1st Gaming PC Build Help

[ppar]

Hi all,

I’m looking to get my first ever gaming pc after havin an HP Omen laptop for 4 years. I essentially want a PC that can last me a few years and be easy to upgrade parts as and when. Would someone please be able to check my build for me please? My budget is around the £1300 mark and I mostly play games like Euro Truck Sim 2, Train Sim 2021, AoE4, Civ6 etc. I have posted my current build below with a link:

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor i7-10700 (2.9GHz) 16MB Cache
Motherboard
GIGABYTE B560M DS3H (rev. 1.0) : LGA1200, DDR4, USB 3.2
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
Get Guardians of the Galaxy with select GeForce RTX™ 30 Series GPUs
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
128GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (1000 MB/R, 600 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W CV SERIES™ CV-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
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 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 14 to 17 working days

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Thank you all!

 

[sck451]

Hi. We can definitely help you with this. You've given your budget (£1300), but you haven't mentioned a monitor -- do you have one already? If not, what's the budget for buying one? Do you need any other peripherals?

There are quite a few changes I'd suggest: in particular, I wouldn't suggest getting Intel's 10th gen unless you're on an extreme budget. I'd be more likely to go with AMD's 5600X or with Intel's 12600KF. Your RAM, storage, power and cooling could also do with changes, in my book.

 

[ppar]

Thank you for your reply.

So monitor wise I want to save up for a decent one, although I currently have just a standard Dell one that work gave me which is around 2 years old. Monitor wise I'll just want a decent but fairly inexpensive one but that can come later.

The last time I had AMD was the A10 chip in a laptop and I hated it. Although that was a fair few years ago, I don't necessarily trust AMD and prefer Intel because that's what I know.

RAM the minimum I would go is 16gb with 2x 8gb sticks, storage I currently only use a Crucial 1tb SSD for everything in my laptop which works brilliantly. Would you have any suggestions as to what I should/could change on this build and what the best alternatives would be please?

 

[SpyderTracks]

Thank you for your reply.

So monitor wise I want to save up for a decent one, although I currently have just a standard Dell one that work gave me which is around 2 years old. Monitor wise I'll just want a decent but fairly inexpensive one but that can come later.

The last time I had AMD was the A10 chip in a laptop and I hated it. Although that was a fair few years ago, I don't necessarily trust AMD and prefer Intel because that's what I know.

RAM the minimum I would go is 16gb with 2x 8gb sticks, storage I currently only use a Crucial 1tb SSD for everything in my laptop which works brilliantly. Would you have any suggestions as to what I should/could change on this build and what the best alternatives would be please?

What would your budget be for the monitor as that will affect what components to get?

AMD are nothing like they used to be, it's now intel who are the questionable company.

 

[sck451]

Thank you for your reply.

So monitor wise I want to save up for a decent one, although I currently have just a standard Dell one that work gave me which is around 2 years old. Monitor wise I'll just want a decent but fairly inexpensive one but that can come later.

The last time I had AMD was the A10 chip in a laptop and I hated it. Although that was a fair few years ago, I don't necessarily trust AMD and prefer Intel because that's what I know.

RAM the minimum I would go is 16gb with 2x 8gb sticks, storage I currently only use a Crucial 1tb SSD for everything in my laptop which works brilliantly. Would you have any suggestions as to what I should/could change on this build and what the best alternatives would be please?

As @SpyderTracks said, AMD are completely fine now. The A10 is a whole different era of computing: the current platform is excellent, every bit as good as Intel's. Despite Intel's latest launch, it's still the best choice to make right now. (Because Intel's DDR4 option is both more expensive and a little slower, while the DDR5 option is way more expensive, albeit probably a little faster.)

While the monitor you have will work for now, I'd suggest looking into getting a decent gaming monitor. You can get 1080p 144Hz monitors from companies like MSI or AOC for around £150.

Here's the build I'd recommend for you:

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE - good choice of case
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4) - probably the best gaming CPU at this budget
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!) - perfectly adequate motherboard
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)) - faster RAM gives much better performance
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3000MB/sR | 1600MB/sW)) - a much bigger primary SSD is a good idea (ideally you should run games off an SSD these days)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET ) - quiet, efficient, and lots of room for upgrading down the line
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER ) - adequate for the purpose: an upgrade would be ideal, but budget!
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
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0) - superior WiFi performance
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 [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 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 - unnecessary and probably actively unhelpful: Windows Defender is just as good and free
Browser
Firefox™
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 14 to 17 working days
Price: £1,307.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/5pWHfjbhgD/

 

[ppar]

That's amazing, thank you both for your input!

Ideally the monitor I would get later down the line for between £150-£250. Possibly even adding a second screen down the line as well or an ultra wide screen. I know there are things about g-sync and all of that but no idea what any of that means to be fair.

Thank you also for your advise on AMD. Are they more robust now as well? I know Intel, from experience, are fairly robust and work quit efficiently. Just wondered if AMD had come to the same par on that one?

Essentially, the heaviest games I would play would probably be AoE 4, Train Sim and Fallout 4 on occasion so it doesn't need to be too beefy as such. I really appreciate the help and advice though thank you

 

[SpyderTracks]

Thank you also for your advise on AMD. Are they more robust now as well? I know Intel, from experience, are fairly robust and work quit efficiently. Just wondered if AMD had come to the same par on that one?

AMD are far better than Intel nowadays, Intel are now what AMD were in the past, buggy motherboards, excessive power consumption, requires highest end cooling to keep it running.

Intel's new 12th Gen beat AMD in performance but only just and AMD's competition are over a year old, also AMD are releasing a refresh in January that will obliterate Intel again I have no doubt.

All this while using SIGNIFICANTLY less power, less cores, higher IPC count etc etc.

There's no doubt Intels brand new chips beat AMD, but at major cost and that crown will only be for a couple of months.

 

[ppar]

It’s interesting how times have changed with these two. Intel were always the hands down best but it can be so hard to tell these days. Do AMD also work better with Nvidia graphics cards as well?

 

[SpyderTracks]

It’s interesting how times have changed with these two. Intel were always the hands down best but it can be so hard to tell these days. Do AMD also work better with Nvidia graphics cards as well?

GPU isn't dependent on processor at all.

 

[ppar]

I posted a thread a week back but wanted to check this again. I modified a couple of the specs. This is to last me a few years at a budget of around £1300 and be able to upgrade parts easily. Monitor wise I'm looking at 27" 144hz monitors 1080p nothing too fancy. Let me know if there's anything I can improve, although still nervous about AMD:

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
Get Guardians of the Galaxy with select GeForce RTX™ 30 Series GPUs
1st Storage Drive
1TB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 470MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
256GB INTEL® 760p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3210MB/sR | 1315MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD)
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
Wireless Network Card
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 [KK3-00002]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 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
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
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 14 to 17 working days

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[steaky360]

@ppar FYI I've merged your threads to keep all the relevant info in one place

 

[JUNI0R]

I posted a thread a week back but wanted to check this again. I modified a couple of the specs. This is to last me a few years at a budget of around £1300 and be able to upgrade parts easily. Monitor wise I'm looking at 27" 144hz monitors 1080p nothing too fancy. Let me know if there's anything I can improve, although still nervous about AMD:

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
Get Guardians of the Galaxy with select GeForce RTX™ 30 Series GPUs
1st Storage Drive
1TB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 470MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
256GB INTEL® 760p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3210MB/sR | 1315MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD)
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
Wireless Network Card
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 [KK3-00002]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 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
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
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 14 to 17 working days

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Looks pretty solid! A storage adjustment and you're pretty much there. Although the 3060 is really a 1080p card- for 1440p you'd be wanting to look at the 3060TI unless you only plan to play super frame heavy games (CSGO, Minecraft, R6 etc)

 

[ppar]

Thank you @steaky360

Games I do play Minecraft occasionally, mostly play Civ6, Rome Remastered, AoE2, 3 and 4, Tropico 6, Cities Skylines, Euro Truck Sim2 and Train Sim. So 1440 would be great but not fussed about playing in 1080p if it saves on cost. What storage adjustment would you recommend? I went away from Hard Drives as they are slower than SSDs.

 

[JUNI0R]

Thank you @steaky360

Games I do play Minecraft occasionally, mostly play Civ6, Rome Remastered, AoE2, 3 and 4, Tropico 6, Cities Skylines, Euro Truck Sim2 and Train Sim. So 1440 would be great but not fussed about playing in 1080p if it saves on cost. What storage adjustment would you recommend? I went away from Hard Drives as they are slower than SSDs.

None of those games are particularly demanding so you might be okay with a 3060, although a 3060TI would really guarantee that you're good to go. Keeping to 1080p would indeed save on cost but having recently gone from 1080p 60hz to 1440p 144hz, I literally didn't know gaming could be so good. Plus with Black Friday coming up it'd be a good opportunity to get a 1440p monitor for cheap The Samsung G5 is currently in your £250 price range for a monitor on Amazon). If you can make the stretch, I'd wholeheartedly recommed it, if not, no stress.

Also am I right in saying this is the current spec, it's coming to £1360 for me https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/MEY9Yxdhpk/

 

[ppar]

Ahh ok fair enough. That sounds like a plan!

It's coming in at £1365 for me, with storage, should I just bother with the 1 SSD and take the other out?

This is the other PC I've looked at as well for Intel so didn't know which would be best really:

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-11600K (3.9 GHz) 12 MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B560-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
Get Guardians of the Galaxy with select GeForce RTX™ 30 Series GPUs
1st Storage Drive
1TB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 470MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
128GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (1000 MB/R, 600 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
PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 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
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
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 [KK3-00002]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 14 to 17 working days

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[Bigfoot]

I posted a thread a week back but wanted to check this again. I modified a couple of the specs. This is to last me a few years at a budget of around £1300 and be able to upgrade parts easily. Monitor wise I'm looking at 27" 144hz monitors 1080p nothing too fancy. Let me know if there's anything I can improve, although still nervous about AMD:

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
Get Guardians of the Galaxy with select GeForce RTX™ 30 Series GPUs
1st Storage Drive
1TB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 470MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
256GB INTEL® 760p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3210MB/sR | 1315MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD)
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
Wireless Network Card
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 [KK3-00002]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 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
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
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 14 to 17 working days

PCSPECIALIST - Configure the AMD Am4 Gen3 PC to your ideal requirements.

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The link isn't for your build, but just to a generic configurator. A 5600X build would be superior to a 10th or 11th generation Intel alternative. This still needs some changes, though.

 

[JUNI0R]

Ahh ok fair enough. That sounds like a plan!

It's coming in at £1365 for me, with storage, should I just bother with the 1 SSD and take the other out?

This is the other PC I've looked at as well for Intel so didn't know which would be best really:

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Six Core Processor i5-11600K (3.9 GHz) 12 MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B560-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP
Get Guardians of the Galaxy with select GeForce RTX™ 30 Series GPUs
1st Storage Drive
1TB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 470MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
128GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (1000 MB/R, 600 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
PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 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
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
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 [KK3-00002]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 14 to 17 working days

PCSPECIALIST - Custom Computers and Laptops Built to Order

PCSpecialist is a manufacturer of high quality custom computers and laptops. Configure your ideal computer in just a few simple steps with a broad range available.

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

As above, I generally wouldn't really recommend 11th gen intel. 12th gen is out now which outperforms it massively, but as a brand new platform it does still have some teething issues and it's more expensive than Ryzen 5000.

I'm a little confused about what you'd like to go ahead with. Are you wanting to swap to the 3060TI for better 1440p? We could get you a build with one for about £1450. Alternatively, what's the very top of your budget? Then we can work it out from there

 

[ppar]

Very top of the budget is £1400 I would say. At a real stretch. Essentially, I'm coming from a HP Omen laptop which I bought in 2018 which is still decent although now used by my Fiancée, and wanting to go for a really decent PC that will last me a good few years and be easy to upgrade components as and when. AMD I'm still a little nervous about from 1 bad experience a while back with an A10 chip. But I am really looking for something really decent, if I can get 1440 that would be great, if not I'm happy with 1080p.

I'm not gaming every day and flick between PC and PS4 a bit, I just want a decent rig to be fair.