Looking for help on a build for the misses to get into gaming

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Theshygamerguy

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Need help with making a build for a decent entry level gaming pc than can run most games at a decent level all suggestion and help welcome

She loves the colour pink if that makes s difference when it comes to parts ?
 
ubuysa

ubuysa

The BSOD Doctor
What is your budget?

Does that have to include keyboard and monitor? If not then what monitor will she be using (it affects the GPU choice)?

What sorts of games will she be playing?

How upgradeable does it have to be?
 
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Theshygamerguy

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What is your budget? She's looking at just the computer alone for possibly below £1000 or below If that's not possible then ill talk to her about bumping the budget.

Does that have to include keyboard and monitor? If not then what monitor will she be using (it affects the GPU choice)?

She is looking into then quartz Razer set up as that's what she likes the look of due to it being pink 😂 haven't yet decided on a monitor so if you could include a monitor as separate from the budget so we have an idea of what to look for :) doesn't have to be anything crazy just so she can happily play at a good gaming experience

What sorts of games will she be playing? Atm she's playing Phasmophobia/planet zoo/World of warcraft/sims/among us/

How upgradeable does it have to be?
Ideally would be better if it was able to be upgraded as its her first pc so would need to last .
 
Scott

Scott

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£1000 for the tower is 1080p and will need around £150-£200 spent on a monitor.

If you wanted to break into 1440p (which would make a big difference visually) then you would be looking around £1200 (Once the 3060Ti is released) and you will need to spend around £300 on a monitor.

The overall budget needs to be considered as everything goes hand in hand :)
 
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Theshygamerguy

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Scott said:
£1000 for the tower is 1080p and will need around £150-£200 spent on a monitor.

If you wanted to break into 1440p (which would make a big difference visually) then you would be looking around £1200 (Once the 3060Ti is released) and you will need to spend around £300 on a monitor.

The overall budget needs to be considered as everything goes hand in hand :)
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She currently plays on my pc set up which is 1440p :) I currently have a zotac gaming geforce rtx 2070

I would probably be looking to upgrade to the new graphics cards wondering ..if she went for a 1440p tower if she took my graphics card from my current one would that work. Sorry if that sounds complicated.
 
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Theshygamerguy

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Nursemorph said:
You could slot the GPU into this and it would be fine..it would also be ready for any GPU upgrade in future. Slightly more than the budget...the case and cooler were selected as they have RGB lighting which should, hopefully, allow Pink as a colour choice which should keep her happy (not 100% sure pink is a selectable colour on them but I don't see why not):

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 465X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM Hydro 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 (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
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
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 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 13 to 15 working days
Price: £1,084.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/E4DFZdS25k/
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I have currently the 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER that I would be looking to slot in would that go with all this and would that effect the warranty?
 
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Gavras

Master Poster
Lol be very careful here.

You may find yourself evicted from your PC, especially if you have ‘budget PC ’ selling point for her lol.

as you said, keeping the experience the same is best bet.


been Through it with cars, that was fun lol.
 
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Theshygamerguy

Active member
Nursemorph said:
You could slot the GPU into this and it would be fine..it would also be ready for any GPU upgrade in future. Slightly more than the budget...the case and cooler were selected as they have RGB lighting which should, hopefully, allow Pink as a colour choice which should keep her happy (not 100% sure pink is a selectable colour on them but I don't see why not):

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 465X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM Hydro 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 (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
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
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 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 13 to 15 working days
Price: £1,084.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to
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Nursemorph said:
You could slot the GPU into this and it would be fine..it would also be ready for any GPU upgrade in future. Slightly more than the budget...the case and cooler were selected as they have RGB lighting which should, hopefully, allow Pink as a colour choice which should keep her happy (not 100% sure pink is a selectable colour on them but I don't see why not):

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 465X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM Hydro 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 (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
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
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 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 13 to 15 working days
Price: £1,084.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/E4DFZdS25k/
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Also sorry to be a pain shes looking at a all white and pink theme ideally :)
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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Theshygamerguy said:
Also sorry to be a pain shes looking at a all white and pink theme ideally :)
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The only way to get that kind of customisation would be to build your own.

There's only one white case on PCS which is the NZXT H511, which is an ok case actually, it's not bad.

I guess the best you could achieve would be to have that case and then you could set all the RGB within to as close to pink as you could get it.
 
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Theshygamerguy

Active member
Nursemorph said:
Well, there's only one White case PCS offer, the NZXT H511 but it's not the best case around for cooling. Alternatively, you could find a different white case elsewhere and have it sent in for PCS to build into. I did have a look around the internet for a pink case but they were either poor airflow ones (or looked like having poor airflow) or way too expensive for the budget
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Great thanks for the help :)
 
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scarpa1

Enthusiast
There is another white case, a Thermaltake one.
Bit of a beast though, might need a separate desk just for the case and maybe just for custom water cooling, not sure.
Looks nice though.
 
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Theshygamerguy

Active member
SpyderTracks said:
The only way to get that kind of customisation would be to build your own.

There's only one white case on PCS which is the NZXT H511, which is an ok case actually, it's not bad.

I guess the best you could achieve would be to have that case and then you could set all the RGB within to as close to pink as you could get it.
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Awesome thankyou
AgentCooper said:
Just checked on my H100i RGB Platinum, you can get a lovely shade of pink. I mean... if you're into that kind of thing... I definitely won't be keeping it that way...
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😂 pink isn't for me 😂 its for the misses
 
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