Help on first PC Build (£1400) Any help much appreciated!

[Jamie James]

So the title is misleading, I did own a pc build before however, it was a very old build from jackfrags about 4 years ago, I still did no research trusted the parts and threw it together, the cable management would probably give some of you guys nightmares. Heres the link to that pc build I had
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WQxr59KRto

I learned nothing from having that pc and I'm still clueless now as I was back then.

Things that I do not understand is when I see people say AMD vs Intel, why an RX590 is the cheaper and better version of a GEFORCE RTX 2070 or whatever or how some motherboards or parts work better with this and that (namings are probably incorrect). I just want a PC that could run high demanding games such as RDR2 at high settings or when cyberpunk is released I can run that at high with little to no problems that is if this 1400 budget will allow me.

This is why I do not want to trust myself to pick certain parts as I've seen on other forums on here people claiming these parts do not work well together etc and I basically don't want to f*ck it up.

All build suggestions, advice, etc would help massively. Look forward to hearing from some of you guys on here

Thanks!

 

[random_matt]

Anything ryzen, 3600 is very good. GPU is a little trickier, new stuff comes out this year.

 

[Joxeon]

Do you need a monitor included in that budget?

 

[Jamie James]

Just the PC

 

[gupsterg]

Just the PC

If from OCUK, based on today's prices, my preferred kit, excluding case, probably be.

Spoiler

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 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £119.99
• 1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport LT Gray Micron E-Die 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 UDIMM= £79.99
• 1 x AMD Wraith Prism AM4 CPU Cooler= £19.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Dual Fan 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £338.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GC-650 650W 80+ Gold Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x Crucial MX500 500GB SATA 2.5-inch SATA 6.0Gb/s 7mm Solid State Drive= £68.99
• 1 x Seagate 4TB Barracuda 5400RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST4000DM004)= £86.99

Total: £995.62 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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I'd bank the ~£400 for a GPU upgrade when and if required later .

 

[Jamie James]

If from OCUK, based on today's prices, my preferred kit, excluding case, probably be.

Spoiler

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 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £119.99
• 1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport LT Gray Micron E-Die 16GB Kit (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 UDIMM= £79.99
• 1 x AMD Wraith Prism AM4 CPU Cooler= £19.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Dual Fan 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £338.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GC-650 650W 80+ Gold Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x Crucial MX500 500GB SATA 2.5-inch SATA 6.0Gb/s 7mm Solid State Drive= £68.99
• 1 x Seagate 4TB Barracuda 5400RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST4000DM004)= £86.99

Total: £995.62 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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I'd bank the ~£400 for a GPU upgrade when and if required later .

Would this be good enough to run games such as RDR2?

 

[gupsterg]

Would this be good enough to run games such as RDR2?

Depends what settings and expectations you have. You'll find performance reviews like this on the web, I'd say best to look at them and make a judgement.

As AMD/Nvidia have variable refresh rate tech, couple a GPU with a screen that supports Freesync/Gsync and you'll get a better experience even if frame rate is not at the higher end of scale. The variable refresh rate tech will make it more of a smooth gameplay when frames per second does drop at times.