strike, I dont think i'll like curved screen.

Regards,
Michal

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Well most of the time RTS/RPG, some times Counter Strike, I dont think i'll like curved screen.

Regards,
Michal

To be honest , with RTS and RPGs would rather have 1440p 60hz or 1080p ultra wide screen to get the real estate in game . Curved screen are good for ultra wide

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x LG 29UM69G 29” 2560x1080 IPS 1ms 75Hz Freesync Ultra-wide Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £279.95
• 1 x Acer H277HUsmipuz 27" 2560x1440 IPS Widescreen LED ZeroFrame Monitor - Silver/Black (UM.HH7EE.018)= £248.99

Total: £543.04 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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Though gtx 1060 would struggle at 1440p and need to have settings turned down, should be fine for 1080p ultra wide