My first gaming PC. Thoughts?

KevWar

New member
Primarily intended for Call of Duty and racing SIMs. I will also be doing some Photoshopping on this machine.

Case
PCS P209 RGB MID TOWER CASE
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
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1660 SUPER - HDMI, DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive
256GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (500MB/R, 400MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
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
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
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 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Firefox™
 

AgentCooper

At Least I Have Chicken
Moderator
Hi Kev, what’s your max budget for this system and what monitor will you be using, please? This additional info will help others in advising on your build.
 

AgentCooper

At Least I Have Chicken
Moderator
Could you also please edit to include the "Unique Configurable URL" from the post to forum page? Makes it easier for us to go in and amend if needed rather than doing the whole configurator. Thank you

Dang it, missed that bit! 🤦‍♂️
 

KevWar

New member
This machine has already been ordered and I have just received an email to say it is in its testing phase right now. I did a lot of online research and watched many YouTubers (LTT, Jimmy Broadbent et al) when researching this as I am a Graphic Designer and been using industry standard Macs all my life, so PCs are new to me and I want to learn. I posted the spec to get other opinions on this as the current spec is a starting point and I appreciate it will change over time. The budget was £800 and it has come in just over that. The monitor is a 24" Dell U2414H which I understand isn't ideal but it is what I already had and may need upgrading if this second childhood kicks off in a big way ;-)
 
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