RequestGaming Rig For a Friend (UK)
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Right so here's what I'm after. (This is for a friend and you lads are gurus)

I'm after a gaming build and also something good for being able to handle large total war games.


I am only after the PC itself, they have requested this be a pre-built and/or a good build with a site that builds and doesn't mug you off for building the PC with parts.


The games I'm looking to run are substantial total war games and high fps, high performance and graphics also.

Budget: £1000 - £1500

Anyone suggesting Alienware just commit now and do us all a favour.

Thanks cuties
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I would mostly recommend Scan 3XS for pre-builts.

My recommendation would be this:
scan.co.uk/3xs/configurator/custo...xsgamer21i

You should get him to change:
CPU Cooler to a Silent be quiet! Pure Rock.
Power Supply to a Corsair TX550M.
Hard Disk Drive to the 2TB version instead.

This will total £1508 which is worth the small amount over budget.

Do bare in mind that you are paying a premium for this. Part-for-part, it will be about £250 more expensive to purchase it pre-built through Scan.


Same parts

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor (£265.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Pure Rock 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.98 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus - TUF B360M-PLUS GAMING Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£95.87 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (£79.98 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.50 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.10 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Black Video Card (£483.48 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (Black w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case (£54.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit (£83.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1258.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-17 14:59 BST+0100


Better Parts


Much better CPU (Ryzen 7 2700X vs i7-6700)
Better CPU cooler
Better GPU (RTX 2080 vs RTX 2070)
Faster RAM (3000MHz vs 2666MHz)
Bigger SSD (500GB vs 250GB)
Better Power Supply.

You would need to buy a copy of Windows yourself which you can typically find for less than £30.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor (£278.50 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.49 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI - X470 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard (£119.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£79.38 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.10 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 8 GB VENTUS Video Card (£640.79 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (Black w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case (£54.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - G 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£66.22 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1430.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-17 15:06 BST+0100



So with that said, he is better off building his own but if he really wants to, those are the recommendations on what to buy.
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Thank you very much for your suggestions, accepting others.

Not to take away from deanos, just after a variety.
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