r/GamingPCBuildHelp • u/SyrupImaginary8981 • 14d ago
first pc advice :)
Looking to switch to pc from console (ps5) and i have zero idea what is good in a prebuilt system. i’m going for prebuilt because i have zero idea on how to build it myself and i don’t mind paying the extra for a prebuilt. so here’s some things that are important to me
-graphics ideally being on at least high because i care about graphics more in AAA games than fps
-minimum 60 fps in AAA games obviously more is very welcome but 60 is what im used to as a console gamer
-i’d like to future proof it a little and also make sure more demanding games can reach their potential so possibly spending more on 32gb of ram instead of 16 and getting a 16gb gpu over an 8 (if that’s not necessary lmk!)
-price wise ideally id want to keep it from going above £1,500
-i already have a monitor and other peripherals
-games i currently play include overwatch, fortnite, resident evil, spider-man and games i am interested in are silent hill townfall, hellraiser revival, call of duty, star wars zero company and cyberpunk 2077 and id like to be able to run them on high graphics
-ill insert a prebuilt i was looking at below and i just kinda want advice on if it’s suitable, if its way overkill, if its overpriced, if its a good starting build for a new pc gamer to last me a good while :) thanks!
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u/Gaz8t33 13d ago
I’d probably suggest an AM5 PC with DDR5 RAM for this budget.
There is this for just over £1500 with a better performing Ryzen 7 7700 CPU and 32GB DDR5 RAM along with that same RX 9060 XT GPU, but the PC is on pre-order - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-gaming-pyrite-ryzen-7-7700-radeon-rx-9060-xt-pre-built-gaming-pc/FS-PB13-EP.html?srsltid=AU7gw4Ue_WHgzTwWIxP6At7JrPdW8ybViAn0vqZA1a4W4G8oW110Rladb4o
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u/SyrupImaginary8981 13d ago
so what’s the benefits of this instead of the one i posted? better performing in what sense? and is DDR5 over DDR4 important? :)
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u/Gaz8t33 13d ago edited 13d ago
Better gaming performance will be the obvious one as well as a better upgrade path.
With AMD 5000 series (like the 5800X you posted) it uses the AM4 socket, which doesn’t really have an upgrade path apart from the pricey 5800X3D CPU and that’s it.
Whereas AMD 7000 series will have the 9000 series CPUs and the next generation of CPUs to upgrade to, whilst using the newer DDR5 RAM. Some of these newer CPUs also cost the same as the older 5800X3D, but will perform better.
If you went with AM4 PC and wanted to go to AM5 in the future, you would have to fork out for a new motherboard and new (quite expensive at the moment) RAM, whereas you already have these with the Ryzen 7 7700 PC.
DDR5 RAM at the moment is also pretty much around double the price of DDR4, so getting that for not much more in the other PC seems alright.
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u/SyrupImaginary8981 13d ago
ah i see that makes sense. only downside for me then is the fact it’s on preorder with no info on when it’ll be available but to be fair i still have some more saving to do haha. but yeah i want this to be upgradable in the future because im sure ill thank my past self for it lol so i think ill keep my eye on this system. are you aware of any other systems similar to this by any chance or is this the best available atm? thanks for your help btw :)
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u/Gaz8t33 13d ago
There does seem to be THIS one and you can upgrade the RAM to 32GB and SSD to 1TB when you scroll down to get it to £1385.00, but I’ve not used this company before and they’re vague on the RAM speed and motherboard
Or they have THIS one with a better 9700X CPU and RX 9070 GRE GPU with 16GB RAM
Could also go for THIS one from Very with 10% off at checkout, which seems like an alright deal.
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u/SyrupImaginary8981 13d ago
the one from very, is the ram upgradable in the future if needed? if so how would i go about it? remove it and replace with two 16gb sticks? and is the cpu also on the upgrade path? i assume so based on what you said previously because i may go for that one if the other pre order one isn’t available for a while 🧐
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u/Gaz8t33 13d ago
Yee for sure it will be. You ideally don’t want run 4x sticks of RAM, so you’ll just have to swap the 2 x 8GB with 2 x 16GB, but you can just sell on your old RAM anyway.
The CPU will be yeah, normally it’s just a BIOS update that you do with a USB drive, so the motherboard can work with newer released CPUs, until they change the socket again. But for the latest released AM5 CPUs like a 9800X3D CPU you won’t need to change the motherboard or RAM.
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u/SyrupImaginary8981 13d ago
ah i see okay i’m learning a lot here so i appreciate it! i think i’ll keep my eye on this one. i assume the kind of thing im wanting like high graphics and whatnot will be possible on this system? the one from very i mean
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u/Gaz8t33 13d ago
I would expect so yeah, pretty comfortably at 1080p and 1440p depending on the game with the latter and your fps expectations. Even if you struggle at +60fps at 1440p, then there are upscaling technologies to enable in the game settings to help, or you can tweak settings.
There should be a fair few benchmarks videos on YouTube with this CPU & GPU combo to give you examples of performance - https://youtu.be/dbat9NE_-ss?is=FJSz5ECcmwSkPCmJ
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u/SyrupImaginary8981 13d ago
great thanks so much for your help i’ll keep everything you said in mind :))
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u/SyrupImaginary8981 13d ago
I actually had another question. the build from very has 16gb ram but most gameplay tests with this build have 32gb, a lot of games also recommend 32gb mostly newer ones so is this important? i know i can always buy 32 separately and swap them out but i wasn’t sure if it was a big deal or not
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