Black Friday - Replacing Dell 7577 with desktop VR ready + chromebook

[creesten]

Hi. I own a Dell 7577. I paid £1250 for all it all in. I'm returning it to get a desktop PC and a chromebook. I currently like the performance the Dell gives me, but I want to be VR ready (or widescreen ready, I have been decided yet) so a better graphics card than a max-q 1060 GTX is preferable.

This leaves me with a £1000 +/- budget for a desktop.

Can anyone help me out and spec me something for black friday?

It's also my first build. I'm scared.

 

[Vidar]

First of all like the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy says, DON'T PANIC!

Secondly, welcome to the forums!

Building your own computer is nothing to be afraid of, there's some really good tutorials on YouTube that cover all aspects of system building from applying thermal paste and cable management to hard line water cooling your system.

In regards to Black Friday, nobody knows what the deals will be yet but you should make some savings.

What type of games do you or are you wanting to play? Other than just VR. Do you have any other requirements?

I'm going to assume you don't need a monitor, mouse or keyboard. And that your monitor is likely some 1080p 60Hz panel (If so you may want to think about buying a better monitor if you want to get the most out of your hardware).

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Bundle - AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Asus X370-F Strix, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* *ONLINE ONLY* = £448.97
  • Memory Capacity:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30
• 1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler= £64.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 550W 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply= £96.95
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1070Ti Armor 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £379.99
• 1 x Antec GX1200 Full Tower Gaming Case - Black= £72.95
• 1 x Seagate 2TB FireCuda 3.5" 7200RPM 64MB Cache SSHD Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DX002)= £85.99
• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm= £4.99

Total: £1,170.13 (includes shipping: £15.30)​

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I've gone a bit over budget, however the 1070ti though you can swap it out for a similar priced amd card if you want to go Freesync not gsync, will do great for monitors up to 34inch ultra wide at 1440p. On the AM4 board you have a decent upgrade path and can drop in a much more beastly cpu at a later date if you want. You also get a free SSD you can use as a boot drive and then the Firecuda for your games library etc.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

matching the above but with intel . If your rocking anything lower res then Vive Pro then Intel's IPC and clock speed with help gain higher FPS


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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £119.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-9600K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £254.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z390 UD Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £119.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1070Ti Armor 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £379.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £65.99
• 1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £73.99
• 1 x Antec NX100 Midi Tower Case - Black= £31.99
• 1 x Cryorig H7 Single Tower Heatsink with 120mm Fan= £34.99

Total: £1,094.52 (includes shipping: £12.60)


forgot to add P300 1TB HDD £35

ryzen 2600x + rtx 2070....


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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £119.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £65.99
• 1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £73.99
• 1 x Antec NX100 Midi Tower Case - Black= £31.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 2600X 4.20GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99
• 1 x Toshiba 1TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £36.95
• 1 x Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Dual 8192MB PCI-Express Graphics Card= £479.99

Total: £1,131.48 (includes shipping: £12.60)​

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