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Thought id start a thread on what gaming pc you guys have?

I've been buying components with the money i've saved with my rail travel since lockdown and finally got my last piece yesterday.

GPU - RTX 2080 super
CPU - AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
16GB RAM
MotherBoard - X570 AORUS PRO

I went with the corsair cpu liquid cooler too, which has helped me overclock quite alot!
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Mine is basically a souped-up office PC that doubles for both tasks...

GPU - GTX 1660 SUPER 8GB
CPU - i7-4770 3.4GHz
MEM - 32GB RAM
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GPU - GTX 1080ti
CPU - i7 8700K 3.7 Ghz
RAM - 16GB

Monitor - Samsung 34" 4K ultra wide screen
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Oldest Machine I've ever had (main core is over 5 years old now)

Gaming rig

Nvidia 1060 6GB ( I only play wow so much more is not needed)
Intel 4790K overclocked
16Gb DDR3 RAM
Main monitor Aurus 27" 144Hz IPS and a thing of beauty.
2 additional monitors Dell U2518D 2K (there is an old 4th as well)
Noblechairs Icon - my best purchase ever despite the cost (even more so since lockdown)

I also have a second 10 year old Sandybridge 2500K that has been overclocked from 2.4GHz to 3.6GHz from day one and is still going strong.

I have been thinking of upgrading but the rate of change has slowed so much (and the relative price increased so much) in recent years that my CPU is still with in 10% of the best I can buy (assuming core for core comparisons - I know more cores may improve things but that is heavily software dependent, with my popular programs not even optimised for duel core lets alone 6-8-10 that are around now.) I'll probably look at the 3000 series Nvidia cards that are expected to launch late this year/early next and stick with that.
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I am looking at getting a rig, always been a console player. Any advice? I know very little about desktops but a fair bit about higher-end Server components and GPU. Currently working on deploying NVIDIA's DGX Platform as a Service!
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Current machine..

2 X Xeon 5150
32GB RAM
ATi Radeon HD5770 - 1GB

It's a Mac Pro 2.1 so is 14 years old but handles the older stuff fairly well (Mass Effect, Shogun Total War 2).

For most gaming I use the PS4 or either my C64 and ZX Spectrum
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Recently i sold my Samsung LC49HG90DMUXEN 49" curved gaming monitor as it only went up to 1080. I bought a 32" curved 4k monitor and the difference is massive. Plus saving me alot of space on my desk!

The xeon's are incredible for games that are cpu heavy!

@E15Iron - In all honesty, if you are a casual gamer... I would go for the latest console gaming machine, ps4/ps5/xbox etc.

Happy to help anyone that does want to go down the custom pc rig route!

One thing i will say, playing GTA in 4k is unreal!
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wolf359 wrote: Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:17 pm Oldest Machine I've ever had (main core is over 5 years old now)
I went for the ryzen 3900x - I run vm's/containers when i mess around outside work. And these cpu's are immense. Still looking 400 sovs for em, but when doing the benchmarks... they really do out perform the intels at the moment. AMD have smashed it with cpu's for price compatibility
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2080Ti
32GB RAM
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor 3.9Ghz
2x 1TB NVME SSD
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Mainly used for photo editing nowadays, but still pretty capable when on the rare occasion I play a game:

i5 7600 @3.5 GHz
GTX 1060 6 GB
24 GB RAM
Asus Strix Z270H Gaming K1 MoBo
500GB Samsung Evo Pro M.2 SSD for boot and apps.
250GB Samsung Evo Pro M.2 SSD specifically for working in Lightroom
28" Samsung 4k IPS monitor

I think sticking an i7 7700k and a 1660 6GB GFX Card would be a nice little upgrade, which is about as good as this PC will ever get for what I use it for - but just those two things will set me back 500 quid, so I'm half way there to a complete replacement if I shop on my old trade accounts. Besides, it's right at the bottom of a very long list of things, so there won't be any upgrades or replacements any time soon.

I miss my previous machine, which even now probably has as much oomph, if not more, than my current one

I7 4790k O/C to 5.1 GHz
32 GB RAM
GTX 980ti
ASRock Z97 Extreme Pro 4
Corsair Case and Liquid Cooling
Corsair Plus 80 Gold 800w PSU

Oh what fun it was when I was a system builder and getting components dirt cheap...
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This is all Greek to me. My son is after a gaming PC, currently only plays Fortnite, Minecraft, FIFA etc but wants the ability to upgrade components in the future as he gets into different games the older he gets.

Are these two decent machines for that sort of thing? Bloke in the computer shop reckons he needed to spend at least £1,700 to play Minecraft, no idea why although I see there's a new version out that needs a higher spec to play.

I have no idea on graphics cards either so anything I should be wary of on the following?

https://www.cclonline.com/pc/gaming-pcs ... gaming-pc/

https://www.cclonline.com/pc/gaming-pcs ... gaming-pc/
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Cottee wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:41 pm This is all Greek to me. My son is after a gaming PC, currently only plays Fortnite, Minecraft, FIFA etc but wants the ability to upgrade components in the future as he gets into different games the older he gets.

Are these two decent machines for that sort of thing? Bloke in the computer shop reckons he needed to spend at least £1,700 to play Minecraft, no idea why although I see there's a new version out that needs a higher spec to play.

I have no idea on graphics cards either so anything I should be wary of on the following?

https://www.cclonline.com/pc/gaming-pcs ... gaming-pc/

https://www.cclonline.com/pc/gaming-pcs ... gaming-pc/
Either of those two will do for what he wants.

The bloke in the shop is chatting b*llocks.

My son has a little rig he plays Minecraft, Lego games, Roblox etc on - an old cistom build with an old 3rd Gen i5, at GTX950 3GB graphics card and 16GB of RAM.

It was fine for all of those until march, when we replaced the telly and got a 4k (His PC is connected to the telly) and it struggles, but turn it back down to 1080p and its no problem.
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Finally took the plunge and upgraded my trusty 4th gen i7.managed to get a 5800x from scan but no gpu yet

Build

Corsair 275R case
Corsair RM650 PSU
Corsair H100i RGB PRO XT cpu cooler
Corsair MP600 1tb NVMe x4 M2 SSD
Corsair 32gb vengeance LPX ddr4 ram
Amd 5800x CPU
ASUS TUF B550-Plus motherboard.

It is a thing of beauty. Now have three functioning pcs.

2500K build that is over ten years old and still kicking
The recently relegated 4790K intel build and my new AMD baby.

On the hunt for a non stupidly priced 3080. I’ve built literally 100’s of machines down the years but this is the first in a while, it’s so much easier these days. Though the cases are so clean and well designed, cable management is boarding on sexy.

EDIT: Managed to pick up a 3070 from Ebuyer - used StockInformerUK and their discord for alerts. Some stock is appearing but they are generally gone in minutes.
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I'd like to get/put together a tower that I can put in my office, giving me Fortnite and the like on one screen, and work on the other.

I have a slush fund of £500. Is that doable?
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Isn’t fortnite fairly low-spec? You should be able to get it running on an entry level PC, but £500 will definitely be a bit limited.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/scan-ga ... 1tb-win-10

Something like that is about as good as you’ll get for half a bag. You can put a proper video card in later if you want to.

Or buy an Xbox series S for £250 if you want to play some games? Will outperform pretty much any gaming pc costing 3 times as much, the console is tiny and pretty much silent, and gamepass subscriptions are very cheap and gives you access to a huge library of games.
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We have a PS5 but I need a pc that I can game on whilst others think I'm working.

Plus playing with a controller is quite limiting.
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Mega Ron wrote: Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:50 pm We have a PS5 but I need a pc that I can game on whilst others think I'm working.

Plus playing with a controller is quite limiting.
Xbox will take a standard usb keyboard/mouse.
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The setup has to be clandestine from the wife and kids. They won't question a pc being there.
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Put it in a different box?
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Ordered a an entry level gaming laptop

Dell G15
i5 10200
RTX 3050 4GB
8GB 2933mhz RAM (will add another 8 when it arrives)
256GB NVMe2
120hz 1080p screen

£550 with discount codes. Doubt it’ll set the world alight, expecting similar performance to my Xbox series S, but will be nice to have something vaguely capable for PC based gaming again.
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