To Build Or Buy?

[TyrionBlue]

Budget (including currency): £1,500/£2,000 (GBP)

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for:  Mostly to game on (Total War games, RDR2, and similar)

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Have a monitor, keyboard and mouse that should do for now but will likely need to upgrade in the future. 

I have never built for myself before but see it compared to expensive Lego which gives me some hope I might be able to.  Have also been looking at different PC Builder sites but even then struggle to know what are good parts.  Had been looking with intention of buying this month but with talk of next gen being released in a couple months wonder if I should/could wait.

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[UpTheDons]

Wait. Honestly for this budget your performance benefits should be worth it. Come back in 2-3 months and then we can give you a part list or whatever. (Use Pcpartpicker they are the best for configuring and stuff) I would also recommend learning abit about pc hardware so your good to go when you come to building it.

 

Welcome to the forum btw 

[gloop]

I'd suggest building:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	£250.56 @ Amazon UK
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	£72.97 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	£179.99 @ Amazon UK
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory	£100.89 @ Newegg UK
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£98.80 @ CCL Computers
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	£53.90 @ CCL Computers
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card	£698.00 @ Box Limited
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	£115.40 @ Alza
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£107.98 @ Laptops Direct
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£1678.49
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-14 21:01 BST+0100

You have £300 for an 2tb SSD, 2080ti, etc.

 

However, because you have such a high budget I'd suggest waiting until later this year when Zen3 and Ampere are released.

[marmour]

3 minutes ago, TyrionBlue said:

wonder if I should/could wait.

With this budget I would strongly recommend waiting.

 

If not, the list isn't too bad. I would get cheaper storage (non Samsung) and bump up to a 2080Super. I would also swap the motherboard for a better B550 board

[Aereldor]

Build, and two things I would very strongly reommend are waiting for the new hardware to come out - it's right around the corner - and to refrain from spending so much on a gaming PC. 

 

[Bananasplit_00]

Please use Pcpartpicker.com for build lists, makes it a lot easier for us to help you out.

 

Generally the recommendation is to build, you even seem keen to start so you should have absolutely no issue getting through it.

[TyrionBlue]

Thank you to everyone that has replied. I’m starting to think I should wait the 2-3 months and try my first build after some more research.  
 

Looks like the recommendation is the B550 over X570, what are the reasons for this?