I'm new to this and need advice for a gaming pc(first build)

Brown-town-87 · 7 Feb 2021 at 14:58

Hi all,

I've been considering a custom PC for gaming for some time now , at the moment I only want it to play flight simulator and war zone. Im new to this, so any advice would be great. My budget would be £1200 hope that's enough?

mickyflinn · 7 Feb 2021 at 16:41

Hi

The problem is graphics card availability and price, also what resolution are you gaming at.

VonScar · 7 Feb 2021 at 16:47

Drumroll · 7 Feb 2021 at 17:19

Do you have any parts to savage from old build? Monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc?

Brown-town-87 · 8 Feb 2021 at 10:09

Hi, I would be running 1080

Brown-town-87 · 8 Feb 2021 at 10:10

MrPotato said:
Do you have any parts to savage from old build? Monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc?

Yes I have a monitor, keyboard and mouse so I wouldn't need to get them

Brown-town-87 · 8 Feb 2021 at 10:11

VonScar said:
▷ Intel Core i5-10600K 4.10GHz (Comet Lake) Soc… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £229.99
▷ MSI Z490-A Pro (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Mot… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £149.99
▷ Kingston HyperX Fury 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-2… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £139.99
▷ Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' M… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £87.95
▷ Crucial P1 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Sol… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £104.99
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060Ti Available at Overclockers UK £449.99
▷ Corsair 4000D Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £79.99

Total

1,242.89

Flight simulator is a demanding game, but your budget limits options.
3060 Ti is not in stock, but affordable modern card to assist with flight sim.
32 Gigabytes of fast RAM, that game likes RAM apparently.
You could swap the motherboard and CPU to save money and provide an upgrade later on for below. AMD route.

▷ AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4)… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £188.99
▷ Gigabyte B550 AORUS Elite V2 (AMD AM4) B550 A… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £139.99

New total

1,191.89

I have tried to provide fast and overclockable parts for speed and upgrade path. With the 3600 AMD CPU, you could fit an AMD 5800-5900 X later when the price drops.

Thank you I will have a look in to these builds , much appreciated for the quick response

VonScar · 8 Feb 2021 at 11:42

Brown-town-87 said:
Thank you I will have a look in to these builds , much appreciated for the quick response

Happy to assist, hope you get that PC.

I rebuilt mine last month, it flies. Pun not intended.

EsaT · 8 Feb 2021 at 20:35

VonScar said:
▷ Crucial P1 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Sol… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £104.99

Faster and tripled write endurance TLC drive instead of QLC for £10 less:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds100t2b0c-hd-56l-wd.html

VonScar · 8 Feb 2021 at 22:10

EsaT said:
Faster and tripled write endurance TLC drive instead of QLC for £10 less:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds100t2b0c-hd-56l-wd.html

It was out of stock at the time...otherwise would have referenced it. Hindsight is so 20/20 eh?

Adam Tench · 9 Feb 2021 at 06:17

OP I'm in the same boat as you at the moment. All I'll say is don't be afraid to shop around for the best deals. I've been using a well known auction site for lightly used or new parts and I'm saving plenty of money.

Good luck with the build

Brown-town-87 · 9 Feb 2021 at 15:02

Adam Tench said:
OP I'm in the same boat as you at the moment. All I'll say is don't be afraid to shop around for the best deals. I've been using a well known auction site for lightly used or new parts and I'm saving plenty of money.

Good luck with the build

Thank you

EsaT · 9 Feb 2021 at 19:12

VonScar said:
It was out of stock at the time...otherwise would have referenced it. Hindsight is so 20/20 eh?

Must have been out of stock for really short time, because SN550s have been in stock consistently for a some time now.
(pretty much checking daily when posting link in PC build threads)

Too bad we can't have same situation with graphics cards...

Brown-town-87 · 9 Feb 2021 at 19:41

What's up with availability for these graphics cards, they seem to be gold dust at the moment?