Building my first gaming pc

[mumbojumbo619]

Hey all,

Im looking to build my first gaming pc but have no idea where to start. My aim is to have a build that can run everything on ultra at 60fps+ at 1080p. I am currently in the UK and my budget is around £1500 (though spending less would be ideal of course!). I already have a kb/mouse and monitor, so the budget just needs to go into the pc itself and the os. Any help would be appreciated!

-Edit- I would also like it to be future proof and ideally have a SSD and 1tb+ HDD

 

[cookiemania66]

This is my first thought https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dJsZXP
You will be able to play smooth 60fps+ gameplay at any settings.
You could upgrade to 1080ti but i think that would be even more overkill then a 1080 already is

Other then that if you are not a fan of black and white then just tell me and we get a different coloring for you

Do you wanna overclock the PC or are you planning to do in the future?
If not we dont need the expensive cpu and Mainboard and can save a few bucks

 

[rhoban]

What kind of ports does your display have?
Modern graphic cards don't have VGA ports anymore.
So you it needs to have at least a DVI input.

 

[mumbojumbo619]

This is my first thought https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/dJsZXP
You will be able to play smooth 60fps+ gameplay at any settings.
You could upgrade to 1080ti but i think that would be even more overkill then a 1080 already is

Other then that if you are not a fan of black and white then just tell me and we get a different coloring for you

Do you wanna overclock the PC or are you planning to do in the future?
If not we dont need the expensive cpu and Mainboard and can save a few bucks

The colour is perfect and as for overclocking, its not something I plan to do yet but I may look at it in the future. This build seems to be exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

 

[mumbojumbo619]

What kind of ports does your display have?
Modern graphic cards don't have VGA ports anymore.
So you it needs to have at least a DVI input.

HDMI and DVI

 

[cookiemania66]

Even if his monitor would only support VGA he could just use an adapter from VGA to DVI/HDMI/DP

 

[madmatt30]

Save a fair bit of money with ryzen which will still crush anything at 1080p 60htz.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£187.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£96.49 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£153.14 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£88.79 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Toshiba - 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.67 @ CCL Computers)
Case: SHARKOON - TG5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Other: EVGA 650 W GQ Series ATX Modular Power Supply with Active PFC (£74.98 @ Amazon UK)
Other: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR OC 8GB GDDR5X DVI HDMI 3 x DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card (£429.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1148.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-24 07:17 BST+0100

 

[mumbojumbo619]

Save a fair bit of money with ryzen which will still crush anything at 1080p 60htz.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor (£187.19 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B450 GAMING K4 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£96.49 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£153.14 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£88.79 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Toshiba - 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.67 @ CCL Computers)
Case: SHARKOON - TG5 ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Other: EVGA 650 W GQ Series ATX Modular Power Supply with Active PFC (£74.98 @ Amazon UK)
Other: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 ARMOR OC 8GB GDDR5X DVI HDMI 3 x DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card (£429.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1148.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-24 07:17 BST+0100

Well this does seem much cheaper and if it does still run everything at 1080 60fps on ultra settings then this is a better option for me. I was reading though that people seem to be having issues with the ryzen cooler, would it be worth picking up another cpu cooler?

 

[madmatt30]

[video="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bIc2OP68Mvo"][/video]

There you go, stock wraith spire cooler is fine on the 2600x if you're primarily gaming & go for a decent case with good airflow.

 

[mumbojumbo619]

[video="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bIc2OP68Mvo"][/video]

There you go, stock wraith spire cooler is fine on the 2600x if you're primarily gaming & go for a decent case with good airflow.

Thank you!