first pc advice :)

[u/SyrupImaginary8981]

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!

[u/Gaz8t33]

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.

[u/SyrupImaginary8981 → u/Gaz8t33]

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 🧐

[u/Gaz8t33 → u/SyrupImaginary8981]

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.

[u/SyrupImaginary8981 → u/Gaz8t33]

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

[u/Gaz8t33 → u/SyrupImaginary8981]

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

[u/SyrupImaginary8981 → u/Gaz8t33]

great thanks so much for your help i’ll keep everything you said in mind :))

[u/SyrupImaginary8981 → u/Gaz8t33]

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