Budget scoff delight

[CwFarrier]

I’ve visited 3 different computer specialists/builders/fix it all-ers and asked them to price me up a gaming Tower (note, no keyboards/mouse/monitor) and that I have £1000 to spend.
2 of them we’re not enthusiastic, 1 even went so far as to say “low end gaming then”
The other asked if I could stretch to 1200.

Am I being unreasonable to want to play total war, or such games on a rig built with a £1000 budget? Considering I’m not interested in bells and whistles (RGB) but in a good airflow case and to play 60fps not 100’s and have a ******* contest with benchmarking etc

What’s everyone’s thoughts? Tear me a new one

 

[CwFarrier]

Elitist sums it up. Or perhaps money grabbing just before price drop with new gpu on the horizon?

Did you build your own? I don’t know if I dare haha!

 

[CwFarrier]

I paid about £750 in total for my rig and I'm still more than capable of playing everything that I want to play at 1080p (except No Man's Sky, which is just really badly optimised!). All I've then done after that is upgrade bits as necessary when my budget has allowed. The last upgrade that I did was a GPU upgrade from a Radeon 7850 to a Radeon R390. My next upgrade, using the same case, PSU, GPU etc will probably be to a Ryzen 5 2600, most likely when RAM prices come down because they're ridiculous atm. But I can wait a few months to see what happens so it's all good

You should easily be able to get something pretty good for £1k. Those people that you've spoken with are all elitist idiots!

Elitist sums it up. Or perhaps money grabbing just before price drop with new gpu on the horizon?

Did you build your own? I don’t know if I dare haha!

 

[CwFarrier]

It is good experience building your own. That way you know you don't have to rely on these so called 'specialist' shops. Have a look on Youtube as there is loads of build videos.

I can do you a parts list if you want. I am sure @orbitalwalsh will also chip in if he is online.

Seems a bit daunting, but I guess once everything is out in front of me it will make more sense. I just don’t wanna screw up!

Is there anywhere in the Uk I can buy all the parts in cash...

Parts list would be cool dude! All input is appreciated

 

[CwFarrier]

It isn't as hard as you might think. We were all in the same boat at some point. Once you have built it you will wonder what all the fuss is about

I can't suggest any other stores apart from ocuk as it would be against the rules. You can pay with paypal though if you have a paypal account.


Here is a rough spec with a Ryzen R5 2600 6 core cpu and an RX 580. The bundle includes a 240GB SSD as well for windows/games and 16GB Ram.

Should be good for a 1080p monitor. If you wanted to spend the £1000 then you could go with a better gpu such as the Vega 56 or GTX 1070. The RX 580 is a pretty good gpu for 1080p though.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P300 Glass Midi Tower Case - Black/White= £47.99
• 1 x AMD Promo Bundle - AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Gigabyte X370-Gaming 3, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* = £428.96
  • Memory Capacity:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 580 Red Dragon V2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £224.99
• 1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 550W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £73.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB BarraCuda 7200rpm 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST1000DM010 Previously ST1000DM003)= £38.99

Total: £827.52 (includes shipping: £12.60)




Wait for a few other suggestions though.

**Looks like you get 3 free games as well with the RX 580**

Assassins Creed Odyssey, Strange Brigade and Star Control:Origins.​

Sweet! Thanks

 

[CwFarrier]

Nice one, I think I’m gonna go for it! Thanks

 

[CwFarrier]

I know, £140 is a lot but the cheaper versions that you can buy are dubious at best and can be deactivated at any time so it depends on whether you want to risk the hassle. All I was saying is that it needs to be factored in!

OS was another of my questions anyway.
I want the pc purely for gaming, I won’t even use google on it! What exactly is the best option, and has anyone ever actually been deactivated for not coughing up for an activation code?

 

[CwFarrier]

Nope, can run deactivated for ever, but you do get a watermark thing on the bottom right of the screen that shows over all your games reminding you to activate.

Ah, now that might be annoying.

How do you get hold of an OS without paying £140 ish? Is it a copy from another computer or...