Gaming PC 2k with £1500 budget

[MAJ]

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX MB530P RGB GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.25GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4)

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Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X470-PLUS GAMING (DDR4, 6Gb/s, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!

Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!

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1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE

1st M.2 SSD Drive
256GB INTEL® 760p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (upto 3210MB/sR | 1315MB/sW)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED

Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W VS SERIES™ VS-650 POWER SUPPLY

Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 120 Series RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler

Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD

USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002]

Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)


Monitor
AOC Q3279VWFD8 31.5" QHD Monitor - 2560 x 1440, 5MS, HDMI, DVI, DP

Speakers
LOGITECH Z313 2.1 SILVER/BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days


Price: £1,618.00 including VAT and Delivery

hello,

ideally im looking for a PC to run current games such as total war series, hopefully for the next few instalments, and also other AAA games.

£1500 budget but willing to go slightly higher if it warrants the extra hundred or so.

i know i can significantly reduce the price for 1080p gaming but i’m treating myself and wanting to go to 2k.

i’ve basically been running games on a potato for years so i can’t really be disappointed.

 

[Oussebon]

RTX 2070 super is punching over your weight for the budget.

I have that monitor, and it's fine, great for what I paid for it, but ideally something with a higher refresh rate and freesync that takes less fiddling to get to work in gsync compatible mode. Furthermore, a better monitor with a wider adaptive sync range will go a long way towards futureproofing as you don't need to worry about keeping over 55fps as much (which is the point at which freesync with Nvidia goes wibbly with this monitor in some titles, in my experience). A 2060 Super is way more than enough.

You should generally expect to upgrade the monitor less frequently than the GPU, so invest a bit more in that instead.

760p SSDs are bad value. You can get an SX6000 with twice the capacity for about the same price. It's just not cheap enough to compete against the cheaper, larger SSDs, or the faster ones like 970 Evo and WD Black.

Faster RAM with a Ryzen CPU.

Stock AMD coolers are fine.

And a 3000 series CPU ideally.

e.g.

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX MB530P RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)

Get 3 Months of XBOX Game Pass for PC w/ select AMD Ryzen CPUs
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X470-PLUS GAMING (DDR4, 6Gb/s, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!

Get Control & Wolfenstein: Young Blood w/ select GeForce RTX GPUs!
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB ADATA SX6000 Pro PCIe M.2 2280 (2100 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KK3-00002]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Price: £1,254.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/Ksv7Zys4ZQ/

Plus upto £350 for a decent monitor.
see https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/foru...th-august-2019-fusion-fury.64132/#post-445566 for a few pointers

 

[MAJ]

awesome thankyou!! as far as i am aware, the CPU isn’t all that important in gaming, as long as you have something as in the quote then you will be fine, am i correct in saying that?

in terms of the 2060 vs 2070, is it worth paying more to future proof? or will the 2060 super be more than adequate to run newer games at 1440p?

 

[Oussebon]

the 2060 super be more than adequate to run newer games at 1440p?

Yep

Given your limited budget, I do recommend getting a decent GPU and a decent monitor, rather than a high end GPU and a budget monitor.

The CPU can be important, and in view of the performance advantages offered by the 3000 series - which may be particularly relevant when you inevitably come to upgrade your GPU in the future - I'd recommend it.