PC Build Advise - £2,000 (including Peripherals)

Saul Johnson

Saul Johnson

Saul Johnson

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Hi Guys,

I am brand new to PC gaming, never owned a gaming PC before, but I am looking at building one myself.

I am looking to play titles such as the new Cyberpunk 2077, as well as Far Cry 5, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and any Assassins Creed game.

My budget is £2,000, but I am willing to go slightly over due to me needing to buy peripherals as well. I also want to include a 144hz monitor in the budget if possible.

I was working on this myself, but a friend told me that the more expensive gear doesn't necessarily mean better performance, it depends what you pair your parts with and how they work together... and at that point he lost me and I decided I needed to come and ask the experts!

I would just like the most "bang for my buck" and would like a PC I can use comfortable with most titles, for the next 3/4 years without having to upgrade much.

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
 
Thanks for your quick responses!

I am not too fussed with RGB (looks amazing), but if it means I can upgrade other things in the PC and save money not having RGB then I'd prefer to do that :).

I don't mind the case itself coming with RGB and being windowed though, but just no extra RGB fans etc haha.

The budget does need to include a keyboard and mouse. I have speakers and a headset though :).

I will be using an ethernet cable, but if possible I'd like the option to connect to wifi just in case anything happens to the cable etc haha. But if this drastically affects the price then I can easily stick to a wired connection and just make sure I have extra ethernet cables free haha.
 
Amazing! Thank you for your help Sparx! I will take a look through the list after work and come back to you if I have any further questions :). I also like the idea of matching gear haha! :)
 
Hmmm food for thought for sure. If I was wanting to go purely performance based (on the 2560x1440 144Hz monitor you suggested above), and wanting to run games on high/ultra settings, whilst guaranteeing not to drop below 60fps, would this be possible on my budget? I am happy to spend £2,000 if it guarantees great performance and reliability when gaming on new releases etc (such as cyberpunk for example). Or would the budget need to be increased for that?

Thanks again for all your help guys, very much appreciated.
 
Ok that makes sense :) I will stick with the 2070S then!

Just a question about the 2 lists you have created for me (thanks by the way!), what would be the performance differences between the 1st and 2nd? I know the second is cheaper, but I just wanted to know exactly the impacts of both lists on performance, because if there is a noticeable difference I think I'd stick with the 1st list and just change the monitor if that's the case :)
 
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