Self build or Bundle?

Marshstyles

Marshstyles

Marshstyles

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Hey all,

A friend of mine would like a PC for gaming purposes and has a budget of £1450 (£50*36 OcUK finance so maybe an extra few quid a month wouldn't hurt).

Needs everything (inc OS) except the peripherals, which I will gift him.

I was thinking of just doing one of the bundles OcUK do and grabbing a monitor, just to save me the headache/time of building it and to make use of the 3 year warranty etc

This bundle

or maybe even a cheaper bundle, do you need to splash out on a Geforce 1070 when you are coming from a life of consoles?

and a 1080p monitor.

But maybe its better to spend a bit more of a good monitor with 1440p/4k?

What do you think? is it better to build it from scratch to get better components?

Thanks in advance
 
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Amazingly, after a bit of a chat, he (and more importantly his wife) has agreed!

I've narrowed it down to two of the suggestions. I've decided to tweak the suggested bundles as I really don't want to be responsible for the build.

Few things, another friend of his is going to give him their old 1080p TN monitor and we are going to buy the OS else where.
The purchase will be made on Tuesday so things maybe slightly tweaked come the day and he may prefer one case over another etc

First Bundle

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x OcUK Gaming Cobalt Overclocked Gaming PC - Intel Core i3 8350K @ 4.7GHz = £1,224.95
    • Case:Bitfenix Nova Midi Tower Case - Black Window
    • Memory:Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G24
    • Graphics Card:Zotac GeForce GTX 1070Ti AMP 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-P10710C-10P)
    • Solid State Drive (Primary):Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)
    • Solid State Drive (Secondary):Unwanted
    • Operating System:Unwanted
    • Security Software:Bullguard Anti-Virus 2017 - 1 PC 1 Year **Offer Price**
    • Lighting:Unwanted
    • Wireless Networking:Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter
    • Storage Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD
Total: £1,239.05 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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my concern is the PSU being only bronze rated and is 550W enough? I will phone up OcUK and see if that can be changed as there is no option in the configuration menu.

Second Bundle

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x OcUK Tech Labs AMD Ryzen Midi Tower Gaming PC Configurator = £1,139.76
    • Processor:AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600X 4.00GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
    • Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
    • CPU Cooler:Alpenfohn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler for Ryzen
    • Optical Drive **Please Check Chassis Support**:Unwanted
    • Case Lighting:Unwanted
    • Operating System:Unwanted
    • Build Time:Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days
    • Memory:*Build Stock* Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - G
    • Case:Kolink Luminosity Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black
    • Power Supply:Super Flower Platinum King 550W 80 Plus Platinum Power Supply - Black
    • Speakers:Unwanted
    • Monitor:Unwanted
    • Gaming Chair:Unwanted
    • Soundcard:Unwanted
    • Network Adapter:Asus PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter
    • Security Software:Unwanted
    • M.2 Solid State Drive **For Operating System If Selected**:Unwanted
    • Solid State Drive 1:Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)
    • Solid State Drive 2:Unwanted
    • Mechanical Hard Drive 1:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD
    • Mechanical Hard Drive 2:Unwanted
    • Headset:Unwanted
    • Keyboard:Unwanted
    • Mouse:Unwanted
    • Graphics Card:Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Total: £1,153.86 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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My concern with this one is, again, is 550W enough (1070Ti this time) and this configuration comes with 1x16GB ram stick. Is the extra £60 for 2x8gb sticks worth it? I've been looking at videos online but there seems to bee next to nothing in FPS.

Thanks to everyone for their help
 
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The purchase has been made. Decided to go for the intel i3 rig with a 1070 and 650W gold PSU.

The main reason for this is because of the price change, some things were not on offer when it came to buy, pushing up the price of the Ryzen build

Now I need to upgrade my rig I guess :D

Thank you all for your help.
 
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