I just got my birthday money and I need some help building a PC

James Herbert

James Herbert

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I'm somewhat new to building and researching PC parts online. I have a budget of £2000 that I'm willing to use on a PC, although the less I can spent the better.

I want to make a good PC (using Overclockers website, since I have no experience building) a good PC that can be upgraded in the future. Looking to have a NVME.E for the OS to boot it quickly and for games and 32 Ram

I'm super inexperienced when it comes to motherboards and cases, at least for future upgrades.

Probably gonna settle on a 2070 super, since I look to upgrade that in the future.

New to liquid cooling and don't know a lot about it or how it is even maintained.

Can anyone help me build a PC, or give me some examples of what I should look for?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...D3)V@bIIE3)VXbIIF3)X~bKDj3!89bNem3-!@bQtR3x64

This is my W.I.P so far
 
The 3070 releases soon so I would try and get one of those or the new navi cards that are arriving sometime in November rather than a 2070 super which is not worth it at the current pricing.
 
Hi James

Here are new cpu coming on the 5th of November, it mite be wise to wait and see . You have a healthy budget so there's plenty of scope.

Do you need a pre built system or build it yourself ?

Do you have a decent monitor, gaming at 1440p is achievable with your budget.
 
mickyflinn said:
Hi James

Here are new cpu coming on the 5th of November, it mite be wise to wait and see . You have a healthy budget so there's plenty of scope.

Do you need a pre built system or build it yourself ?

Do you have a decent monitor, gaming at 1440p is achievable with your budget.
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Definitly pre-build. Far too scared to build one myself.

May need to upgrade to a 1440p
monitor now I look at it
 
Hi welcome to the forum.

You can ask OCUK to build you something to your own spec if you don't want to do it yourself. That way you get better component selection.

So for example here is a rough spec.

**Note that the R9 3900X is a placeholder for the R7 5800X and the 2070 Super is a placeholder for the RTX 3070 although it might be hard to bag one if the 3080/3090 is anything to go by**

The R7 5800X is due for release on the 5th Nov and should be in stock on the day. The 3070 is out on the 29th October. Also Big Navi gets announced on the 28th Oct.



My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,592.54 (includes shipping: £14.70)
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lee32uk said:
Hi welcome to the forum.

You can ask OCUK to build you something to your own spec if you don't want to do it yourself. That way you get better component selection.

So for example here is a rough spec.

**Note that the R9 3900X is a placeholder for the R7 5800X and the 2070 Super is a placeholder for the RTX 3070 although it might be hard to bag one if the 3080/3090 is anything to go by**

The R7 5800X is due for release on the 5th Nov and should be in stock on the day. The 3070 is out on the 29th October. Also Big Navi gets announced on the 28th Oct.



My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,592.54 (includes shipping: £14.70)
​
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Oh geez, that looks beautiful.

When it comes to ordering something custom built like this, how do I go about ordering it? That's saved me quiet a good bit.
 
lee32uk said:
Hi welcome to the forum.

You can ask OCUK to build you something to your own spec if you don't want to do it yourself. That way you get better component selection.

So for example here is a rough spec.

**Note that the R9 3900X is a placeholder for the R7 5800X and the 2070 Super is a placeholder for the RTX 3070 although it might be hard to bag one if the 3080/3090 is anything to go by**

The R7 5800X is due for release on the 5th Nov and should be in stock on the day. The 3070 is out on the 29th October. Also Big Navi gets announced on the 28th Oct.



My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,592.54 (includes shipping: £14.70)
​
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Yeah this seems like a solid build. Gonna take a look around the site, see if I can add or save some. But this might easily save me £500-ish so far.
 
I would sit tight. It looks like AMD are going to make the current graphics cards obsolete and are about to launch some very fast CPU’s.
 
Besides gaming immersion modern resolution improves any use, including web surfing.
That 1920x1080 is simply masochistic even for web surfing, because much nothing fits into screen without constanty scrolling down and up.

Even that "1440p" is for me low screen resulting from marketing scam.
(basic school math should tell which is bigger and better: 1920x1200 or 1920x1080)
 
Are you sure you want to part with the thick end of £2k for a system? Very capable builds can be had for much less, especially if it's a build bringing you into the fold of the gaming world... That said, a monitor upgrade should definitely be one of your considerations, running a nice build on a ropey monitor is pointless IMHO
 
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