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Advice needed please for £2000 gaming system

diadochi

diadochi

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Hi, I'm seeking a computer spec for me and my son to build at home. I've had plenty of experience at assemblying computers, but obviously each time the technology has moved along. He has a budget of £2000 but knows the issues with the raising cost of RAM etc. He will use his computer for gaming, i.e. GTA 6, and some computer programming.

I feel ideally the motherboard and CPU should be reasonably up to date, so that the whole system doesn't need to be replaced in a few years. I know that future proofing is impossible, but I feel maybe wrongly that a solid motherboard and CPU is the way to go.

I'm unsure which way to go Intel or AMD with CPU or GPU

Purchase Timeframe: soon, a week or so

Budget: £2000

Usage: chiefly computer games i.e. GTA 6, Beam NG Drive, future games, etc., some programming use; possibly 1400p over 4K, as frame rate is important to him

Preferences: reasonably quiet, doesn't have to be completely silent, decent tower with fans, room to install things without being a nightmare fit, bonus if it looks stylist, but doesn't have to be all flashing neon lights etc.

Current Hardware: n/a

Peripherals: don't need any

Special Needs/Requirements (inc Wi-Fi): none
 
diadochi said:
I'm unsure which way to go Intel or AMD with CPU or GPU
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CPU: you wouldn't normally buy Intel for a pure gaming PC (Core Ultra 245/265k), only for mixed usage/productivity.

Graphics: for 1440p, at least a 5070 or 9070 non-XT for a £2K build, but guided by price/deals, since they've all seen hikes recently.

I know you want to build yourself, but worth looking at pre-builds at the moment, since they can bundle things cheaper than you can buy yourself.

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £1,981.82 (includes delivery: £11.98)​
 
Gray2233 said:
I'm expecting £450 at a minimum, but apparently there's going to be some solid bundle (CPU/RAM/Mobo) deals that should see healthy savings.
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yeah that's why no point speccing this evening. might as well wait and see.
the 9850x3d bundle may work out cheaper than buying the 9800x3d + ram + hsf separately
 
My basket at OcUK:

Total: £1,934.87 (includes delivery: £0.00)​
 
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GTA 6 is like at least a year away right? rumour is not out now till 2027 and PC release will be 1 year after that. So what I'm saying is I wouldn't worry about a PC for GTA6 now, just build a good PC.
 
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tamzzy said:
@diadochi sorry i have just edited my spec because the original psu only has 2x pcie connectors (the asus 9070xt needs 3)
the spec is now correct
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the 1000w version for £129 is the new Version 2 psu...cables come with combs preinstalled, and auto hybrid fan control..saves a bit of hassle(on the cables). Reading that in some countries now it comes with a 10yrs warranty but can't find anything for uk. Also made by seasonic. you seen anything?
 
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Hi, thanks for the replies. I have a few questions.

Is the Sapphire Nitro+ B850M WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard £139.99 worth the saving compared to the Sapphire Pure B850A WiFi7 (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard £169.99 currently on pre-order?

Should I use onboard sound for games and youtube or go for a dedicated soundcard or DAC?
 
diadochi said:
Is the Sapphire Nitro+ B850M WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard £139.99 worth the saving compared to the Sapphire Pure B850A WiFi7 (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard £169.99 currently on pre-order?
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the nitro+ is micro atx
the pure is atx and white

both would handle any ryzen so no major issues there

diadochi said:
Should I use onboard sound for games and youtube or go for a dedicated soundcard or DAC?
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if just for games and YT then on-board is absolutely fine
 
diadochi said:
Should I use onboard sound for games and youtube or go for a dedicated soundcard or DAC?
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See how you get on with onboard first, if you're unhappy for whatever reason it might be worth considering. Perhaps something worth investing in down the line depending on his current speakers/headphones etc, but if you're happy/don't care then there's not much point in the added expense from the offset.
 
Craig_d1 said:
the 1000w version for £129 is the new Version 2 psu...cables come with combs preinstalled, and auto hybrid fan control..saves a bit of hassle(on the cables). Reading that in some countries now it comes with a 10yrs warranty but can't find anything for uk. Also made by seasonic. you seen anything?
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From what I've seen online, they removed the fan control button and seems like the fan is noisy from user reports, but I don't know if they changed it from the V1.

The original AMP was Seasonic-derived with a 10 year warranty and they introduced a V2 version with the 16 pin cable bundled. The AMP GH is a Helly with an 8 year warranty.
 
Tetras said:
From what I've seen online, they removed the fan control button and seems like the fan is noisy from user reports, but I don't know if they changed it from the V1.

The original AMP was Seasonic-derived with a 10 year warranty and they introduced a V2 version with the 16 pin cable bundled. The AMP GH is a Helly with an 8 year warranty.
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yeah, read it can be noisy under full load, but most of the time it's silent (seems to be either not spinning and silent or spinning at 100%, which of course would be noisy..sounds like a software update is required for that). I was just curious as v1 had a 8year warranty

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The Phanteks AMP 1000W is a high-quality PSU built in collaboration with Seasonic,.....saw that online linked to ocuk(copied and pasted text). Again...i was just looking at the tier list online which has the amp GH as helly, but V2 as Seasonic...didn't know if this is the v2, or is that seperate to the amp GH 'V2'..just a little confusing
 
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