Help building gaming PC

[t-rob28]

Hi Everyone,

I have spent a few days looking through the forums and trying to learn enough to put together a gaming PC. Turns out I still have no idea what I'm doing.

So I am wanting to build a PC primarily for gaming. For playing games like COD warzone mainly. I currently have a laptop from PCS that I bought a few years ago, not really for gaming. I have tried to use it for warzone but it seems to struggle a little.

Budget around £1500. I currently have this monitor https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-U28E590D-28-Inch-LCD-Monitor/dp/B00WUACE4S which I believe is only a 60hz monitor so I will probably upgrade to a 144hz within the next few months. (if anyone has any suggestions for a monitor please also let me know).

I would like to build so it will last a few years (GPU, RAM etc)

Thank you in advance for any suggestions or advice.

Tom

 

[t-rob28]

I am not planning on gaming in 4k. 1440p would be max for me. One other question that I have is around cooling. Would the standard cooling be enough or would it be worth spending the extra to upgrade?

 

[t-rob28]

Which ultra quiet system would you suggest.
I also do a little bit of video editing from time to time in 1440p. Would this change anything?

 

[t-rob28]

Also what kind of FPS would I be looking at with this set up?

 

[SpyderTracks]

Which ultra quiet system would you suggest.
I also do a little bit of video editing from time to time in 1440p. Would this change anything?

Definitely

Also what kind of FPS would I be looking at with this set up?

Between roughly 120FPS and 144FPS (limit of the screen).

I would adjust it a little if you're including editing:

Case
FRACTAL FOCUS G BLACK GAMING CASE (Window) Best budget case around
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Eight Core CPU (3.9GHz-4.5GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4) Much better processor for editing
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready! Much better for the monitor, better balance with the CPU for editing
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st Storage Drive
256GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (500MB/R, 400MB/W) Additional scratch drive which will significantly improve editing workflows
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans Placeholder, switch for H100i Platinum when back in stock on the 07/09/2020
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
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 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Home Installation
NONE
Delivery
TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 16 to 18 working days

Price: £1,540.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/qn9!wYhuhN/

 

[t-rob28]

Thank you all for your help, I wouldn't have had a clue. Just a few more things. Would the changes made for the video editing reduce the quality of gaming?
Also what do you mean by a 'scratch drive'
Also also, do you happen to have any recommendations for monitors to pair this with?

Again thank you for all your help so far!

 

[SpyderTracks]

Would the changes made for the video editing reduce the quality of gaming?

No, the GPU is perfectly matched for the screen, any higher GPU would have had exactly the same performance as the screen is the bottleneck.

Also what do you mean by a 'scratch drive'

Scratch drive offloads some processes to disk when the RAM gets too full. Vastly improves editing and rendering times.

Also also, do you happen to have any recommendations for monitors to pair this with?

What’s your max budget for the monitor?

 

[t-rob28]

OK that makes sense thank you. And in terms of monitor I was thinking 1440p 144hz but I dont know if that goes with the PC build.
In terms of budget I was planning around £2k for the whole PC build, monitor, keyboard and mouse.

 

[SpyderTracks]

OK that makes sense thank you. And in terms of monitor I was thinking 1440p 144hz but I dont know if that goes with the PC build.
In terms of budget I was planning around £2k for the whole PC build, monitor, keyboard and mouse.

This is a fantastic monitor for the price, 32" 1440p 165Hz HDR10 and curved, ticks all the boxes. It's actually about £50 cheaper on this site as well!

ASUS 32" Quad HD 165Hz Curved FreeSync HDR Gaming Monitor

Buy from Scan - 31.5" ASUS TUF Gaming VG32VQ1B Curved Monitor, 1500R, VA, 2560x1440, 165Hz, 1ms, FreeSync, HDR, 3K:1, 250cd/m², HDMI/DP

www.scan.co.uk

 

[t-rob28]

Hi again,

Would you have any updates to this build based on the new 30 series Nvidia cards that have recently been announced.
Also that monitor looks brilliant but ideally I would like a smaller one, probably no bigger than 28"

TIA