My first venture into PC Gaming...

[Mr Frodo]

Good morning all!

My wife and I are in the process of buying a new house, in which I have managed to land a man cave, so a gaming PC setup seems to be the most logical focus point! I am a big gamer, up until now on console, but feel it a good time to move systems to experience some Ultra Widescreen 100 FPS beauty...

I was hoping you guys could help - I have tried to do as much research as I can, but I am at a point where it is all a bit confusing! I have decided I want it to be a Ryzen build, to be future proof as much as possible, with at least a 1080 card, but that is about it!

Budget is £2,500, and I will need everything, from PC to Monitor to Peripherals.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Mr Frodo]

Thanks for your quick responses!

I have no loyalty, but not having to upgrade in a year or two is a big thing!

Happy to spend the full budget, it's what I have saved so it's what I am happy to spend!!

I haven't researched the Coffee Lake CPUs - will these be the same socket or a new Intel one?

 

[Mr Frodo]

Thank you guys, this is giving me a lot to think about and look at! I think based on prices I may be able to haggle mouse/keyboard as a birthday present, leaving me the budget just for system and monitor. This is slightly high but probably a dream spec - where can I save myself some money or is it worth saving the extra? Thanks all!!

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 1700 3.70GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £289.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus GA-AX370-Gaming K7 AMD X370 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £217.99
• 1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1080Ti Twin X2 11264MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (N108T-1SDN-Q6MN)= £649.99
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex Platinum 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black= £132.95
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £188.99
• 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM010)= £41.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Mid Tower Case - Gun Metal= £159.95
• 1 x NZXT Kraken AIO Cooler Bundle = £139.99
  • Cooler:NZXT Kraken X52 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 240mm
  • Coloured Fan Trim:Unwanted
  • AM4 Bracket (Not Required for X62 or X52 Cooler):Unwanted
  • Case Fans:Unwanted
• 1 x AOC AGON AG352UCG 35" 3440x1440 IPS G-SYNC 100Hz WideScreen UltraWide Curved LED Monitor - Black/Si= £899.99
• 1 x Team Group Dark Pro 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDPGD416G3= £155.99

Total: £2,900.92
(includes shipping: £23.10)



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