Gaming PC Except I Know Barely Anything About PC's

mushi

mushi

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Case
PCS SPECTRUM RGB MID TOWER CASE (WHITE/PINK)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-12600K (3.7GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard
GIGABYTE Z690 GAMING X DDR5 (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 4800MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1650 - HDMI
1st Storage Drive
512GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W CV SERIES™ CV-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 240 Series RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Monitor
MSI 27" Optix G27C6 - 1920 x 1080, 1MS, 165Hz
Monitor Cables
1 x 2m DisplayPort Adapter Cable - DP to HDMI

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z690-ddr5-pc/3rS!rEXZty/

I'll be using it for gaming (Genshin Impact, DBD, Sims 4 with 9GB of mods, Minecract are the biggest games I tend to play) and potentially streaming (I say potentially because if its now powerful enough for streaming and I need to pay tons more to get it to streaming level then nah)
Budget-wise, if I can get it lower I'd love to, but the max budget is £1.6k.

Like I said in the title, I know next to nothing about PC's, I googled most of the parts above to check if they were doing the bare minimum, the graphics card is the same as my gaming laptop so that's why I picked it. I'd appreciate if someone could tell me whether this is likely to be a loud or quiet pc as I really, really want a quiet computer after a gaming laptop. Would also appreciate if someone more knowledgeable about the market would know if these prices are likely to go up around December/January as thats when I'm likely going to be buying it.
 
Martinr36

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mushi said:
Would also appreciate if someone more knowledgeable about the market would know if these prices are likely to go up around December/January as thats when I'm likely going to be buying it.
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I'd come back then, as prices and what's available will have changed greatly by then as new CPU's and GPU's are launching shortly
 
MrWilson

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By December we’ll have a new generation of both CPUs and GPUs so the market will have changed quite a bit by then.
Resurrect this thread a little closer to the time of purchase and we’ll help you spec something out then. 🙂
 
mushi

mushi

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MrWilson said:
By December we’ll have a new generation of both CPUs and GPUs so the market will have changed quite a bit by then.
Resurrect this thread a little closer to the time of purchase and we’ll help you spec something out then. 🙂
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Ahh good to hear! Do you think they'll be more on the pricier side than what we currently have? I posted this in advance so I knew roughly how to budget as I'm playing to buy this in one go and not on finance.
 
SpyderTracks

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mushi said:
Ahh good to hear! Do you think they'll be more on the pricier side than what we currently have? I posted this in advance so I knew roughly how to budget as I'm playing to buy this in one go and not on finance.
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Whatever budget you have, we build to that.

But what you can currently get for a budget, you'll get far more power (about 50% more CPU and 70% more GPU plus 100% faster SSD's) for the same money on next gen. It's a major upgrade in a lot of areas.
 
MrWilson

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mushi said:
I'll be using it for gaming (Genshin Impact, DBD, Sims 4 with 9GB of mods, Minecract are the biggest games I tend to play) and potentially streaming (I say potentially because if its now powerful enough for streaming and I need to pay tons more to get it to streaming level then nah)
Budget-wise, if I can get it lower I'd love to, but the max budget is £1.6k.

Like I said in the title, I know next to nothing about PC's, I googled most of the parts above to check if they were doing the bare minimum, the graphics card is the same as my gaming laptop so that's why I picked it. I'd appreciate if someone could tell me whether this is likely to be a loud or quiet pc as I really, really want a quiet computer after a gaming laptop. Would also appreciate if someone more knowledgeable about the market would know if these prices are likely to go up around December/January as thats when I'm likely going to be buying it.
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So just to recap, we’re looking at around £1600 for PC + Monitor, for gaming and streaming (if we can fit it in the budget?).
 
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