Ok - my PC blew up and my Mac Bootcamp cant handle it any more. I know this might be a big thread - but…
Recommendations for a new pre-built rig and UK company?
Recommendations for a new pre-built rig and UK company?
Hardware & Technical Recommendations for a new Rig
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I wish you Good Luck OP.
A friend of mine was after a new GFX card the 3 local(ish) IT stores best they could offer was 1030 Nvidia..... "Thanks Miners!"
But he ended up getting a Pre-built system via some US store (might of been Bestbuy) which came with a Nvidia RTX 3060, overpaid a little but at least its a game machine. I could not imagine trying to run any game on a Nvidia 1030GT.
A friend of mine was after a new GFX card the 3 local(ish) IT stores best they could offer was 1030 Nvidia..... "Thanks Miners!"
But he ended up getting a Pre-built system via some US store (might of been Bestbuy) which came with a Nvidia RTX 3060, overpaid a little but at least its a game machine. I could not imagine trying to run any game on a Nvidia 1030GT.
Ive had mostly good experiences pcspecialist.co.uk - they custom build PC's for you, the prices are fine as well.
If you plan to play Odyssey there's only a US company I can recommend. They are called NASA. I hear only they have good enough hardware to run Odyssey at a half decent frame rate atm.
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But as noted, hardware scarcity might make it pretty hard to get a decent machine.
Ok had a look though: this setup?
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Eight Core CPU (3.9GHz-4.5GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6700 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive
512GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CV SERIES™ CV-650 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
LED Lighting
2x 50cm Blue LED Strip / and why not
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Case Fans
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
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Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Eight Core CPU (3.9GHz-4.5GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6700 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive
512GB PCS 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (520MB/R, 450MB/W)
2nd Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CV SERIES™ CV-650 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
LED Lighting
2x 50cm Blue LED Strip / and why not
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Case Fans
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Specced from PC specialists
Depending on your budget but here is a build with 1650 super GPU that can be upgraded if GPU prices ever go back to some sort of normal.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but some like the RTX 3080 TI are probably already as normal as they're gonna get, the scalpers are just slightly ahead of the curve of Inflation right now. If you actually do the math, most scalpers after you factor in overhead, aren't making that much (usually only around ~200-300 USD per card)
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But as noted, hardware scarcity might make it pretty hard to get a decent machine.
Make sure you read the specs carefully whatever you go for though. The specs somebody posted above include RAM at 2400MHz - which is pretty damn slow for DDR4. In fact a lot of that build makes no sense, but I won't go into that
Get a Ryzen 5000 series if you can, even if you have to go down to a 5600X. The single-core performance on Ryzen 5000 makes a huge difference in all games especially the old ones. If you can get a 5800X or 5900X, more's the better, but for a better gaming experience TODAY and in the foreseable future, go with Ryzen 5000.
Also, if you can afford it, just get a 1TB Solid State drive, Solid State Drives actually have better performance the higher capacity they are, because the DRAM cache they use is also larger. 1TB and 2TB have the best performance, and also the best reliability. Just nix your mechanical drive and get a USB-C external at a later date if you need the space.
Good thing the 3080Ti is a fairly pointless card that most people shouldn't really be buying then
Edit: I wouldn't recommend going for the 5900X either. We're still in a place where game developers are not taking advantage of multithreading properly, so you may even lose some gaming performance due to the lower clock speed.
Good thing the 3080Ti is a fairly pointless card that most people shouldn't really be buying then
Edit: I wouldn't recommend going for the 5900X either. We're still in a place where game developers are not taking advantage of multithreading properly, so you may even lose some gaming performance due to the lower clock speed.
You obviously aren't in this business.
I am, but thanks. No point in actually refuting points if you can just make assumptions instead, eh?
Then you're not very good at it.
Ok. I'm not gonna respond to any more of your replies until you grow up, stop resorting to ad hominems and actually refute any of what I said.
Have a good day.
It's not an ad hominem to point out someone isn't good at what they do, it's an assessment, an assessment I base on the fact that you stated empirically incorrect data. The 5900X is the fastest AMD processor without going up to the 5950X, which wasn't even in the discussion.
You miss tons of crucial details in your "Advice", first and foremost, that Clock Speed doesn't exist in a vacuum, the 5000 series as a whole, thanks to architectural changes, has around 20-30% more IPC uplift over Ryzen 3000, which means they could (But they aren't) clock 25% lower and still tie in gaming workloads. Also, what lower clock speed? The 5900X boosts to 4.8GHZ (4.95GHZ if you got a cooler to back it up) This is really driven home when the 5900X is beating the 10900K in many (but not all) games, despite the 10900K "Clocking Higher" on average.
The only issue with Ryzen 5000 is you have to pair it with the right memory kit and make sure said kits are tuned appropriately. Anything lower than 3200MHZ CL16 is sandbagging a Rzyen 5000 CPU, but even just going up to 3600MHZ at CL16 can improve Ryzen's lead in gaming performance by 10-12%. Likewise, going under spec, say, 2400MHZ, can cause a performance deficit, 2400MHZ RAM at CL10 or thereabouts, is still around a 20% performance loss.
Get your facts straight, and I'll retract my assessment. This isn't an attack on your character, I'm sure you're a perfectly nice, reasonable and intelligent person. You gave bad advice here.
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I have been running on a Razer Blade 15 laptop standard version (specs below) since Day 1 of Odyssey and have not had any performance issues at all with the game. Getting decent framerates most of the time. Not using VR or anything, just the laptop monitor.
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce RTX-2070 with Max-Q Design
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce RTX-2070 with Max-Q Design