Post your *Gaming* PC setup thread

[Jedi_Master]

I like Scan as an online store.  No idea what spec RAM you require but this is does not have LEDs so could suit your needs:

(16GB) https://www.scan.co.uk/products/16gb-2x8gb-corsair-ddr4-vengeance-lpx-black-pc4-32000-4000-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-19-23-23-45-xmp-20

(32GB) https://www.scan.co.uk/products/32gb-4x8gb-corsair-ddr4-vengeance-lpx-black-pc4-28800-3600-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-18-22-22-42-xmp-20

(256GB for serious RAM needs) https://www.scan.co.uk/products/256gb-8x32gb-corsair-ddr4-vengeance-lpx-black-pc4-28800-3600-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-18-22-22-42-xmp

Motherboards are harder, but the good ones can turn off the lighting or at least select a colour you like and dim it.
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-rog-strix-z490-f-gaming-intel-z490-s-1200-ddr4-sata3-dual-m2-sli-crossfire-25gbe-usb-32-atx

 

[proffrink]

Use https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/

Would recommend a far cheaper setup than that which Jedi has posted. You will never use most of the features of a board that costs more than 150 quid. Spending a lot of money on a good motherboard isn't really worth it unless you have some specific additional needs in mind for connectivity or running many expansion cards etc.

If you're using a single graphics card (which you really should be if you don't have more than a single 4K monitor) then almost any Z490 type motherboard is fine. MSI are my go-to pick but it won't really matter which you buy. Don't get a MicroATX as you will pay a slight premium for it being smaller and probably loose some connectivity too. Plain old ATX is the best value.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#c=143

My recommendation would be the MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS because it's from a reputable brand and is the cheapest. I am assuming that you don't need WiFi built in.

For RAM: All of these boards will support ridiculous RAM clock speeds. I'm just going to pick you something with a decent response time and from a good brand. Anything over 3000mHz is fine. Realistically you will never notice the latency or clock speed on RAM for general/gaming applications anyway. My recommendation would be two of these sticks: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/QBrYcf/kingston-hyperx-fury-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-ddr4-3200-memory-hx432c16fb3k216

You don't need more than 32gb for general or gaming purposes. If you do a lot of design work maybe consider 64gb.

On the note of LEDs: Just completely ignore LEDs and order what has the best specs. LEDs or not. Better value usually means not having to deal with needless lights though, even from brands like MSI, Gigabyte, Asus etc. who will certainly offer RGB on their worse value boards and RAM. Also you can now buy a properly soundproofed case

 

[Zarrin]

I like your big lego Boba Fett dude 

 

[Musica]

WFH laptop and gaming rig sharing space currently.

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[SnakeDoctor87]

Hey Guys,

I just built a new rig,

My new setup consists of;

Case: CiT G-Force RGB

CPU: Ryzen 7 3800x

Motherboard: Asus TUF B450-Plus Gaming

PSU: CiT 650w

GPU: XFX RX 5700XT Thicc III Ultra Edition

RAM: 16GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance

SSD: Sandisk 120GB, Kingston 120GB and Intel Enterprise edition 600GB(courtesy of my job)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H45 water cooler

Peripherals:

2 x BenQ 60hz 22inch panel

Keyboard: Corsair Strafe Cherry MX Red Mechanical Keyboard

Mouse: Steel Series Rival 300

Mousepad: Roccat Taito

Speakers: Phillips 100w rms 2.1

Headphones: Phillips SHG8200

No Pics I'm afraid.

 

[Tiercel]

Recently treated myself to a semi-new build as my current system was being bottlenecked by cheaping out on an i5 rather than i7. Except my current i5 was like 2 generations old now and I couldnt buy a i7 of the matching generation anywhere. So needed a new motherboard, decided to switch up my storage too as I was running a mish-mash of old hard drives and SSDs of varying sizes. Decided to go big or go home, not cheaping out on any components anymore so jumped straight up to the i9 rather than i7. Probably complete overkill but at least I wont have to upgrade again anytime soon.

However the absolute best thing I did was upgrade my monitor from a bog standard 1080p somethingorother, to a 1440p 144Hz G-sync monitor. Cost almost as much as the rest of my PC combined but my god do games look good now running at 140fps and I didnt realise how big a jump in quality it was from 1080p to 1440p.

Also replaced my ageing corsair H1500 headset with a new Steel Series Arctis 7 which are phenomenally good and comfy.

New build:

Asus ROG PG278QE G-Sync monitor

MSI Z490A-Pro motherboard

i9 10900KF CPU

32GB Corsair Vengence RAM

GTX 1080Ti GPU

1 x 250GB  Samsung EVO 970 M.2 for boot drive (god damn these are fast, absolutely worth the upgrade, you push the power button and you're already at your desktop)

1 x 2TB  Crucial something or other SSD for games library

1 x 2TB mechanical HD for mass slow storage 

 

[SgtTalbert]

Can anyone recommend some decent component brands that don't cover everything in RGB lighting as soon as it pops up a level in performance? I'm looking at a new CPU/MoBo/RAM and everything is just covered in bloody lights!

Most stuff these days is RGB, however, just turn it off in software

 

[Lozart]

Most stuff these days is RGB, however, just turn it off in software

Funny you should say that, I bought a Gigabyte Z490 Gaming X in the end which has no RGB bullshit. Is nice and black (not that you can tell anyway seeing as it's in a non-windowed case). 

 

[Zarrin]

I've not upgraded since 2016 I believe - I still run a pre-overclocked Gigabyte windforce 980Ti with an i7 6700k - 16gb of ddr4 and a Samsung nvme m.2.

While my current monitor is a 27" 144hz 1080p Iiyama; I would like to make a little return to gaming after around a years hiatus, maybe with a  1440p monitor and possibly one of these new 30 series RTX cards everyone is talking about - apparently the performance with the current Battlefield games at 1440p with the 3080 is pretty damn good.. even quite playable at 4k.

Because I skipped two core generations of GPUs (the 1080/ti and then the RTX 20 series), I imagine the jump in performance between the 980Ti and 3080 would be significant. Would love to go back and play BF4 at 1440p maxed out with a constant fps at a minimum of 144, tearing free - though maybe that's still wishful thinking?. Even so, with Gsync and Freesync I don't think the constant fps above the 144hz mark is actually necessary.

Funnily enough my brother is helping my 11 year old nephew build his first PC, I offered to donate some pieces I have lying around, in the form of my old GTX590 which was a beast of a card when it came out; it was 2 GPU chips on one card, effectively making it an onboard SLI solution for two GTX580s. But After doing a bit of research it turns out, this top of the line card which I bought for 6 or 7 hundred quid back in 2010/2011 wont be able to compete with a mid/bottom of the line 1660 contemporary card in the game 'fortnight' which is what he wants it for. Also, apparently SLI has gone the way of the dodo, so If you did want to run this card on a modern game, it would not be as a 590 but a single 580 GPU. To top it off, Nvidia  stopped supporting it in 2018 for driver updates so it may only be a matter of time until the card doesn't even switch on in a modern windows 10 machine - feels kinda sad really.

 

[Misery]

my most recent build

sahara p.75 case

14 sahara pirate rgb fans

strix b450 mobo

ryzen 5 2600

16gb of hyper x predator ram

gigabyte 2070 super

id cooling 240mm aio

120gb m.2 nvme boot drive

120gb ssd

1tb hdd

500gb hdd

mainly play pubg but have started branching out on sqaud recently

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[strykerles]

Case - Phanteks Enthoo Pro TG

CPU - Ryzen 3800x

Mobo - Asrock X570 Steel legend

GPU - Sapphire Vega 64

Ram - 32GB Corsair 3600mhz

PS4 Pro and a Series X hiding behind the monitor

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[Shamal]

Been playing Crysis on p.c. 

Not played it for years. Still great game though.

Regards 

 

[Korma]

My latest build, a budget 1080p and VR gaming rig.

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600XT (OC to 4.9Ghz)

GPU: Radeon RX 5500 XT (8GB)

Mobo: MSI MAG B550M MORTAR

Ram: G-Skill 3200Mhz 16GB

Storage: 500GB WD SSD for OS, 1TB WD M.2 for games

 

[Misery]

@Kormathats pretty much the next gen of my build man how u finding the 3600??

 

[Brophy]

This is mine.

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X (Running at 4Ghz) w/ Cooler Master ML240L RGB AIO

GPU: Zotac GTX 1080Ti Mini (11GB)

Mobo: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Ram: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL 32GB 3600MHz (Running at 3600MHz too)

Currently only game at 1080p and the res of the Quest 2 when doing VR (seem to be doing more VR these days than normal gaming).

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[Misery]

Currently only game at 1080p and the res of the Quest 2 when doing VR (seem to be doing more VR these days than normal gaming).

very nice clean build bud!! im same 1080p aswell dont feeel the need to go any higher

 

[Monkman]

Scan 3XS System

Corsair 500D RGB Case

Intel Core i9 9900K Cpu (4.5ghz)

ASUS ROG Maxiumus XI CODE motherboard

EVGA RTX2080ti

32Gb Corsair Vengance RGB Pro 3000Mhz DDR4

x2 Samsung 1TB 970 Evo+ NVMe SSD's

Seagate 4TB HDD storeage

Corsair 650W psu

Corsair RGB Fans & Lights (ICUE)

Corsair H150i Pro CPU cooler

Usually get a system to last me 7+years (Swapping out GPU's every few years) before looking at total new system.

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[Brophy]

very nice clean build bud!! im same 1080p aswell dont feeel the need to go any higher

Cheers mate. 

Was gonna go 2k but holding off new screen and new gfx card (cuz no one can get a hold of them atm) cuz I'm sorting my UKARA and obviously will need the moolah for "new toys" ?

 

[Misery]

Cheers mate. 

Was gonna go 2k but holding off new screen and new gfx card (cuz no one can get a hold of them atm) cuz I'm sorting my UKARA and obviously will need the moolah for "new toys" ?

i hadnt gotten into airsoft when i built that that was a week later XD i managed to snag a 2070 super on day realease of the 3070 as they didnt have any instock wasnt leaving without a gpu at time llf

 

[Korma]

@Kormathats pretty much the next gen of my build man how u finding the 3600??

An absolutely amazing processor and incredible value for money. I was surprised to get almost 5Ghz when I overclocked it. Got very lucky on the silicon lottery.