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Aidan Browne

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Alright, so basically I was going to get a pc from here a while ago with personal finance but my dad wasn't eligible. Finally he's getting his student finance in april.

I just wanted to ask if this is a good build to run fortnite at low settings max 3d res. (I know it is for custom builts, but I've heard people like pcspecialists and cyberpower lowball the pcs once they make them so they're not as good as if u were to make them yourself)

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are these rumors true because I know this build can get up to 180fps on low settings max 3d res in game since my friend has the same build but he made it on his own, just want to know if pcspecialists rlly do anything to hurt peformance. Also are the 1660ti's really bad brands or top tier ones?
 
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What’s your max budget?

what screen are you pairing it with, what resolution and refresh rate?

Intel is a huge no no, they’re expensive and pooor performers compared to AMD.

the nvidia GPU’s are usually Palit or Zotac and excellent.
 
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Aidan Browne

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My budget is £800, and yeah I was told that intel isn't the best... should I replace it with an amd ryzen 2700x? or whatever I can afford
 
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Aidan Browne

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Case
PCS P209 RGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight Core CPU (3.2GHz-4.1GHz/20MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.0, 6GB/s
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 Ti - HDMI, DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
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 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 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 13 to 15 working days

only £6 over budget. Is it better by any chance?
 
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Nursemorph said:
Firstly, benchmarks are pointless as they are not real-world scenarios and are skewed towards Intel on a fair few of the sites
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Just thought it worth saying, there are two types of benchmarks - synthetic, which isn’t a benchmark at all, it’s just applying a score to various properties of the cpu based on absolutely nothing - or an actual benchmark done by third party reviewers where they setup the hardware and actually run performance tests under controlled conditions.
Only actual 3rd party benchmarks are worth taking any notice in whatsoever. These include GamersNexus, HardwareUnboxed, BeardedHardware amongst many others.

mid you’re looking at sites like cpubenchmark or userbenchmark, these are synthetic and as @Nursemorph correctly says, they completely unjustly favour intel, using rediculous metrics that favour lower core count and high frequency, both of which may have been relevant 15 years ago, but have no relevance whatsoever today apart from favouring intel.

IPC stands for instructions per clock and is the most important factor over frequency. Intel haven’t really improved their IPC for 5 years now as they haven’t changed their cpu architecture in that time, yes it’s exactly the same chip design now as on their chips 5 years ago.

3rd gen Ryzen has a much higher IPC compared to intel, they are far more efficient as they’re on 7nm vs intels 14nm, and are cheaper for much more performance.

An AMD system would utterly destroy an intel system for almost every use case.
 
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Nursemorph said:
Thank you for correcting me @SpyderTracks , I was completely forgetting about 3rd party benchmarking and such....not sure how I managed that given one of my favourite tech sites, Hexus, does plenty of reviewing and benchmarking!!
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No worries, I knew what you were saying, just thought it best to clarify :) Hexus are great, use them a lot myself.
 
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Aidan Browne said:
144hz also, just to ask will the computer have a display or vga port? Heard it’s needed for 144hz gaming.
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SpyderTracks said:
Just thought it worth saying, there are two types of benchmarks - synthetic, which isn’t a benchmark at all, it’s just applying a score to various properties of the cpu based on absolutely nothing - or an actual benchmark done by third party reviewers where they setup the hardware and actually run performance tests under controlled conditions.
Only actual 3rd party benchmarks are worth taking any notice in whatsoever. These include GamersNexus, HardwareUnboxed, BeardedHardware amongst many others.

mid you’re looking at sites like cpubenchmark or userbenchmark, these are synthetic and as @Nursemorph correctly says, they completely unjustly favour intel, using rediculous metrics that favour lower core count and high frequency, both of which may have been relevant 15 years ago, but have no relevance whatsoever today apart from favouring intel.

IPC stands for instructions per clock and is the most important factor over frequency. Intel haven’t really improved their IPC for 5 years now as they haven’t changed their cpu architecture in that time, yes it’s exactly the same chip design now as on their chips 5 years ago.

3rd gen Ryzen has a much higher IPC compared to intel, they are far more efficient as they’re on 7nm vs intels 14nm, and are cheaper for much more performance.

An AMD system would utterly destroy an intel system for almost every use case.
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Haha, I was using userbenchmarks. Probably why it was favoured
 
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Nursemorph said:
If you could stretch the budget to £840, then upgrading the PSU to the 550w TXm version would be a good call as it is much better, quieter and makes the inside of the case look tidier (not always important I know!)
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Also helps with airflow inside the case as it’s modular so not as many cables required.
 
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