New gaming desk plan... Help

Haywire · July 19, 2016

1. Budget & Location

Hi all, I'm from Australia (AUD), I'm looking to build a good gaming PC that is going to bebuilt into a desk I'm in the process of conception. Not including the shelf there is a budget of around $2000(AUD) (can go over but not by much). I am currently looking at a store that is close to my area, the online link is: https://www.ple.com.au

2. Aim

As stated before the gaming system is going to a built into a custom made desk. I intend to play games like Arma 3, War Thunder, Armoured Warfare and in the future Battlefield 1 and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands (as well as some pretty basic games). I'm very new to this type of stuff so I don't know what specs I would need but I would like to be able to run the aforementioned games at high or Ultra graphics settings and would like high fps.

3. Monitors

I would be happy with just 1 monitor but if possible 2 would be good. I don't plan on moving to more monitors in the future. It doesn't bother me that much what resolution they are but I would like high quality resolution that doesn't affect gameplay or fps.

4. Peripherals

I could use some suggestions no a good mechanical keyboard and high quality mouse if possible. I will also need windows

5. Why are you upgrading?

I wouldn't call it an upgrade as I'm attempting to build my first PC and am asking for suggestions on what I should get to be able to run my games.

As I stated before... I'm very new to this and don't rly know what's best, so I would appreciate your support and suggestions.

Haywire · July 19, 2016

Note this build is to replace my MSI Ge60 that was stolen a few weeks ago . I want to be built into a desk for security reasons.

I will appreciate all of your suggestion thks in advance

Kopil Goyary · July 19, 2016

From my suggestion:

i5-6600K

H170 Motherboard or Z170 Motherboard(Only if you are planning on overclocking)

16GB Ram

240GB SSD and 1TB HDD

750W PSU (Recommended Brand : Corsair or EVGA)

Other Components such as case, monitor, mice and keyboard depends on your preference. I would suggest getting a 1440p monitor instead of dual monitor setup.

For GPU: GTX 1060 or AMD RX480

The reason I am not suggesting an i7 is because its costly and the games that you are gonna play won't need that much processing power.

I am not listing any brand names because of the pricing which I don't know since I live in India. So buy the components based on the specs I listed and you can decide which brand you want depending on the price and your budget.

Also If you can stretch your budget and get a GTX 1070 that will be awesome because then you can sell your i5 in future and get an i7(also if you get Z170 mobo you will be able to overclock it too).

Hope this helps.

Haywire · July 19, 2016

5 minutes ago, Kopil Goyary said:

From my suggestion:

i5-6600K

H170 Motherboard or Z170 Motherboard(Only if you are planning on overclocking)

16GB Ram

240GB SSD and 1TB HDD

750W PSU (Recommended Brand : Corsair or EVGA)

Other Components such as case, monitor, mice and keyboard depends on your preference. I would suggest getting a 1440p monitor instead of dual monitor setup.

For GPU: GTX 1060 or AMD RX480

The reason I am not suggesting an i7 is because its costly and the games that you are gonna play won't need that much processing power.

I am not listing any brand names because of the pricing which I don't know since I live in India. So buy the components based on the specs I listed and you can decide which brand you want depending on the price and your budget.

Also If you can stretch your budget and get a GTX 1070 that will be awesome because then you can sell your i5 in future and get an i7(also if you get Z170 mobo you will be able to overclock it too).

Hope this helps.