Off the shelf vs Overclockers

[spadam_12]

Hi all,

Just as a preface, it's probably been around 20 years and 2 kids since I've done any sort of pc build, so I am well and truly out of the game. Have recently started to see some light at the end of the tunnel and begun to have a bit of free time on my hands, so thought I'd like to get back in to gaming. Problem is, no clue where to start, relatively meagre budget ~£1000 and I'd like something VR cable as I've got an Oculus Quest.

I've found an off the shelf system with the following spec for £920:

• 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 9700
• Windows 10 Home 64bit Multi-Language
• 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 at 2666MHz; up to 64GB
• NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 6GB GDDR6
• 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Boot) + 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)

Can I do better with anything prebuilt by OCUK? Would really appreciate some advice if anyone has the time.

Cheers!

 

[JRed]

You will be able to do a lot better, and I am sure someone more knowledgable will be along soon.

Are you not willing to build yourself? Would enable you to get much more for your money

 

[Grimley]

Hows this?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x OcUK Tech Labs AMD Ryzen Midi Tower Gaming PC Configurator = £962.75
  • Processor:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - MPK
  • Motherboard:MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
  • CPU Cooler:Cryorig H7 Single Tower Heatsink with 120mm Fan
  • Optical Drive **Please Check Chassis Support**:Unwanted
  • Case Lighting:Unwanted
  • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 Home Advanced - Systems
  • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched in approx 10 working days
  • Memory:Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey
  • Speakers:Unwanted
  • Gaming Chair:Unwanted
  • Soundcard:Unwanted
  • Network Adapter:Unwanted
  • Security Software:Unwanted
  • M.2 Solid State Drive **For Operating System If Selected**:WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0B)
  • Solid State Drive 1:Unwanted
  • Solid State Drive 2:Unwanted
  • Mechanical Hard Drive 1:WD 2TB Blue 5400rpm 64MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (WD20EZRZ)
  • Mechanical Hard Drive 2:Unwanted
  • Graphics:*Build Stock* Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6144MB GDDR6 Graphics Card
  • Headset:Unwanted
  • Monitors:Unwanted
  • Power Supply:Seasonic Focus GX-550 550W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply
  • Keyboard:Unwanted
  • Mouse:Unwanted
  • Gaming Desk:Unwanted
  • Casehanteks Eclipse P300 Air Midi Tower Case - Black Window

Total: £976.85 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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[EsaT]

That's very likely overpriced for rather low end graphics card, bad upgradability and no doubt lots of cheap parts.
Starting from really sluggish memory.

Next-gen consoles will bring some pretty hefty hardware into mainstream, so better have good upgradability.
Like basically underclocked for energy efficiency variant of Ryzen 3700X as CPU with 8 cores/16 threads.
Not sure how much OcUK takes from assembly work, but doing it yourself would certainly help to get hardware better able to answer demands of coming games.