New Gaming PC ~ £1200 Budget

Charl1e310 · 12 Sep 2018 at 18:32

Hello all,

I'm looking to build my first gaming PC, but have no idea where to start. I have a keyboard and mouse but that's about it. Preferably I would like 2 monitors but this is not necessary.
Looking to play games such as: GTA, Fortnite, Rocket League and The Forest without resorting to minimal settings.

I have a budget of around £1200
Thanks for any help!

orbitalwalsh · 12 Sep 2018 at 19:23

@Charl1e310

£40 steam voucher with the board, 3 free games with AMD Vega card

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Bundle - AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Gigabyte X370-Gaming 3, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* *ONLINE ONLY* = £428.96
- Memory Capacity:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30
1 x Toshiba 1TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £37.99
1 x Cougar MX330-G Midi-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £39.95
1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX VEGA 56 Gaming OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £398.99
1 x AOC Q3279VWFD8 32" 2560x1440 IPS 75Hz FREESYNC WideScreen LED Monitor= £194.99
1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99

Total: £1,191.17 (includes shipping: £15.30)

1440p 60-75 FPS gaming on 75hz Freesync monitor

Charl1e310 · 13 Sep 2018 at 19:04

orbitalwalsh said:
@Charl1e310

£40 steam voucher with the board, 3 free games with AMD Vega card

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Bundle - AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Gigabyte X370-Gaming 3, Team Group RAM *FREE 240GB SSD* *ONLINE ONLY* = £428.96

Memory Capacity:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30

1 x Toshiba 1TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £37.99

1 x Cougar MX330-G Midi-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £39.95

1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX VEGA 56 Gaming OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £398.99

1 x AOC Q3279VWFD8 32" 2560x1440 IPS 75Hz FREESYNC WideScreen LED Monitor= £194.99

1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 650W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £74.99

Total: £1,191.17 (includes shipping: £15.30)

1440p 60-75 FPS gaming on 75hz Freesync monitor

Thanks for the suggestion, I assume I would need to purchase Windows OS as well?

orbitalwalsh · 13 Sep 2018 at 19:25

Charl1e310 said:
Thanks for the suggestion, I assume I would need to purchase Windows OS as well?

There are ways for a lot cheaper ! Buying a CD key for £20 odd and downloading windows 10 via media creation tool .

Could also go 1080p 144hz monitor if you want more fast pace gaming the .higher Resolution gaming.

They are about £200 for 144hz VA Freesync panel

Charl1e310 · 13 Sep 2018 at 19:38

orbitalwalsh said:
There are ways for a lot cheaper ! Buying a CD key for £20 odd and downloading windows 10 via media creation tool .

Could also go 1080p 144hz monitor if you want more fast pace gaming the .higher Resolution gaming.

They are about £200 for 144hz VA Freesync panel

Thanks again, I was also wondering if you could tell me the difference in performance between these two graphics cards:
- https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...hbm2-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-19p-gi.html
- https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-18l-pc.html

and whether there would be a noticeable difference in gameplay

orbitalwalsh · 13 Sep 2018 at 19:55

There's a big jump in gaming performance .

Put it very loosely , RX580 is for 1080p 60fps high settings and Vega 56 is for 1440p 60fps High settings.

Both can reach higher the. 60fps though, that depends on the game but Vega 56 is suited to very high frames on 1080p or 1440p gaming .

If your worries about costs and want to get windows off here for £105.

Then drop to RX580, pick up MSI 1080p 144hz VA Freesync model for £200 and drop to Formula 550w - would save about £170 odd