First gaming pc for son

[Antipasti]

Hi there,

I am looking to buy my son a gaming pc and I have been offered the following spec for £400

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7ghz CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card, 16gb RAM Corsair Vengance and 480GB M.2 SSD

Can anyone tell me if this is a decent price for the money?

We already have a monitor.

Thank you

 

[Tetras]

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7ghz CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card, 16gb RAM Corsair Vengance and 480GB M.2 SSD

Brand new, a 2070 is fairly close to the 6600 (6600 is slower, especially at higher resolutions, see here), while the 2700X is slower for games than a 12100 or Ryzen 5500, which are considered the baseline low-end CPUs:
(video includes a 2700X)

AMD's Greed: R5 5500 CPU vs. Intel i3-12100F | CPU Review & Benchmarks

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500 CPU is too little, too late, launching about a year after when it should have. The R5 5500 can't compete with Intel's much cheaper i3-12...

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Here's a sort of similar performing entry-level spec:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i3-12100F 3.30GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AS-IN) = £89.99
• 1 x Gigabyte H610M S2H - Intel H610 DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5AL-GI) = £89.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AK-TG) = £35.98
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 6600 Pulse Gaming 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-39R-SP) = £200.00
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00540) = £72.94
• 1 x AeroCool Trinity V2 Mini Tower PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-23J-AE) = £41.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-09Q-PT) = £89.99

Total: £628.87 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

The 2700X and 2070 should be able to play any game at 1080p, though some of the newer AAA games will struggle due to the poor single core/thread performance of the 2700X. Anything a little older will run just fine.

 

[Antipasti]

Thank you for your reply and advice.

 

[Craig_d1]

Thank you for your reply and advice.

you're only 7 posts away from getting access to MM. try on there also

 

[Rob_B]

Is building your own an option? The 2070 goes for about £150 second hand, the CPU about £50 so the rest of the rig is costing you £200, you could potentially build for the same total cost but maybe get to choose your parts.

 

[Gray2233]

Hi there,

I am looking to buy my son a gaming pc and I have been offered the following spec for £400

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7ghz CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card, 16gb RAM Corsair Vengance and 480GB M.2 SSD

Can anyone tell me if this is a decent price for the money?

We already have a monitor.

Thank you

If you spend a little more time posting to get over the 1000 mark you should gain Members Market access, not many more to go and you can get some fantastic deals.

The following was going for £600 on there the other day:

Specs:
i7 11700
Asetek 240mm AIO
Asus PRIME B560-PLUS
32GB (2x 16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 3200MHz
MSI 3070 VENTUS 3X OC
512GB Samsung PM9A1 PCIE Gen4
1TB Seagate BarraCuda
Corsair CV650
ThermalTake V200 TG RGB Edition
Intel AX200 with Bluetooth
Windows 11 Home activated

I realise it's 50% more in cost, but it's a hell of a lot more rig for the money. Even without going with a pre-made rig like that, you could easily get a 3600/3700X/B450/RAM bundle for £150 or under tbh.

 

[Antipasti]

Is building your own an option? The 2070 goes for about £150 second hand, the CPU about £50 so the rest of the rig is costing you £200, you could potentially build for the same total cost but maybe get to choose your parts.

My knowledge is limited in this area and just want to get the best deal for his birthday money!

 

[Rob_B]

Seee if you can find out what motherboard, RAM and PSU it has. If they're ok then £400 isn't awful
You'll hopefully have a decent mobo that you could update the BIOS on and pop in a 5000 series CPU down the line for a bit of an upgrade.

 

[rchads89]

If that pc is something that will play his games fair enough go for it is dated hardware but I would definitely get another SSD 2-3 games including everything else and that storage is gone

 

[tamzzy]

The following was going for £600 on there the other day:

yes it was

 

[Gray2233]

yes it was

T'was indeed!

Some lucky sod got it!

I've given some hefty discounts on the MM simply for ease of transaction, but also to pay forward. You go next level tbh mate

 

[tamzzy]

@Gray2233 well, i tried to offer a deal, but no one bit on MM...so it got listed on FB marketplace and sold within 48h lol, for £730 cash!

 

[Gray2233]

@Gray2233 well, i tried to offer a deal, but no one bit on MM...so it got listed on FB marketplace and sold within 48h lol, for £730 cash!

Fair enough mate.

Still a bargain, the people in question are bloody nuts for not taking it.

 

[Antipasti]

I should hit 1k posts in approx 2 years so will get myself in there for a bargain then.

 

[tamzzy]

I should hit 1k posts in approx 2 years so will get myself in there for a bargain then.

Eh? You're 5 posts away?

 

[Antipasti]

It was tongue in cheek. 996 posts in 15 years

 

[tamzzy]

It was tongue in cheek. 996 posts in 15 years

The sarcasm clearly went right overy dozy 6am head

 

[Craig_d1]

It was tongue in cheek. 996 posts in 15 years

Blimey, that just knocked 4 months off you're target...come on man, we're cheering for you.....you're nearly there.....like watching someone crawl to the finish line after hitting the wall in a marathon
And when you crawl over the finish line, the clouds will part, a beam of sunlight will hit you as you stand and look across the part of the forum called the members market...
Then reality hits you as someone pins a badge to you and tells you, well done, now move along

 

[Craig_d1]

Hi there,

I am looking to buy my son a gaming pc and I have been offered the following spec for £400

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7ghz CPU, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 graphics card, 16gb RAM Corsair Vengance and 480GB M.2 SSD

Can anyone tell me if this is a decent price for the money?

We already have a monitor.

Thank you

going back to original question...saw a 3070fe recently sell for £265, a 5600x for £85 (tamzzy I believe ) ...you can buy a new 1tb decent ssd for £65(£40 for pcie4 500gb) and new 32gb ram 3200c16 for £60(£35 fro 16gb but really want to target 32gb now)...so a like for like with 3070/5600x and new 16gbram/500gb gen4 is £425
...so I wouldn't say £400 for a R7 2700, 16gb ram, 480gb ssd and rtx2070 is that great, as slower gpu, slower cpu, likely will be slower ram and nowadays you really want 1tb min for storage..games are getting large...

 

[tamzzy]

going back to original question...saw a 3070fe recently sell for £265, a 5600x for £85 (tamzzy I believe ) ...you can buy a new 1tb decent ssd for £65(£40 for pcie4 500gb) and new 32gb ram 3200c16 for £60(£35 fro 16gb but really want to target 32gb now)...so a like for like with 3070/5600x and new 16gbram/500gb gen4 is £425
...so I wouldn't say £400 for a R7 2700, 16gb ram, 480gb ssd and rtx2070 is that great, as slower gpu, slower cpu, likely will be slower ram and nowadays you really want 1tb min for storage..games are getting large...

with access to MM, yes indeed