Challenge Accepted

Ihow3y · 11 Jun 2019 at 12:22

Hi guys, new to the forum and potentially to PC gaming. Iv always been a gamer, mostly on xbox and ps4. Currently running both the xbox1x and the ps4pro. Now here come the real reason for my post

After the current E3 showing of the project scarlett xbox, me and a group of friends talked about using the same sort of money required to purchase that on release day, and put it into a gaming PC instead. Our budget would be roughly in between 500-600 pounds and would only consist of the PC itself, monitors, mouse, keyboards and headsets wont be included.
Our challenge now is to make the best gaming PC we can from that budget, whether it be 2nd hand/refurbished parts or new. Hopefully to notice a difference over our current console setups, and to have room to upgrade at a later date of needed

Can it be done? Can you guys help me?

Ihow3y · 11 Jun 2019 at 12:51

I dont expect it to be a weapon of mass destruction for the price we will be paying. But I thought it would be a little better than mediocre if I'm honest. Ideally something to outshine both the x and the pro, and come next year when the next gen cone out we could upgrade to keep ahead for a smaller price. Thanks for taking the time to answer my question though, much appreciated

Ihow3y · 11 Jun 2019 at 13:09

Thanks for the heads up. But lets face it, once we start we will all be putting in them extra pennies to try and beat one another

It could cost some of us as much as 1k and were never gonna admit it. Same scenario as the wife, cost half as much to build when she asks! Been the same story for the last 4 years with my car

Ihow3y · 11 Jun 2019 at 13:10

At least now, I have a realistic budget to stick too, or run over the top off accidentally on purpose lol.

Ihow3y · 11 Jun 2019 at 13:18

Hopefully yeah. I dont mind searching the likes of Ebay and such for deals. It's not something I plan on building tomorrow, more so just acquiring the parts as and when I can find suitable

Ihow3y · 12 Jun 2019 at 09:12

Thanks for that. Without throwing the "master race" card around. Say if I spent between 700-1000 how much better over the console am I gonna actually get. I mainly only play online games. Battlefield, Call Of Duty, PUBG and sometimes throw in a bit of racing games, GT and Forza. All games which are pretty heavy dependant on graphics and FPS

Ihow3y · 9 Jul 2019 at 11:11

So here's what I have up to now, I have myself a monitor already and missing my OS and keyboard/mouse and a headset. Anyone care to look over this and tell me how good/bad it is. My budget is already blown out the water, so needn't worry too much now

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/checkout/cart

I'm unsure if that's how I oost my basket in the forum but hopefully it works. Any help or criticism is welcome as I'm still new to this sort of thing coming from the consoles

Ihow3y · 9 Jul 2019 at 11:16

Ihow3y · 9 Jul 2019 at 17:05

Yeah I have a 144hz monitor already, which I run both my consoles through. So would really like to be able to use that to it's full potential. I know I havent placed my basket right in the post above so dont know if you can actually make out what's there and what isnt. But would you realistically say it would be comfortable running them sort of frames?

Ihow3y · 10 Jul 2019 at 08:48

Thanks a lot for that, no I dont need wifi on the pc. You reckon that would be more than capable of handling all the big game FPS. Thanks for taking the time in helping me out, would that still be fine for some low key video editing , mainly track day videos

Ihow3y · 10 Jul 2019 at 10:21

Thank you both for taking the time to steer me in the right direction, I'm usually just a point and buy kinda guy . Il do a little more research.