I really shouldn't be a noob but I am ...

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Hello all \o

Forgive my ignorance and noobish knowledge, I do have experience working with computers but when it comes to picking parts and spending money my brain goes through hurdles like an Olympic runner!

That said, I am looking for a prebuilt system for gaming - the level of which will be from World of Warcraft to new releases playing comfortably for at least 2 years (until I pay the bugger off) My budget is in and around £1500 (Laughable I know :() - anymore and my wife will probably castrate me with a rusty spoon. I nearly gave up hope and bought a PS5 and because it was cheaper than a new PC she actually agreed - but its not what I want to play!

I would like to be able to play the new Diablo, COD style games online, Red Dead Redemption, maybe Hogwarts Legacy and anything new that comes my way this year. It does not need to be 4K and blister my eyeballs when playing as I have only one Samsung curved screen at the moment and an old dodgy 2nd monitor.

Recommendations from the OCUK prebuilt store are welcome

To those of you with budgets for £4K - £5k I am deeply envious!!! (I did have a witty little ditty here but mods removed it hehe)

THANK YOU :D:D:D

S.
 
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Maybe the Buzzard? It has a 7600, 32GB of memory, 6750 XT, for £1400 (including Windows key). I'd personally swap to the Lancool II or Eclipse G360A.
 
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Thanks Tetras for the reply, the buzzard is one I had been looking at also. What do you think of it performance wise, what could it run and for how long do you think it would be "good" - I know technology moves so fast these days and that would be relative
 
What do you think of it performance wise

Um, this is a "how long is a piece of string?" type question, there are so many variables.

I think you'd find that it (Ryzen 5 7600 & RX 6750 XT) will smash older games (2, 3 years) with no problem at all, 1080p or 1440p max details and 90+ fps.

With new games over the next year or two, especially AAA games (like Hogwarts), you will need to start lowering your expectations at 1440p, to maintain 60 fps (e.g. rather than max details, go with high or medium). 1080p should still be no problem.

In the longer-term, say 3 - 5 years, I suspect it will start to struggle in AAA games at 1440p, so you'll have to make more compromises (e.g. reflections, shadows) and some may be necessary even at 1080p.

Beyond 5 years, I doubt 1440p will be viable anymore.

CPU: while you are using a 6750 XT, I doubt it will matter. I'd expect it to take at least 1 GPU upgrade before it is obsolete, so maybe in 3-4 years time you'll get a 8750 XT to keep playing at 1440p.
 
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