1st gaming pc

[PaulBeeston]

Good evening, 1st post so hi and sorry if it' in the wrong place.

I have always been a console gamer and know next to nothing about pcs but my son has asked for a gaming pc for his 16th.

I have done a little bit of research but it's a minefield out there

Can anyone recommnded me a good setup please. I don' need a monitor, keyboard and mouse but he wants to be playing all the AAA titles, cod, siege, fortnite ECT and we have a budget of around 1000 pound.

Many thanks

 

[ExRayTed]

Something like this would do the trick. Will be fine at 1080p but you'll need to get Windows separately.

Usually I'd suggest building yourself but with the current prices of GPUs and RAM being ridiculously high buying a pre-built is the way to go I reckon

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x OcUK Gaming Vision VR Gaming PC - Intel 8th Generation 3.6GHz Quad Core = £889.98
  • Processor:Intel Core i5-8400 2.8GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
  • Memory:*Build Stock* Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Gre
  • Graphics Card:Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
  • Solid State Drive:Kingston A400 240GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/240G)
  • CPU Cooler:Alpenfohn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler - 120 mm
  • Casehanteks Eclipse P400 Midi Tower Case - Black Window
  • WIFI:Unwanted

Total: £904.08 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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[StarShock]

Its a difficult time at the moment. Graphics cards are few and far between and prices have skyrocketed. Unlike most of history at the moment you can get better deals with a prebuilt machine rather than building yourself.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Titan Katana Overclocked Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 1600 @ 3.80GHz = £1,106.99
  • Case:BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red
  • Memory:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD48G2400
  • 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 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD
  • Optical Drive **Please Check Case Support**:Unwanted
  • Sound Card:Unwanted
  • WIFI:Unwanted
  • Lighting (Phanteks RGB must use Phanteks case):Unwanted
  • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
  • 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:*Build Stock* OcUK Gaming GeForce GTX 1060 6144MB Graphics Card

Total: £1,121.09 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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This is a pretty good spec for the money right now. Though hopefully if you can hold off till the end of march things may improve as nvidia are rumoured to be announcing new cards.

Just a note i picked a cheaper case so that pic isnt right

 

[PaulBeeston]

thank you