Hey guys, my friend is looking for a PC that can run some of the latest games at high settings (PUBG mainly). Budget is £900 and neither me or him have any knowledge in building a PC so it has to be one thats built for him or ready made. Thanks in advance!
It would be a lot cheaper for him to buy the components and build it himself. And like nomy said it really is just like lego, as long as you remember the motherboard standoffs. --- Double Post Merged, Jul 13, 2017, Original Post Date: Jul 13, 2017 --- My basket at Overclockers UK: 1 x Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £179.99 1 x Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2A2400= £74.99 1 x Corsair CX-M Series 450W 80 Plus Bronze Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020101-UK)= £55.99 1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £229.99 1 x Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (ST2000DM006)= £65.99 1 x be quiet! Pure Rock CPU Cooler - 120mm= £30.95 1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £98.99 1 x Cooler Master MasterBox 5 Midi Tower Case - Black= £59.99 Total: £919.47 (includes shipping: £12.60) This would cost him around £1,200 - £1,300 to get prebuilt. Windows 10 he could either add on top of it all or download the free OEM version from microsoft and buy a key at a later date if he wants to. Another option is through a finance plan if he has the credit.
http://www.ebuyer.com/750934-stormforce-tornado-vr-gaming-pc-7260-5272 Intel Core i5-6400 16GB RAM 1TB HDD NVIDIA GTX 1070 8GB Windows 10 64bit 3yr collect & return warranty £900
More than likely, i just went for a retailer that i knew of that has decent customer service (looking at you scan you shitlarks).
Seems pretty deliriously (pun intended) overpriced to be honest. I'd have a look at a build like TrustMe's link or like Nomy said PcPartPicker although i'm not familiar with UK retailers. Building a PC is like Legos and quite easy, but if your friend wants it pre-built he can still have pretty decent builds for that budget. I'd say no less than a Gtx 1070, decent i5 and 16gb ram with a good motherboard.
thats probably going to be a bit tough, a 1060 will do just fine on high settings for most games at 1080p
^This. Whether your friend chooses to buy parts separately or pre-built, i'd go for a 1070. I even bought a 1060 and returned it for a 1070 specifically for pubg and could see a big difference. Also tons of 1060's suffer from screen stuttering (if not all cards to some point) and one of the reasons i returned mine.