1st pc build. Where to start

Russ holmes · 4 Mar 2019 at 21:15

Me and my kid are planning a pc build instead of upgrading his current one. We probably won't put it together ourselves but want to choose the components.
Budget wise will be £1000 - £1200ish.
All he knows at the moment is he wants a Nvidia GPU and probably an i7.
I know its probably a broad question, but where do you start .which bit do you choose 1st and build round. Are some brands better than others ect. .. thanks .

Russ holmes · 4 Mar 2019 at 22:08

Vargas said:
Why not phone Overclockers and they can custom build you one.

What monitor do you have

He's been using a small samsung TV for the last couple of year. He's got a decent keyboard, mouse ,headset ect. So that will see him right for a while till he gets a monitor. I've been playing around with there websites build tool I just always end up way over budget ... just after a starting point to build from ..

Russ holmes · 4 Mar 2019 at 22:30

mattyfez said:
For example an i5 or AMD equivalent will save some monies for a better graphics card

His pc has a i5 4670K 3.40GHz @ 4.50GHz Ivybridge in it at the moment. What would be a good upgrade from this. It will be 1080p gaming to start with. But would like it to be able to handle more if required in the future.

Russ holmes · 4 Mar 2019 at 22:43

Thank you. I'll check it out.

Russ holmes · 4 Mar 2019 at 23:45

Thanks for all your help everyone. This all started with him wanting to just update his GPU. He wanted a 1660 but there priced so close to the 2060 it made it a hard decision. I'll post his current specs as we didn't think it would would be worth using anything off his old one. And a new build would be better in the long run and we could give this to his little brother.

As for us building it. We might. It's just a bit daunting with everything so expensive .I do have a mate who might give us a hand so that would save a bit .

Or if there is anything worth using out of the old system I'm sure he wouldn't mind reusing it to save some cash..

Case: Corsair Obsidian 350D highlighted with Green LED’s and Fans
Power Supply: Corsair GS 600w PSU
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K 3.40GHz @ 4.50GHz Ivybridge CPU
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Motherboard
Cooler: Corsair Hydro H80i All in One Cooler
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
Hard Drive: 1tb HD + 500g SSD
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce GTX 770 2048MB Graphics Card
Sound: Realtek 7.1 HD Sound
Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD+/-RW SATA Drive

Thanks again everyone.

Russ holmes · 5 Mar 2019 at 11:23

Thanks everyone. I'll look through the options with him tonight .
Just out of interest. Could anyone put a price on his old set up. Incase he wants to raise some funds instead of being a good brother. I know it's an old system, but it's been faultless since he got it and runs Fortnite perfectly.