Spec for gaming PC

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Pclikewa

Member
Hi,

Wanted to run this spec by the masters.

Budget: £1,600 max (excluding monitor).
Use: Gaming - I want to run new games at high framerate 1080p for a good few years. Perhaps have some room to upgrade to 1440p in future too?.
Monitor - Intend to buy ASUS TUF GAMING CG249QIR 23.8 or something similar.

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Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WiFi (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
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
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & UK OFFSHORE ISLANDS / N IRELAND
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 14 to 16 working days
Price: £1,602.00 including VAT and Delivery

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

Cheers!
 
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Steveyg

MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
For another £8 you can go with this and just go straight in at 1440p 144hz. It will be massive overkill for 1080p but it's a complete build for 1440p. Seems like a no brainer to me

Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WiFi (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
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
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & UK OFFSHORE ISLANDS / N IRELAND
Build Time
Standard Build - Subject to stock availability on pre-order products
Price: £1,610.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/!JwKx9h84X/
 
AgentCooper

AgentCooper

At Least I Have Chicken
Moderator
Agree with both @Steveyg and @Martinr36 on this one, that’s a fine system you’ve specced yourself. I think the only change I’d personally make is to go fully modular on the power supply and get the 850w RM level. After the few dodgy TXm units we encountered last year I’m still somewhat hesitant to recommend them. Anything RM upwards tends to live forever and is pretty much bombproof 👍
 
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Pclikewa

Member
All great info, thanks everyone.

If I take all the advice above and modify the spec, will this be a good system for 1440p on new games? I.e. no framerate issues.

If so, any monitor recommendations (prefer not curved - find it easier to work on).

Thanks!
 
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Steveyg

MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Pclikewa said:
All great info, thanks everyone.

If I take all the advice above and modify the spec, will this be a good system for 1440p on new games? I.e. no framerate issues.

If so, any monitor recommendations (prefer not curved - find it easier to work on).

Thanks!
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Yeah I have a similar system running at 1440p and it's crushing everything I'm throwing at it for now. I don't see that slowing down any time soon.

I anticipate and GPU upgrade in maybe 3 years just to keep up with current trends but other than that it's solid

Monitors there are few 1440p options, I personally have a Samsung G5 but it's curved so not the right fit for you I guess.

I believe there's a flat AOC one that gets linked here quite often as well but I'll leave the monitor suggestions to guys who know better than me
 
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Pclikewa

Member
Steveyg said:
Yeah I have a similar system running at 1440p and it's crushing everything I'm throwing at it for now. I don't see that slowing down any time soon.

I anticipate and GPU upgrade in maybe 3 years just to keep up with current trends but other than that it's solid

Monitors there are few 1440p options, I personally have a Samsung G5 but it's curved so not the right fit for you I guess.

I believe there's a flat AOC one that gets linked here quite often as well but I'll leave the monitor suggestions to guys who know better than me
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Perfect, thanks so much! Yeah I've seen the AOC one linked before, I'm sure I can find it again.

Cheers!
 
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Ash_

Master Poster
Wow the price difference between 3060 and 3060ti is outrageously small. I’d go straight in at ti or... ‘drop’ to 2060s and eye up a 3070 as a future upgrade.
 
JUNI0R

JUNI0R

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Fantastic build from both of you there! I'd go for @Steveyg 's build and agree with @AgentCooper about the RM PSU. The RM's are higher quality and for some reason the 850W is cheaper than it's TXm counterpart!

Pclikewa said:
All great info, thanks everyone.

If I take all the advice above and modify the spec, will this be a good system for 1440p on new games? I.e. no framerate issues.

If so, any monitor recommendations (prefer not curved - find it easier to work on).

Thanks!
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With the 3060TI, it'll happily give you a 1440p 144hz experience. And for 60hz, you're laughing

For 1080p 144hz, the MSI Optix G241 and AOC 24G2U are both great options and can be found for £200 online

For 1440p 144hz the Samsung G5 is a forum favourite but is beaten by a AOC CQ27G2U in an RTings review. Both of these are curved panels but a flat version can be found for the AOC called the Q27G2U. All three can be found for £300 or less online
 
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Steveyg

MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Ash_ said:
Wow the price difference between 3060 and 3060ti is outrageously small. I’d go straight in at ti or... ‘drop’ to 2060s and eye up a 3070 as a future upgrade.
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What's outrageous is the performance difference between the 3060 and the 3060Ti I don't understand how they could share the same name the 3060 couldn't lace the Ti's boots
 
JUNI0R

JUNI0R

VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
Steveyg said:
What's outrageous is the performance difference between the 3060 and the 3060Ti I don't understand how they could share the same name the 3060 couldn't lace the Ti's boots
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Yeah, even for 1080p users, if they mention a temptation to upgrade I feel like it's a no brainer right now. I'm sure as the prices settle it'll come to a lot more than a £26 difference so you might as well take the plunge and save the money down the road.

A lot of me has a strong expectation that this 3060TI card will become the new 1060 (in terms of sheer popularity, not performance 😂 ). I believe in the Steam hardware survey, more than 10% of users have a 1060
 
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Ash_

Master Poster
JUNI0R said:
Yeah, even for 1080p users, if they mention a temptation to upgrade I feel like it's a no brainer right now. I'm sure as the prices settle it'll come to a lot more than a £26 difference so you might as well take the plunge and save the money down the road.

A lot of me has a strong expectation that this 3060TI card will become the new 1060 (in terms of sheer popularity, not performance 😂 ). I believe in the Steam hardware survey, more than 10% of users have a 1060
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I used to have a 1060 6Gb and it was absolutely fantastic for what i needed. Even now it will run warzone at 80+fps, so perfect for a 75hz 1080p monitor.
 
Martinr36

Martinr36

MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTOR
JUNI0R said:
Fantastic build from both of you there! I'd go for @Steveyg 's build and agree with @AgentCooper about the RM PSU. The RM's are higher quality and for some reason the 850W is cheaper than it's TXm counterpart!


With the 3060TI, it'll happily give you a 1440p 144hz experience. And for 60hz, you're laughing

For 1080p 144hz, the MSI Optix G241 and AOC 24G2U are both great options and can be found for £200 online

For 1440p 144hz the Samsung G5 is a forum favourite but is beaten by a AOC CQ27G2U in an RTings review. Both of these are curved panels but a flat version can be found for the AOC called the Q27G2U. All three can be found for £300 or less online
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yeah if going 1440p then it's @Steveyg build but with the 850W RMx chucked in for upgtrades doen the line
 
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