Hi,
I am been tasked with trying to get a gaming rig set up for my son.
I have plenty of experience with PCs but not with gaming setups so could do with some advice.
Budget is £800 to £1000
1) Pre-built or self-build
2) Intel i5 or Ryzen 5
We have been looking at various builds that are generally Ryzen5 based and are getting a bit baffled by all the different hardware options, especially the CPU/GPU/MB combinations.
As far as components for a self build we have come up with this...
Would you swap any components? Why? and what would you replace them with?
I have always preferred Win10 Pro... is this a waste on gaming setups?
I am been tasked with trying to get a gaming rig set up for my son.
I have plenty of experience with PCs but not with gaming setups so could do with some advice.
Budget is £800 to £1000
1) Pre-built or self-build
2) Intel i5 or Ryzen 5
We have been looking at various builds that are generally Ryzen5 based and are getting a bit baffled by all the different hardware options, especially the CPU/GPU/MB combinations.
As far as components for a self build we have come up with this...
- PROCESSOR: AMD RYZEN 5 3600 - (£190)
- COOLER: STANDARD AMD WRATH COOLER - (£0)
- MOTHERBOARD: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING B550 ATX (WIFI) - (£180)
- GRAPHICS: GIGABYTE GEFORCE GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-EXPRESS (£300)
- MEMORY: CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200 - (£70)
- STORAGE 1: ADDLINK S70 M2.512GB - (£45)
- PSU: CORSAIR TX650M 650W - (£80)
- CASE: NZXT H510 - (£70)
- OS: WINDOWS 10 X64 PRO - (£130)
Would you swap any components? Why? and what would you replace them with?
I have always preferred Win10 Pro... is this a waste on gaming setups?