gaming desktop component advice

[harrisonrichard150]

Looking to spend £1600-1700 on desktop pc. Want to be able to run games like Farcry 5 on a HDTV. Is a 6GB graphics card enough or is 8GB better? Should I choose four or six core i7? What rigs do people recommend for this?

 

[tangoup]

You can use game-debate.com to check each graphics card and processor. They have a feature where it rates based on recommended, and minimum, specs for a game.

 

[Finstar]

For £1600-1700 I'd recommend this:
However, for an HDTV this would be overkill.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor (£269.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS GAMING 5 WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard (£172.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£149.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£89.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.39 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC Black Edition Video Card (£702.72 @ More Computers)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£73.52 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£82.38 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1679.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-08 13:46 BST+0100