First PC reccomendations. Please help!

[BAMitsLAMB]

Hi. I'm looking at my first set up. I have a maximum £1000 to spend, but that's for everything, including keyboard, mouse and monitor. (Desk and chair not required for time being) so I'm looking to spend a maximum of £800 on the PC itself. I know nothing about PC's as I've been a console player most my life.

I plan on playing rust, elder scrolls online and GTA V mainly. With the hopes of streaming in the future.

I'm begging that someone can send me some pre-built reccomendations,as I really don't trust myself to build until I'm more educated with PC's.
Bonus points for reccomended monitors, keyboard and mouse.

Thank you in advance!

 

[NovaKill4]

Bit of a tight budget for everything, will be slightly under budget if you want to build yourself or slightly over if you ask OcUK to build it for you.
AMD Ryzen 3600 + 16GB Ram + RX 590.
Strong 1080p performance and a good platform to start on.
I have not used the monitor or peripherals so i cannot speak to their quality but they fit the price point, i would suggest doing some research on these before buying.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32= £79.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500 Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £79.99
• 1 x MSI Optix G241VC 24" 1920x1080 VA 75Hz FreeSync 1ms Curved Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £149.99
• 1 x Cooler Master MasterKeys Combo RGB Gaming Bundle - Keyboard and Mouse= £44.99
• 1 x Corsair H35 Stereo Gaming Headset, Black (CA-9011195-EU)= £34.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0B)= £59.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 590 Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £169.99

Total: £984.94 (includes shipping: £18.12)​

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[ExRayTed]

Hi and welcome to the forums here

Now that's out of the way, please, please, please consider building it yourself. It really isn't hard at all. Everything has it's place, it's like putting together a very easy plastic model kit. Plus you've got a forum full of people to help you if you hit a snag. There's also a good few videos on youtube on how to put things together. You'll save money and have the pleasure knowing that you built the machine.

Here's an idea of what £800 buys you - it's a very capable gaming machine at 1080p (the monitor resolution). Keyboards and mice are fairly cheap and if you spend less than £200 on the monitor (very do-able) then you can afford it within the £1000 overall budget.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £179.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.95
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £59.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex III 550W 80 PLUS Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £79.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0A)= £59.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660Ti WindForce OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £259.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Focus G Midi Tower Case - Grey Window= £46.99

Total: £800.09 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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[Minibiker]

@BAMitsLAMB the above bit are spot on for your budget Ryzen 3600 is a big hitter in the market at the moment.... Honestly though watch a few YouTube videos and build it yourself, you'll save a fair few £££ and you gain a fair bit of knowledge by doing so... We all started off in the same boat but if you take your time and relate back to manuals or videos then you can't really go wrong

 

[Josh.B]

Hey Bam,

Maybe this configurator would be a good start for you, https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...i-tower-gaming-pc-configurator-fs-1aj-og.html

If you have any question regarding options, don't hesitate to ask.

 

[Quartz]

@ExRayTed I'm not seeing a monitor in your build. I like the look of this one:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AOC Gaming 24G2U 24" 1920x1080 IPS 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £179.99

Total: £191.09 (includes shipping: £11.10)​

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144 Hz, IPS, full colour range, Freesync, what's not to love?

Go for the GTX 1660 Super over the 1660 Ti and the 590. Windows licenses are available cheaply on other sites.

Do note that the release of the Radeon 5500 is imminent (hinted in the video above) which may mean you will get even more bang for your buck.

@BAMitsLAMB there are two components on which you should not scrimp: the monitor because it's the main way you interact with the PC and the PSU because a bad PSU can destroy all the other innards.