PC Build £2000 budget

OzzY90

OzzY90

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Hi,

After my PC broke (prebuilt Lenovo), I'm looking to build a gaming PC, I already have a monitor (27" SD590 Curved LED Monitor but would consider changing as per comment below), Keyboard (Corsair K70), Mouse (Razor Deathadder) I just need the tower.

I mainly play lol & stream videos online (anime & some youtube), sometimes play overwatch and other games like COD, AOE, AOM, C&C.

Any help with a build list would be greatly appriciated!

Thanks,

Rob
 
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That's enough budget to include a higher resolution/refresh rate monitor, which I'd do if spending 2K. Otherwise the system would be overkill for the 1920x1080 monitor.

What is happening with the dead Lenovo? If it's just going in the bin, then you can re-use the Windows license.
 
Thanks for the input Danny, I've edited the post to include a monitor.

It will be going in the bin, how do I go about re-using the license?
 
OzzY90 said:
Thanks for the input Danny, I've edited the post to include a monitor.

It will be going in the bin, how do I go about re-using the license?
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You're welcome.

Can you check the Lenovo case to see if it has a Windows sticker with the key somewhere? Also, is it at least Windows 7 or 8? XP won't be suitable for this.

If it doesn't have the sticker and the Lenovo won't start up at all, then it would be more complicated (removing the hard drive and plugging it into another computer and hoping it works long enough to obtain the key). If so, and you can't/don't want to mess around with that, there's enough in the budget for a very nice system + Windows anyway.
 
A quick build for you including a good monitor. Gives you a few ideas anyway..

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,938.76
(includes shipping: £15.90)
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Danny75 said:
You're welcome.

Can you check the Lenovo case to see if it has a Windows sticker with the key somewhere? Also, is it at least Windows 7 or 8? XP won't be suitable for this.

If it doesn't have the sticker and the Lenovo won't start up at all, then it would be more complicated (removing the hard drive and plugging it into another computer and hoping it works long enough to obtain the key). If so, and you can't/don't want to mess around with that, there's enough in the budget for a very nice system + Windows anyway.
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I can see the windows sticker but no key... it's windows 10 I believe.

I don't fancy rooting around in places I know nothing about so I'll leave removing the HD in this case.

With good maintenance of a home built PC what's the average lifespan before you can expect to see problems?

Thanks
 
ExRayTed said:
A quick build for you including a good monitor. Gives you a few ideas anyway..

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £1,938.76
(includes shipping: £15.90)
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Thanks very much!!
 
OzzY90 said:
I can see the windows sticker but no key... it's windows 10 I believe.

I don't fancy rooting around in places I know nothing about so I'll leave removing the HD in this case.

With good maintenance of a home built PC what's the average lifespan before you can expect to see problems?

Thanks
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Hard to say. One rule of thumb can be to look at the warranty length and multiply by two. That's more or less what the manufacturer tends to expect their product to last, all going well. As they don't want to cut it too close that they lose a lot of money replacing failed units. But there are so many factors that can impact component life including how much use the system gets and what kind of use, heat, voltage, etc. Unless I'm mistaken, the quality of the electrical supply to your house is also another factor (which a good PSU can mitigate somewhat) but I don't know much about that. A system that doesn't have at least one component fail in 5 years, is rare. As long as it doesn't take out other stuff with it, then not much to worry about.

I like Ted's spec. Very similar to what I was going to spec. That Phanteks case also has a glass windowed version (not acrylic) for a few more quid.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-enthoo-pro-m-glass-midi-tower-case-black-ca-063-pt.html
 
That's a lot to spend on a pc that just does what you say you use it for! id buy a more expensive monitor and dial back the rest of it, just not needed for streaming, lol, cod etc
 
james_2k said:
That's a lot to spend on a pc that just does what you say you use it for! id buy a more expensive monitor and dial back the rest of it, just not needed for streaming, lol, cod etc
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The reason for spending so much is I want to buy decent spec components that won't get outdated as quickly and hopefully last longer...

Would there be no difference in performance from say a £1000 build to a £1500 build for what I would use it for?

Any recommendations on spec list?
 
you could probably get a £750 build which would perform the same as a 2k pc for what you use it for to be honest.

it is however your money, but a better monitor would provide the biggest gains in terms of colours, refresh rate etc and thats where i would put my money were i in your position.

something including a 1060, an i5 cpu would get the job done. wouldnt recommend ultrawide (even though its awesome) for you, as for what you use it for it wont be utilised. just a great high refresh ips gsync would be great, could even go 4k as for lol etc the 1060 would be fine.

monitors can be more 'future proof' than other components, if you really wanted a bit more, you could go for the i7 bundle linked above, but take the 1060, this would allow you a better monitor and you can always swap out the gpu later should you need to, its much easier to swap that than the cpu and motherboard.

id defer to xrayted though, he knows whats up with the parts list!, just something to think about
 
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james_2k said:
you could probably get a £750 build which would perform the same as a 2k pc for what you use it for to be honest.

it is however your money, but a better monitor would provide the biggest gains in terms of colours, refresh rate etc and thats where i would put my money were i in your position.

something including a 1060, an i5 cpu would get the job done. wouldnt recommend ultrawide (even though its awesome) for you, as for what you use it for it wont be utilised. just a great high refresh ips gsync would be great, could even go 4k as for lol etc the 1060 would be fine.

monitors can be more 'future proof' than other components, if you really wanted a bit more, you could go for the i7 bundle linked above, but take the 1060, this would allow you a better monitor and you can always swap out the gpu later should you need to, its much easier to swap that than the cpu and motherboard.

id defer to xrayted though, he knows whats up with the parts list!, just something to think about
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Ok great, thanks very much James!
 
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