Could anyone help spec me a desktop pc for gaming

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fraserMacdonald150

Member
Hey everyone this is my first post so please go easy :)
I'm an avid gamer who loves my shooter games, and I am really thinking of moving over from my ps5 to pc...
With a budget of 2500 could anyone help me come up with a pc that fits my budget. This would have to include a monitor and keyboard and mouse. But these items would probably be upgraded in the future so I don't want these to define the build, iff you get me.
I'm really looking for the best bang for buck pc I can get to play games such as call of duty warzone etc. I would like the pc to have good graphics capabilities, possibilities of good fps rates and be possible to upgrade in the future when the time would come.
I have been looking at the prebuilt pcs and that may be the best route for me to go down, but seeing as there's also a forum here then I thought the least I could do is ask :)
Thanks for any help or advice that people can give.
Cheers guys and gals
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fraserMacdonald150

Member
If you can't tell I am not massivley tech savvy. I just love my games, so trying to spec my own pc is a bit ambitious..
Any help opinions or advice would be amazing :)
Thanks
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Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
That's a fantastic budget, but it puts you in a little bit of a pickle unfortunately. I'll put together 2 specs for you, one inside budget and one will be outside (but I'll give reasons).
 
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Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
High end 1440p gaming rig below. This has all the stuff I would personally like to have in a build to sustain years of upgrades and use. Top end gaming CPU and on the platform that has a future. It's filled with win.

@sck451 highlighted this bargain monitor in another thread as well, for £230 which is great for an IPS display:


£200-£350 will get you a great 1440p monitor to pair with the below.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB AMD RADEON™ RX 7800 XT GAMING - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
Graphics Card Support Bracket
NONE (BRACKET INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti / RX 7700 XT AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ - MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR H100x RGB ELITE 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
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
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
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
Firefox™
Keyboard & Mouse
ASUS TUF K1 Gaming Keyboard & M3 Gen II Mouse Bundle
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 5 to 7 working days
Price: £2,036.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/CvE8mku3XY/
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
The quandary is, that if you spend a little more on the GPU, you can actually open the door to a widescreen build.

The monitor to match with this would be £400:


Which would take you a bit over budget. If you could save the extra I think it would genuinely be worthwhile.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
20GB AMD RADEON™ RX 7900 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
Graphics Card Support Bracket
NONE (BRACKET INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti / RX 7700 XT AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ - MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR H100x RGB ELITE 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
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
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
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
Firefox™
Keyboard & Mouse
ASUS TUF K1 Gaming Keyboard & M3 Gen II Mouse Bundle
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 5 to 7 working days
Price: £2,243.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/d5VDwGvhdW/
 
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fraserMacdonald150

Member
What a brilliant reply, thanks I really appreciate you taking the time to spec them out and also explaining the reasoning for the 2 different options.
I' think I will probably look more into the second option and also the 1440 monitor, we have a scheme through work where we can buy from curry's and pay monthly so that actually may be a option :)
Again thanks so much for the advice 🙏
It's a bit daunting looking at pc's when all I actually know is what games I want to play, and not what i need to play them.😄
your advice/reply is exactly what I was looking for, thanks again 👍
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fraserMacdonald150

Member
Just want to say thanks agin for the input here guys :) im only just about to pull the trigger and order, im going for the widescreen capable option put together by scott. Just want to make sure nothing has changed in the last month, that i should change before ordering.. as i mentioned previously im not tech savy, so mega appreciate the input guys :)
Thanks again everyone
Fraser
 
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