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WeThePeople

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Hi, i was just looking for a bit of advice and help. I'm wanting to get myself a gaming setup but don't have a clue where too start with specs etc as i'm new to pc builds! if anyone could help me with specs then that would be great.

My budget is about £2000. I'm wanting too get 3 curved monitors included in this price if possible and the build would be mostly used for gaming.

Thank you
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

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Are you expecting to game across all 3 monitors at once, or just on 1 monitor with 2 others for displaying non-gaming things.

What sorts of games?
 
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WeThePeople

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Just 1 monitor for gaming and the other 2 for non gaming things.

I'm mostly mostly wanting it for FPS games.

Any help would be great!

Thank you.
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

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So, you can buy cheap curved monitors, but tbh they're a bit of a gimmick. This is because the cheap ones are low spec, and buying a 24" 1080p monitor with a frankly notional curve is not really going to enhance the experience. Which is why they've not really taken off.

The slightly more expensive ones which are a bit larger are arguably worse, because you're paying £150-200 (often more) for a 1080p 60hz monitor (bad value), and 'stretching' the resolution over 27" will give lower pixel density to the point many people start to feel it's a bit stretched.

And the really expensive ones, you should only buy 1 of - they're expensive due to the gaming oriented features, and you're only using one of them to game on.

Besides which if you bought 3 high spec curved monitors with a £2000 budget, whether to game on or not, you wouldn't have any money left for a half decent PC.

You could buy something plausible with 3 curved monitors, but you don't have many options, and it's probably still not very good value. You'd have a lot more options with just regular monitors. IPS and VA panels have decent enough viewing angles that it won't matter you're not directly in front of them.

So
£2000 budget including 3 monitors = 1440p 144hz gaming as a target
3 curved monitors, 1 for gaming, 2 that are decent off-monitors without costing a fortune.

This is one of the few semi-plausible combinations to give 3 decent-spec curved monitors I could think of.

Case
FRACTAL FOCUS G BLACK GAMING CASE (Window)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.2GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B450-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.1, 6Gb/s) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB AMD RADEON™ RX 5700 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive
NOT REQUIRED
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD 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
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
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® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Monitor
MSI 27" Optix MAG271CQR - 2560 x 1440, 1MS, 144Hz
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 12 to 13 working days
Price: £1,485.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/0ZEzHAxq!M/

And then a pair of:

For £250 each (and not a penny more - if the price increases, don't buy them).
£250 is a reasonable-ish price for a plain 1440p monitor. These happen to be 144hz, but aside from making your cursor move smoother on the desktop, that's irrelevant. You don't want one as your main gaming monitor because they lack adaptive sync of any kind.
Those Samsungs and the MSI in the spec have a 1800R curvature.

Tbh I'd recommend just getting a couple of cheap 24" non-curved 1080p monitors with a VA or IPS panel.

And spending what you save on e.g. a better case, a better CPU cooler, more storage, or whatever.
 
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