£1500 PC budget, advice needed

[welsby12345]

I'd still recommend this as the best you can do for the budget.

Hi. Sorry to jump on this post, it's just the same budget I'm looking to spend on my Son's gaming pc for Xmas. Can you recommend a case - he wants white with the colorful fans and 1 glass side. Could you also potentially recommend a monitor? He apparently wants a wide-screen curved one and then he has told me he will link up the current small flat monitor in portrait mode?! He wants to get MSFS - would this be a good fit? Thanks for any advice you can offer, it looks to be a minefield!!

 

[SpyderTracks]

Hi. Sorry to jump on this post, it's just the same budget I'm looking to spend on my Son's gaming pc for Xmas. Can you recommend a case - he wants white with the colorful fans and 1 glass side. Could you also potentially recommend a monitor? He apparently wants a wide-screen curved one and then he has told me he will link up the current small flat monitor in portrait mode?! He wants to get MSFS - would this be a good fit? Thanks for any advice you can offer, it looks to be a minefield!!

If you create your own thread someone can advise

 

[Martinr36]

Hi. Sorry to jump on this post, it's just the same budget I'm looking to spend on my Son's gaming pc for Xmas. Can you recommend a case - he wants white with the colorful fans and 1 glass side. Could you also potentially recommend a monitor? He apparently wants a wide-screen curved one and then he has told me he will link up the current small flat monitor in portrait mode?! He wants to get MSFS - would this be a good fit? Thanks for any advice you can offer, it looks to be a minefield!!

Best bet it's start your own post rather than hijack this one, and have a read of this

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[welsby12345]

Hi All. First of all, apologies to anyone I offended for hijacking someone else's thread. I am new to seeking advice online and very nearly coughed up £1500+ on a gaming PC from another site with in Intel i9 processor which I now guess from reading posts on here may have been unwise. Secondly thank you for any advice you may be able to provide me - I appreciate you are all either customers and/or technology wizards giving up your time advising people who are unsure of the right PC to invest in, or hopefully complete novices like me? I have borrowed a spec (below) from responses to someone else's thread that looks like it could fit my Son's needs for a Xmas present. Could you please help?? He's 12 and already has better knowledge than me on this stuff, but it wouldn't be a surprise if I asked him! You've already from other posts convinced me that £1500 is not really going to cut it, but my max really must be £1800. Oh monitor is on options below too and to be used for gaming (mainly Microsoft Flight Simulator) and family PC (emails/documents etc. but nothing too taxing!)
Case
PCS SPECTRUM II ARGB MID TOWER CASE (PWM) *WHITE*
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-5.3GHz/40MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB XFX RADEON™ RX 7800 XT QICK 319 - HDMI, 3 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 150 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
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
Monitor
ASUS TUF GAMING VG27VQ3B 27" - CURVED, 1920 x 1080, VA, 180Hz
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Price: £1,794.00 including VAT and Delivery