Looking for a pre built.

[Lavers]

My GF's sister wants to get herself a gaming PC and has asked me what she should get. Four years ago, I would have been of help, but I've not been actively keeping up with the world of PC parts, so I was hoping someone here would be able to help us out!

 

Looking for a pre build based in the UK. 

 

Budget: £600 - £850 (Flexible)

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Overwatch 2

Counter Strike 2

Valorant

Rainbow Six Siege

Other details:

144hz 

1080p

[filpo]

2 minutes ago, Lavers said:

My GF's sister wants to get herself a gaming PC and has asked me what she should get. Four years ago, I would have been of help, but I've not been actively keeping up with the world of PC parts, so I was hoping someone here would be able to help us out!

 

Looking for a pre build based in the UK. 

 

Budget: £600 - £850 (Flexible)

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Overwatch 2

Counter Strike 2

Rainbow Six Siege

Other details:

144hz 

You would get a much better deal if you bought all the pc parts seperately and built it yourself. All you'd need are the parts, a screwdriver and some sleeves to roll up 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  (£204.10 @ NeoComputers) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£33.29 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M GAMING X DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£119.51 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: *Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£44.99 @ Western Digital) 
Video Card: PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£357.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Deepcool MATREXX 40 3FS MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£49.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A650BN 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £893.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-07 12:29 GMT+0000

[Bismut]

13 minutes ago, filpo said:

You would get a much better deal if you bought all the pc parts seperately and built it yourself. All you'd need are the parts, a screwdriver and some sleeves to roll up 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  (£204.10 @ NeoComputers) 
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£33.29 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M GAMING X DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (£119.51 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: *Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: *Western Digital Blue SN570 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£44.99 @ Western Digital) 
Video Card: PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card  (£357.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Deepcool MATREXX 40 3FS MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£49.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A650BN 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£49.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £893.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-01-07 12:29 GMT+0000

I agree with going with a prebuilt being cheaper, but know that you would have to be tech support for the entire life span of the PC.

Also, Intel? I would go with a Ryzen chip, the 5800X3D might be more expensive but is really strong in gaming, and you could possibly get a deal on a motherboard/RAM combination on the used market, if you are comfortable with that. You would blow your budget even more though, I would recommend something like the RX 6600XT if you want to keep it around 800£.

I would also get another, more efficient PSU. At least Cybenetics Gold and ranked somewhat highly on the PSU list

[filpo]

1 minute ago, Bismut said:

I would also get another, more efficient PSU. At least Cybenetics Gold and ranked somewhat highly on the PSU list

to keep it in budget and above the suggested I had to get the msi, which is pretty good for the money

 

2 minutes ago, Bismut said:

I would go with a Ryzen chip, the 5800X3D might be more expensive but is really strong in gaming, and you could possibly get a deal on a motherboard/RAM combination on the used market, if you are comfortable with that. You would blow your budget even more though, I would recommend something like the RX 6600XT if you want to keep it around 800£.

true but it was a dead platform years ago so it will be the peak of your gaming performance in terms of cpu. It's not bad don't get me wrong but you'll be stuck unless you spend more money on a motherboard and possibly ram if you want to go to am5. And not to mention that the 5800X3D has atrocious performance in Counter Strike (which is one of the games that OP is going to play) due to it being a first gen 3D V cache CPU. It's not REALLY bad performance but it has no increase over the 5800X while costing £100 more

[Bismut]

5 minutes ago, filpo said:

true but it was a dead platform years ago

That also applies to Intel 12th gen, just one generation of uplift is not a lot

 

6 minutes ago, filpo said:

And not to mention that the 5800X3D has atrocious performance in Counter Strike (which is one of the games that OP is going to play) due to it being a first gen 3D V cache CPU. It's not REALLY bad performance but it has no increase over the 5800X while costing £100 more

What about the other games? As if Valve has not updated CS to work better with that CPU since its release, especially with CS2.

[filpo]

Just now, Bismut said:

That also applies to Intel 12th gen, just one generation of uplift is not a lot

it's on lga 1700 which is still rolling out new cpus until today (they've currently stopped now with the non k 14th gen cpus I believe)

 

Just now, Bismut said:

As if Valve has not updated CS to work better with that CPU since its release, especially with CS2

Seems they have done at least something, tho it should still be as good as the 7700x, which it is in a few!

[Bismut]

3 minutes ago, filpo said:

14th gen cpus

Ah, my favourite all-new generation of Intel processors that is brand new and not the same thing released again

 

4 minutes ago, filpo said:

Seems they have done at least something, tho it should still be as good as the 7700x, which it is in a few!

The 7700X has the advantage of a newer platform, yes.

But the 5800X3D still is a beast in a lot of other games, it all depends on what OP is planning to play.