Hi there! It's finally time to upgrade my rig, as my poor "gaming" laptop is about 7-8 years old now. It's honestly served me fairly well, but it's hit the wall of not really being able to run the newest AAA titles, so it's time for an upgrade. I've been putting this off ever since I found that trying to play BG3 is like trying to run through soup.
Budget of around £2,000, just for the PC.
Uses: Gaming, Streaming, regular use.
Games to include: Baldur's Gate 3, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Elden Ring, Final Fantasy XIV, etc.
This is what I'm currently looking at, per the suggestions of a friend. This was his "as a streamer, if I could buy a computer right now, knowing what I do about my current set up, this is what I'd get at your budget." I, admittedly, don't really know much about the hardware end of things beyond "Get something that is better than what you already have." So figured asking people who did know was 1000% my best shot. I was told this should likely last me for a good while unless there's some big leap in technology before then.
Mostly thought to post, because I saw somewhere that the case isn't recommended. There's not a huge amount of wiggle left in my budget, because with VAT this sits at about 1900ish.
Case: PCS SPECTRUM II ARGB MID TOWER CASE (PWM) *WHITE*
CPU: Intel Core i7 20-Core Processor i7-14700 (Up to 5.4GHz) 33MB Cache
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX (LGA1700, DDR5, PCle 5.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 4800MHz (2x16GB)
Graphics Card: 12GB Nvidia GEFORCE RTX4070 SUPER - 12GB Zotac GEFORCE RTX Super Twin Edge - HDMIx 3 x DP
SSD: 4TB Corsair CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCle M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W RM Series Modular 80 Plus Gold Ultra Quiet
Processor Cooling: PCS Frostflow 200 series high performance CPU Cooler 2502 TDP
Standard Thermal Paste
Sound Card: Onboard 6 channel 5.1 High Def Audio
Network Card: Onboard LAN port
Thanks for any assistance in advance!
Edit: I do like RGB, but I'm not fussed about it when it comes to the case, I'm also not entirely worried about space issues as my set up is pretty open. My monitor currently is a SAMSUNG C24F396 Full HD 24" Curved LED Monitor so it's a 1080, but I'm fine with upgrading to a 1440 in the future.
Budget of around £2,000, just for the PC.
Uses: Gaming, Streaming, regular use.
Games to include: Baldur's Gate 3, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Elden Ring, Final Fantasy XIV, etc.
This is what I'm currently looking at, per the suggestions of a friend. This was his "as a streamer, if I could buy a computer right now, knowing what I do about my current set up, this is what I'd get at your budget." I, admittedly, don't really know much about the hardware end of things beyond "Get something that is better than what you already have." So figured asking people who did know was 1000% my best shot. I was told this should likely last me for a good while unless there's some big leap in technology before then.
Mostly thought to post, because I saw somewhere that the case isn't recommended. There's not a huge amount of wiggle left in my budget, because with VAT this sits at about 1900ish.
Case: PCS SPECTRUM II ARGB MID TOWER CASE (PWM) *WHITE*
CPU: Intel Core i7 20-Core Processor i7-14700 (Up to 5.4GHz) 33MB Cache
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX (LGA1700, DDR5, PCle 5.0, Wi-Fi 6E)
RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 4800MHz (2x16GB)
Graphics Card: 12GB Nvidia GEFORCE RTX4070 SUPER - 12GB Zotac GEFORCE RTX Super Twin Edge - HDMIx 3 x DP
SSD: 4TB Corsair CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCle M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W RM Series Modular 80 Plus Gold Ultra Quiet
Processor Cooling: PCS Frostflow 200 series high performance CPU Cooler 2502 TDP
Standard Thermal Paste
Sound Card: Onboard 6 channel 5.1 High Def Audio
Network Card: Onboard LAN port
Thanks for any assistance in advance!
Edit: I do like RGB, but I'm not fussed about it when it comes to the case, I'm also not entirely worried about space issues as my set up is pretty open. My monitor currently is a SAMSUNG C24F396 Full HD 24" Curved LED Monitor so it's a 1080, but I'm fine with upgrading to a 1440 in the future.
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