NEED HELP CONFIGURING A GAMING PC PLEASE

FiftyCal · 2026-02-05T21:30:43+0000

Hello, I want to get a gaming PC but I'm not very good at this stuff. I'd like something that can run games in 1080p with high FPS.

I would also like a NVIDIA GPU and 32GB RAM if that's possible.

My budget is £1,400

Any help would be appreciated!

Gray2233 · 2026-02-05T21:53:24+0000

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Tetras · 2026-02-05T21:56:49+0000

Is this DIY, or you're buying a whole PC?

hornetstinger · 2026-02-05T21:59:43+0000

FiftyCal said:
Hello, I want to get a gaming PC but I'm not very good at this stuff. I'd like something that can run games in 1080p with high FPS.

I would also like a NVIDIA GPU and 32GB RAM if that's possible.

My budget is £1,400

Any help would be appreciated!

Why Nvidia ?

Also with ram at the prices £400 will be ram alone

FiftyCal · 2026-02-05T22:04:58+0000

Tetras said:
Is this DIY, or you're buying a whole PC?

A whole PC

FiftyCal · 2026-02-05T22:05:55+0000

Tetras said:
Is this DIY, or you're buying a whole PC?

A whole PC.

hornetstinger said:
Why Nvidia ?

Also with ram at the prices £400 will be ram alone

I heard Nvidia are the best for GPU's and I didn't know that

hornetstinger · 2026-02-05T22:19:02+0000

FiftyCal said:
A whole PC.

I heard Nvidia are the best for GPU's and I didn't know that

Nvidia are stupidly overpriced with lower amounts of cram

Also ram is stupid prices worse time to buy a pc I think it's gone up 400-500%

Tetras · 2026-02-05T22:25:33+0000

If the budget was flexible, you could get the Mach 3.2.

You get a good CPU that a lot of games will like and a 5070 which is very powerful for 1080p.

If you just want "good enough" for 1080p, then a Ryzen 5600 and 5060 will do the job. Only 16GB of memory though, which is not ideal, given current high prices.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x OcUK Gaming Mach 3.2 - Ryzen 7500X3D RTX 5070 Pre-Built Gaming PC (SKU: FS-PB07-EP) = £1,599.95
1 x OcUK Gaming Mach 1.1 - Ryzen 5600 RTX 5060 Pre-Built Gaming PC (SKU: FS-PB14-EP) = £949.99

Total: £3,865.88 (includes delivery: £15.99)

This build has a weaker CPU and GPU than the Mach 3.2, but it does have 32GB RAM and the 5060 Ti is the stronger 16GB version.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x OcUK Gaming Mach 2 - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, RTX 5060 Ti, 32GB DDR5, 1TB M.2 SSD Pre-Built Gaming PC (SKU: FS-PB15-EP) = £1,329.95

Total: £1,337.94 (includes delivery: £7.99)

FiftyCal · 2026-02-05T22:42:43+0000

Tetras said:
If the budget was flexible, you could get the Mach 3.2.

You get a good CPU that a lot of games will like and a 5070 which is very powerful for 1080p.

If you just want "good enough" for 1080p, then a Ryzen 5600 and 5060 will do the job. Only 16GB of memory though, which is not ideal, given current high prices.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x OcUK Gaming Mach 3.2 - Ryzen 7500X3D RTX 5070 Pre-Built Gaming PC (SKU: FS-PB07-EP) = £1,599.95

1 x OcUK Gaming Mach 1.1 - Ryzen 5600 RTX 5060 Pre-Built Gaming PC (SKU: FS-PB14-EP) = £949.99

Total: £3,865.88 (includes delivery: £15.99)

This build has a weaker CPU and GPU than the Mach 3.2, but it does have 32GB RAM and the 5060 Ti is the stronger 16GB version.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x OcUK Gaming Mach 2 - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, RTX 5060 Ti, 32GB DDR5, 1TB M.2 SSD Pre-Built Gaming PC (SKU: FS-PB15-EP) = £1,329.95

Total: £1,337.94 (includes delivery: £7.99)

If I got the 16gb ram version would I be able to upgrade it in the future? Sorry for the dumb questions, I'm not the best at these type of things haha

Tetras · 2026-02-05T22:49:25+0000

FiftyCal said:
If I got the 16gb ram version would I be able to upgrade it in the future? Sorry for the dumb questions, I'm not the best at these type of things haha

The system RAM, yes. Though, RAM is currently very expensive and hard to source, so I'd honestly not recommend you buy a PC with 16GB of RAM.

A graphics card, like a 5060 8GB or 5060 Ti 8GB: no. Graphics memory is not user upgradeable, you're stuck with whatever it has. Unless you swap the graphics card out entirely, but buying a higher memory version of the same card would be terrible value as a future upgrade.

Gray2233 · 2026-02-05T22:50:12+0000

FiftyCal said:
If I got the 16gb ram version would I be able to upgrade it in the future? Sorry for the dumb questions, I'm not the best at these type of things haha

At a bare minimum and assuming you need peripherals, get the Mach 2 if you're concerned about upgrading in the future and want a prebuild, it's much faster out of the gate too, especially at high refresh rate 1080P as it's a resolution that skews more toward the CPU.

Slap these ontop:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AOC 25" 25G42E 1920x1080 Fast IPS 180Hz 0.5ms HDR10 Adaptive Sync HDR 10 Widescreen Gaming Monitor (SKU: MON-AOC-05749) = £79.99
1 x Ducky Feather Black and White Omron D2FC-F-K 60M RGB Lightweight USB Optical Gaming Mouse (DMFE20O-O (SKU: KB-27G-DK) = £26.99
1 x GAMIAC TKL69G SF 65% USB RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Kailh Red - Black/Grey (UK) (SKU: PER-GAM-01730) = £39.95

Total: £146.93 (includes delivery: £0.00)

FiftyCal · 2026-02-05T22:56:27+0000

Tetras said:
The system RAM, yes. Though, RAM is currently very expensive and hard to source, so I'd honestly not recommend you buy a PC with 16GB of RAM.

A graphics card, like a 5060 8GB or 5060 Ti 8GB: no. Graphics memory is not user upgradeable, you're stuck with whatever it has. Unless you swap the graphics card out entirely, but buying a higher memory version of the same card would be terrible value as a future upgrade.

Is the 5060 a good GPU? The last PC I had was back in 2021 and it had a 2070 Super which ran most things well

FiftyCal · 2026-02-05T22:57:22+0000

Gray2233 said:
At a bare minimum and assuming you need peripherals, get the Mach 2 if you're concerned about upgrading in the future and want a prebuild, it's much faster out of the gate too, especially at high refresh rate 1080P as it's a resolution that skews more toward the CPU.

Slap these ontop:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AOC 25" 25G42E 1920x1080 Fast IPS 180Hz 0.5ms HDR10 Adaptive Sync HDR 10 Widescreen Gaming Monitor (SKU: MON-AOC-05749) = £79.99

1 x Ducky Feather Black and White Omron D2FC-F-K 60M RGB Lightweight USB Optical Gaming Mouse (DMFE20O-O (SKU: KB-27G-DK) = £26.99

1 x GAMIAC TKL69G SF 65% USB RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Kailh Red - Black/Grey (UK) (SKU: PER-GAM-01730) = £39.95

Total: £146.93 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Ahh okay for sure. I appreciate it!

Tetras · 2026-02-05T23:00:22+0000

FiftyCal said:
Is the 5060 a good GPU? The last PC I had was back in 2021 and it had a 2070 Super which ran most things well

It is faster than a 2070 Super, but not by a lot. If that's where you're coming from, then I'd recommend you buy the Mach 3.2 as a 5070 is roughly twice as fast (referencing TPU's GPU database).

hornetstinger · 2026-02-05T23:04:45+0000

FiftyCal said:
If I got the 16gb ram version would I be able to upgrade it in the future? Sorry for the dumb questions, I'm not the best at these type of things haha

I would get a pc with 16gb

Games frequently go over 16gb.