My first gaming pc

Allan35

Allan35

Allan35

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Good Morning Everyone

My first post here so I hope I get the help from you guys.

I am looking to buy my first gaming pc but I am not sure where to start.
I have some knowledge but there is so much to choose from I am not sure were to begin.

My budget pre screens is £1500. Then further £500 for screens, keyboard etc. I hope that gives you a general idea. There is budget to go slightly over if necessary.

I do apologise, I am hoping someone will do majority of the leg work so I get the best for my money.

Many thanks in advance.

Allan.
 
Allan35 said:
Good Morning Everyone

My first post here so I hope I get the help from you guys.

I am looking to buy my first gaming pc but I am not sure where to start.
I have some knowledge but there is so much to choose from I am not sure were to begin.

My budget pre screens is £1500. Then further £500 for screens, keyboard etc. I hope that gives you a general idea. There is budget to go slightly over if necessary.

I do apologise, I am hoping someone will do majority of the leg work so I get the best for my money.

Many thanks in advance.

Allan.
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Just avoid amd
 
Useful advice.

I think what he means is Avoid AMD CPUs, at least until Zen is released.

AMD GPUs are perfectly fine and may even be the recommended option considering how well they are performing on DirectX 12 compared to nVidia.

In terms of a complete build, are you doing anything else with the PC, other than just gaming?
 
Snypa said:
Useful advice.

I think what he means is Avoid AMD CPUs, at least until Zen is released.

AMD GPUs are perfectly fine and may even be the recommended option considering how well they are performing on DirectX 12 compared to nVidia.

In terms of a complete build, are you doing anything else with the PC, other than just gaming?
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Gaming will be the majority use, but I will be using it to train/learn web design and id like to learn to draw anime and manga. I hope that helps.
 
If you order a rig before the end of today, there's no build fee:

ScottiB said:
If you spec it OcUK will build, and until Wednesday they aren't charging a fee.
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Then again, it's a lot of money you're going to spend, and probably best to take your time and do your homework on AMD v Nvidia (video cards), which monitor, etc.


Here's one spec:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,995.86
(includes shipping: £23.10)
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Keyboard comes with mouse. Not sure what the bees knees value headset is these days so haven't specced one. Hear good things about the HyperX Cloud but also bad things (same for other sub-£100 headsets). Not really an audiophile so sub-£50 tend to do for me.

One thing you may want to ask yourself is whether FPS will be important to you (120+Hz), or whether you'd prefer an Ultrawide monitor (60-75 or so Hz). Keep it IPS not TN, for your graphics work.

And whether you'd like an i7 and slightly more powerful PSU so that the computer is SLI-capable.
 
You're welcome. Speccing is fun. Wait for others to spec, it's a nice budget to tackle. And also possible feedback on monitors, etc. Quality control on these expensive screens isn't too good these days.
 
I see, I didn't think screens were such a huge importance. I will indeed wait to see others specs and opinions. I'm like a kid in a sweet shop at the moment with this
 
Danny75 said:
You're welcome. Speccing is fun. Wait for others to spec, it's a nice budget to tackle. And also possible feedback on monitors, etc. Quality control on these expensive screens isn't too good these days.
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I forgot to mention, I play a MMORPG called Final Fantasy XIV, I play via ps4, I most of all want to see this game on full settings and beyond. I did play on a low end gaming laptop for a while, that got 20-30 fps on medium settings.

I may be a pc gaming convert in due course lol
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £938.28
(includes shipping: £12.30)
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An alternative GPU/Monitor that would save you £191.70 and still smash games at 1440p.

BTW you don't need to spend 2k to max out Final Fantasy XIV (I'm sure you want to play other games to but just mentioning it if that's all you want to play). Have you considered Dual Screen? I personally cannot live without dual screen anymore, I always have content playing on one and gaming on the other. If I'm doing some hardcore productivity I will use both for that.
 
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Snypa said:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £938.28
(includes shipping: £12.30)
​

An alternative GPU/Monitor that would save you £191.70 and still smash games at 1440p.

BTW you don't need to spend 2k to max out Final Fantasy XIV (I'm sure you want to play other games to but just mentioning it if that's all you want to play). Have you considered Dual Screen? I personally cannot live without dual screen anymore, I always have content playing on one and gaming on the other. If I'm doing some hardcore productivity I will use both for that.
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Yes I do want to go dual screen, I should have mentioned that. Ffxiv will be mostly played but I am into normal rpg and jrpg games too.
 
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