New gaming PC - budget £1500 max

[jamesy505]

Hi, my son is looking at getting a new PC, primarily for Monster Hunter Wilds, but obviously looking to future proof as best he can.

He is looking for a Nvida build, so wondering what options there are. The ideal scenario is for Overclockers to build it from the recommendations. No monitor, keyboard or mouse required.

Any suggestions for a "future proof" PC for £1500?

Thanks in advance

 

[mickyflinn]

Hi.

Did you look at pre builds ?

This pre built is AM5 with a 7800xt making it a very capable 1440p gaming machine .

I've changed options to 32gb 6000mhz memory,
2tb m2 instead of 1tb and dropping the SSD.

4060ti changed for a 7800xt.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x OcUK Gaming Oxygen - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, GeForce RTX 4060Ti Gaming PC (SKU: FS-1BZ-OG) = £1,457.09
  • Case: 1 x APNX Creator C1 ChromaFlair Mid Tower Case
    
  • Memory: 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Ki
    
  • Graphics Card: 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture
    
  • Primary M.2: 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E)
    
  • Operating System: 1 x Build Stock Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced - Systems

Total: £1,457.09 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Gray2233]

Custom builds from OCUK have spiked in price over the past year or so, to the point a pre-build is probably the best option.

A custom build is probably going to factor into the £1100-1200 range when factoring in the charge.

Is there no way you or he can build? You'd get a much better rig for the money. Is the Nvidia thing a bias or actually thought out due to games played? You'll get a lot more for your money with something like a 7800 or 7900XT, plus Nvidia is launching a new range of GPU's this month.

You could drop to a 4070S and it should still be around £1500 if OCUK built it, better than the above pre-build too.

Example:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G6000HC38ADC01) (SKU: MY-0B2-TG) = £79.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £199.99
• 1 x Corsair Force MP600 CORE XT 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F1000GBMP600CXT) (SKU: HD-06U-CS) = £56.99
• 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £55.00
• 1 x Asrock B650M PG Riptide (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-18Y-AK) = £154.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Ventus 2X OC 16GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics (SKU: GRA-MSI-01575) = £799.99

Total: £1,431.90 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[jamesy505]

Hi.

Did you look at pre builds ?

This pre built is AM5 with a 7800xt making it a very capable 1440p gaming machine .

I've changed options to 32gb 6000mhz memory,
2tb m2 instead of 1tb and dropping the SSD.

4060ti changed for a 7800xt.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x OcUK Gaming Oxygen - AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, GeForce RTX 4060Ti Gaming PC (SKU: FS-1BZ-OG) = £1,457.09
  • Case: 1 x APNX Creator C1 ChromaFlair Mid Tower Case
  • Memory: 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Ki
  • Graphics Card: 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture
  • Primary M.2: 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E)
  • Operating System: 1 x Build Stock Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced - Systems

Total: £1,457.09 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Thanks, I had a quick look at pre-builds but we're going to look into it more.

 

[jamesy505]

Custom builds from OCUK have spiked in price over the past year or so, to the point a pre-build is probably the best option.

A custom build is probably going to factor into the £1100-1200 range when factoring in the charge.

Is there no way you or he can build? You'd get a much better rig for the money. Is the Nvidia thing a bias or actually thought out due to games played? You'll get a lot more for your money with something like a 7800 or 7900XT, plus Nvidia is launching a new range of GPU's this month.

You could drop to a 4070S and it should still be around £1500 if OCUK built it, better than the above pre-build too.

Example:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G6000HC38ADC01) (SKU: MY-0B2-TG) = £79.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £199.99
• 1 x Corsair Force MP600 CORE XT 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F1000GBMP600CXT) (SKU: HD-06U-CS) = £56.99
• 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £55.00
• 1 x Asrock B650M PG Riptide (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-18Y-AK) = £154.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Ventus 2X OC 16GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics (SKU: GRA-MSI-01575) = £799.99

Total: £1,431.90 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Cheers, we probably wouldnt look to build ourselves. But we'll have another look. It might be he holds off until MHW benchmark comes out

 

[mickyflinn]

Cheers, we probably wouldnt look to build ourselves. But we'll have another look. It might be he holds off until MHW benchmark comes out

MHW what's that ?

 

[jamesy505]

MHW what's that ?

Monster Hunter Wilds

 

[Megahurtz400]

Just built a friend a 9600X & 7900XT build for just touch over £1500, yet to install some games for a proper benchmark but seems to be a real tidy little machine.

Like others have said, do you really need an Nvidia card? If this was 2-3 years ago Nvidia would be the play in my opinion, however with the price of the 7900XT really makes it a great choice for this sort of budget.