Best computer for £3500

[xboxmaster448]

As the title says what is the best computer I can get mainly pre build if could. For £3500. And please link the pre build site down below .

Need computer for :

. Playing games
. Editing videos and using photo shop

 

[USAFRet]

As the title says what is the best computer I can get mainly pre build if could. For £3500. And please link the pre build site down below .

Need computer for :

. Playing games
. Editing videos and using photo shop

The best PC for that is around £1500, not £3500.
Seriously.

 

[xboxmaster448]

Really ? So why is their pc witch cost around 3000 ? They must be better right .

 

[USAFRet]

Really ? So why is their pc witch cost around 3000 ? They must be better right .

No. Beyond a certain point, you're just buying bling, not performance.

 

[WildCard999]

High end video rendering/gaming system, well under your budget. If you can't build it then pay someone to do it.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor (£280.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£115.00 @ AWD-IT)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (£311.59 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£78.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB iCX GAMING Video Card (£503.25 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks - Enthoo EVOLV ATX ATX Mid Tower Case (£143.99 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£85.47 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£60.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1630.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-09-18 21:32 BST+0100

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Only Mac's cost that much and for those you are just paying for form factor and "Apple" tax. You may find some boutique shops that sell custom computers for that price but they will have custom cases with exotic water cooled systems. Wont really make much a performance jump.

Go with Wildcard99's build and save 2k.

 

[nmb255]

Really ? So why is their pc witch cost around 3000 ? They must be better right .

No. Beyond a certain point, you're just buying bling, not performance.

^ What he said ^

What do you know about building PC's and the components needed already?

In the Pre-Built PC world price isn't always a telling guideline. It's all about the components. In particular the processor and the graphics card. LED lights, Coloured Water-cooling, Funky cases, or words like "silent", "ultra", "Gaming" don't necessarily make a performance difference.

With your budget do you need a Monitor, keyboard and mouse? Do you want VR?

With the money you're talking you should definitely get a top end Processor and Graphics card. 16GB of ram minimum, but in my opinion 32GB makes sense. Also essential is an SSD and a quality PSU. The final thing to concentrate on is the monitor. Getting the right size, resolution and refresh-rate can really makes a difference.

The thing you want to do is research the components needed and then google for a Custom PC builder if you don't feel you're up to building it yourself. They then should be able to put together what you want. You're going to be paying a premium for their service of course.

 

[xboxmaster448]

The only thing I thing I will struggle with is installing the OS . I can build a pc but don't know how to install the OS onto the SSD or hard drive .

 

[bmockeg]

Installation is pretty simple. Plug the USB in and,start it up, follow prompts.

 

[xboxmaster448]

But what happens if I install two drivers in like Hard drive and SSD . How will the OS Windows 10 know what hard drive to install onto ?

Also I will probably buy a disk windows 10.

 

[bmockeg]

Windows doesn't come on a disk. You select the boot order in the bios, or simply do not connect the other hard drive till after you install Windows.

 

[xboxmaster448]

Pcpartpicker is in the USA though ? I need it to be in the UK . Is their a website which can do it in the UK.

 

[USAFRet]

But what happens if I install two drivers in like Hard drive and SSD . How will the OS Windows 10 know what hard drive to install onto ?

Also I will probably buy a disk windows 10.

When you install the OS, have only the single desired drive connected.
Later, connect any other drives.

How to do a CLEAN installation of Windows 10

 

[USAFRet]

Pcpartpicker is in the USA though ? I need it to be in the UK . Is their a website which can do it in the UK.

In pcpartpicker, at the top right, there is a filter for Location.

 

[xboxmaster448]

But another disavange is that what happens once I built the pc and installed the OS. And let's say the PC didn't turn on and one of the components where broken. Then I have lost my money as it's not in warranty or insured.

 

[USAFRet]

But another disavange is that what happens once I built the pc and installed the OS. And let's say the PC didn't turn on and one of the components where broken. Then I have lost my money as it's not in warranty or insured.

Each individual part has its own warranty. Often longer than what you get with the whole prebuilt box.

And DOA parts are actually pretty rare.


You can design (with our assistance) a parts list.
Buy it.
Have a local small computer shop assemble it for you. Maybe £200 for their assembly.

You can have a better PC for about 1/2 what you were planning to pay.

 

[xboxmaster448]

Ok thank you. What I will do is go onto pc part picker and look around . And see what I come up with and the price. And share it on here and see what you guys think about it .