Sold my gaming laptop, in search for a pc build

[Est19xx]

Monitor - AOC 144HZ 1080P
Uses - Gaming and a bit of video editing
Budget - 1000 - 1400

As the titles says I am in a search of a pc build as I sold my laptop.
I mostly play FPS games. I could manage to get 135 fps from a 1050ti and an i5 intel processor for Overwatch but that's it.

I want with a new built to be able to play games above 150 - 160 + fps when on low or medium settings like :
Overwatch
Overwatch 2 (when that comes out.
Apex Legends
Back 4 Blood (when that comes out)
Modern Warfare

U get the point. I am pretty sure if the build can handle these games especially the battle royales, then it can handle any MOBA games that I play occasionally.
I dont want to invest too much for a graphics card right now as the prices are quite high, BUT I would prefer that my system can be able to be upgraded in the future with a better graphics card.

Edit : Oh I forgot. I would prefer Nvidia graphics card instead of anything else unless there is a good point of doing otherwise.

 

[Steveyg]

£1400 is a really nice point for a good solid 1080p build that can be taken into the future with room for upgrades, I've come up with the below. This should smash any requirements you may have for 1080p gaming for a good long while but it also has room to upgrade the GPU so you can go into 1440p 144hz in future should you desire it. Any questions fire away

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 (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3000MB/sR | 1600MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid 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
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
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 [KUK-00001]
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
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
Standard Build - Approximately 14 to 17 working days
Price: £1,432.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/8xE9NeM4PR/

 

[Est19xx]

£1400 is a really nice point for a good solid 1080p build that can be taken into the future with room for upgrades, I've come up with the below. This should smash any requirements you may have for 1080p gaming for a good long while but it also has room to upgrade the GPU so you can go into 1440p 144hz in future should you desire it. Any questions fire away

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 (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3000MB/sR | 1600MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid 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
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
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 [KUK-00001]
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
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
Standard Build - Approximately 14 to 17 working days
Price: £1,432.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/8xE9NeM4PR/

I greatly appreciate your time to look it up for me. I will definitely have a better look on that.
Can you tell me why not pay extra for better thermal paste?

 

[SpyderTracks]

I greatly appreciate your time to look it up for me. I will definitely have a better look on that.
Can you tell me why not pay extra for better thermal paste?

The cooler comes with enhanced paste.

 

[Bhuna50]

Re the first M2 drive, there used to be comments that the Intels were not as durable a drive (number of times you can read/write to/from it).

Is that still the case?

It’s only £16 more to switch to the Samsung 970 so may be worth considering that especially if @Steveyg means for that to be your OS drive.


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[AgentCooper]

Re the first M2 drive, there used to be comments that the Intels were not as durable a drive (number of times you can read/write to/from it).

Is that still the case?

No, the new Intel 670s actually have a decent write endurance. It’s the Corsair ones on the configurator that are now the whipping boys in that respect.

 

[Bhuna50]

No, the new Intel 670s actually have a decent write endurance. It’s the Corsair ones on the configurator that are now the whipping boys in that respect.

Thanks AC.

Bit out of touch at moment as mega busy.

For the extra twenty or even thirty quid though the Samsung or the Seagate 500 gb drives are slightly faster if OP can stretch his budget.


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[AgentCooper]

Thanks AC.

Bit out of touch at moment as mega busy.

For the extra twenty or even thirty quid though the Samsung or the Seagate 500 gb drives are slightly faster if OP can stretch his budget.


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Would potentially agree with this, if what we’re reading about DirectStorage in Windows 11 is true then super speedy goodness could be on the horizon.

(Disclosure- I do need to do a little more digging about that though, I know it’ll need NVMe to take advantage of but need to find out what differences there are between Gen 3 / Gen 4 and if there’s any point having two Gen 4 drives in a motherboard with two slots but only one that supports the speeds Gen 4 offers. I’ll either do some homework or wait for @SpyderTracks to enlighten us)

 

[SpyderTracks]

Would potentially agree with this, if what we’re reading about DirectStorage in Windows 11 is true then super speedy goodness could be on the horizon.

(Disclosure- I do need to do a little more digging about that though, I know it’ll need NVMe to take advantage of but need to find out what differences there are between Gen 3 / Gen 4 and if there’s any point having two Gen 4 drives in a motherboard with two slots but only one that supports the speeds Gen 4 offers. I’ll either do some homework or wait for @SpyderTracks to enlighten us)

It’s not been confirmed fully yet, currently on Series X it requires PCIe 4, won’t work on gen 3.

DirectStorage on Windows 11: Next-gen gaming performance, with PC requirements

Here's what you'll need to get some (but not all) of Series X's jumps on a Win11 PC.

www.google.co.uk

 

[Bhuna50]

Would potentially agree with this, if what we’re reading about DirectStorage in Windows 11 is true then super speedy goodness could be on the horizon.

(Disclosure- I do need to do a little more digging about that though, I know it’ll need NVMe to take advantage of but need to find out what differences there are between Gen 3 / Gen 4 and if there’s any point having two Gen 4 drives in a motherboard with two slots but only one that supports the speeds Gen 4 offers. I’ll either do some homework or wait for @SpyderTracks to enlighten us)

...and I'm having a bad day so going back to bed...

 

[AgentCooper]

It’s not been confirmed fully yet, currently on Series X it requires PCIe 4, won’t work on gen 3.

DirectStorage on Windows 11: Next-gen gaming performance, with PC requirements

Here's what you'll need to get some (but not all) of Series X's jumps on a Win11 PC.

www.google.co.uk

Thanks, buddy!

That was what I’d read so far, but I know you’re plugged directly into the matrix so thought you might have newer info 👍

 

[SpyderTracks]

Thanks, buddy!

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That was what I’d read so far, but I know you’re plugged directly into the matrix so thought you might have newer info 👍

I’m surprised Microsoft haven’t been more forthcoming on this, it’s a pretty major technology they seem to be leaving very late to get people informed and able to prepare.

 

[DarTon]

I thought that Microsoft had said that DirectStorage will support PCIe 3.0 NVMe drives as well as PCIe 4.0 SSD (https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/microsoft-directstorage-pcie-ssds/).

We've been utilizing a development version of Nvidia's RTX IO at work (not the same as DirectStorage but it has some similarities) and it doesn't work amazingly with PCIe3 unless you used a stripped array. PCIe4 makes a big difference.

 

[Est19xx]

£1400 is a really nice point for a good solid 1080p build that can be taken into the future with room for upgrades, I've come up with the below. This should smash any requirements you may have for 1080p gaming for a good long while but it also has room to upgrade the GPU so you can go into 1440p 144hz in future should you desire it. Any questions fire away

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 (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3000MB/sR | 1600MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid 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
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
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 [KUK-00001]
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
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
Standard Build - Approximately 14 to 17 working days
Price: £1,432.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/8xE9NeM4PR/

By the way I ordered it with only difference being that i put 7.1 sound card.
Expecting to game soon cant wait

 

[Bigfoot]

By the way I ordered it with only difference being that i put 7.1 sound card.
Expecting to game soon cant wait

You really don’t need a separate sound card. Onboard sound is good these days.

 

[Steveyg]

You really don’t need a separate sound card. Onboard sound is good these days.

I you have a 7.1 speaker set up though you may need one the default only offers 5.1 I believe? Not 100% on this though