Corona Build... (just another gaming pc thread)

Matty_H

Matty_H

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I apologise for another general build advice thread which you have all helped with a million times before, so thanks in advance!

I've decided to use our impending isolation and doom from Corona as an excuse to finally commit to a new gaming rig. I've been slowly convincing myself and managed to upgrade my chair (now Noble Hero Black) from a table chair, now I want to jump to the machine. I wouldn't say I'm a heavy gamer anymore but I do like to have the high settings available, should I want to. I tend to go for more strategy games (older mostly being Age of Empires, Command and Conquer etc), and some FPS (Planetside, Counter-strike), but getting a new setup could get me back into proper games.

I know graphics card wise that its probably worth waiting for the next gen in the summer, so I dont mind a lower tier to upgrade at a later point, I'm also after going for 4K (or is it really not worth?).
What do you think is suitable for a decent machine with good upgrade potential?

Budget wise I want to be sensible and not just spend for the sake of it, but I can go around £2k + monitor.
 
Thanks Joxeon!

Given I'm happy to spend a bit extra on top of budget for the monitor, I've made a few changes (basically motherboard and processor), I know it's a little more overkill but I feel it might help longer term?:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,775.80 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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Danny75 said:
The Aorus Ultra isn't the best X570 board in that price-range. The MSI Unify is. You don't actually need to spend so much even if you go for the 3900X instead of 3700X. Even a 3700X will be wasted on those older strategy games that use just one or two cores. But it will be plenty for newer games.

A Tomahawk/Pro Carbon with 3700X would be more sensible, and still allow for an upgrade to a faster Ryzen "4900X" if you really need one (they'll be released sometime this year).

When thinking of futureproofing, also factor in futureproofing your cash to allow for some newer, faster stuff for the same total you'd otherwise spend in one whack.

Extra money could be spent on a second SSD for example, depending on how many games you like to play and/or other storage needs.

Do you need a case?
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You make a very good point. Sorry work has been taking up all my thinking ability! I forget you can upgrade the CPU without replacing the whole mobo etc with AMD.

I might still want to play newer games but as you've mentioned I can always upgrade parts later on should it start to struggle.

So sticking with the list Joxeon gave, would it be a good list but should I keep the tomahawk or would the X570 AORUS ELITE still be better long term (I'm thinking incase I wanted antoher M2 SSD etc), plus I've always been a fan of Gigabyte. Id just have to purchase elsewhere due to out of stock.
Joxeon said:
My basket at overclockers uk:
Total: £1,927.79 (includes shipping: £14.70)
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Case wise I'm not too worried about anything flash, I was just going to go for something simple like:
Total: £81.05 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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So current list:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £2,109.86 (includes shipping: £20.82)
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Thanks all for the advice, I have now ordered and expect everything to arrive tomorrow!
I've purchased an additional case fan as suggested, assuming from reviews this should go above the bottom fan at the front (1 covering GPU 1 covering CPU) & I had to source the motherboard elsewhere due to out of stock. Hopefully it won't take me too long to configure :).

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £2,157.55 (includes shipping: £28.02)​
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I completely missed your basket!

In terms of differences:

CPU theres an obvious difference for £150(+).

Motherboard: Theres a £33(-) difference, although I won't change this now do we think the Elite will be better longer term?

Powersupply has a £23(-) difference, though 750w might be more useful when the new graphic cards are released later in the year?

Monitor wise there's a £60(-) difference, I'm happy to send back and swap if you think the Gigabyte will perform better? I have monitors I can use in the mean time (general dell non-gaming) so keen to get a decent monitor since they last a while.



Then the case and additional fan add another £110.44(+)

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