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Hi all,
I have been playing the Call of Duty beta this weekend and really enjoyed PC gaming in our lounge.
This left me in a predicament as I am not wanting to permanently or every time move my PC from my office into the lounge. So I have been coming up with ideas to build a cheap lounge gaming PC to play COD and VR Games such as Beat Saber.
Budget wise to convince the wife less than £500 please.
In my main build I have two 980Ti's in SLI, I am proposing to take the Asus Strix out of this and use in my lounge build and the 128GB Samsung SSD along with:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Any suggestions, changes or enhancements?
Edits:
Dan
I have been playing the Call of Duty beta this weekend and really enjoyed PC gaming in our lounge.
This left me in a predicament as I am not wanting to permanently or every time move my PC from my office into the lounge. So I have been coming up with ideas to build a cheap lounge gaming PC to play COD and VR Games such as Beat Saber.
Budget wise to convince the wife less than £500 please.
In my main build I have two 980Ti's in SLI, I am proposing to take the Asus Strix out of this and use in my lounge build and the 128GB Samsung SSD along with:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x MSI Z390 MPG GAMING EDGE AC (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £164.99
- 1 x Intel Core i5-9600K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £229.99
- 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32= £82.99
- 1 x Bitfenix Shadow Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Window= £32.99
- 1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition CPU Cooler - 120mm= £32.99
- 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £6.49
Any suggestions, changes or enhancements?
Edits:
- TV native Resolution 3840*2160.
- Any build form factor is acceptable (PC will be hidden anyway)
- Reusing Samsung SM951 128GB M.2 SSD which is currently not in use
- Budget upgraded to £500
- Needs to allow for SLI in the future (will be adding my second 980Ti to this build when I upgrade to a "3080Ti")
Dan
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