First PC

nazelba · January 1

Budget (including currency): £1,800

Country: UK

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

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): Already have a monitor and peripherals, first PC.

Hello, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

whispous · January 1

Hello! What games do you like playing now, and what games coming soon/buying soon do you want to play on the PC?

dark_globe · January 1

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-14600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (£184.99 @ Currys PC World)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Royal Pretor 130 BLACK 81.88 CFM CPU Cooler (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z790 Riptide WiFi ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£197.67 @ NeoComputers)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-7200 CL34 Memory (£349.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£149.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gainward Phoenix-S GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card (£698.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: MSI MPG A850GS PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£104.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1805.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-01-01 15:34 GMT+0000

nazelba · January 1

32 minutes ago, whispous said:

Hello! What games do you like playing now, and what games coming soon/buying soon do you want to play on the PC?

Hello, I play a mix of games. Grand Strategy (CK3, Vic 3, EU4) mostly as well as Cities Skylines, Minecraft and FPS. I run them all on my MacBook now which is barely able to keep up which is why I’m buying my first PC. Thanks for your help!

whispous · January 1

What Macbook do you have that's struggling?

Dedayog · January 1

2 hours ago, nazelba said:

Budget (including currency): £1,800

Country: UK

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

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): Already have a monitor and peripherals, first PC.

Hello, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Right, what resolution is the monitor?

Resolution impacts performance targets.

What games, what fps target, at what resolution, rtx or no, etc?

Why_Me · January 1

7 hours ago, nazelba said:

Budget (including currency): £1,800

Country: UK

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

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): Already have a monitor and peripherals, first PC.

Hello, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!