pc specialist Gaming desktop build.

[Lostone98]

I have had a Desktop from PC specialist since 2012 (A build with a GTX 690 SLI) and I am in desperate need of a new desktop but need a desktop build recommendation from this site plus a large-ish screen (Maybe 4k but only one screen and it does not need to be a widescreen) also need a bookshelf speakers with a built in amplifier as I have small space, I was thinking of a 2.0 setup as I think if I went with a 2.1 with a sub I would have an unhappy shop underneath my flat. I was thinking of a JBL 305P:

(https://www.gear4music.com/Recordin...MIyISM-LL07AIViLbtCh3wiwD9EAQYASABEgJX_PD_BwE)

I will be playing these games but at ultra settings with max FPS:

Resident evil 2 and 7
Doom eternal
Red dead redemption 2
Metro exodus
And the new cyberpunk 2077

I don't know how this will sound but I need a high end PC that I wont upgrade and needs to be future proof for the next 8 or 9 years. I don't know if my expectations are too high but I did it with my current build.

Could you guy recommend me a gaming chair too? I was thinking of going to IKEA for it?

For the desktop PC, screen, speakers, keyboard. max I want to spend is £2000-3000. I got a OK desk and mouse. I don't want a liquid cooled PC, fan will do. needs to be low maintenance.

Need saving up to do but will be for mid 2021, Also to add the smaller the case for the desktop the better!

Thanks in advance, kind regards.

 

[Bhuna50]

That’s quite a nice budget and might probably achieve what you want but if you say it needs saving up for and won’t be bought until mid 2021, you are probably better off waiting for build recommendations in March/April as technology is constantly changing and so are the prices of components.

what someone prices up for you now could be totally different at that time.

 

[DeletedUser]

As above, the entire landscape will have changed by the time you are buying....we are in the midst of a whole range of new GPUs from both AMD and NVIDIA as well as new AMD CPUs coming online.

 

[Lostone98]

As above, the entire landscape will have changed by the time you are buying....we are in the midst of a whole range of new GPUs from both AMD and NVIDIA as well as new AMD CPUs coming online.

What is better these days, Intel or AMD? When I got my PC, Intel was more popular.

 

[Lostone98]

That’s quite a nice budget and might probably achieve what you want but if you say it needs saving up for and won’t be bought until mid 2021, you are probably better off waiting for build recommendations in March/April as technology is constantly changing and so are the prices of components.

what someone prices up for you now could be totally different at that time.

Could you recommend me a chair and speaker? That should not change yet. Are 4k a big thing or HD is still the main choice theses days?

 

[DeletedUser]

AMD Vs Intel

So some of you aren't aware of the reasons why so many people are heading away from Intel to AMD, so thought it would be important to lay that out for people to refer back to. A lot of you will go to cpubenchmark or userbenchmark to find performance metrics for CPU's. These sites are complete...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[Lostone98]

AMD Vs Intel

So some of you aren't aware of the reasons why so many people are heading away from Intel to AMD, so thought it would be important to lay that out for people to refer back to. A lot of you will go to cpubenchmark or userbenchmark to find performance metrics for CPU's. These sites are complete...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

Thank you kind sir

 

[Bhuna50]

Could you recommend me a chair and speaker? That should not change yet. Are 4k a big thing or HD is still the main choice theses days?

Sorry cant help there - Im now a laptop person for the last 5 years, so my chair is a La-z-boy recliner armchair and my speakers are a Logitech wireless headset / mic.

 

[DeletedUser]

Could you recommend me a chair and speaker? That should not change yet. Are 4k a big thing or HD is still the main choice theses days?

1440p is the popular choice for graphics these days...halfway between 1080p and 4k, sometimes referred to as 2k. 4k is becoming popular more but games aren't fully

 

[Lostone98]

Will be playing resident evil 2 and 7, cyberpunk 2077, doom eternal. Metro exodus. All at ultra setting.

Need at least 2tb of memory. Looking at the rtx 3080

 

[steaky360]

Is this the same PC you're looking at in your other thread? If it is we will merge the threads, no point in having two separate discussions.

 

[Lostone98]

Is this the same PC you're looking at in your other thread? If it is we will merge the threads, no point in having two separate discussions.

Ah yes I forgot about this post. Thank you

 

[DeletedUser]

Has when you are buying changed? If not, then the advice is the same...come back nearer the time as things are currently evolving on an almost daily basis with stocks, prices, new products etc. Impossible to give accurate advice for 4-5 months down the road

 

[Lostone98]

I will be getting the desktop sooner then I thought, what can you recommend me? Should I wait next month till the new cards are out, I prefer not to, I would rather wait till it get cheap. I could send the desktop back to PC specialists to upgrade.

Should I go to 4k or 2k? Budget £2000-3000 for desktop and £600-£1000 monitor. Coolant by fan and hard drive 2tb at the minimum.

I would like vr headset, would the Samsung HMD Odyssey+ be a good choice?

Hope it's ok to ask

 

[Lostone98]

I don't need a liquid cooling system and no lights just a plain case. It needs to be for vr headset (Samsung HMD Odyssey+)

@SpyderTracks could you give me an hand, I would be very grateful. Thanks

Desktop Budget £2000-3000
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Games to play (on ultra)
Cyberpunk 2077
Metro exodus
Resident Evil 2\7
Red dead redemption 2

What monitor would you recommend for 4k gaming at 144hz,

monitor budget £600-1000
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What speaker and sub woofer should I get? Would like it to be a klipsch or KEF
(Was getting a Mackie MR824 but not now, thanks Kozuki) needs to be a 2.1 system.

Budget for speakers <£600
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Link to build:

PCSPECIALIST - Top Spec Custom PCs & Laptops Built to Order

Manufacturer of performance custom computers and laptops. Customise your ideal gaming PC or laptop using our advanced configurator.

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[kozuki]

I'll leave the actual PC building help to other members here who are more experienced, but I want to comment about the speakers as you call them. You are getting 350+ quid worth active near field studio monitors, these things output a lot of volume and need to be used in a treated environment and with proper placement, are you sure what you are doing? If what I just told you didn't make any sense, I'd suggest looking for actual speakers that are made for "simpler" listening, such as klipsch or KEF (that's if you really want to spend more on those) or others. If you do know what you're doing, you'd know that a soundcard would need to be an external USB interface, I haven't seen many sound cards that go inside the PC and have the sufficient inputs/controls.

Also, you'd want to stay away from intel and the ASUS strix cards are not coming until january/february by the newest information, you'd want a more powerful PSU and an AIO liquid cooler for a processor withing these specs, but as I said, I'll leave the full details for others

 

[Lostone98]

I'll leave the actual PC building help to other members here who are more experienced, but I want to comment about the speakers as you call them. You are getting 350+ quid worth active near field studio monitors, these things output a lot of volume and need to be used in a treated environment and with proper placement, are you sure what you are doing? If what I just told you didn't make any sense, I'd suggest looking for actual speakers that are made for "simpler" listening, such as klipsch or KEF (that's if you really want to spend more on those) or others. If you do know what you're doing, you'd know that a soundcard would need to be an external USB interface, I haven't seen many sound cards that go inside the PC and have the sufficient inputs/controls.

Also, you'd want to stay away from intel and the ASUS strix cards are not coming until january/february by the newest information, you'd want a more powerful PSU and an AIO liquid cooler for a processor withing these specs, but as I said, I'll leave the full details for others

To be honest I would not know how to set it up so right on that part, I for sure don't know what I'm doing.

Edit: would this be a good choice:

Klipsch R-100SW Subwoofer - Black @ £329​

And

Klipsch Reference R-41M @ £219​

If not could you recommend a klipsch setup?

 

[AgentCooper]

Hi there, just did you a spec for a luxurious, quiet and discreet system...

Case
FRACTAL DEFINE 7 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP (Delivery before Xmas not guaranteed)
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PRO XT 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
2 PORT (2 x TYPE A) USB 3.0 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
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
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 15 to 17 working days
Price: £2,798.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/5JJfrsH3zg/

 

[Lostone98]

Hi there, just did you a spec for a luxurious, quiet and discreet system...

Case
FRACTAL DEFINE 7 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP (Delivery before Xmas not guaranteed)
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i RGB PRO XT 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
2 PORT (2 x TYPE A) USB 3.0 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
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
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 15 to 17 working days
Price: £2,798.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/5JJfrsH3zg/

Thank you! Could you recommend a monitor for under £1000

 

[AgentCooper]

For 4K 144Hz, there's a few options. This is nice with an IPS panel...

ASUS ROG Strix XG27UQ 27" 4K 144Hz HDR Gaming Monitor - Laptops Direct

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