Gaming PC Spec Help

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ifunst3rUK

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Hello!

I am currently looking into buying a new gaming PC, will be used for gaming a lot of GTA V RP, as well as call of duty warzone, and a few simulation games, maybe one day streaming/youtube etc etc. I am new to this and would like your help/advice on what is a good spec. My budget is roughly around £1500-£1600 at the most.

If you can look at the spec below which I made and give me any ideas on what to change or keep or if there's something else that is completely better, please let me know! This is what I built so far:

Case
PCS SPECTRUM RGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Eight Core CPU (3.9GHz-4.5GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE: DDR4, USB 3.1 - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6700 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CV SERIES™ CV-650 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H80i V2 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)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
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 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Monitor
Monitor I currently have is a iiyama ProLite E2483HS (will get a better monitor in future)

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/RDYr4qaPKj/

Hope you guys can help!

Thanks!
 
sck451

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This is definitely possible, but your build could definitely do with some finessing. What monitor are you using? And can you supply the configuration link?

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JUNI0R

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ifunst3rUK said:
Hello!

I am currently looking into buying a new gaming PC, will be used for gaming a lot of GTA V RP, as well as call of duty warzone, and a few simulation games, maybe one day streaming/youtube etc etc. I am new to this and would like your help/advice on what is a good spec. My budget is roughly around £1500-£1600 at the most.

If you can look at the spec below which I made and give me any ideas on what to change or keep or if there's something else that is completely better, please let me know! This is what I built so far:

Case
PCS SPECTRUM RGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Eight Core CPU (3.9GHz-4.5GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE: DDR4, USB 3.1 - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6700 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CV SERIES™ CV-650 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H80i V2 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)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
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 3.1 PCI-E CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]

Hope you guys can help!

Thanks.
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Hi there, there's quite a lot that could be changed on this build but we can work through it! Before we give advice we'll need a little more info 1) What monitor do you have? (either make and model or resolution and refresh rate) 2) would you be able to provide is with the FULL build and configurable link? How to do this can be found here
 
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sck451 said:
This is definitely possible, but your build could definitely do with some finessing. What monitor are you using? And can you supply the configuration link?

How to Post Your Specification to the Forum - Check this Spec

When creating a forum post looking to discuss a PC spec there's a really simple way to post the spec in question here. IF YOU HAVEN'T ORDERED ONE YET AND ARE LOOKING FOR ADVICE ON A BUILD follow this step. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY ORDERED AND ARE ASKED FOR SPECS follow the next post. Click the...
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Monitor is mentioned at the end of the OP’s post, looks like they’ve edited to add it in and include the configurable link 👍

Monitor
Monitor I currently have is a iiyama ProLite E2483HS (will get a better monitor in future)
 
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ifunst3rUK

Member
sck451 said:
This is definitely possible, but your build could definitely do with some finessing. What monitor are you using? And can you supply the configuration link?

How to Post Your Specification to the Forum - Check this Spec

When creating a forum post looking to discuss a PC spec there's a really simple way to post the spec in question here. IF YOU HAVEN'T ORDERED ONE YET AND ARE LOOKING FOR ADVICE ON A BUILD follow this step. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY ORDERED AND ARE ASKED FOR SPECS follow the next post. Click the...
www.pcspecialist.co.uk www.pcspecialist.co.uk
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hello, my bad sorry I edited the main thing to add it in. heres the link again anyway - Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/RDYr4qaPKj/
 
JUNI0R

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ifunst3rUK said:
Monitor I currently have is a iiyama ProLite E2483HS (will get a better monitor in future)
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/RDYr4qaPKj/
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My bad, I didn't spot that at the end and thanks for the link! When do you plan to upgrade your monitor and what will you be upgrading to? I'd highly suggest a new monitor upgrade ASAP, especially with a nice new PC. If you wanted to we could section off some of the PC budget for a new monitor, if not what was your planned budget for this monitor?
 
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Your big problem now is that monitor! It's not really a gaming monitor as it's only 1080p 75Hz: gaming these days is looking at 120Hz minimum. Basically any sensible build will be way overkill for that monitor. And I personally would recommend going for a 1440p monitor when you upgrade, so there's no point trying to cram a monitor into the budget as well. (A base-level 1440p tower+monitor setup is around £2000, for your reference.)

So I'm going to recommend a build that will totally knock the socks off that monitor (as in, go way, way over what it is actually capable of displaying) and be easily upgradable to 1440p when you get there: it will only require replacing the graphics card and monitor, a pretty easy task.

I'm suggesting the six-core 5600X; you could go for the 5800X, but it's quite a big difference in price as you'd also want to beef up the cooling. I edit videos on the 5600X and it's completely fine. If you do get to that point, it will probably be a good plan to add an extra 16GB of memory as well.

Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
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
1TB 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
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid 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
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 [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 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
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 10 to 12 working days
Price: £1,520.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/pAUQjqfah5/
 
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ifunst3rUK

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JUNI0R said:
My bad, I didn't spot that at the end and thanks for the link! When do you plan to upgrade your monitor and what will you be upgrading to? I'd highly suggest a new monitor upgrade ASAP, especially with a nice new PC. If you wanted to we could section off some of the PC budget for a new monitor, if not what was your planned budget for this monitor?
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No worries! I mean I'd like to upgrade my monitor whilst getting a new PC I guess, so yes sectioning off some of the PC budget for a new monitor could work, sounds good to me.
 
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sck451 said:
Your big problem now is that monitor! It's not really a gaming monitor as it's only 1080p 75Hz: gaming these days is looking at 120Hz minimum. Basically any sensible build will be way overkill for that monitor. And I personally would recommend going for a 1440p monitor when you upgrade, so there's no point trying to cram a monitor into the budget as well. (A base-level 1440p tower+monitor setup is around £2000, for your reference.)

So I'm going to recommend a build that will totally knock the socks off that monitor (as in, go way, way over what it is actually capable of displaying) and be easily upgradable to 1440p when you get there: it will only require replacing the graphics card and monitor, a pretty easy task.

I'm suggesting the six-core 5600X; you could go for the 5800X, but it's quite a big difference in price as you'd also want to beef up the cooling. I edit videos on the 5600X and it's completely fine. If you do get to that point, it will probably be a good plan to add an extra 16GB of memory as well.

Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
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
1TB 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
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid 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
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 [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 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
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 10 to 12 working days
Price: £1,520.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/pAUQjqfah5/
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Thanks buddy! Yeah, the monitor is a big problem indeed. But yeah what you said makes sense, and the upgrading replacing graphics card and monitor would be an easy task yes. Looks good!
 
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sck451 said:
Your big problem now is that monitor! It's not really a gaming monitor as it's only 1080p 75Hz: gaming these days is looking at 120Hz minimum. Basically any sensible build will be way overkill for that monitor. And I personally would recommend going for a 1440p monitor when you upgrade, so there's no point trying to cram a monitor into the budget as well. (A base-level 1440p tower+monitor setup is around £2000, for your reference.)

So I'm going to recommend a build that will totally knock the socks off that monitor (as in, go way, way over what it is actually capable of displaying) and be easily upgradable to 1440p when you get there: it will only require replacing the graphics card and monitor, a pretty easy task.

I'm suggesting the six-core 5600X; you could go for the 5800X, but it's quite a big difference in price as you'd also want to beef up the cooling. I edit videos on the 5600X and it's completely fine. If you do get to that point, it will probably be a good plan to add an extra 16GB of memory as well.

Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
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
1TB 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
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid 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
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 [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 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
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 10 to 12 working days
Price: £1,520.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/pAUQjqfah5/
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I've been pipped to the post! This looks like a lovely build from @sck451 and makes a very good point about monitor and GPU upgrade. Although as it's only a 75hz monitor is there much point in going for the 2060 over 1660S as I'm sure the 1660S would max out that monitor anyway?
 
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JUNI0R said:
I've been pipped to the post! This looks like a lovely build from @sck451 and makes a very good point about monitor and GPU upgrade. Although as it's only a 75hz monitor is there much point in going for the 2060 over 1660S as I'm sure the 1660S would max out that monitor anyway?
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It has some ray-tracing capability (admittedly not much) and, most importantly, it would be significantly better for video editing**. For £20 it's a no-brainer to my mind, even though the difference won't be discernible. I'd also expect it to have a bit more resale value down the line.


** though I admit I do video editing on a 5600X-1660S combination and have no cause for complaint
 
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JUNI0R said:
I've been pipped to the post! This looks like a lovely build from @sck451 and makes a very good point about monitor and GPU upgrade. Although as it's only a 75hz monitor is there much point in going for the 2060 over 1660S as I'm sure the 1660S would max out that monitor anyway?
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It does look like a lovely build, thanks for your help also though :)
 
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sck451 said:
It has some ray-tracing capability (admittedly not much) and, most importantly, it would be significantly better for video editing**. For £20 it's a no-brainer to my mind, even though the difference won't be discernible. I'd also expect it to have a bit more resale value down the line.


** though I admit I do video editing on a 5600X-1660S combination and have no cause for complaint
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Always read the small print
 
JUNI0R

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sck451 said:
It has some ray-tracing capability (admittedly not much) and, most importantly, it would be significantly better for video editing**. For £20 it's a no-brainer to my mind, even though the difference won't be discernible. I'd also expect it to have a bit more resale value down the line.


** though I admit I do video editing on a 5600X-1660S combination and have no cause for complaint
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😂 That little text. And totally fair, especially for only £20 more!
 
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sck451 said:
I guess it's a case of "the 1660S is fine, but for £20 I'd bite your hand off for the 2060"!
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alright so just to confirm, that spec would be good for my current bad monitor, but is a good spec for the games i play such as GTA V RP (FiveM), call of duty, etc etc, and then sometime soon ASAP I will upgrade monitor and then also replace graphics card?
 
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If you're upgrading soon, it's worth buying a 1440p graphics card. The ideal one would be the 3060 Ti, but that is out of stock, has been for ages and looks like it will be for a while. If the price is accurate (and my guess is that it will go up when it's back in stock), it would take my build above to £1700. This would definitely be a good bet if you're going to be upgrading to 1440p soon and you can afford it. (FWIW, good 1440p monitors start at £260-280, depending on sales on any given day.)
 
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sck451 said:
If you're upgrading soon, it's worth buying a 1440p graphics card. The ideal one would be the 3060 Ti, but that is out of stock, has been for ages and looks like it will be for a while. If the price is accurate (and my guess is that it will go up when it's back in stock), it would take my build above to £1700. This would definitely be a good bet if you're going to be upgrading to 1440p soon and you can afford it. (FWIW, good 1440p monitors start at £260-280, depending on sales on any given day.)
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understood, thanks man. will take this into consideration and will look, if I didn't want to wait long for that one to come back into stock, any other good options you'd suggest? or just stick to this and upgrade the monitor and graphics card in future when it's back in stock maybe? I mean i'm sure when it's back in stock i'd have the extra money saved up
 
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The 3070 would be ideal, but adds £200 to that price. The AMD 6700XT is the other option, but isn't so great at video editing. If that's going to be a major part of your work in the near future, I'd go for one of the NVidia cards, but if you're maining concerned with gaming right now and can afford that smidgen over £2000 for tower and monitor, it would be a brilliant setup.

Otherwise I'd stick with what I proposed above. As @Martinr36 says, any of these graphics cards will be mega overkill for you: the ideal card would actually be the 1650 Super, but PCS don't have them and the second hand prices are 😲

I know this feels like one caveat and problem after another: such is the world of graphics cards in 2021.
 
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