Can someone spec. me a new gaming only PC, £1500 range

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Hoping you guys can help me out as i'm not in a position to spec. a build myself. Horribly out of date with tech and am looking to upgrade from a predominantly now 7-year old i5 750 system i've been slapping stop-gap upgrades to over the years. I have a 390x i'm happy to bolt in that is still usable if it allows me to upgrade elsewhere for value. Existing monitor is a 23" Samsung 120Hz that i'm also happy to keep in service until tech actually goes anywhere, though i've been looking for a good upgrade for about two years now. Rest of the build will have to be completely new. Peripherals are already covered.

Very much predominantly an FPS gamer so will be looking to run Destiny 2, Overwatch and Battlegrounds at a good framerate. Looking at a four to five year lifespan for the core build so some futureproofing would be appreciated. Happy to build from parts but the convenience of a pre-build would be a bonus (having had to remove the front plate of the 390x and reattach in situ to fit it in my current case I can do without repeat hassle).

Any help anyone can offer would be appreciated thanks.
 
probably dont need to spend all those prices, but to make good use of the budget then maybe something like this to get the ball rolling

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,183.54
(includes shipping: £13.20)



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or as you would probably prefer a pre-built then maybe one of these will tick the box?

while you mention to keep your 390x, unless you get a barebones kit then better graphic cards will be an option like the 1070 in this build for example.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x Titan Enterprise - VR Ready Gaming PC For Star Trek Bridge Crew = £1,369.02
    • Processor:Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail
    • Memory:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24
    • SSD Upgrade:Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)
    • Graphics Card:Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Windforce 2x OC 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • VR Headset:Unwanted

Total: £1,383.12
(includes shipping: £14.10)



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ryzen 6 core, but due to no stock 16gb ram which is a must isnt an option so kept with the default 8gb and this one has a top tier amd graphics card

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x Titan Falcon Overclocked Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 1600 @ 3.80GHz = £1,370.96
    • Case:CoolerMaster MasterBox 5 Midi Tower Case - Black
    • Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted
    • Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST3000DM008 )
    • Optical Drive **Please Check Case Support**:Asus External Slimline DVD Re-Writer, USB, 8x, Black, Cyberlink Power2Go 7 - Black (SDRW-08D2S-U LIT
    • Sound Card:Unwanted
    • WIFI:Unwanted
    • Lighting:Unwanted
    • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
    • Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2A2400
    • CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 960 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
    • Graphics card:Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 580 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Total: £1,385.06
(includes shipping: £14.10)



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another from amd, but with 16gb ram

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x Titan Merlin Micro ATX Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 1400 system @ 3.70GHz = £1,387.99
    • Primary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Samsung 1.0TB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E1T0B/EU)
    • Secondary Solid State Drive / Hard Drive:Unwanted
    • Storage Mechanical Hard Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM006)
    • Sound Card:Unwanted
    • WIFI:Unwanted
    • Optical Drive:Asus External Slimline DVD Re-Writer, USB, 8x, Black, Cyberlink Power2Go 7 - Black (SDRW-08D2S-U LIT
    • Lighting:Unwanted
    • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 64-Bit DVD - OEM (MS-KW9-00139)
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
    • CPU:AMD Ryzen 5 Quad Core 1400 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
    • Memory:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24
    • Case:Fractal Design Node 804 Micro-ATX Case - Black Window
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • Graphics card:Gigabyte Aorus Radeon RX 580 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Total: £1,402.09
(includes shipping: £14.10)



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TtD said:
Hoping you guys can help me out as i'm not in a position to spec. a build myself. Horribly out of date with tech and am looking to upgrade from a predominantly now 7-year old i5 750 system i've been slapping stop-gap upgrades to over the years. I have a 390x i'm happy to bolt in that is still usable if it allows me to upgrade elsewhere for value. Existing monitor is a 23" Samsung 120Hz that i'm also happy to keep in service until tech actually goes anywhere, though i've been looking for a good upgrade for about two years now. Rest of the build will have to be completely new. Peripherals are already covered.

Very much predominantly an FPS gamer so will be looking to run Destiny 2, Overwatch and Battlegrounds at a good framerate. Looking at a four to five year lifespan for the core build so some futureproofing would be appreciated. Happy to build from parts but the convenience of a pre-build would be a bonus (having had to remove the front plate of the 390x and reattach in situ to fit it in my current case I can do without repeat hassle).

Any help anyone can offer would be appreciated thanks.
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for gaming go Intel and wait for 8700K. No build will last you 5 years. While the CPU may well last that long, the GPU will need replacing once at the 2.5 year mark to stay current.
 
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Ive gone for the Over Kill option- most for your money

nvidia graphics


My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,517.98
(includes shipping: £12.60)



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amd graphics incase your screen is freesync (flash card with 64 Bios for extra power without spending £100 extra)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,357.98
(includes shipping: £12.60)



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Looking at a similar situation myself but have been out the loop for so long.

I'm definitely staying in the Nvidia camp but see many specs picking the Ryzen CPUs in here. Also picked up more than once that people should hold out for the new Intel processor.

I want to dabble with PC gaming again but don't want to spend too big. Are the new Intel's going to be worth it over the Ryzen systems for a semi serious gamer?
 
gizmoy2k said:
Looking at a similar situation myself but have been out the loop for so long.

I'm definitely staying in the Nvidia camp but see many specs picking the Ryzen CPUs in here. Also picked up more than once that people should hold out for the new Intel processor.

I want to dabble with PC gaming again but don't want to spend too big. Are the new Intel's going to be worth it over the Ryzen systems for a semi serious gamer?
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its holding out for better value if you are after an Intel CPU- the game shakers will be i3 and i5 K models, For £380-410 you can get 1400-1600 4/8 - 6/12 core with board and 16GB so they'll have to match that. Im personally wanting to see if the i3 can be overclocked with a stonking speed, spared with 3200 ram that can be pushed to 3666hz overclock and if a £100-120 board can match the quality of AMD B350 chip set and Gigabyte/Asus Gaming/Strix board we all recommend
 
Thanks for the input folks, went for a Ryzen 1600 build and managed to get a 1070 into budget so set for next little while.
 
Went for a configured prebuild off the site. Could have stretched to a 1080 but decided it was overkill for what I needed with the current monitor. Not going to be running 4k any time soon so happy enough.
 
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