Buying a Gaming PC

[Sambob]

Yeah this is the thing. I was happy with the originally spec'd Ryzen CPU and then this dude said he had a new sealed 8086K and would do me a great price on it. It knocks the ryzen out of the water but is more expensive.....will last me a good while if I can find the cash from somewhere though.

 

I basically need to re-do my list because Ive now got the CPU and GPU sorted, I can keep my SSD so the list is:

Motherboard

Ram

Power supply

Case

 

[spatular]

8086k isn't really any different from a 8700k (the 5ghz boost only happens on single core - so never really happens), unless you overclock as it should be better for that, but yeah still a great deal for £300!

[DANGERMAN]

spatular is saying your computer is shit @Sambob

[spatular]

Yeah i9 or go home. Even the box is amazing.

[DANGERMAN]

The box for the i9 is amazing. It's like you've won the Crystal Maze 

[DisturbedSwan]

I think I'd have to get a new MoBo for an i9 ?

[DANGERMAN]

I'm going to have to get a new one no matter what I upgrade too, so it's being factored in to the price when I upgrade.

 

As much as I want to spend stupid money on an i8 or an i9, I think I'll save myself the money and go for an AMD. It's not happening this year anyway, so even though people talking about it is giving me the itch, it's not happening any time soon

[Sambob]

All change, gone for a build much closer to my original spec and told that guy I can't buy the cpu. Dont need it to be that powerful and there is no point having a skewed build. 

 

Feel pretty good for making a sensible decision. 

 

Amd 5 2600x, 1660ti 16gb ram all in a nice small, plain, case. And the thing is it will be way better than I have. 

[ThreeFour]

So to save me wading through the whole thread; anyone recommend a place to buy a ready built gaming PC? 

 

I'm thinking I want a new one. Got to convince the wife tho first ?

 

I built my last one but not sure I can be arsed doing it again ?

[Sly Reflex]

Chillblast. I can't remember who built @Blakey's rig, but those guys are recommended as well.

 

Save a lot of pennies doing it yourself though.

[ThreeFour]

Yeah that's the dilemma. Doing the research and dealing with issues or let them do the horse work. 

 

Cheers. I'll check em out and weight it up ??

[DisturbedSwan]

I used Scan for mine and they were excellent @ThreeFour I've heard very good things about Chillblast too though and used Overclockers UK for my GPU and they were excellent as well.

[ThreeFour]

Yeah it used both those for my bits when I built my own. No idea on their own custom ones tho. 

[Jimboxy]

If it helps, I put the machine I roughly have specced out into chillblast and it comes in at about £1000, which means you're paying roughly £250 for someone to build it (although I did add a different cpu cooler instead of the stock one). Not a bad amount to save the hassle of doing it yourself.

[ThreeFour]

Yeah that's about my break point where I'd consider it. Just finding time amongst the rest of the stuff I'm on with these days. 

 

I've broached the subject with the wife. She wants my old one for an office PC. 

 

Win ?

[radiofloyd]

I used Scan and they were very good.

[spatular]

the new amd stuff is out 7/7, it's looking like its going to be expensive, especially the motherboards.

[Sambob]

£250 to do it yourself? thats a relatively significant upgrade to a CPU or GPU, maybe a better hardrive, more RAM, etc. Dont forget the fact that if you are building a nice powerful PC, you will want a good monitor that reflects that and the £250 quid mark is goldust for good value, 1440p, 144hz monitors at the moment, Acer are putting out some lovely stuff.

[ThreeFour]

Yeah but it's also extra masturbation time not having to deal with the gathering and research n connecting (although there's some rather enjoyable and pacifying about doing that). 

 

I've not decided yet. Got my CCTV and Shed to put up before I move onto this so haven't got into it. 

 

I was at the Meltdown gamer bar in Sheffield last night watching the Xbox conference. They had a few Chilliblast PC's I noticed ?

[Whiskey_chaser]

I bought a Dell laptop last year for £800 in one of their sales - i7 processor, 16 gig ram, 1060 maxQ 6gig graphics card. I swapped out the shitty SSD for a 970 Evo and it runs like shit off a shovel. My only niggle is the trackpad is crap, but I use a mouse anyway.