First Time Gaming PC advice.

[Daniel John Smith]

Hi all,

I am looking at changing from an iMac 2017 5K Retina to a gaming computer.
I have had some help configuring this computer but was wondering if there was anything else you would suggest changing?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...eforce-rtx-2060-super-fs-1dx-og.html?c=145896

Thanks for all help.

 

[Quartz]

Which games are you looking to play and what is your budget?

 

[Daniel John Smith]

Thanks for the swift reply.

I am looking to play mainly FPS, Planet Coaster, potential VR.
My budget is not far from the configuration on that link if that makes sense as I still need to budget for a monitor and what not.
Thanks again.

 

[hominid]

Can you build a PC yourself or do you need one pre-built?

 

[Daniel John Smith]

I am going for a prebuilt like the one above.

 

[Quartz]

You should hold fire as AMD are launching the RX 5600 XT this week. Wait until the reviews are in.

Apart from the GPU, consider the below:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £89.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £79.99
• 1 x Seasonic S12II 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply= £69.95
• 1 x Gigabyte 1TB M.2 PCIe x4 NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive= £119.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Define S Midi Tower - Black= £74.99
• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU Cooler= £73.99

Total: £712.59 (includes shipping: £14.70)​

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OCUK will build this for you for a modest fee if you cannot build it yourself - it's not hard.


I've included a high-end air cooler so you can overclock. If you don't want to overclock then the Ryzen CPU comes with a perfectly adequate air cooler. A Windows license can be purchased cheaply elsewhere.

 

[Daniel John Smith]

Thank you for this. I will look into this and monitor it this week. I was wondering about cooling too?
How would I go about putting the windows license onto the computer then? Silly question I know...

 

[Quartz]

How would I go about putting the windows license onto the computer then? Silly question I know...

What will happen is that you will purchase a license key from <cough, splutter> for around £15 then you go to Microsoft here and create the Windows 10 installation media on another PC. You will need a USB stick. 8 GB will suffice. When you've assembled your PC (if you're doing it yourself) you plug in the USB stick, boot the PC off it and follow the prompts. If you're having the PC built by OCUK they will install an unlicensed copy of Windows and you will just have to activate it with the code you purchased. Having a Windows boot key is a good idea anyway.

 

[Daniel John Smith]

Superb thank you so much for this. If you have to throw anything else to make it a little better within £1000 what would you do if anything?
Thank you once again for all the help.

 

[Quartz]

Wait until you can decide upon a GPU, but with what I've specced the options are a better GPU and a better CPU. In that order.

 

[Journey]

A £74 cooler seems somewhat overkill for the R5 3600, you could spend less than half and still get a cool and quiet solution.

 

[tamzzy]

yeah i suspect a cheaper case, and cooler, and a newer psu would be in order, just my 2p in response to quartz's spec
the s12ii is a bit long in the tooth seeing as the model itself came out in 2012

 

[tamzzy]

pre-built spec slightly altered:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x OcUK Gaming Firefly Essential - Intel Core i5 9400F, GeForce RTX 2060 Super = £854.96
  • Case:Kolink Nimbus RGB Midi Tower Case - Black
  • CPU:*Build Promo* Intel Core i5-9600KF 3.7GHz (4.6GHz Boost) Coffee Lake Processor
  • Memory:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30
  • Graphics Card:ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8192MB GDDR6 Graphics Card
  • Solid State Drive:TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive
  • Operating System:Unwanted
  • Security Software:Unwanted

Total: £869.06 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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[tamzzy]

DIY build-spec

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £84.95
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Dual Fan 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £338.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £59.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Gigabyte 480GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive= £41.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £39.95

Total: £834.41 (includes shipping: £12.60)​

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[Quartz]

A £74 cooler seems somewhat overkill for the R5 3600, you could spend less than half and still get a cool and quiet solution.

A separate cooler is not needed at all - I just included it in case the OP wanted to overclock.

 

[Daniel John Smith]

Thanks for the help so far. I will keep my eyes peeled on the price of the RX 5600 XT this week and see if it drastically makes it much more expensive and get back to you on it all.
Thanks once again!

Just been looking at the leaks of that new AMD and it less powerful isn't it from the leaks. Would you just say stick with what you originally stated then?

 

[EsaT]

Thanks for the help so far. I will keep my eyes peeled on the price of the RX 5600 XT this week and see if it drastically makes it much more expensive and get back to you on it all.
Thanks once again!

Just been looking at the leaks of that new AMD and it less powerful isn't it from the leaks. Would you just say stick with what you originally stated then?

Lower number inside same serie means lower performance.
For 1920x1080 that RX 5600 would be certainly good, but for any higher resolutions not good.
That listing made by Tamzzy would be very good performing for the price.

1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU Cooler= £73.99

Not a single reason to suggest such cooler when £50 cheaper cooler is aproaching overkill level for six core.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-freezer-34-cpu-cooler-120mm-hs-077-ar.html

 

[Daniel John Smith]

I will have a look at it then. So that cooler is also ideal. I got a lot of reading to do this evening it seems!

 

[Daniel John Smith]

Just caught up on the CES from last night. Is it worth getting that AMD or sticking with the one originally stated?