Gaming PCs Thread...time for a sticky / running thread?

[RRH]

I’m a little nervous about 2nd hand cards, as I’m so far out of the game now. There’s a ASUS Dual GeForce RTX™ 2060 EVO 6 GB on Amazon at 279.99.. is this a good buy, or go for a used 1080ti?

Thanks again…

[Squirrelofwoe]

RRH said:

I’m a little nervous about 2nd hand cards, as I’m so far out of the game now. There’s a ASUS Dual GeForce RTX™ 2060 EVO 6 GB on Amazon at 279.99.. is this a good buy, or go for a used 1080ti?

Thanks again…

I would be inclined to go with a 5700xt over a 2060 if available second hand for similar money. It still holds up really well at 1080p (and even 1440p in some stuff). Only reason to I would pick the 2060 is if wanting ray tracing. But I suspect at the overall PC spec you are looking at you would likely have to make significant performance sacrifices to make use of ray tracing anyway.

Good comparison video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFezkrEmhhk

[RRH]

It probably won’t surprise you to hear that I don’t know what ray tracing is 😆

tracing in my day was done with a pencil and grease proof paper.

I blew the budget and bought an RTX3060.. got to the ‘f*ck it’ point and gave up. Too many choices. Too old.

Thanks, again, for all your help., I will need more.

[Leicester Loyal]

What’s the smallest decent desk that’s about? I’m wanting a gaming PC and finally taking the plunge but I am struggling for space in the house. Already have a laptop but it just can’t handle decent games anymore being 4 years old.

[Mannginger]

I'd say something like a Corsair One but they are $$$. Smaller footprint than a PS5 and not much larger than an Xbox

https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/...

[Leicester Loyal]

Mannginger said:

I'd say something like a Corsair One but they are $$$. Smaller footprint than a PS5 and not much larger than an Xbox

https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categories/Products/...

I was only asking about a desk but thanks for that bud. Way out of my price range though!

Just measured possibly the only gap I'm gonna have in the house and it's 86cm wide, so need to fit the desk in there with everything on it.

[Squirrelofwoe]

Leicester Loyal said:

Just measured possibly the only gap I'm gonna have in the house and it's 86cm wide, so need to fit the desk in there with everything on it.

If it's going in a gap like that could you not simply create a shelf in that space? Surely easier than finding a desk to fit (and probably cheaper too)!

[Squirrelofwoe]

The other option is to use the lounge TV as a screen if one is available, and sit on the sofa? A lot of modern TVs support decent resolutions / refresh rates.

[FourWheelDrift]

Leicester Loyal said:

I was only asking about a desk but thanks for that bud. Way out of my price range though!

Just measured possibly the only gap I'm gonna have in the house and it's 86cm wide, so need to fit the desk in there with everything on it.

Do you have space for a corner desk, it will maximise desktop and legroom without taking up too much?

Otherwise some ideas on here using a size search - https://www.wayfair.co.uk/filters/furniture/sb3/de...

[Mannginger]

Leicester Loyal said:

I was only asking about a desk but thanks for that bud. Way out of my price range though!

Just measured possibly the only gap I'm gonna have in the house and it's 86cm wide, so need to fit the desk in there with everything on it.

Oh sorry! I assumed it was a typo / lingo for desktop

[Squirrelofwoe]

Got my new PC up and running, first time building one so very relieved when it fired up. Just needs a white gpu now to complete the look, and that 5700xt is now the 'low point' of the system performance wise. Still plays most things comfortably at 1440p though so will waiy and see what happens with gpu prices later in the year before spending a chunk- everything feels overpriced at the moment.

[Digger]

Very neat - what are the specs?

[Squirrelofwoe]

Digger said:

Very neat - what are the specs?

Cheers!

-Ryzen 7600x
-NZXT N7 B650e motherboard
-Corsair Vengeance 32gb DDR5 5600 CL36 RAM
-AMD rx 5700xt GPU
-Crucial P3 Plus M.2 2tb ssd
-NZXT Kraken CPU cooler with LCD display
-Corsair RM850x power supply
-NZXT H7 Elite case

Basically built a new PC using the GPU from my previous PC to save money, then will look to upgrade that later this year. Previous PC was still running an FX-8350 (AM3+) CPU so this was quite a jump!

[130R]

Squirrelofwoe said:

Got my new PC up and running

Looks great. Very clean

[Squirrelofwoe]

130R said:

ooks great. Very clean

Cheers!

[MissChief]

Looks great! White GPU’s are thin on the ground. Basically you’re looking at Gigabyte or Asus for top level cards but apparently Zotac make some too. And the consequent pricing increase.

[FourWheelDrift]

MissChief said:

Looks great! White GPU’s are thin on the ground. Basically you’re looking at Gigabyte or Asus for top level cards but apparently Zotac make some too. And the consequent pricing increase.

Plus Galax and KFA2.

[MissChief]

FourWheelDrift said:

MissChief said:

Looks great! White GPU’s are thin on the ground. Basically you’re looking at Gigabyte or Asus for top level cards but apparently Zotac make some too. And the consequent pricing increase.

Plus Galax and KFA2.

I didn’t think Galax were still a thing in the UK or even in Europe? Aren’t KFA their EU brand? I had a KFA2 GTX780 6GB many moons ago which got replaced under warranty with a GTX980 which is still in my sons machine.

Edited by MissChief on Sunday 5th March 15:08

[FourWheelDrift]

You can usually get KFA2 cards from AWD IT & Amazon. Galax branded cards can crop up as well.

[Leicester Loyal]

Took the plunge on Friday.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Eight Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.6GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
ASUS® ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler Black Edition


I have never had a gaming PC before, so had to get my bro to help me out. Bought a 27inch 1440 144HZ monitor, keyboard and mouse this morning too. Just gotta sort a desk out now and we're all set. Thoughts?

Hopefully this can replace the Saturdays I waste at football for the foreseeable future...