Brand new PC £1000 or less >> Double monitor & best GPU

JunglePioneer · 26 Jan 2018 at 23:20

Hi everyone,

I am looking to buy a brand new setup for around £1000.

I would love duel monitor and the best of what ££ can buy.
Open to any brand or any make.
It is for my little brother, and he has no PC knowledge at all, yet he wants one desperately.

I will be used for mid range gaming to AAA games, but prob not Crysis 3. I know he would love to play Ghost Reckon Wildlands, but it doesn't really matter about high settings

He have keyboard and mouse but will need a case.

Currently he has a laptop which is out of date and can not play the games he really wants to.

Can anyone please advise us? Please spec anything and everything you can think of.

Price can go as high as £1500

Many thanks

JP

Gtiracer · 26 Jan 2018 at 23:44

so is it maximum £1000?, Or maximum £1500? or between £1000-£1500?

JunglePioneer · 26 Jan 2018 at 23:53

Max £1500, but if he can he only wants to spend £1k

If there was a good deal, he might spend more.
But it might be a long stretch!

JunglePioneer · 26 Jan 2018 at 23:54

Gtiracer said:
so is it maximum £1000?, Or maximum £1500? or between £1000-£1500?

Thanks for responding btw

LewisRaz · 27 Jan 2018 at 00:35

Self build or pre built?

JunglePioneer · 27 Jan 2018 at 06:56

Either / Or.

I don't mind building it for him, but if it comes in box that's OK

tamzzy · 27 Jan 2018 at 07:31

so in the £100-1500 spec, does this include the monitor(s), operating system, peripherals?

JunglePioneer · 27 Jan 2018 at 21:37

Its just System + Monitors ( if that is do-able)

No peripherals need thanks

tamzzy · 28 Jan 2018 at 05:20

don't know why exactly you'd want a 2 monitor setup. so i've left some spare in the budget (but i don't know if you can run g-sync with 2 monitors - you'll need to research that)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 Six Core 1600 3.60GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £164.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £86.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £209.99
1 x EVGA 450BT 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply= £37.99
1 x Crucial MX300 525GB SSD SATA 6Gbps 3D Nand 7mm Solid State Drive (CT525MX300SSD1)= £149.99
1 x Bitfenix Nova Glass Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass Window= £37.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GT OC Dual Fan 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £319.99
1 x Acer Predator XB252Qbmiprzx 25" 1920x1080 TN G-Sync 240Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £349.99

Total: £1,372.02 (includes shipping: £14.10)

only downside is that the gpu eta is a month away :/

JunglePioneer · 3 Feb 2018 at 02:29

This is a great setup, thank you @ tamzzy

Do you think that the GPU should be better for the price point? And the monitor? could he get away with a less high end spec?

I don't think there is any thing he can do unless he went 2nd hand, but any advise could really help.

Cheers

Lordgrayone · 3 Feb 2018 at 06:09

JunglePioneer said:
This is a great setup, thank you @ tamzzy

Do you think that the GPU should be better for the price point? And the monitor? could he get away with a less high end spec?

I don't think there is any thing he can do unless he went 2nd hand, but any advise could really help.

Cheers

All gpus are overpriced atm.
As for the monitor you could go for cheaper and lose the gsync but that monitor is a good price

tamzzy · 3 Feb 2018 at 07:23

np @JunglePioneer

JunglePioneer said:
Do you think that the GPU should be better for the price point?

defintely, yes. prices are silly at the moment

JunglePioneer said:
And the monitor?

monitor is worth it - in gsync terms. (gsync always had the nvidia tax)
and going down the nvidia route as amd doesnt have anything remotely competitive price/perf currently means one is resigned to pay the nvidia tax for variable refresh sync

JunglePioneer said:
I don't think there is any thing he can do unless he went 2nd hand, but any advise could really help.

as @Lordgrayone says, prices in the enthusiast computing world is cray cray at the moment, i would recommend avoid splashing out on new components/new computer currently (unless you have to)
wait if you can

orbitalwalsh · 3 Feb 2018 at 08:17

It's a shame, just before mining boom and Vega 3rd party ARDS. Could pick up a Vega 56 for £400 and 1440p freesync for £200 .

What a job it was listing systems around that month too ;(