Brand new PC gamer looking to play Tarkov/Fifa/COD

zmsc · 2 Oct 2023 at 14:54

Hey guys, I'm brand new to PC gaming so apologies if I sound like the biggest noob ever as I haven't a clue about much.

Been Xbox since I can remember but looking to get into PC gaming now.

I'm wanting to play Tarkov, Fifa and COD smoothly and at a decent FPS, so if anyone could advise me on what to purchase build/hardware wise Id be very appreciative.

I was looking at something like this ..

Gaming PC

turbot1984 · 2 Oct 2023 at 15:00

zmsc said:
Hey guys, I'm brand new to PC gaming so apologies if I sound like the biggest noob ever as I haven't a clue about much.

Been Xbox since I can remember but looking to get into PC gaming now.

I'm wanting to play Tarkov, Fifa and COD smoothly and at a decent FPS, so if anyone could advise me on what to purchase build/hardware wise Id be very appreciative.

I was looking at something like this ..

Gaming PC

hey there, pretty decent rig, are you planning on building it yourself?

zmsc · 2 Oct 2023 at 15:01

Was just going to purchase from OC, does it come unassembled? If so then I'd be looking for someone to build it but from what I can see on the website it comes ready to go?

dfour · 2 Oct 2023 at 15:06

zmsc said:
Was just going to purchase from OC, does it come unassembled? If so then I'd be looking for someone to build it but from what I can see on the website it comes ready to go?

No it comes fully assembled and tested with 3 year warranty.

zmsc · 2 Oct 2023 at 15:07

dfour said:
No it comes fully assembled and tested with 3 year warranty.

Amazing, thank you

turbot1984 · 2 Oct 2023 at 15:22

zmsc said:
Was just going to purchase from OC, does it come unassembled? If so then I'd be looking for someone to build it but from what I can see on the website it comes ready to go?

this AMD option gets you a faster graphics card for the same cash.
My basket at OcUK:

1 x OcUK Gaming Vulture - AMD Ryzen 7600X, AMD Radeon RX 7800XT Gaming PC (SKU: FS-1EV-OG) = £1,999.99
- CPU: 1 x Build Stock AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six Core 4.50GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Tra
- Memory: 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-41600C40 5200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX5M2B5200Z40)
- Graphics Card: 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT Pulse 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Primary Solid State Drive (M.2: 1 x WD Black SN770 500GB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS500G3X0E)
- Operating System: 1 x Build Stock Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced - Systems

Total: £2,007.98 (includes delivery: £7.99)

Tetras · 2 Oct 2023 at 15:29

zmsc said:
I'm wanting to play Tarkov, Fifa and COD smoothly and at a decent FPS, so if anyone could advise me on what to purchase build/hardware wise Id be very appreciative.

What resolution will you playing at?

What FPS do you consider "decent"? There's a big difference between 60 and 240

Comparison spec for if you built it yourself:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Eight Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DV-AM) = £308.99
1 x Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BF-GI) = £189.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G5600HC40BDC01) (SKU: MY-0B3-TG) = £99.94
1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 Trinity 16GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-13H-ZT) = £1,049.99
1 x Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GV3A012) (SKU: HD-3EX-SE) = £94.99

1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £65.00
1 x MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 UK PSU 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-00Y-MS) = £139.99

1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632) (SKU: SW-18J-MS) = £109.99

Total: £2,070.83 (includes delivery: £11.98)

(Use of CPU's box cooler assumed)

zmsc · 2 Oct 2023 at 15:32

turbot1984 said:
this AMD option gets you a faster graphics card for the same cash.
My basket at OcUK:

1 x OcUK Gaming Vulture - AMD Ryzen 7600X, AMD Radeon RX 7800XT Gaming PC (SKU: FS-1EV-OG) = £1,999.99

CPU: 1 x Build Stock AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six Core 4.50GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Tra

Memory: 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-41600C40 5200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX5M2B5200Z40)

Graphics Card: 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT Pulse 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Primary Solid State Drive (M.2: 1 x WD Black SN770 500GB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS500G3X0E)

Operating System: 1 x Build Stock Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced - Systems

Total: £2,007.98 (includes delivery: £7.99)

Okay so how about that graphics card you recommended, on top of the PC I linked and getting rid of the optional extra SSD to lower overall cost?

Is there much difference between the 7600 & 7700?

Sorry for the dumb question if its super simple, Im not sure about all this.

zmsc · 2 Oct 2023 at 15:34

Tetras said:
What resolution will you playing at?

What FPS do you consider "decent"? There's a big difference between 60 and 240

Comparison spec for if you built it yourself:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Eight Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DV-AM) = £308.99

1 x Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BF-GI) = £189.95

1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G5600HC40BDC01) (SKU: MY-0B3-TG) = £99.94

1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 Trinity 16GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-13H-ZT) = £1,049.99

1 x Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GV3A012) (SKU: HD-3EX-SE) = £94.99

1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £65.00

1 x MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 UK PSU 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-00Y-MS) = £139.99

1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632) (SKU: SW-18J-MS) = £109.99

Total: £2,070.83 (includes delivery: £11.98)

(Use of CPU's box cooler assumed)

As high as possible within the 2k budget I guess?

Thanks for the recommendations however I haven't a clue how to build a PC myself (nervous laugh)

Tetras · 2 Oct 2023 at 15:44

zmsc said:
As high as possible within the 2k budget I guess?

Have a look at this page, it shows you the average FPS across all games in their test (25), each individual game is in the bar chart above the graphs. Resolutions included: 1080p, 1440p and 4K.

"All games are set to their highest quality setting unless indicated otherwise."

turbot1984 · 2 Oct 2023 at 16:24

zmsc said:
Okay so how about that graphics card you recommended, on top of the PC I linked and getting rid of the optional extra SSD to lower overall cost? the 7900XT is faster than a 4070 for sure, its even faster than a 4070ti ... just having a 500GB SSD not great, but you can always add later, its easy and cheap.

zmsc said:
Is there much difference between the 7600 & 7700? in games, no not much, extra 2 cores on 7700 maybe better for futureproofing?

Sorry for the dumb question if its super simple, Im not sure about all this. its not really that simple so no question is dumb around these parts, lots of folk here to help!

turbot1984 · 2 Oct 2023 at 16:38

@zmsc ... this shows benchmarks between AMD 7600 & 7700 cpu's, close eh? both very good gaming chips. *OOPS* they are 'X' type cpu's, but you can still see what i mean.

turbot1984 · 2 Oct 2023 at 16:46

@zmsc ... difference between 4070 & 7900XT gpu's, a class apart really and you get waaay more video memory in AMD card

zmsc · 4 Oct 2023 at 13:16

Noughtboy · 4 Oct 2023 at 15:26

@zmsc not to be patronising but are you playing this on TV or are you looking for a monitor as well? If you are, have you budgeted extra for this or would it be included in the budget of £2000?