Gaming PC

[melttc]

Hi Guys

I am looking for a gaming PC for the daughter for Xmas, she has a PC at the moment but is a bit slow to be honest.

It has a Pallit1050ti in it, any ideas what the best move is as it will be used for games like fortnite COD and schoolwork ect.

Thanks.

 

[piggy13]

Not the best to answer your question, but that graphics card is way old and the current pc you have may also have a well outdated CPU.
Depends on how deep your pockets are, if you give us an idea of what your budget is I'm sure someone will point you in the right direction.

 

[melttc]

up to £1000 i reckon but would be ideal interest free

 

[alimac]

Why not build your own or if not capable get someone do it for you will be way cheaper than buying of shelf

used to do this few years back

 

[melttc]

i have done this in the past but really wanted one done as im not sure whats compatible with what these days

 

[alimac]

Well thats your answer pay the big £1000

 

[spud1966]

Be-Quiet-Black-Cooler

GameMax-Semi-Modular


Gigabyte-B550-AORUS-ELITE-V2

AMD-Ryzen-5600X

Corsair-Vengeance

Not a bad setup that's what im using with a 2080 super GPU and playing all the games fine at 1080p

£408

So gives you a lot extra to get a good GPU

 

[melttc]

Hi Spud

Is that buying all the parts seperate

 

[spud1966]

Yes m8 you will need a case and hard drive

Best to get a m.2 ssd and just use that to boot windows and slap hard drive in for your games ect

And a GPU 3060 and 3070 are not a bad price the moment

 

[spud1966]

M.2 Gen4 drives

 

[chookey]

Why not build your own or if not capable get someone do it for you will be way cheaper than buying of shelf

used to do this few years back

I've built my own for years but the savings aren't what they used to be. The big boys have bulk buying power so get their parts way cheaper than you or I.

There was a time we could put a gaming pc together and if we spent the right amount of money, could have a machine that would be capable for a few years. Now the GPU manufacturers and the game producers seem to be working in cahoots where you need the latest GPU + CPU to get a good experience.
Cities Skylines 2 is an example of this where even a 4090 is struggling. My 3090 will have to do as I'm done with trying to keep up with them. They seem to have went the way of the mobile phone big boys who constantly bring out a new model with very few real changes but are targeted towards the young who insist on having the latest, top model.

 

[Kryton]

I've built my own for years but the savings aren't what they used to be. The big boys have bulk buying power so get their parts way cheaper than you or I.

There was a time we could put a gaming pc together and if we spent the right amount of money, could have a machine that would be capable for a few years. Now the GPU manufacturers and the game producers seem to be working in cahoots where you need the latest GPU + CPU to get a good experience.
Cities Skylines 2 is an example of this where even a 4090 is struggling. My 3090 will have to do as I'm done with trying to keep up with them. They seem to have went the way of the mobile phone big boys who constantly bring out a new model with very few real changes but are targeted towards the young who insist on having the latest, top model.

I totaly agree... ive spent a fortune upgrading over the years..
My pc does everything i want and does not struggle with anything.. im not forking out anymore on upgrades.
My PS5 gets more use these days to be honest.

You can pick some pretty good high end pc's up on ebay that are much cheaper than they were a year or so back.

 

[spud1966]

Think the ryzen 5 5600x is very good for the price

 

[piggy13]

How about this one - https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/configurator/scan-performance-4060-amd

 

[spud1966]

The memory and PCIe 3 is old but just giving u's a good example on what you can get ect

 

[piggy13]

Curry's have a few around £1000 by Pc Specialist, and some are up to 12 months interest free if paid in full.
What you need to remember is that unless you build it yourself the specs won't be up to everybody's liking unless your pockets are much much deeper.
Whatever you deicide on run it by the lads on here.

Good luck with your search........

 

[chookey]

You could use the games requirements as a starting point. Look at the genre your daughter is interested in. You mentioned COD so look at the recommended spec requirements for say Modern Warfare 3. You will find that they fall quite a way short of "high end". Then look at other games that are of interest to her and compare specs.
You should be able to find a sort of benchmark of the type of cpu, memory and gpu you need. That will obviously determine the choice of motherboard too. Put those up against your budget, you may have to compromise slightly but shouldn't be too far off a decent capable system which will give your daughter the best possible experience.

An important factor that some tend to forget about when budgeting is cooling. The more powerful the machine the hotter it gets. Don't ever take it for granted when buying pre-built that they have included sufficent cooling. I haven't bought one for well over 20 years but even now I would class them as a starting point and something that could be improved.
Because of that, if buying prebuilt try to ensure that the motherboard is capable of utilising a newer cpu and memory incase you decide to upgrade in the future.

Just remember that there is no good or right time to buy/build a system. Things change quickly in the gaming world, if you hesitate something better will come out. If you hesitate again the same will happen again and you will find yourself unable to press that buy it now button.

 

[melttc]

Guys

What abou his one:

3XS RTX™ 4060 Gaming Desktop | 3XS-139131 | ao.com.

 

[spud1966]

Have a look at that , better CPU

And get a RTX 460 ?

 

[chookey]

Guys

What abou his one:

3XS RTX™ 4060 Gaming Desktop | 3XS-139131 | ao.com.

Take care when buying systems which don't mention which motherboard they are utilising. HDMI 2.0, ddr4, no usb C ports suggest an older approaching end of life type of motherboard.
Perhaps system builders trying to offload old stock. You will likely find that any future upgrade options are very limited.