Building/Buying a PC

[Saltyseadog]

I've built my last two desktop PC's myself and found it a very easy process if you do your due diligence. I have received some great advice and help from the people over at https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/ Lots of info there just fill in your prospective build parts and the members will tell you if they are compatable and indeed if a better or cheaper alternative is available. One thing I found is, it is handy to keep either your old computer working or if you are upgrading it a laptop just in case you need advice.

 

[Limpboot]

As it stands at the moment (in the UK), the individual GPUs are so expensive, a pre-built from overclockers is probably your best bet.

Plus you won't have to faff around with building it. My go to references for bang for buck is https://www.logicalincrements.com/ as you're guaranteed all components are compatible. Most of the links go to Amazon, but you can usually knock a few quid off as most mobo & processors can be bought as a cheaper bundle.

Where pre-built is better is that whoever you buy from can get cards direct from Nvidia meaning the prices are better. Allegedly.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...en-7-5800x-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-fs-1dw-og.html looks decent

You know your budget, if getting pre-built get the best card you can, personally I'd feel uncomfortable spending more that £2k on a machine (as I don't think the extra cash makes enough of a difference) but that may not be the case for you.

Even with a lottery win, I probably wouldn't spunk £30k on a PC (like the most expensive from the OC site), I'd probably go for the 4.5k monstrous build from Logical Increments!

Whatever you choose, please post the build here and I'm sure the more technically minded will help you choose between two!

Very reasonable, thank you. I had the same thoughts, the more I pieced them together on https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/ and Overclockers.co.uk the more I realized I wasn't going to get away from a price tag of 2.2k to 3k. So I setteled on a prebuilt PC.

 

[Limpboot]

I've built my last two desktop PC's myself and found it a very easy process if you do your due diligence. I have received some great advice and help from the people over at https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/ Lots of info there just fill in your prospective build parts and the members will tell you if they are compatable and indeed if a better or cheaper alternative is available. One thing I found is, it is handy to keep either your old computer working or if you are upgrading it a laptop just in case you need advice.

I agree. The intention here is to make use my laptop primarily to travel with-it's not broken or anything. Just not quite up to snuff for the gaming experience I want.

 

[Limpboot]

For anyone that is curious, this is the machine I'm currently using:

MSI GE63 Raider RGB 8RF – Light’em Up

Get ready to light up whoever’, the GE63 Raider RGB 8RF are given a new identity. The new lighting top cover design with Mystic Light and Gaming Mode optimization offers the fanciest illumination ever.

www.msi.com

I'm noticing that the link is broken, my laptop might be too old to carry a support page.