New to PC Gaming - Advice please

[Chris Williams]

Hi,

I'm looking at buying my first gaming PC. I'm trying to keep the cost as low as possible but want to make sure it comfortably does what it needs to do. I primarily want to play PUBG and use
it for a bit of basic work so looking for specs aimed at that. It would be good if I could play other more demanding games, such as racing sims and other FPS, but if this pushes the price up substantially then I'm not interested. It would also be good if I could upgrade
it in the future should I want to.

Please could specs be suggested? I do also have some questions though...

1 - Is it better to get one bigger monitor or two smaller ones? I do prefer two but if I can work split screen on the bigger one then I'd rather do that.

2- Can PC monitors be used with the PS4?

3 - What parts of a PC really can you really go cheap on? For example I don't care how it looks so can I just get the cheapest case?

4 - What part(s) should I not scrimp on?

Thank you,
Chris

 

[lltfdaniel]

What parts you should not skimp on, the power supply for sure.

So then you can cheap out on the pc case, i don't know what else to skimp on that is if you want a decent pc specification.

I do not know your budget but for £1,000 for the tower as it is enough cash for a decent pc specification.

For £1,000 around for the tower only you get this below.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Mini 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-P10700G-10M)= £349.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B350-F AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £117.95
• 1 x Seasonic G series 450w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply= £82.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £139.99
• 1 x Aerocool Aero 500 Midi-Tower Case - White= £34.99
• 1 x Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA300)= £77.99
• 1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24D5MT SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM)= £13.99

Total: £1,019.48
(includes shipping: £12.60)



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[Chris Williams]

Thank you for your reply. Was hoping to spend quite a bit less than £1,000 if possible.

 

[lltfdaniel]

No problem £1k is a sweet spot.

 

[lltfdaniel]

Here is another build has a gtx 1060 in it which is fine for gaming at 1080p on high or ultra on a single screen, i went with a cx corsair psu so that will be fine because i know what the psu is like since i have a cx 600 and have had it for a few years and is still working fine.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1060 Compact X1 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £239.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B350-F AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £117.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £139.99
• 1 x Corsair CX450 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020120-UK)= £49.99
• 1 x Seagate 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST1000DM003)= £40.99
• 1 x Aerocool Aero 500 Midi-Tower Case - Black= £32.99
• 1 x Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24D5MT SATA ReWriter - Black (OEM)= £13.99

Total: £836.58
(includes shipping: £11.70)



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[mistersprinkles]

^That's a lot of load for that poor little CX 450. He never hurt nobody.

 

[Plec]

Thank you for your reply. Was hoping to spend quite a bit less than £1,000 if possible.

A micro build would save you money - same overclocking potential and a quality PSU at a good price at the moment. I've added a SSD -as it's a great speed boost - but could be dropped and added at a later date...

Stock is an issue with some parts but they're cheap quality components (especially the memory - perfect for your type of budget when in stock) - but they're OcUK staples so should be back in stock soon:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350M-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £87.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £239.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £119.50
• 1 x Super Flower Platinum King 550W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply - Black= £64.99
• 1 x Hynix SL308 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (HFS120G32TND-N1A0A)= £55.99
• 1 x Toshiba P300 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache High Performance Hard Drive (HDWD110UZSVA)= £40.99
• 1 x Aerocool QS-240 Micro-ATX Case - Black= £29.99

Total: £840.09
(includes shipping: £11.70)



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[thedandyp]

Thank you for your reply. Was hoping to spend quite a bit less than £1,000 if possible.

Nobody's going to laugh at you, just give us an idea of the budget you originally had in mind. £500 for just a tower isn't crazy, but it's not going to play everything at the highest settings, even lower is more than doable, even if that means some parts have to be 2nd hand.