#Build me a PC

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gentle fulcrum
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Budget : £1500
Gaming, discord and watching videos
Uh I play war thunder and Minecraft at 1440p.
Would like 120hz if possible

quasi belfry
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hz is used for the monitor, do you mean FPS?
if so, is there a target quality? as you may need to cut corners graphically and in the components as well to fit that requirements on that budget

gentle fulcrum
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120fps yes

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Tbh I'm happy at 1080p if my frames are good

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War Thunder is my main thing and I don't think it's too graphically intense

quasi belfry
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I am a little busy at work, but will try and spec something ASAP, any brand preferances?

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War Thunder is quite the hog, settings dependant

gentle fulcrum
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I play it on PS5 so as long as it looks better and is smoother I'm happy

quasi belfry
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AMD is very much best price/performance factoring usability, Intel is better, but intel is still dealing with growing pains so to speak

gentle fulcrum
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I also heard they heat up like crazy

quasi belfry
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not really

gentle fulcrum
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I mean for games Ryzen sounds just fine

gentle fulcrum
quasi belfry
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AMD did have some heat problems in the past, but they are no worse for that than Nvidia now

gentle fulcrum
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I dunno if this helps

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Or if it'll fit in my budget

quasi belfry
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the min reuqirements and the recommended are very different creatures

gentle fulcrum
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Eh as long as it's more powerful than my ps5

quasi belfry
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it will run on that dual core, but it will run like I do after pigging out at the all you can eat buffet:
barely and messy as hell

gentle fulcrum
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If only the 4090 didn't cost a kidney

gentle fulcrum
quasi belfry
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the 4060s are pretty bad for 1440p, unless you don't mind it looking like it's on an Commodore

gentle fulcrum
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What's better then?

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I'm taking it on finance so I can pay a little more

quasi belfry
gentle fulcrum
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I can push it to 2k if it makes it easier

feral charm
gentle fulcrum
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How do I check without paying

feral charm
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There are various sites to check your ratings out but I dont know what scores the finance company require

gentle fulcrum
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I'm eligible

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My bank provides my score for me 🙂

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So do I need a board which comes with WiFi?

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I don't get this stuff

next relic
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Do you have your router in the same room as you're planning to have the PC?
Or do you have the possibility to run an ethernet cable?

If not then you want either a mobo with WiFi or a separate WiFi card

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Ethernet is preferable though where possible

quasi belfry
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do you need wifi included? even so, it's handy to have built in incase you living situation changes where you can't use ethernet

gentle fulcrum
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Well I have an Ethernet cable in my room

next relic
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WiFi hardware also gives you bluetooth. Something to keep in mind

gentle fulcrum
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Headset is bluetooth

next relic
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Ewww 🤣

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Either wired or proprietary dongle is my two cents

gentle fulcrum
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I spent a lot on my headset I won't take slander 😭

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Arctic nova pro wireless

quasi belfry
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you sure you're using the bluetooth and not the DAC it comes with?

gentle fulcrum
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OH YEAH

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Wait

next relic
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Womp womp

gentle fulcrum
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Can I use the dac with it?

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Coz it's the playstation version

quasi belfry
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it connects via USB no?

gentle fulcrum
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Yes

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Okay that's good then

next relic
gentle fulcrum
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That works then

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Are the parts delivered or is it pre built

quasi belfry
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the PC will be ready to go, excluding various updates

gentle fulcrum
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Which parts?

next relic
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Pretty much plug'n'play

gentle fulcrum
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How will I connect to microsoft

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Windows

quasi belfry
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you'll need to update windows, driver and whatnot, but it will be ready out of the box

next relic
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Windows will be installed

gentle fulcrum
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I'll just look that stuff up then that's fine

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Deff need to invest in a monitor too

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Think my current 31inch will blind me

quasi belfry
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how much above 1500GBP can you go? as that would change what sort of system you can get, I'd prefer an AM5 system, just for the upgrade options down the line, but you may need to go for AM4 to fit the budget, but that would limit RAM and CPU upgrades down the line

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that spec does burst the budget some, but will be a solid PC for sure

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Here's an AM4 system, same GPU, better storage, but as the CPU is from the last AMD CPU generation, it won't be as fast(not as important for 1440p), and will limit upgrades because of it

gentle fulcrum
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Thank you tho

median crater
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2 grand you say? Now we're talking

gentle fulcrum
median crater
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Something vv good

gentle fulcrum
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Is 32gb ram ideal?

median crater
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I'm not good at speccing other people's PCs but I'm sure someone can

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And yeah 32 is aight

feral charm
gentle fulcrum
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I just want to have discord and game open 🙂

median crater
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And at least 2 chrome tabs open

gentle fulcrum
quasi belfry
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wait, nvm, the cooler would need to be upped for the CPU

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you can also take some of the spare budget, get a bigger case and CPU cooler, but you wouldn't need to