Home PC with capability to play older games?

[kowloon_city_resident]

Hi Folks,

I am looking to purchase a new desktop PC for home/working-from-home uses and playing older videogames. Can you kindly suggest a build as per my needs laid out below?

Specifically, I intend to play nothing more demanding than titles like Dishonored 2, Deus ex: Mankind Divived and Prey (2017). I would like to play this titles on high resolution and settings.

Additionally, I intend to load multiple instances of Office 365 applications and will run other proprietary software so I believe 16GB RAM is an absolute necessity.

This leaves me wondering - what kind of graphics card should I purchase? Are there any other features (eg power supply, motherboard) that would require attention fo a well rounded home PC with the capability to play older games?

Many thanks,
KCR

 

[kowloon_city_resident]

Hi.

What resoloution and hz do you want to game at as this will determine what graphics card is needed ?

E.g 1440p 144hz

@mickyflinn My monitor shows a 60hz refresh rate on the advanced display settings. I would prefer 1080p if possible with 60hz.

@Craig_d1 3080 would be a bit of an overkill for my purposes I suppose..

 

[kowloon_city_resident]

That wont take to much gpu power but the problem is gpu pricing , something like a 6600xt fir £450 is the in stock option but @Craig_d1 will tell tou about 3060ti fe stock alerts

Cpu 6 or 8 core and 32gb of memory as you have loads of tabs open but can akways get more if 16gb fits in budget.

Do you have budget in mind ?

I was thinking about keeping it at £700 max

 

[kowloon_city_resident]

you're tormenting me
Yes, cheapest new option for a gpu is a Founders Edition
3060ti £369 is your best bet
Download Telegram on your mob
Search and subscribe to 'FE PartAlert'
When a drop happens(any time in working hours mon-fri) click the link and nab one. With a 3060ti you'll only have a few mins before they're sold out.
May be worth setting up an account with the distributor 1st to save time etc
Also look out for the large drops in europe. If that happens, normally see a UK one with a couple of days


Still going to be tough getting price at £700. Put in quality case on offer, you can get really budget cases for £30 odd. The psu has 10yrs warranty and can handle 3080(min for that...for £10 more get the 850W version and also prob do your next upgrade)...Ram is about as cheap as you can get but still good, and SN550 on offer and decent budget nvme. Still need mobo and cpu, so even if go with a B450 and 3600(no b grades left) going to go through budget with a new 3000 series card for £700
Might be worth looking at 2nd hand pc. Prob with getting older gpu, they wont be that much cheaper than the 3060tife, for a lot less performance. you could go 5700G 8 core with built in gpu, and save up for a dedicated gpu at a later date.
Do you need wifi?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £59.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £74.99
• 1 x Corsair 4000D Airflow Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass (CC-9011200-WW)= £64.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020195-UK)= £79.99

Total: £291.66 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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Sorry for tormenting you!

I joined in the group on TG. Will keep an eye open.

I think you are making sense so I might go over the budget. I see AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz, Asus B450-PLUS Motherboard CPU Bundle goes for £260 but is currently unavailable in most places. Do you have any suggestions where I could get it from?

I'm gonna need wifi yes. Do you have a suggestion vis-a-vis the adaptor?

 

[kowloon_city_resident]

Craig - I can only find a German telegram group... Is that correct?

I wasn't able to find it on mobile Telegram, so I tried looking for it on the Desktop version and it worked!