Suggestions for a complete gaming pc setup and whether I should buy as separate parts or buy the whole thing from a store.

[Alicr]

Budget (including currency): £700 - £800 as the very maximum.

Country: England

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: next gen games (all that will be released on new Xbox etc). And modding games like Skyrim and dark souls 3. Streaming on twitch too (this would be done at the same time as playing)

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): I have no parts currently. I would need to buy a cheap gaming keyboard and mouse. I would also need a cheap 1080p gaming monitor (it only needs to be 60Hz but any more is great) I'm upgrading from a mid 2011 iMac. I don't know when I'm going to buy specifically but hopefully buying for Christmas. I would want to play at least 1080p 60fps on medium or high graphics and maxed graphics on less demanding titles (like idk Minecraft or something) I will also need a copy of Windows 10 home to run on this pc.

 

Is this possible for my budget or less or should I just wait and save up more? Any parts suggestions or advice will help me so much. Sorry this is my first post so just let me know if I've posted in the wrong place or anything. Thank you

 

[Fasauceome]

3 minutes ago, Alicr said:

£700 - £800 as the very maximum.

could go for a more cost effective parts list and upgrade in the future

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£95.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£66.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£45.29 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£48.80 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Asus Radeon RX 570 8 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card	£144.99 @ AWD-IT
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£35.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£55.99 @ Aria PC
Monitor	LG 24GL600F-B 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	£156.56 @ CCL Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£650.07
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-31 23:35 GMT+0000

 

The monitor is a nice 144Hz display so you can upgrade the GPU down the line and get a very nice upgrade to the experience as a whole.

[Alicr]

6 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

could go for a more cost effective parts list and upgrade in the future

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£95.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£66.98 @ Amazon UK
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£45.29 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	£48.80 @ Amazon UK
Video Card	Asus Radeon RX 570 8 GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card	£144.99 @ AWD-IT
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£35.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Power Supply	be quiet! System Power 9 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	£55.99 @ Aria PC
Monitor	LG 24GL600F-B 23.6" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor	£156.56 @ CCL Computers
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£650.07
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-31 23:35 GMT+0000

 

The monitor is a nice 144Hz display so you can upgrade the GPU down the line and get a very nice upgrade to the experience as a whole.

Wow thanks! I didn't think going from a 1660 super to a Rx 570 would make such a big difference in price. This sounds pretty good to me so I'll certainly keep it in mind

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, Alicr said:

Wow thanks! I didn't think going from a 1660 super to a Rx 570 would make such a big difference in price. This sounds pretty good to me so I'll certainly keep it in mind

Could also snag a nice used gpu so you don't loose out on gpu performance much. Rx580's go for under a new 570's prices pretty much all the time.

[Alicr]

4 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Could also snag a nice used gpu so you don't loose out on gpu performance much. Rx580's go for under a new 570's prices pretty much all the time.

Cool. I'll have a look!

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, Alicr said:

Cool. I'll have a look!

Could also look at gtx 1070's or vega 56's (not the gigabyte vega 56 that one is crap) basically 1660 performance but in your budget. The 980ti is an option too but it tends to be more expensive.

[VeganJoy]

21 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Could also look at gtx 1070's or vega 56's (not the gigabyte vega 56 that one is crap) basically 1660 performance but in your budget. The 980ti is an option too but it tends to be more expensive.

980 ti's tend to be 20-30 bucks cheaper since theyve got less vram and have very high power draw. not a bad option by any means

 

if you prefer to buy new, i'd get a 1650 super rather than an rx 570: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/wX2bt6/asus-geforce-gtx-1650-super-4-gb-phoenix-oc-video-card-ph-gtx1650s-o4g

 

lower power draw and faster, on par with a 1060/580 and you get a newer featureset that may or may not appeal to you, like the turing nvenc encoder

[boggy77]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£95.99 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£61.99 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£45.29 @ Amazon UK
Storage	Kingston A2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	£56.83 @ CCL Computers
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card	£219.99 @ AWD-IT
Case	Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£35.47 @ Scan.co.uk
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 11 400 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply	£55.48 @ Ebuyer
Monitor	LG 24MP59G-P 23.8" 1920x1080 75 Hz Monitor	£99.00 @ Currys PC World
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£670.04
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-11-01 00:21 GMT+0000