Trying to find a good gaming PC

I have a disability and can't build myself (so looking at a prebuilt PC/custom built by a local repair place or something) - recently returned one from CCL.

I've heard AWD-IT/Palicomp offer some decent prices on prebuilts, but I've heard mixed things - has anyone ordered from either of these two (ideally a prebuilt)? Was the experience good (obviously don't want a repeat of my situation with CCL if there is a problem)? There's a few that appeal to me on these sites too.

RGB/Aesthetics are really important to me, which is why I'm considering paying a local person to do it. Budget is £1300 - it's for 1080p gaming, but I'm trying to maximise it's "life" as much as possible.

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Guru Jason

I have a prebuilt that's about 4-5 years old now that was about £1100. Has 2070super graphic card and does me remarkably well today.

You should easily be able to find a good rebuild for the money you have. You might want to get some additional storage externally if you can't prebuild. Games are huge these days.

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random_matt

Use Scan.

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rachaelt123

Original post by Guru Jason

I have a prebuilt that's about 4-5 years old now that was about £1100. Has 2070super graphic card and does me remarkably well today.
You should easily be able to find a good rebuild for the money you have. You might want to get some additional storage externally if you can't prebuild. Games are huge these days.

That's good to hear how the 2070 super is still holding up well for you, that bodes well for whatever I end up getting 🙂 A decent amount of storage is definitely in the plans (my last one had 1TB and it was nowhere near enough, games are massive now!)

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tonyjosh

So I was wondering if this computer that I managed to configure is any good?
I build this gaming pc using vibox custom pc builder page:
https://vibox.co.uk/custom-pc-builder

Processor:Intel i9 11900F 8
Core 2.5GHz
Graphics Card:Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
Memory:16GB 3200MHz
RAMSolid State Drive:1TB NVMe M.2
Solid State DriveWiFi:600Mbps USB Wireless Network Adaptor
Operating System:Windows 11
HomeWarranty:Gold Warranty (Standard)
Motherboard:Intel H510 1200 with M.2
Power Supply:850W Gold Power Supply
Case:Kolink Void
CPUIntel Cooler
FULL price is £1,904.19 with VAT

They prebuilt gaming PCs as well, if anyone wants to suggest me different one.
Is this pc good for AAA games, and the price of this pc is good to go, or should check with and gaming pc provider like pcspecialist or anyother with good experience please let me know?

My budget is around £1500 to £3000.

Reply 5

TNGFR

Original post by tonyjosh

So I was wondering if this computer that I managed to configure is any good?
I build this gaming pc using vibox custom pc builder page:
https://vibox.co.uk/custom-pc-builder
Processor:Intel i9 11900F 8
Core 2.5GHz
Graphics Card:Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
Memory:16GB 3200MHz
RAMSolid State Drive:1TB NVMe M.2
Solid State DriveWiFi:600Mbps USB Wireless Network Adaptor
Operating System:Windows 11
HomeWarranty:Gold Warranty (Standard)
Motherboard:Intel H510 1200 with M.2
Power Supply:850W Gold Power Supply
Case:Kolink Void
CPUIntel Cooler
FULL price is £1,904.19 with VAT
They prebuilt gaming PCs as well, if anyone wants to suggest me different one.
Is this pc good for AAA games, and the price of this pc is good to go, or should check with and gaming pc provider like pcspecialist or anyother with good experience please let me know?
My budget is around £1500 to £3000.

That's pretty poor:

Going solely on the value of components in a vacuum, that's about £1600 worth of parts compared to buying equivalent options off the open market

Having 11th gen processors and therefore only having DDR4 RAM and Gen 4 SSDs in a £1500+ product is insanely bad value

The 11th gen i7 and a 4080 is a really poorly balanced pairing

Sticking a stock Intel cooler on an i9 is stupid at this price point

You can just do better for the money.

Using £2000 as a benchmark, I was able to throw this together on PC specialist that is significantly more well rounded- newer and more powerful processor, faster DDR5 memory, faster Gen 5 storage and twice as much of it, a proper CPU cooler, and a GPU that hits almost every significant performance benchmark as the marginally more powerful 4080. And that's just what I could sling together at 2am.

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z790-ddr5-pc/KPgWZT!AWb/

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