New gaming rig

[MrCippo]

Hi guys, I am looking to invest into a new PC gaming rig for Project Cars 2 and the other new sims. I will be running 3 large TVs so that needs to be on the list. Budget <£1000. What's about and better ? I lost touch completely with new gaming PCs configuration.

[born2bslow]

You need the overclockers forum, even if you don't buy from them you'll get a good shopping list...

Many PC geeks waiting to advise on the best bang for buck

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forums/new-to-pc...

[born2bslow]

To be honest the word is at the moment that it's a holding period waiting for Coffeelake CPU release in a couple of months, this will reduce prices on current hardware and bring in a new range of processors to look at...

[born2bslow]

anonymous said:

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I think the 1070 is equivalent to the 980Ti I've got and I used to run triples without too many issues, you won't be able to max everything out to ultra but it will look good...

[Kaelic]

Ryzen 5 1600 overclocked to 3.9Ghz (there are custom 8-Pack bundles on Overclockers UK with motherboards etc..)
16 Gb PC3200 RAM
1070 GPU


Leaves a few hundred for HDD, Case and other stuff if needed.


Will run all modern stuff very easily at 1080

[Pulse00]

3 monitor displays are so old school! VR is the future!

Significantly more immersive.

[MrCippo]

Cool. good stuff guys. I'll have a look on overclockers. Yes, I am little bit oldschool, and yes the TVs take up a lot of space as I went for 43" mahoosive. It should look good tho. VR next no doubt!

[born2bslow]

MrCippo said:

Cool. good stuff guys. I'll have a look on overclockers. Yes, I am little bit oldschool, and yes the TVs take up a lot of space as I went for 43" mahoosive. It should look good tho. VR next no doubt!

VR would have been cheaper than 3 TVs (unless you already had them obviously). If you get hooked on virtual driving/racing it's genuinely a game changer in immersion.

There is PC build including a 1080Ti on overclockers forums for £1500, worth a look. You wouldn't need to do anything to that for 5 years+ when I bought my PC it was nowhere near that level of performance in relative terms, and I've had 5 solid years out of it. Granted I've upgraded the graphics for VR but otherwise it's still coping...for now.

Edited by born2bslow on Thursday 31st August 13:27

Edited by born2bslow on Thursday 31st August 13:27

[MintyScot]

Kaelic said:

Ryzen 5 1600 overclocked to 3.9Ghz (there are custom 8-Pack bundles on Overclockers UK with motherboards etc..)
16 Gb PC3200 RAM
1070 GPU


Leaves a few hundred for HDD, Case and other stuff if needed.


Will run all modern stuff very easily at 1080

Ryzen 1600 is definitely the go to cpu in the i5 price range. Much greater future proofing with its 12 v 4 threads.