Gaming PC budget £2,000

[Generalkenz]

Im trying to get the build to £2,000 or £2,100. Any ideas.
Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 460X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 Eight Core Processor i9-9900K (3.6GHz) 16MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs, WIFI - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3400MB/R, 2500MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H60 2018 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Ultra Quiet Fans
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
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Promotional Item
Get Battlefield V -AND- Anthem with select NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs!
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Quantity
1

Price £2,291.00 including VAT and Delivery

 

[Oussebon]

That should be a piece of cake.

But first what monitor are you pairing this with?

 

[Generalkenz]

Thanks

Im not sure what monitor but i might get a 1080p 144hz monitor.
Do you think i should get a WD m.2d instead of samsug eco m.2? I'm trying to reduce the cost further xd

 

[Oussebon]

This build would be completely wasted on 1080p gaming.

What's your budget for both the system and the monitor together?

 

[Generalkenz]

My budget is £2,500. Im thinking of changed the processes to i9 9900k overlocked because games in years 3 with Vulcan and updated engines gonna be huge
is overclocking worth it though?

 

[Generalkenz]

For gaming tbh - games like the Division, Anthem and etc.

 

[Oussebon]

The 9900k isn;'t a good use of money - it's hugely expensive, uses a lot of power, and won't really help much with gaming performance especially at higher resolutions. I appreciate the desire to futureproof, but frankly the better way to futureproof is to save money to be able to buy more advanced, cheaper hardware down the line.

At CES AMD demoed an engineering sample of an 8C/16T CPU from their Zen 2 lineup coming out this summer matching 9900k performance, and it's expected there will also be 12 and 16 core CPUs.

Also Intel CPUs are super experience right now due to supply shortages, and the motherboards are expensive too (partly because they are, partly because they are actually affected by 14nm supply shortages for the chipsets themselves).

I'd suggest something like:




Case
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 460X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.35GHz/20MB CACHE/AM4)
---Tom Clancy's The Division 2 FREE w/ select AMD Ryzen CPUs!
Motherboard
Gigabyte X470 AORUS Ultra Gaming: ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2933MHz ~ (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - RTX VR Ready!
---Get Battlefield V -AND- Anthem with select NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs!
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
1[SUP]st[/SUP] M.2 SSD Drive
1TB WD Black™ M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3400MB/s R | 2800MB/s W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100x 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)
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
Genuine 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 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 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price £2,001.00 including VAT and Delivery

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And a 1440p 144hz monitor. The performance difference from the CPU will probably be ~5% if that, but the savings are huge and let you afford a much better monitor / keep money in the kitty for a CPU upgrade in several years that will smash the 9900k and anything else on offer anyway.

For monitors you could start looking at the Dell S2716DG

 

[Generalkenz]

Any idea when AMD will release their new 7nm chip?

 

[Generalkenz]

i can always upgrade to the zen 2 right? i hope the motherboard you selected will support zen 2?

 

[Oussebon]

The motherboard is expected to support Zen 2, I'm pretty sure AMD have confirmed AM4 (the socket on these motherboards) supports new CPUs upto 2020. Zen 2 is out this summer at some point most likely. There's some possibility that the motherboards may even support what comes after Zen 2 I think.

There are of course potential considerations like whether it will be sensible to put some of the more extreme Zen 2 CPUs e.g. those 16 core beasts) on cheaper AM4 motherboards in terms of VRMs. In the same way that you you could put a 9900k into an H310M-A motherboard, but you'd probably be nuts to actually do it. And of course new motherboards will come out with newer features like PCIe 4.0.

Nothing really uses that yet though, so you probably wouldn't feel much incentive to upgrade the mobo in the summer even if you did upgrade the CPU.

Tbh, by far the most likely scenario if you buy the R7 2700x is that you'll be entirely happy with the system's performance for a long while to come, and you won't seriously consider upgrading the CPU for a long while. You'll just have saved £200-300 for use at a much later date with no ill effects in the meantime

 

[Scott]

In addition to the above I would recommend putting some of the savings towards the 850 RMx PSU, it's just a better bit of kit and doesn't eat too much cash over the 750. Also, I would have a look at the Wifi choice. The default option has been selected automatically but it's worth putting a few quid to a faster card.