Looking for a new Gaming PC (Complete beginner to pcs)

danielwatt96

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Hi,

I am looking to buy my second ever gaming computer from overlockers.

I bought my first ever one 5 years ago but have sold it to my nephew recently so looking to get a pre bult one asap.

I am looking for something that comes pre built as i have no knowledge of building my own.

I will use the PC for gaming only and literally nothing else.

List below is the main games i currently play and would be great it it could run these at to as close to max settings if possible.

- World of warcraft (Main Game)
- All Total Wat Games (Main Game)
- Bannerlord Games
- Call Of Duty

Looking for something that will last a good amount of times and have a budget of around £1300-£1500.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
 
danielwatt96 said:
would be great it it could run these at to as close to max settings if possible.
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At what resolution?

Does this include a monitor and peripherals?

(All of these PCs I have changed the spec so ignore their titles)

If you need a monitor and peripherals, I'd get something like this:

My basket at OcUK:
  • 1 x OcUK Gaming Oxygen - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, GeForce RTX 4060Ti Gaming PC (SKU: FS-1BZ-OG) = £1,337.03
    • Case: 1 x SYSTEM OFFER - APNX Creator C1 Blue Mist Limited Edition Mid Tower Case
    • Memory: 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C36BBEK2-32)
    • Graphics Card: 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture
    • M.2 Solid State Drive: 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E)
    • Operating System: 1 x Build Stock Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced - Systems

Total: £1,490.96 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

No monitor, note that MMOs and especially WoW tend to like X3D CPUs:

My basket at OcUK:
  • 1 x OcUK Gaming Harrier - AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Radeon Gaming PC (SKU: FS-1EU-OG) = £1,495.02
    • Case: 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case
    • Processor: 1 x Build Stock AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor -
    • Memory: 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C36BBEK2-32)
    • Graphics: 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture
    • Cooler: 1 x Kolink Umbra Void AIO 240mm Performance ARGB CPU Water Cooler
    • M.2 Solid State Drive: 1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E)
    • Operating System: 1 x Build Stock Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced - Systems

Total: £1,495.02 (includes delivery: £0.00)​
 
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Logitech MK120 Keyboard and Mouse Desktop Set (920-002552)
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Excellent recommendations from Tetras as always :) - do recommend calling OCUK after you’ve placed the order and swapping the PSU in the Oxygen if possible.

Could save a bit also by having no Windows installed - it’s fairly simple to download it and any drivers yourself and you can either leave it unactivated (only thing is there’s a watermark) or get a cheap key online.
 
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danielwatt96 said:
Great thanks for your reply. Not including monitor and peripherals, as will get these at a later date. Not sure on resolution what would you recommend? Sorry total beginner at this so any help is appreciated.
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If you're getting a 7800 XT (which both of those specs have), then I'd suggest a 1440p monitor.

A 7800 XT can do 1080p, but it'd be overkill. 4K is doable with older games, but the lifespan @ 4K with AAA games would be limited.

You should really be looking at 1440p anyway, with a healthy budget of £1K5. If you were playing at 1080p, then I'd spend less on something like this:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £1,199.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

You can see the FPS in a range of games in the bar graph at the top of each resolution's chart here:
www.techpowerup.com

AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT Review

With the Radeon RX 7800 XT, AMD is going after the GeForce RTX 4070. Our review confirms that AMD has achieved performance parity in rasterization and is pretty close in ray tracing, at a much better price point, and they are giving you 16 GB VRAM, instead of just 12 GB.
www.techpowerup.com www.techpowerup.com

Note that those figures are at maximum settings and don't include upscaling or ray tracing.
 

Looking for a new Gaming PC (Complete beginner to pcs)

Hi, I am looking to buy my second ever gaming computer from overlockers. I bought my first ever one 5 years ago but have sold it to my nephew recently so looking to get a pre bult one asap. I am looking for something that comes pre built as i have no knowledge of building my own. I will...
forums.overclockers.co.uk forums.overclockers.co.uk

Gaming Harrier. Thanks
 
danielwatt96 said:

Looking for a new Gaming PC (Complete beginner to pcs)

Hi, I am looking to buy my second ever gaming computer from overlockers. I bought my first ever one 5 years ago but have sold it to my nephew recently so looking to get a pre bult one asap. I am looking for something that comes pre built as i have no knowledge of building my own. I will...
forums.overclockers.co.uk forums.overclockers.co.uk

Gaming Harrier. Thanks
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I think you'd be fine with that case.

If you change the case in OCUK's configurator it is their responsibility to make sure everything fits and they'd probably contact you if there's a problem.

Generally speaking, the important things for a case are:
- Max length of the graphics card.
- Max length of the PSU.
- Max CPU cooler height (if air cooling).
- Available mounting positions for the AIO (if water cooling).

General cooling is not normally a problem, since 2x 120mm/140mm intakes can handle the majority of builds.
 
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