New Gaming PC - All in for £2000

[Lee Monk]

Hi All,

I was posting 3-4 months back regarding a new PC I wanted to order. I now have an increased budget and want some ideas on what I should be building. It's mainly a gaming PC but I also use it to stream stored movies and Sonos etc.

The main thing I'm concerned about at the moment is the monitors. I'm not sure if I need 4k or 144hz or 240hz. I don't really use the PC for FPS but my son is rapidly getting into them. Having seen my friends setup. I now know I want more than 1080p!

In respect of the monitor I need no smaller than 27" and no larger than 34" (32"being the sweet spot). However it must be wall mountable. My PC desk is very shallow and I need the screen off of it.

I have £2000 for main components including the monitor. I do NOT need keyboards or Mice.

How are people controlling their sound now-a-days? I have an old Creative box on the floor (with tons or wires) and two small desltop speakers 4x4".

AMD please. A good friend told me I must have an NVidia card but didn't expand on why, which I understand affects the monitor choice (thouigh to be honest it makes no difference to me).

One thing I'm keen to try and do and that is future proof it. My current PC is about 10 years old. I'll be giving it to my son with a possibly GPU upgrade. I'd happily upgrade it but understand that it's just to old.

Thoughts?

Regards

Lee

ps. I assume at this level of funding plugging in a Oculus Quest wouldn't be an issue.

 

[Lee Monk]

Thinking along these lines but it'll leave me short on the monitor. Maybe switch out the X570 for a B450? Do I lose my future proofing doing that?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £199.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020195-UK)= £109.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £149.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ARGB Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £89.99
• 1 x Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £68.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0A)= £94.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Super Ventus XS OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £799.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £338.99

Total: £1,866.12 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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[mickyflinn]

3 weeks and nvidia 3000 gpu will be released to hold on till then.

 

[Sparx]

Definitely don't bother dropping £800 on 2080 Super now... They were over-priced in the first place, let alone now Nvidia are due to announce new GPUs on Mon/Tue... then release will mid/late September we expect.

2080 Ti's are currently going used for ~£600!! So don't waste your money on that GPU atm... Also that Samsung Evo Plus drive is a waste of money. I'd recommend either the 1TB WD SN550 Blue, or the 1TB Sabrent Rocket drive (have to look elsewhere for that though).

In terms of display, I'd recommend 1440p high refresh rate. Something like the Dell S2721DGF is new out and great, can be had for £331 with NHS/Student discount.

Do you have an existing system? You could maybe buy the rest of the system, use current GPU and get a next-gen GPU next month...

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Wait for 3*** launch to see pricing

Intel

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £89.99
• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler= £64.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z490 Aorus Elite AC (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £199.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ARGB Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £89.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £109.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM850 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020196-UK)= £119.99
• 1 x Gigabyte 34" G34WQC 3440x1440 VA 144Hz 1ms FreeSync/G-Sync Compatible Curved LED Backlit Ultrawide G= £399.95
• 1 x Intel Core i7-10700K 3.8GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - OEM= £349.99

Total: £1,445.70 (includes shipping: £20.82)​

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AMD

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ARGB Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £89.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £109.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM850 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020196-UK)= £119.99
• 1 x Gigabyte 34" G34WQC 3440x1440 VA 144Hz 1ms FreeSync/G-Sync Compatible Curved LED Backlit Ultrawide G= £399.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £338.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B550 Gaming X (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £139.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey= £92.99

Total: £1,312.71 (includes shipping: £20.82)​

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Threw it n the 1440p ultra wide as normally they are £700 odd ! Both Freesync and G-sync enabled to boot

 

[Lee Monk]

Thanks Guys.

The reason for waiting for the 3000? Am I likely to be able to afford it or are you hoping for price drops for older stuff?

How come the TI? are so cheap 2nd hand or even available? Are they no good?

That monitor looks great.

 

[mickyflinn]

How come the TI? are so cheap 2nd hand or even available? Are they no good?

The 2080ti new can be had £1100 2nd hand seem to be quite high on the bay.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Thanks Guys.

The reason for waiting for the 3000? Am I likely to be able to afford it or are you hoping for price drops for older stuff?

How come the TI? are so cheap 2nd hand or even available? Are they no good?

That monitor looks great.

It's a good monitor for pricing. Specially dual DP on it. But wasn't sure if your sizing requirements . Should last a good while though !!

I think 2080ti pricing will come down along with 2080S. But got to watch out for 3080/90 coming in at a high price and THEN selling out... They all do. Just like with 20** and 10** series . Eventually when high-mid tier like **70 is sold then 80ti or previous Gen drops prices !

 

[rchads89]

3 weeks and nvidia 3000 gpu will be released to hold on till then.

Yep the top tier NVIDIA cards £1300-£1500 in price. Next year until the other mid-high tier cards come out most likely people will probably say wait until then on here. Always a bad time to buy in the pc game things are out of date within 6 months... so keep waiting my man

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Yep the top tier NVIDIA cards £1300-£1500 in price. Next year until the other mid-high tier cards come out most likely people will probably say wait until then on here. Always a bad time to buy in the pc game things are out of date within 6 months... so keep waiting my man

Already out of date when launched . AM4 was out of date with AM5 + DDR5 and it's satay rates etc . I'm on 2700 non X so happy to jump to 6 core Zen 3 4600 etc .

 

[Thorney1]

Thanks Guys.

The reason for waiting for the 3000? Am I likely to be able to afford it or are you hoping for price drops for older stuff?

How come the TI? are so cheap 2nd hand or even available? Are they no good?

That monitor looks great.

The 3080 is already coming in at £649-699 so its actually going to be cheaper than your 2080.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@Lee Monk

Be on the trigger quick for 3080... It will go quickly