Gaming PC components for £500-600?

[Andeh1]

I play Modern Warfare 2, have done for a couple of years. Couple times a week with mates in place of the Pub (COVID continuation) - never more then that!

My current setup is using a 5 year Acer v17 nitro laptop (GTX1060, old core I7, 16gb RAM). To say it is struggling is an over statement. GPU sits at 90 degrees, FPS stay around 30 FPS and it's looks like i'm playing Minecraft with how blocky the graphics are.

I have an old Antec 900 case from a previous life, probably 10+ years old, with some seriously old school components (8800GTS 64mb!) and I am thinking about upgrading it with modern kit to play MW2.

I would be playing it via one of my 34" Dell screens, 1440p and I would like 'pretty good' graphics out of it, but I don't need to max the game at, nor do I need bleeding edge FPS/refresh rates. I really don't game like I used to, so don't need to get carried away here.

For MOBO, Graphics, PSU, HDD and RAM can anyone guide me on what the current price/performance sweet spot is for the above considerations? Ideally making use of my old Case & its existing 4 fans! (Corsair 520w PSU??? - it's an oldie but still works)

thanks,

[mmm-five]

For a modern CPU and GPU, that PSU may not be enough.

The 40-series Nvidia cards use less power than the 30-series, and the AMD 6/7-series GPUs can use a lot more.

We've been telling people to go for at least a 750W PSU if they're happy to never never put a hungrier GPU in there.

But for a totally new, 'decent' 1440p gaming PC, you're looking at £1500.

For the minimum component spend to add to an old case, then you're looking at something like £1000, for example:

• £300 for a current AM4 Ryzen 7 7700
• £120 for a current B650 ATX motherboard (or less for a more limited m-ATX)
• £90 for a 80+ Gold 750W PSU
• £100 for 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM
• £550 for a 12GB Nvidia 4070 GPU or 16GB AMD 7800XT

Once you're at £1000/£1100, you've got to decide whether you go and by the whole thing new...with new case, fanse, cooler, fast storage, etc.

But then your laptop may just need a repaste to ensure the CPU/GPU is getting cooled properly.

[Donbot]

For that money you will need to be looking second hand.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314954558239?hash=item4...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285547727669?hash=item4...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155867068502?hash=item2...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266468680647?hash=item3...

Etc.

Hopefully some posters can give some views on these.

[Andeh1]

Thanks guys, but....ouch!

What about something along the lines of a 3060/equivalent spread of kit?

80% of this PC's use will be MW2 twice a week, and maybe some lesser steam type games.

[Donbot]

That would be totally fine for MW2. It doesn't appear to be a demanding game to run. Look at youtube benchmarks before buying stuff to see what you should expect.

The poster above suggesting a 4070 is total overkill.

Could also look at a RX6600 if buying new.

Edited by Donbot on Sunday 12th November 13:14

[Jasandjules]

Andeh1 said:

Thanks guys, but....ouch!

What about something along the lines of a 3060/equivalent spread of kit?

80% of this PC's use will be MW2 twice a week, and maybe some lesser steam type games.

I just spent 1k to get an RTX 4060 GPU and an I7 10,000 CPU. Plays Horizon, Days Gone and so on on high settings at 60fps...

[Mr Whippy]

I’d be aiming for an Intel 7600k, m.2 ssd, and an nvidia 1080 gpu kinda thing.

Should be possible to get one together for £800 or less I’d say.

[Andeh1]

Thanks all, really appreciate the advise!

Any thoughts on a system like this?

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/scan-gamer-rtx-int...

[Donbot]

That would be fine for what you want.

[Griffith4ever]

Andeh1 said:

Thanks guys, but....ouch!

What about something along the lines of a 3060/equivalent spread of kit?

80% of this PC's use will be MW2 twice a week, and maybe some lesser steam type games.

I have a 3070, with a 12gen i5 and it runs all my games at max or near max , ultrawide. You'll be blown away with the step up. I also DONT have a crazy PSU. I have a half decent one that cost me £30 on FB marketplace.

Get a new case btw, they cost so little for good ones.

Edit just seen the link above. Yup. 4060 is the 3070 equivalent more or less. Obv if there isn't much price difference get the 4 series, but if you can get a bargain the 3070 is great.

Edited by Griffith4ever on Sunday 12th November 18:43

[mikef]

OP - if I can find it, I should have a Corsair AX860i digital modular PSU somewhere that I used with a pair of GTX580s. Free to a good home, if that keeps the rest of your build in budget, just need to PM me

ps: I don’t guarantee a full set of cables but should have all that you’ll need

[Andeh1]

Very kind of you Mike, YGM!