Building a PC

[monke]

Hey,
I’m looking to buy PC parts to build one for a budget of around £700 more or less
I play FPS shooter games, that require high frames. I already have a 240Hz monitor so I would like to be able to reach in terms of FPS on the majority of my games. I am looking to buy GPU and maybe CPU second hand if that would mean that I can get more performance for cheaper.
Please may I get a full list of recommended PC parts to form a full pc, case included as well as RAM, PSU etc

 

[monke]

You can go Cheap, or you can go high FPS. Sure you'll get high frames out of CS:GO2 with relatively modest equipment, but if you want high FPS, 180+ on the likes of COD, Fortnite etc, £700 isn't going to cut it.

Sorry, critical error on my behalf.
Turns out my monitor is 120Hz.
Would that help?

 

[monke]

1080p or 1440p?

I believe it is a 1440p, but I don’t mind playing in 1080p

 

[monke]

I’m not particularly fussed about playing the triple A titles that have extreme graphics. I’m more for simpler competitive shooters, e.g fortnite or csgo or even roblox games if that helps.

 

[monke]

I wouldn't normally suggest you look at 8GB cards (and if there's any chance of upping the budget, DO IT!), but in the circumstances (where you're looking for high FPS primarily), I'd have a watch of these videos with the 9060 XT 8GB.

Though, despite it coming out well here, glass cannon comes to mind. It is a very situational thing and could easily bite you in the bum later (note these results are also subject to PCI-E 5.0 on the motherboard).

Yeah, I think I would prefer having an Nvidia or AMD gpu to the intel one. Could someone provide an effective alternative along with the rest of the components that need changing from the list if needed:

realistically you'd be looking in the ballpark of something like this:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £160.99
• 1 x Sapphire B650M-E (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-SPR-05695) = £100.00
• 1 x Crucial Pro OC 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-02219) = £128.99
• 1 x Sparkle Intel ARC B580 GUARDIAN 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPK-03945) = £199.99
• 1 x Intel Holiday Bundle - Choose One Of Four Premium Games (SKU: DIG-INT-06664) = £0.00
• 1 x WD Blue SN5000 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-02652) = £64.99
• 1 x MSI MAG A650BN UK PSU 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: POW-MSI-03345) = £49.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh Micro-ATX Case - Black (SKU: CA-051-KK) = £39.95

Total: £744.90 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

you could go AM4 (eg Ryzen 5600) to save £50-100ish, but fortnite/CS usually relies more on single-threaded performance, so going AM5 with the Ryzen 7600 is the better choice here
you could also go with a cheaper case and save £15ish, but these cases don't usually have good airflow