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PeterD1001
By PeterD1001
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Hi all,

 

A friend is looking to get into pc gaming and has a budget of £700, possibly stretching to £800 absolute maximum excluding os, monitor or peripherals. 

 

What would you recommend please guys?

 

It’ll be used for 1080p gaming, fps games such as bf1 and PUBG. 

 

thanks

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Is he fine with used hardware?

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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Sadly, for that budget, anything over the 1050Ti is impossible to get. RX570 at a stretch (poor value). 2nd hand GTX970 would probably fit.

 

 

Intel Build:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (£165.40 @ BT Shop) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£92.81 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial - Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£78.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£81.23 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.14 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB StormX Video Card  (£139.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.49 @ Novatech) 
Total: £703.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-26 09:18 GMT+0000

 

AMD:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£151.14 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£74.48 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£104.56 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£81.23 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.14 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB StormX Video Card  (£139.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.49 @ Novatech) 
Total: £697.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-26 09:21 GMT+0000

 

 

PC Specs - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - MSI B550M Mortar - 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4-3600 @ CL16 - ASRock RX7800XT - 660p 1TBGB & Crucial P5 1TB - Fractal Define Mini C - CM V750v2 - Windows 11 Pro

 

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16 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Is he fine with used hardware?

No I think he’d only want new

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19 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Sadly, for that budget, anything over the 1050Ti is impossible to get. RX570 at a stretch (poor value). 2nd hand GTX970 would probably fit.

 

 

Intel Build:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  (£165.40 @ BT Shop) 
Motherboard: MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£92.81 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Crucial - Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£78.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£81.23 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.14 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB StormX Video Card  (£139.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.49 @ Novatech) 
Total: £703.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-26 09:18 GMT+0000

 

AMD:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  (£151.14 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£74.48 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£104.56 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£81.23 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.14 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: Palit - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB StormX Video Card  (£139.99 @ Novatech) 
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£44.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£51.49 @ Novatech) 
Total: £697.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-26 09:21 GMT+0000

 

 

Thanks mate. Yes even going to the £800 Max looks like he wouldn’t even be able to get a 1060 3 gig. Prices are mental. 

 

Ill let let him know, he may have to consider a used gpu. 

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30 minutes ago, PeterD1001 said:

Thanks mate. Yes even going to the £800 Max looks like he wouldn’t even be able to get a 1060 3 gig. Prices are mental. 

 

Ill let let him know, he may have to consider a used gpu. 

That's the thing a second hand deal on a GTX 980 or 980 Ti might be more appealing.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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I'm in progress with this beauty atm. Will be selling it for £900.

 

Waiting for bequiet psu and red-black-white cable extensions...and of course fans on the AIO

 

And specs:

i7-6700

MSI Z170A Tomahawk

16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400MHz

EVGA GTX 1070 FTW2

Corsair H110i GTX 280mm

Samsung 250 EVO

1TB WD HDD

beQuiet pure power 10 CM

Cable extensions

Thermaltake P3 Snow White Edition

Windows 10 Pro

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CPU: Ryzen 7 2700x, Cooling: Corsair H100i Platinum AIO MOBO: Asus Strix B450 F GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080 Founders Edition + Arctic Accelero Xtreme III RAM: 2x8GB ThermalTake ToughRAM White 3200MHz PSU: Corsair RM850x White Storage: 250GB Samsung 970 Evo NVMe CASE: Corsair 275r Airflow White OTHER: White and Orange Cable Extensions ---- MONITOR: Samsung LC32JG5 32" WQHD 1440p VA 144Hz

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