First desktop

[HeaT]

Got a mate who wants to buy her first gaming pc. Budget is £1200. 

 

She wants to play the latest games at 1440p so was looking at a 2070/80. 

 

Any suggestions are much appreciated 

[Herman Mcpootis]

need os/monitor/peripherals?

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£169.98 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£79.97 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£56.90 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  (£59.57 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.50 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Red Dragon Video Card  (£359.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Deepcool MATREXX 50 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£40.92 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£64.38 @ Aria PC) 
Total: £881.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-21 11:09 GMT+0000

[Jumballi]

at that budget I'd advise against 1440p gaming since the 2080 can realistically do 120fps high settings at 1440p on new titles. not that that's a bad, but then you're looking at £700 of your budget going to the gpu, where she also needs to spend money on peripherals.

[HeaT]

19 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

need os/monitor/peripherals?

No just the desktop. 

[HeaT]

1 hour ago, Jumballi said:

at that budget I'd advise against 1440p gaming since the 2080 can realistically do 120fps high settings at 1440p on new titles. not that that's a bad, but then you're looking at £700 of your budget going to the gpu, where she also needs to spend money on peripherals.

I did think that but she may be able to push to 1500 budget

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Jumballi said:

at that budget I'd advise against 1440p gaming since the 2080 can realistically do 120fps high settings at 1440p on new titles. not that that's a bad, but then you're looking at £700 of your budget going to the gpu, where she also needs to spend money on peripherals.

You can easily game with a 5700XT at 1440p. A 2080 isn't £700 anyway. Cheapest one is just over £550 from Amazon. Same place is selling a 2080 Super for £620.

[Guest]

You could get something like this if £1200 is just for the tower.

 

Free game with the 3600X and slightly better stock cooler, so worth the extra £18.

 

https://www.amd.com/en/gaming/equipped-to-win

 

A 2070 Super or 5700XT would save some cash and still be fine for 1440p.

 

The Gigabyte card has 4 years warranty as well when registered online.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£188.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ Box Limited) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  (£56.90 @ Ebuyer) 
Storage: Crucial MX500 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£99.18 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.50 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card  (£620.00 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M TG ATX Mid Tower Case  (£88.85 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (£69.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £1262.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-21 13:49 GMT+0000

[seagate_surfer]

15 hours ago, lee32uk said:

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£89.99 @ Box Limited) 

This is a good suggestion and this motherboard has the versatility that I wish every device had, I am sure that we will continue seeing it for a good time even in the next generation of RYZEN.

[LienusLateTips]

18 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

Case: Deepcool MATREXX 50 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£40.92 @ Amazon UK) 

Temps in that are pretty bad stock, the included fan at the back pretty much is useless... it can get pretty good with 3 fans in:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/HPZQzy/arctic-cooling-case-fan-af12pwm

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/M6vZxr/be-quiet-pure-wings-2-120-870-cfm-120mm-fan-bl039

 

or you can go full on RGB!!!!! and go with one of these other cases:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/LpNv6h/kolink-observatory-rgb-atx-mid-tower-case-observatory-rgb

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/VPrmP6/corsair-spec-delta-rgb-atx-mid-tower-case-cc-9011166-ww

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, LienusLateTips said:

Temps in that are pretty bad stock, the included fan at the back pretty much is useless... it can get pretty good with 3 fans in:

link?

[LienusLateTips]

5 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

link?

just personal experience.... stock matrexx 50 with msi gtx 970 gaming/i5 2400 temps shot up to 82C peak (58C delta ambient) on GPU during 1hr unigine superposition, thermal paste newly reapplied (was 86C before)

 

with 3x uphere 120mm fans i got the same rig to 71C peak (47C delta ambient) during the same benchmark, same card, same rig