Building a PC

monke · Sunday at 19:50

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

Tetras · Sunday at 20:11

£700 is a tight budget for a gaming PC.

I assume you're aware that this is not going to achieve top-end FPS? Depending on the games you play, and the resolution/detail settings, 240 fps is very likely an unobtainable goal.

MissChief · Sunday at 20:33

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.

Even with just a 7600X, B650 board and 9060XT 16GB you're at £600 already and if you want high FPS that's where you need to be at.
My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DG-AM) = £169.99
1 x Sapphire B650M-E (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-SPR-05695) = £100.00
1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 9060 XT Reaper 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-05257) = £329.99

Total: £607.97 (includes delivery: £7.99)

hornetstinger · Sunday at 20:35

monke said:
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

Ram is absurd price now, and I'd recommend 32GB. Last time I looked 32GB is closer to 200GB or so. Add in a GPU cheapest but good is Intel B580 that's about £250, that's most of your budget gone already, and you still need case, PSU, motherboard, CPU, nvme drives, unless you can reuse existing bits to make the new system up

monke · Sunday at 20:36

MissChief said:
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?

tamzzy · Sunday at 20:40

1080p or 1440p?

monke · Sunday at 21:09

tamzzy said:
1080p or 1440p?

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

hornetstinger · Sunday at 21:11

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

You would be looking at something like this as minimum for 1440p.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-grade-sparkle-intel-arc-b580-titan-luna-oc-12gb-gddr6-graphics-card-bg-gra-spk-03944.html

tamzzy · Sunday at 21:15

for £700 and using new components, 1440p 120hz is a tall order for £700 and tbh, even 1080p 120hz is as well
you'd probably be needing to turn settings down.

tamzzy · Sunday at 21:16

what kind of "FPS shooter" games are you intending to play? if it's anything new-ish AAA titles like COD/BF then expectations will need to be managed

Quartz · Sunday at 21:19

MissChief said:
Even with just a 7600X, B650 board and 9060XT 16GB you're at £600 already and if you want high FPS that's where you need to be at.

Drop to a B580 and you've got room for RAM and a case.

MissChief · Sunday at 21:19

Quartz said:
Drop to a B580 and you've got room for RAM and a case.

True, but will that get him 120FPS in 'competitive shooters'?

Quartz · Sunday at 21:26

MissChief said:
True, but will that get him 120FPS in 'competitive shooters'?

Depends on which ones and at what settings. A quick Google indicates that the B580 should get 140 fps at 1080p extreme settings in CoD: Warzone, for instance, and 120 fps in BO6 on 1080p with balanced settings.

monke · Sunday at 21:44

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.

tamzzy · Sunday at 21:57

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

Tetras · Sunday at 22:07

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).