Prebuilt system - advice please!

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Hi All.

I’ve had a MacBook for about 6 years now so am well out of the loop when it comes to PCs. I’m looking for something that will be good enough to handle some modern games at reasonable settings.

I’m not on about having to run everything at max on the most demanding games out there, but something that’ll cope with moderate gaming.

Was looking at this, any good? It’s not billed as a gaming PC but 6 Core i5 processor, 6GB GPU and 16GB RAM, must be decent enough for a lot of games right?

Certainly a big jump up in spec since my last gaming rig all those years ago but I know games get more demanding too.

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FYI the game I’m mainly having in mind with this system is American Truck Sim from steam but no doubt I’ll end up down a rabbit hole of many more games. So just after some verification that it’s an adequate system for gaming for the money. I’m sure I could save money by putting together my own thing but honestly I just don’t have the inclination of the skill so prebuilt is the way it’ll go.

Cheers!
 
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Oops apologies!

The spec is as follows:

  • Intel® Core™ i5-9400F
  • ASUS® H310M-A R2.0
  • 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE 2400MHz
  • 6GB GEFORCE GTX 1660
  • 240GB ADATA SU650 SSD
  • 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA HDD
Would be grateful for any comments about the suitability of this spec for my purposes.

Many thanks.
 
Thanks for that that’s useful! Yes I would need WiFi unfortunately due to where it would be located in the current house.

Is there a significant improvement with what you linked vs what I posted? I could be tempted to try and put it together myself if I’m going to get an enormous increase in performance for the same cost, but I’m guessing these days there’s not a huge margin on pre built systems vs DIY?
 
Hi @Plec thanks a lot for your help. Against my better judgement I’m now thinking of buying the components myself and attempting the build.

I was planning on following some YouTube guides, is there anything I can get REALLY wrong and do any damage to? I’m not the most practically minded person but I’m quite methodical and actually now quite fancy the challenge and satisfaction of doing it myself!
 
Thank you guys I really appreciate the help! I could push the budget to about £900 for all the parts so if there’s any particular area that is definitely worthwhile upgrading based on the above then feel free to point it out!!

I guess the processor and gpu are where the money is best spent for gaming?
 
Also what’s the deal with running an ssd and normal hdd in the same machine? Presumably the OS goes on the SSD? Do you then put everything else on the normal hdd?
 
If this system allows me to upgrade to zen 2 in future I could put the extra money into the 1tb SSD and the gpu now and then upgrade the cpu in the future should the need arise?
 
Thanks guys that’s all really helpful! Monitor wise, I excluded that from the budget but will probably have £100-£150 budget for something, again any particular brand recommendations welcome! Probably 22-24” is about right ? Would be happy to buy a used monitor tbh if it was much better for the money than new.
 
Thanks guys. 32” I think is way too big for how close I’ll be too it based on where in the house it’ll be set up!
 
Really appreciate all the advice. Going to try and come up with a complete shopping list for the build tonight and will post on here so that if I’ve made any horrendous errors in selection it can be put right :D
 
Thanks for that. Might be worth waiting to see what happens. Is it worth the extra for the 2700x over the 2600x for my purposes?
 
Right, almost ready to pull the trigger lads. Here’s what’s ‘in the basket’

MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon
Ryzen 2600X
HyperX Predator 16GB DDR4
Sapphire Radeon Vega 56 Pulse
Bitfenix Whisper 650W
WD Blue 1TB SSD

So I think all I’m missing is case and monitor. Price comes out at c. £900 before case. Any odds and sods I’m missing or that I’ll need for assembly beyond screwdriver and cable ties?

And can anyone recommend a case that is fairly minimalist and preferably not have a window on the side or loads of bright lights? Was looking at the Corsair Carbide 275Q.

Also where best to buy Win10?

Thanks all for your really great help and advice
 
Also what’s the scoop with curved vs flat monitors - is one type better than the other for gaming or largely irrelevant? I’m pushing the boat out on monitor to up to £300 and don’t know whether to go 24 or 27 and flat or curved, there’s a few options in this price range and bamboozled by choice!
 
Thanks, sounds like IPS is right for me then based on that. I’ll go for 27” I think, the desk is small and narrow and I just can’t see a 32” screen feeling right!

So what I’m after is a 3480x2160 27” IPS monitor for £300.

I found the AOC U2777PQU for that sort of money, good bet?
 
tamzzy said:
4k is basically unusable at 27 inch.
i had a 28" 4k monitor and had to use scaling...which made having the increased pixel density pointless.
also you'd need a decent graphics card to drive that resolution unless you turn the resolution down...which then makes having a 4k monitor...you guessed it...pointless. lol

either get a 1080p screen or a 1440p screen.
4k isn't worth it except for a few niche uses...and even then, the minimum acceptable screen size is usually >40"
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Yep clocked my mistake as soon as I read your reply, 1440 is what I was wanting!

Any chance you can link me something decent in my budget. There’s just SO many models that I’m struggling to keep track of things!
 
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