Gaming PC for rocket league

[JoeHalo23]

Hi,
I'm looking to buy my first gaming PC because I currrently play Rocket League on an Xbox Series S and want better performance. The main performance improvements I am looking for is lower input lag and higher frame rate.
I ideally want 1440p (2k) resolution and 240 hz.

Which spec would you reccomend for this?

There are 3 off the shelf specs on PC specialist advertised specifically for Rocket League. What modifications would you reccomend to the base spec?

Also, the monitor I am looking to buy with the PC is: MSI 27" G274QPX 2560x1440 Rapid IPS 240Hz 1ms G-Sync HDR 400 Widescreen Gaming Monitor


My dad has been on here for years and says this is the best place to ask.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Hi,
I'm looking to buy my first gaming PC because I currrently play Rocket League on an Xbox Series S and want better performance. The main performance improvements I am looking for is lower input lag and higher frame rate.
I ideally want 1440p (2k) resolution and 240 hz.

Which spec would you reccomend for this?

There are 3 off the shelf specs on PC specialist advertised specifically for Rocket League. What modifications would you reccomend to the base spec?

Also, the monitor I am looking to buy with the PC is: MSI 27" G274QPX 2560x1440 Rapid IPS 240Hz 1ms G-Sync HDR 400 Widescreen Gaming Monitor


My dad has been on here for years and says this is the best place to ask.

What's your max budget?

If you're used to 120Hz (assuming you had a TV/monitor over 60Hz for the xbox), have you experienced 240Hz yet as for 99% of human beings anything over 120Hz doesn't make any difference as their brains and eyesight can't notice it?

PC Gaming and console are completely different, just by moving to mouse and keyboard your reaction times will significantly improve (once you're used to it), controllers have huge latency compared to keyboard and mouse. So even if you have had 120Hz monitor with the Xbox, you won't have been able to maximise reaction times due to the controller holding you back vs a pc.

Just checking as generally there's a premium stepping up to 240Hz, but actually looking at the monitor you've suggested, I'm a bit blown away by how good value that is while being a good performer. Hell, for that price, and those specs, it's worth significantly more, it equals standard refresh rate monitors in specs, go for it actually, ignore the above, that's an absolute steal!

 

[JoeHalo23]

Thanks for the quick and really helpful reply,
Here's the spec I was going to go for:

Processor (CPU) - Intel® Core™ i7 20-Core Processor i7-14700KF (Up to 5.6GHz) 33MB Cache
Motherboard - ASUS® TUF GAMING B760-PLUS WIFI D4 (LGA1700, DDR4, PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM) - 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card - 16GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive - 2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive - 4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply - CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable - 1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling - PCS FrostFlow 200 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)
Network Card - ONBOARD LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options - MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System - Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language - United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media - Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account

It totals at around £1,721.00
Could you advise me if you would change anything?
Thanks.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Thanks for the quick and really helpful reply,
Here's the spec I was going to go for:

Processor (CPU) - Intel® Core™ i7 20-Core Processor i7-14700KF (Up to 5.6GHz) 33MB Cache
Motherboard - ASUS® TUF GAMING B760-PLUS WIFI D4 (LGA1700, DDR4, PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM) - 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card - 16GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive - 2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive - 4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply - CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable - 1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling - PCS FrostFlow 200 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)
Network Card - ONBOARD LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options - MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System - Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language - United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media - Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account

It totals at around £1,721.00
Could you advise me if you would change anything?
Thanks.

Sorry Jo, got sidetracked last night, give me a no and I’ll take a look

 

[SpyderTracks]

Thanks for the quick and really helpful reply,
Here's the spec I was going to go for:

Processor (CPU) - Intel® Core™ i7 20-Core Processor i7-14700KF (Up to 5.6GHz) 33MB Cache
Motherboard - ASUS® TUF GAMING B760-PLUS WIFI D4 (LGA1700, DDR4, PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM) - 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card - 16GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive - 2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive - 4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply - CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable - 1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling - PCS FrostFlow 200 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)
Network Card - ONBOARD LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options - MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System - Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language - United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media - Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account

It totals at around £1,721.00
Could you advise me if you would change anything?
Thanks.

I would suggest an AMD platform, the 7800X3D is the best gaming CPU at the moment, plus runs far far cooler.

Could you post the full specs including the config link at the bottom?

Also what's your maximum budget?

 

[JoeHalo23]

Hi SpyderTracks, thanks for your interest.
Unfortunately the AMD CPU isn't an option for this build.
I'll continue researching components.
My budget is approx £1,500 but I am willing to spend a bit more to future proof.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Unfortunately the AMD CPU isn't an option for this build

What do you mean? AMD is a completely different platform so you couldn't fit it to that motherboard, you have to be on the AMD configurator.

But intel are now the poor processors, they're achieve ok performance but cost a lot more for equivalent performance, and have to have ultimate cooling to keep them at high temps. They're just not very good these days.

What's your max budget? The one you posted initially was a lot more than 1500?

 

[TonyCarter]

Understanding this is way over the £1500 budget, this AMD build is simply to help out with an AMD configuration. I'm also not sure whether the 4060TI (even the 16GB version) is good enough for high-FPS Rocket League, or whether an AMD 7800XT would be better with pure rasterisation performance.

But either way, something will have to give to trim the budget.

Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
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, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 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
Microsoft® Edge
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 5 to 7 working days
Price:
£1,955.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure:
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/SjG2Uurupp/

 

[SpyderTracks]

The 4060ti is just a woeful card, even the 16Gb version, it's more of a 1080p card, certainly not worth the premium. While it would be ok for Rocket League, you're going to be playing other games and modern games in general won't handle 1440p with that card.

In case it needs explaining, there is a hell of a lot of sarcasm in this video, the 4060ti was announced DOA generally across the board.

I would strongly suggest the 7800XT for 1440p and better support of other games, it's definitely far far stronger.

 

[JoeHalo23]

Hi both, thanks for your recommendation.
I have built up a new cutsom AMD gaming PC after seeing that the AMD RX 7800 is better than the RTX 4060 Ti
Here are the specs:

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, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB AMD RADEON™ RX 7800 XT GAMING - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive
2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 240 Series ARGB 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
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account

£1,920.00
inc VAT and Delivery

I have selected the PCS FrostFlow 240 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid Cooler, instead of the CORSAIR iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB High Performance CPU Cooler. This is because it's a lot cheaper while dissipating the same (250W).
Also would you reccomend 2 M.2 SSD drives and 1 HDD storage drive or just 1 of each?

Sorry for all these questions but I'm learning as I go along.

 

[SpyderTracks]

I have selected the PCS FrostFlow 240 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid Cooler, instead of the CORSAIR iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB High Performance CPU Cooler. This is because it's a lot cheaper while dissipating the same (250W).

TDP literally means nothing I'm afraid, they're very different tiers of cooler, the H100i is a far superior pump and would be required on this CPU.

Also would you reccomend 2 M.2 SSD drives and 1 HDD storage drive or just 1 of each?

1 Fast NVME for OS and programs
1 Fast NVME for games
1 X HDD for storage