System for £2000 inc peripherals

[Ecky Mack]

So looking at a PC for around £2000 pre-built (of if theres an option at sales for them to build it for me with a parts list) open to intel or ryzen systems.

Thanks in advance,

Mack

 

[arc@css]

What are you looking to do with it (a bit of everything)?

 

[Ecky Mack]

What are you looking to do with it (a bit of everything)?

Pretty much, came into some disposable income so gonna treat myself, mainly for gaming and potentially some streaming

 

[arc@css]

What resolution is your monitor?

 

[Ecky Mack]

I would need to get a monitor as well in that price range

 

[arc@css]

!440p? 1080p? Any preference?

 

[sideways14a]

Standard answer, 3600+5700xt+ssd
Extended answer, 3700x for the streaming bit if you can run to it.

If your go for a gsync monitor then get a 2070s instead.

 

[Ecky Mack]

1080p min prefer 1440

 

[arc@css]

1080p min prefer 1440

Okey doke.

 

[arc@css]

Not finished yet as I'm sure I can tweak it better to improve on the price - but just to get things moving:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GC-650 650W 80+ Gold Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £449.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £338.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £209.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2*8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Kit= £128.99
• 1 x Asus MG278Q ROG Dominator 27" 2560x1440 TN FREESYNC/G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor= £419.99
• 1 x OcUK Mega Mat Medium Elite Tactical Gaming Surface= £9.95
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E500B/EU)= £74.99
• 1 x Samsung 1TB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76E1T0B/EU)= £149.99
• 1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011078-WW)= £144.95
• 1 x Edifier Studio R1600T III 2.0 60W Speakers (Maple)= £89.99
• 1 x Razer Deathadder Essential USB Optical Gaming Mouse (RZ01-02540100-R3M1)= £29.99
• 1 x Logitech G413 Black/Red Mechanical Backlit Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout (920-008308)= £54.95

Total: £2,182.75 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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Things like cases, mice, and keyboards are especially subjective so if you think anything looks bad then we can adjust accordingly. I've selected the speakers as they're the ones I have and I can certainly recommend them. The ram is decent but, for example, you can obtain the Crucial Ballistix Sport set (not here) which I think is slightly better and cheaper. Ideally, if looking to get into streaming or recording, I'd probably get two drives, one for your OS and the other for saving the gameplay to. I might be back later. Hope this helps a bit anyway.

I'll drop in some headphones later/check out some bundles.

The monitor is a TN but a VA or IPS are better for viewing angles and overall image quality, so that's another possibility.

Ooops...I need to factor in Windows as well.

 

[Ecky Mack]

cheers for the help, 2k would be my absolute maximum but ideally looking for less if possible, maybe around 1600? also do overclockers build the system for you?

 

[arc@css]

Yeah, they can build it for you. I'm just doing something at the mo then I'll start trimming the price. You could probably lose some of the cost on the case and second drive, for now.

 

[Minibiker]

cheers for the help, 2k would be my absolute maximum but ideally looking for less if possible, maybe around 1600? also do overclockers build the system for you?

They can build the system but will have to add that to your overall system cost, personally id get a different case to the one listed above, nothing wrong with it I just feel that's an area where you can save some cash

 

[Drumroll]

You may opt for the MSI b450 and save some money. Also the Dell S2719DGF is Freesync ready, but works perfectly with my RTX 2080. 350 pounds shopping around. Some pretty good RAM 3200 at the 80-90 mark, which should overclock easily to 3600.

 

[arc@css]

Ok, bit of a revision here. I've still yet to factor in Windows though that can be found cheaper elsewhere, so I hear. They will charge you for building the system though it shouldn't be much.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2*8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Kit= £128.99
• 1 x OcUK Mega Mat Medium Elite Tactical Gaming Surface= £9.95
• 1 x Razer Deathadder Essential USB Optical Gaming Mouse (RZ01-02540100-R3M1)= £29.99
• 1 x Crucial MX500 250GB 3D NAND Sata PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive= £39.95
• 1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black= £64.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £106.99
• 1 x HyperX Cloud Alpha Pro Gaming Headset, Black/Red (HX-HSCA-RD/EM)= £69.95
• 1 x MARS Gaming Hades MKHA0 Gaming Keyboard - UK Layout= £8.99
• 1 x CoolerMaster MasterWatt 650 - 650W 80 Plus Bronze Semi Modular Power Supply= £64.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 Pulse 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £379.99
• 1 x TeamGroup 1TB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £109.99
• 1 x Edifier Studio R980T 2.0 Speakers 24W= £54.95
• 1 x LG 32GK850F 32" 2560x1440 VA FREESYNC 2 HDR 144Hz 1ms Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £419.99

Total: £1,689.70 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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I'm not clued up with headsets but I think the hyperX Cloud I've linked used to be highly regarded, though I don't know what's the current VFM choice at present.

The 3600 is a great CPU for the money (6 cores/12 threads) so should handle streaming quite well. You can always substitute it with a 3700X but that might not be necessary.

I've tried to place some emphasis on the monitor since whatever you do with the computer, you're always going to looking at a screen so therefore it should be high priority, IMO. Ideally I wanted to link a G-Sync and FreeSync compatible screen but so many were out of stock, so this FreeSync 2 model looks to be stellar for the cash (32" VA 1440p). The HDR on it won't be a true HDR experience but it's better than nothing.

Always source other opinions before shelling out. ​

 

[arc@css]

Monitor altered to a better one.

Not sure how well the case will cope with the heat from the system though I believe the make is good. If you do go with that case then I would add some extra fans to help the airflow intake.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1b9-gi.html

3 yr UK RMA rx 5700 xt unlike the others for similar pricing ! also rep support on here.

Better then the Pulse , much better rma then Powercolor .

@Ecky Mack ^^^

also go with 3000hz £75 ram with B450 boards, dont waste extra cash on going 3200hz personally, unless you get Crucial Sport ram !!! damn good kit

that bitfenix case is naff

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/zalman-i3-midi-tower-case-black-window-ca-09c-za.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/coolermaster-masterbox-mb500-midi-tower-case-black-ca-378-cm.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-eclipse-p400-air-midi-tower-case-black-ca-09f-pt.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cool...ower-case-black-tempered-glass-ca-37r-cm.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...-atx-case-black-tempered-glass-ca-24z-cs.html

 

[Ecky Mack]

Thanks for all the help guys!! much appreciated.

 

[arc@css]

 

[Ecky Mack]

Just thought i'd give everyone an update, had a stroke of luck and one of my new neighbours (live in an apartment with communal grounds) likes to build, so managed to sort it. question about the monitor though if i may (i can stretch the budget a bit more now as well) does freesync monitors work with nvidia cards?