[SOLVED] £1000 Gaming Setup

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Hello, my name is Eren and my dad told me I could buy anything I want, and I have an allowance of £1000. Now I want to spend all of it on a gaming PC. I know a bit about hardware but I wanted to seek help to get the most out of my allowance.

I would want you guys to help me find a good gaming Intel PC for £1000. You could use any websites including 2nd hand websites like Ebay or Amazon.

I also need 1 or 2 monitors to go along with it. I prefer 2 small/medium sized monitors instead of one big one.

I currently have a template but I am not too sure if it is good:


CPU
Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz 6-Core Processor

Motherboard
MSI - Z370-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

Memory
G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory

Storage
Crucial - MX300 275 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive

Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Case
Corsair - SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case

Power Supply
SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Total: £537.38



I also do not know what GPU to get so therefore there is none above. I was thinking maybe a GTX 1070


 
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I could get all these parts cheaper on ebay and amazon so it will be bound to be at least £100 cheaper than the current price.
 
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Why is the RTX 2060 cheaper and better than the GTX 1070 ti? Any reasons? I am really interested to know why it is cheaper and better.
 
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I done my research and it appears to be like £50 for 20/30 fps more. Do you think it is worth it?
 
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The AMD ryzen 5 2600 comes with a decent stock cooler. The rtx 2060 performs a little better than a 1070ti in nearly all games. In some games like gta and some other titles the 2060 performw closer to a 1080. With an ovverclock the 2060 performs like the much more expensive 2070 or 1080. It is faster than the 2070 and has ray tracing. Its tensor cores can be used for other acceleration if newer titles begin to utilize them. The 2060 is better.
 
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I don't get why suddenly you want to use such an expensive motherboard and then kinda cheap out on the psu. And yes it's an okay psu,but if i would have the budget would i still get something better.

Look cheaper but stil good motehrboard (maybe you don't like the looks well ...),

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£142.50 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - M9 Plus 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler (£30.05 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£134.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£119.58 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£62.98 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS OC Video Card (£338.84 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.96 @ Amazon UK)
Other: Acer - R240HY --- Monitor 1 (£60.00)
Other: Acer - R240HY --- Monitor 2 (£60.00)
Total: £1117.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-22 19:32 GMT+0000

You could even get this in,
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Y3X2FT/evga-supernova-g3-eu-550w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-220-g3-0550-y3
would be just above your price. Or spend the difference on another case,unless you really like this one.
Need to mention other cpu cooler,
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/HyTPxr/cooler-master-hyper-212-black-edition-420-cfm-cpu-cooler-rr-212s-20pk-r1
choice depends on what you like more,and yes i would get a better aftermarket cooler,you want to overclock that cpu,well i would.:)
 
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https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/ErenB/saved/dF8NQ7 ?????
 
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Guys is there a possibility to get these parts above into a colour design? Maybe red and black or whatever I don't even mind RBG. I just dont want all black I would like. If the only possible thing is to spray paint it then please let me know.
 
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Ill take a look at it thanks mate.
 
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I just measured my table :( it is 28.7402 inches... I did want to get 2 monitors to stream on but that is practically impossible with 2 14 inch monitors... Right?? What do you think I should do with 28.7402 inches space?

1) Get 2 tiny monitors
2) Just get 1 big monitor.
 
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My thoughts,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (£142.50 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler (£31.00 @ AWD-IT)
Motherboard: MSI - X470 GAMING PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard (£135.83 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£124.99 @ Box Limited)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£75.19 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS OC Video Card (£327.59 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks - Eclipse P350X (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.91 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£69.96 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: ARCTIC - Arctic F12 PWM CO 74 CFM 120mm Fan (£7.92 @ CCL Computers)
Other: Acer - R240HY --- Monitor 2 (£60.00)
Other: Acer - R240HY --- Monitor 1 (£60.00)
Total: £1146.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-23 00:17 GMT+0000

cpu cooler can be also this if you'd like rgb on it,
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/hHDJ7P/cooler-master-hyper-212-rgb-black-edition-573-cfm-cpu-cooler-rr-212s-20pc-r1
if you want a led fan on the back onstead of the black (why i added one to the build) could you look at these,
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/GwCrxr/corsair-sp120-rgb-high-performance-520-cfm-120mm-fan-co-9050059-ww
or
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/THNypg/phanteks-case-fan-phf120sprled
 
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That looks like a good deal however i am deathly allergic to tn panels. That pannel will be very responsive, however the colors will seem washed out and the pannel will be hard to see other than from straight on. If that is ok with you and you need the low latency for competitive gaming you may want this moniter.
 
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gutted, ok then well at least is there any RGB cases that you know for the same price as my current one?
 
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