help needed for two new pc's!

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Roadrunner_668

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hi everyone, ive been out of the loop for a while so need help speccing two new pc's!

one of them is a gaming pc for me, it will mostly be for mmo type games but also the very occasional new proper 3d aaa game

i need a screen for this one too but im not sure if i want 4k so i can watch 4k movies or if a high fps monitor might be better for my mmo playing. Are there affordable 4k high fps that I could switch to 1080p sometimes or not?

my budget for this one is £1000 and I dont need a windows licence. the monitor and peripherals i can pay for seperately, £1000 just for the computer!

I need a lot of storage, maybe 5tb would do?

my current pc has a core 2 quad q6600 and a 6850 so i dont think anything can be re used. the psu is a hiper 600w i think but its very old so probably needs replacing too. i could use my case but a new one might be best so i can give this pc away whole!

SECOND PC is for downstairs for everyone to use instead of the old laptop thats down there. already got screen etc. It is just for web surfing and playing the sims 3 basically , not sure how much i would need to spend. I want it to be small too, itx. which is why im not just re using my old pc for downstairs

thanks everyone!
 
someone said there are new amd cpus out soon and they will go in the same motherboards so i think i should get an amd system with a cheap cpu and then get a pricier cpu once the new ones arrive ? :)
 
thanks snips86x

wow ssd prices are great now i remember paying close to that for my 40gb one which i still use ! bit small even just for windows 7 ha ha

any thoughts on case at all? i quite want a white theme, i have seen white psu and ram too, do i just need ddr4 and something with 750 watts or better if i have a look myself ?

i do video editing too i forgot to mention so a good cpu is important to me

and ive read about nvidia graphics card availability problems ... not sure if i should just get something second hand off of facebook or something until that has calmed down

i can see a 2070 msi super for 300 near me. i guess i should think about warranty though
 
i could probably stretch the budget to 1500 for the pc if that would help with 4k ?

never spent money like that on a screen before but with specs like that assuming it doesnt break it might be the last screen i have to buy for a very very long time ! dont see 8k taking off ever to be honest i think vr will take over before 8k is approaching normality

are there any bigger than 27 inch ? i currently have a 24 inch and was thinking id like something more like 32 this time so i can sit back on the sofa behind my desk sometimes
 
oh thats a shame. i would say what about a 4k tv but those are all 60 fps i assume or 60 hz i should say


a 43 inch 4k tv is £300 now though so i could just get one of those as well

amazing how much they have come down in price !

ok forget the monitor i will figure that out on my own time

just looking for a 4k and vr capable £1500 spec now ! :)

There is flexibility on that if needed I just thought 1000 sounded like a lot and then 1500 sounded like a lot lot i dont want to be that guy with a 3000 pound computer im sure i would feel guilty about it !!
 
that looks good thankyou i will have a play with that spec on the website ! :)

games wise i mainly play dota 2 and a bit of wow and lol (all these acronyms ha ha) from time to time, occasionally people drag me into different things though !

I play some fps type games too which im reasonably good at but not amazing be interested to know if maybe a high refresh rate would give me an edge !
 
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bear in mind i currently use a radeon 6850 and a 1600 by 900 monitor ha ha

I had an 8800 gts with 320mb when i first build the computer ha ha
 
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it was at 4 ghz once but its been at 3200 for ages because i lost the settings and couldnt be bothered to get it back how it was ha ha

yes i was going to upgrade to those i5s but i didnt in the end ha
 
6850 to 3080 core 2 to ryzen yes probably ha ha

900p to 4k as well !

6gb of memory to 16gb as well ha and it is ddr2 i have now i skipped ddr3 ha

just seen that the new cpus are on the store now ! with my budget should i be looking at 6 core ?

is a 6 core one a good match for a 3080 ??

actually I guess the 8 core one ha ha i'll try put a spec together now based on the one up there ! thanks.

is there a way to paste your ocuk basket like there was 5 years ago when i was last on here? ha ha
 
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oh cool thanks last time i needed a browser add on ha ha

i put the 12 core 3000 cpu in there as a placeholder for the 5800x but the 5800x has 4 less cores so is the older 12 core one better value ?

im also struggling to get the price down and i think i could do with a better case ...

looking for a kinda white and rgb theme ha ha

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,988.00 (includes shipping: £13.20)​
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i picked it because it was simple and white and covered up the psu and the wires coming out of it etc. :)

ill see if i can find another like it
 
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well i started at 1000 but it seemed it wouldnt do that i want so i changed to 1500 and now im struggling to keep to that too ha ha

oh and i know rgb is pricier but i saw someones build over in the other section with lights set to different colours and it looked really cool id quite like that !
 
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