Hi, I recently bought a gaming laptop but it just doesn’t seem to quite cut it. So I want to buy a desktop. I main purpose is gaming. I have an Xbox series x so I would like something to match or be better than that. I already have a monitor. It’s an acer nitro VG270U 144hz. And my budget will be around £1400. Any help would be appreciated thanks
Help choosing the best pc for me
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SpyderTracks
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For an equal PC to an XBox series X you'd be looking over £2500 I'm afraid, the new consoles hit very high in terms of raw performance.
Prices are the highest they've ever been due to worldwide shortages for various reasons including Covid, as such £1400 currently would just about get you an entry level gaming system.
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Thank you for the input. What would be the best build I could get if I was wasn’t bothered about matching the Xbox performance for my price range. I would ideally want to be playing warzone in or over 100fps. Just I have my heart set on a desktop. So lowering performance wouldn’t be a problem
SpyderTracks
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That screen is 1440p 75Hz, so you wouldn't be able to achieve 144Hz even if your budget reached. £1400 unfortunately won't get you in the door at 1440p.
barlew
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A 3060 would be solid at 1440p? Not at 100FPS but it would be solid at 60.
barlew
Godlike
@SpyderTracks as you know laptops are my thing but would this not be suitable for 1440p? https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/view/Warzone-Pro/
SpyderTracks
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You'd have to lower settings, warzone is extremely hungry.
If you reduced to high settings you'd just about maintain 75Hz
But I'm not certain you could get a 3060 in budget anyway.
Same with that system.
I mean you can achieve any level of performance you want if you're willing to reduce settings.
I'd rather choose a custom build with substantially stronger platform so I could upgrade the GPU down the line. I wouldn't sacrifice the platform for the sake of reaching frames, it shoots you in the foot in the long term.
SpyderTracks
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This is the lowest I'd go
Case
FRACTAL FOCUS G BLACK GAMING CASE (Window)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WiFi (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2200 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W 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)
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
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
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 (Windows 10 Only)
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
Christmas Delivery No Longer Guaranteed - Assembly From 29/12/2021
Price: £1,418.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/kKkRV9DQ7y/
Case
FRACTAL FOCUS G BLACK GAMING CASE (Window)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WiFi (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2200 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W 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)
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
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
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 (Windows 10 Only)
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
Christmas Delivery No Longer Guaranteed - Assembly From 29/12/2021
Price: £1,418.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/kKkRV9DQ7y/
barlew
Godlike
Don't get me wrong I wouldn't be expecting a build which is strongly geared towards future proofing for that budget but this seems like a solid build for the price.
SpyderTracks
We love you Ukraine
Yeah, agreed, it's only the GPU that would need upgrading after a year or so. It's making the best of the budget.
barlew
Godlike
To be honest mate the monitor you have will be fine untill you come to upgrade the 3060. That 3060 will be doing between 60 and 70 fps on warzone.
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