Phasing from laptop to desktop for gaming

[Pulpamos]

Hi all,

 

First post here, so bear with me.

 

I use my computer or laptop solely for gaming. I have a laptop with a I5-7300 HQ, 12GB of DDR4 Ram 2133Mhz, and a GTX-1050 ti. When I bought it it made sense to have a laptop, however these days it just sits on my desk all the time, so I'm thinking to get a desktop instead.

 

However, in early 2018 I will be travelling for 2 months and that is the only occasion where the laptop will come in handy.

 

- Why not keep the laptop until then, and then exchange for the desktop?

Stop judging me!

 

- So what do I want?

I want to build a desktop made of good value for money parts (or even used), which is good enough for now (better than the laptop) and that I can upgrade easily next year, without having to change motherboard to say the very least. So I am here to ask you all what parts do you recommend me getting.

 

• Case - 
• CPU - 
• RAM - 
• Power Supply - 
• Graphics Card - 
• Other - 

 

I don't need peripherals like mouse keyboard or monitor, as I already have them.

 

1. Budget & Location

400 GBP (roughly 500 USD ish). United Kingdom.

 

2. Aim

Gaming at 1080p at 60+ FPS.

 

3. Monitors

2 monitors

 

4. Peripherals

No. I use Windows 10 and I would probably need a license.

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

See above.

[unknownmiscreant]

15 minutes ago, Pulpamos said:

Hi all,

 

First post here, so bear with me.

 

I use my computer or laptop solely for gaming. I have a laptop with a I5-7300 HQ, 12GB of DDR4 Ram 2133Mhz, and a GTX-1050 ti. When I bought it it made sense to have a laptop, however these days it just sits on my desk all the time, so I'm thinking to get a desktop instead.

 

However, in early 2018 I will be travelling for 2 months and that is the only occasion where the laptop will come in handy.

 

- Why not keep the laptop until then, and then exchange for the desktop?

Stop judging me!

 

- So what do I want?

I want to build a desktop made of good value for money parts (or even used), which is good enough for now (better than the laptop) and that I can upgrade easily next year, without having to change motherboard to say the very least. So I am here to ask you all what parts do you recommend me getting.

 

• Case - 
• CPU - 
• RAM - 
• Power Supply - 
• Graphics Card - 
• Other - 

 

I don't need peripherals like mouse keyboard or monitor, as I already have them.

 

1. Budget & Location

400 GBP (roughly 500 USD ish). United Kingdom.

 

2. Aim

Gaming at 1080p at 60+ FPS.

 

3. Monitors

2 monitors

 

4. Peripherals

No. I use Windows 10 and I would probably need a license.

 

5. Why are you upgrading?

See above.

You probably want a gtx1060, and either ryzen 3 1200 or ryzen 5 1600.

[Lurick]

A 1060 3GB or 6GB will eat up roughly half the budget alone so you're pretty much going to have to go all used. Even a 970 used is going for around 150 GBP on Ebay, which is crazy for a used card. Dropping down to a 960 just doesn't make sense since it will roughly equal the 1050 Ti in terms of performance.

 

A new Ryzen system with a used 970 is going to run you around 500GBP and a comparable Intel system is going to be about the same. (None of this factors in the cost of Windows either)

 

Beating the laptop at only 400GBP isn't going to be easy to say the least.

[LienusLateTips]

Save up a bit. You will probably get worse performance than your laptop at this price.