Is this PC worth it?
Im looking to buy a gaming PC but im kinda new to it all and dont rrly know whats good and whats not. Ive found something that might be good but just wanted to know if its actually worth the price.
Id appreciate any help, anything you would change etc. This is from PCSpecialist so there are some options to change things.
I'm trying not to go over £600 as i need to buy a monitor, keyboard and mouse aswell.
Case: CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIESTM 275Q QUIET CASE
Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.25GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard: ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.0, 6GB/s
Memory (RAM): 8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card: 8GB AMD RADEONTM RX 570 - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive: 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply: CORSAIR 450W VS SERIESTM VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable: 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling: STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking: 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options: MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online account
Total price: £597 inc VAT
Id appreciate any help, anything you would change etc. This is from PCSpecialist so there are some options to change things.
I'm trying not to go over £600 as i need to buy a monitor, keyboard and mouse aswell.
Case: CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIESTM 275Q QUIET CASE
Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.25GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard: ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.0, 6GB/s
Memory (RAM): 8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card: 8GB AMD RADEONTM RX 570 - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive: 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply: CORSAIR 450W VS SERIESTM VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable: 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling: STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking: 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options: MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online account
Total price: £597 inc VAT
Original post by inconanon
Im looking to buy a gaming PC but im kinda new to it all and dont rrly know whats good and whats not. Ive found something that might be good but just wanted to know if its actually worth the price.
Id appreciate any help, anything you would change etc. This is from PCSpecialist so there are some options to change things.
I'm trying not to go over £600 as i need to buy a monitor, keyboard and mouse aswell.
Case: CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIESTM 275Q QUIET CASE
Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.25GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard: ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.0, 6GB/s
Memory (RAM): 8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card: 8GB AMD RADEONTM RX 570 - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive: 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply: CORSAIR 450W VS SERIESTM VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable: 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling: STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking: 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options: MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online account
Total price: £597 inc VAT
Id appreciate any help, anything you would change etc. This is from PCSpecialist so there are some options to change things.
I'm trying not to go over £600 as i need to buy a monitor, keyboard and mouse aswell.
Case: CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIESTM 275Q QUIET CASE
Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.25GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard: ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.0, 6GB/s
Memory (RAM): 8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card: 8GB AMD RADEONTM RX 570 - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive: 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply: CORSAIR 450W VS SERIESTM VS-450 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable: 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling: STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking: 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options: MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online account
Total price: £597 inc VAT
It depends what you want it for, I'll assume its gaming.
If this was for a gaming rig I would highly recommend going up to 16GB Ram.
Don't know much about that gpu though, but 8GB of vram is a lot so sounds good.
Make sure to LOOK AT THE Reviews it will be the best way to see what others think about it. Also see if they have any efps, estimated frames per sexond for the games you want to play.
Have fun with it.
Original post by inconanon
the operating system says windows 10 home, would that be the windows or is that something else?
No I just didn't read that properly and I edited my post to follow. It will come with windows.
Original post by inconanon
Im looking to buy a gaming PC but im kinda new to it all and dont rrly know whats good and whats not. Ive found something that might be good but just wanted to know if its actually worth the price.
Id appreciate any help, anything you would change etc. This is from PCSpecialist so there are some options to change things.
I'm trying not to go over £600 as i need to buy a monitor, keyboard and mouse aswell.
Case: CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIESTM 275Q QUIET CASE
Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.25GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4)
Bargains at the moment 1600af, 2600, 2600x, 2700, 2700x or the 3600.
Motherboard: ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.0, 6GB/s- I would upgrade to a B450- MSI Tomahawk max is a v good board for about £90, full size, more slots, good vrm and upgradeable will take any am4 processor and can overclock.
Memory (RAM): 8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 4GB)- Min 16gbn ram 3200mhs ddr4 cl16- cost you about 55-90 depending on brand and if you want flashy rgb
Graphics Card: 8GB AMD RADEONTM RX 570 - HDMI, DP - DX® 12 [ also look at 580/590. 1660 super, 2060, 5600xt , 5700- Graphics are the most expensive part and critical for games.- depends on your budget but research will show you the difference in performance. tech deals will have a suitable video showing what extra you get]
You have no SSD, which is important and will make a big difference . Min 240gb to put OS on but 500gb better.
1st Storage Drive: 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply: CORSAIR 450W VS SERIESTM VS-450 POWER SUPPLY- I would have 550-600 if you ever plan on upgrading.
All this is nonsense and flannel because its all standard on the motherboard.
Power Cable: 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling: STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking: 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options: MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Included in windows as normal- pick an oem licence off ebay for less than £10. Cant remember if its free for students.
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online account
Total price: £597 inc VAT
Id appreciate any help, anything you would change etc. This is from PCSpecialist so there are some options to change things.
I'm trying not to go over £600 as i need to buy a monitor, keyboard and mouse aswell.
Case: CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIESTM 275Q QUIET CASE
Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.25GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4)
Bargains at the moment 1600af, 2600, 2600x, 2700, 2700x or the 3600.
Motherboard: ASUS® PRIME A320M-K: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.0, 6GB/s- I would upgrade to a B450- MSI Tomahawk max is a v good board for about £90, full size, more slots, good vrm and upgradeable will take any am4 processor and can overclock.
Memory (RAM): 8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 4GB)- Min 16gbn ram 3200mhs ddr4 cl16- cost you about 55-90 depending on brand and if you want flashy rgb
Graphics Card: 8GB AMD RADEONTM RX 570 - HDMI, DP - DX® 12 [ also look at 580/590. 1660 super, 2060, 5600xt , 5700- Graphics are the most expensive part and critical for games.- depends on your budget but research will show you the difference in performance. tech deals will have a suitable video showing what extra you get]
You have no SSD, which is important and will make a big difference . Min 240gb to put OS on but 500gb better.
1st Storage Drive: 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive: NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply: CORSAIR 450W VS SERIESTM VS-450 POWER SUPPLY- I would have 550-600 if you ever plan on upgrading.
All this is nonsense and flannel because its all standard on the motherboard.
Power Cable: 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling: STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking: 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB/Thunderbolt Options: MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Included in windows as normal- pick an oem licence off ebay for less than £10. Cant remember if its free for students.
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online account
Total price: £597 inc VAT
Check via
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/
I added some comments on improvements id make to make sure it was upgradeable and not as limited.
https://www.hotukdeals.com/search?q=ccl&page=2
Do your research. watch vids from the likes of techdeals, pauls hardware, hardware unboxed.
As above I would up the RAM (8GB is nothing special these days - even my work laptop has 12GB) and I am not sure about your PSU. I would beef it up a bit to the 650W.
Your HDD will be a bit of a bottleneck. If you want fast load times, look at M.2 NVMe drives. Again, even my work laptop has one!
Your HDD will be a bit of a bottleneck. If you want fast load times, look at M.2 NVMe drives. Again, even my work laptop has one!
Pretty decent value for money for what sounds like a configurable pre-built.
A bottleneck only in terms of load times though. Performance-wise, the impact is nothing in most scenarios. Storage is always going to be a bottleneck unless we get some insane speed boosts, even RAM based storage doesn't exactly eliminate load times in some cases and that's capable of running stupidly high speeds (like 20+ GB/s)
I would definitely second the advice of getting an SSD as, at the very least, a boot drive.
I'll also second the advice on the PSU. It either needs to be beefed up or a higher quality unit needs to be used. The VS is a pretty mediocre unit, not really much better than Corsair's CX V1 line, if not worse, which aren't exactly stellar PSUs in their own right. Fine for simple stuff, not really something you want to be pushing hard though. That low 30c temp rating isn't exactly confidence-inspiring either.
Original post by Talon
As above I would up the RAM (8GB is nothing special these days - even my work laptop has 12GB) and I am not sure about your PSU. I would beef it up a bit to the 650W.
Your HDD will be a bit of a bottleneck. If you want fast load times, look at M.2 NVMe drives. Again, even my work laptop has one!
Your HDD will be a bit of a bottleneck. If you want fast load times, look at M.2 NVMe drives. Again, even my work laptop has one!
A bottleneck only in terms of load times though. Performance-wise, the impact is nothing in most scenarios. Storage is always going to be a bottleneck unless we get some insane speed boosts, even RAM based storage doesn't exactly eliminate load times in some cases and that's capable of running stupidly high speeds (like 20+ GB/s)
I would definitely second the advice of getting an SSD as, at the very least, a boot drive.
I'll also second the advice on the PSU. It either needs to be beefed up or a higher quality unit needs to be used. The VS is a pretty mediocre unit, not really much better than Corsair's CX V1 line, if not worse, which aren't exactly stellar PSUs in their own right. Fine for simple stuff, not really something you want to be pushing hard though. That low 30c temp rating isn't exactly confidence-inspiring either.
Original post by TheMcSame
A bottleneck only in terms of load times though. Performance-wise, the impact is nothing in most scenarios. Storage is always going to be a bottleneck unless we get some insane speed boosts, even RAM based storage doesn't exactly eliminate load times in some cases and that's capable of running stupidly high speeds (like 20+ GB/s)
Compared to the rest of the build, it stands out like a sore thumb. Moving from a standard drive to an M.2 SSD you really see the difference. I even noticed a difference going from a SATA SSD to one. Depending on what you are testing, they are 10-20 times faster.
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