Recent content by SmithyTheHobbit

I might be wrong but I don't think you are able to upgrade GPU's on laptops as they are soldered in.

If your max budget is £2k so I have come up with this, which is a little less. Will be perfectly fine for 1080p. I've used what I have learnt from others in this forum. There are probably ways to get this cheaper or improve, others will be able to help better:) Case CORSAIR 4000D RGB AIRFLOW...

I'm not an expert so someone can correct me if I am wrong. You don't need the Anti-Virus, windows defender and Malwarebytes are sufficient enough. I don't think you would need to spend extra on that the thermal paste. Will probably need a more powerful psu 750w+. I can't comment on the rest so...

Cheers Scott, will make those changes!

Think we have decided on this for her! Any last thoughts as purchasing tomorrow :) Case CORSAIR 4000D RGB AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE - WHITE 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...

Ohh that makes sense! Thank you :)

Good to know, cheers Scott!!

That makes sense, just wondering if the Wifi built in to the motherboard would have the same speeds as a separate network card?

Will take this to her and see what she thinks! Thank you :) I do have a question about the Motherboard, would the WiFi be good enough rather than having a network card?

Thank you for your advice! Will take this on board :)

I believe its a MSI Optix G27C4 E2 Full HD 27" Curved. A side from the CPU and GPU, how does the rest look? Thanks for the help :)

Girlfriend is buying a new PC and needs a bit of help! The only caveat is that it needs to be Intel and NVIDIA as had bad experience with AMD and does not want to go back, even though we know they're reliable. Uses- Will be used for gaming and maybe Uni work here and there. Monitor- Unsure on...