...that's the card then we've gone for oh my goodness that was close this desk is too small
anyway how much do you actually need to spend to get yourself an awesome rig for 1080p or 1440p
gaming and i'm not talking about bargain basement to get you by i mean something that gets you high
frame rates and aaa titles at high settings has the latest tech looks great runs cool and quiet
and every component has great reviews could you actually do it for around a thousand
pounds well it turns out yes actually but only just hey guys i'm Tom The Tech Chap [ __ ] and
i'm just about squeezing into my little pc setup here i definitely need to get a bigger desk but
as you guys know building or upgrading your pc can be very very expensive uh not least because
components right now are just ridiculous in terms of the pricing but also when you actually come to
spec what you want it's really easy just to go well if i spend an extra 30 pounds or 40 pounds
for a slightly better cpu or gpu then it just goes on and on and eventually you're looking at two or
three grand for a pc so i set myself a challenge what would be the best pc that i would buy and
build uh hand-picked specs for around a thousand pounds or so and this well this is what i've come
up with here and actually i'm really really happy with that it turns out you can actually
build yourself a great pc assuming the components are in stock without completely breaking the bank
so the real key here is a great value cpu and gpu combination and i've gone for this six core 12
thread intel i5 11400f and also nvidia's rtx 3060. now the 360 in here packs a pretty serious punch
and then pairing it with one of intel's new lower end chips like this i5 actually
is a bit of a performance bargain compared to their higher tier models and also ryzen chips
which actually can't compete at this price and despite the moderate price this actually has
quite a few nice extras that makes it feel much more expensive for example we've got this great
looking mesh fronted mid tower pc a fast nvme one terabyte ssd 16 gigs of speedy megahertz ram
wi-fi 6e corsa rgb fans with a controller hub as well as an aftermarket cooler on the gpu i've got
the kf a2 360 model here along with a great cpu cooler and also a fully modular watt psu
but i know what you're thinking tom that sounds great but where can you actually buy
a card like the 36e for retail price this kf a2 card should cost you about 330 pounds but right
now on ebay and on a lot of websites it's double that or more i think the technical term is a bit
of a show actually but i've gone ahead with the build anyway for a few reasons one because
if you are buying now on a budget this is still a great example of the kind of system you could get
even at inflated prices two if you're watching this maybe in the future at a time when the market
has calmed down a bit and also three if you've got the patience to put in multiple pre-orders and
maybe keep an eye on stock refreshes from retailers then there is a chance you can
snag yourself a gpu for something close to retail prices so let's dig in a little bit deeper because
the best part of building a new pc is choosing the components going through pc park picker and
different retailers spending hours and hours going between different components figuring out what you
can afford and what will work well with your build honestly that's the best part of it that's the
most fun for me however while i wanted to keep this as close to that 1000 budget as possible
if i were you i would definitely pay the extra 80 pounds or so to get the 3060 ti which is a good 20
to 25 faster than the 360. and definitely worth it if you're playing at 1440 and you can still
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but as you guys know it's not just about the raw performance with these cards
really the big magical leap forward in terms of performance is dlss the deep learning super
sampling and it's just incredible stuff and really the biggest reason if you are still rocking a 10
series or older to upgrade if you can and to be honest it's essential for getting playable frame
rates out of games like cyberpunk especially if you are gonna turn on ray tracing as well and it
also boosts others like fortnite into proper high refresh territory dlss is genuinely the best thing
since sliced bread i just realized never actually took the side off let me give you a better view
so that's the card then we've gone oh my goodness anyway as for the cpu i've gone with intel's 11th
gen i5 11 400 f i think i've got that right which costs about 150 pounds 150 dollars and
i think it's a really good value chip it's fast and being six core with 12 threads it's good for
both gaming and productivity and also crucially it won't bottleneck the 3060. now the only downside
with the 11400f is it's non-overclockable but if you want to spend an extra 80 pounds or so
you could get yourself the 11 600 k or kf which do support overclocking as well as having faster
clock speeds so that would be a good choice if you can afford it and pay a little bit extra over
the thousand pound budget of this build of course you could consider team red with say amd's 5600x
uh which is competitive to the 11600 from intel but really value i don't think anything can beat
the 11400 right now as for the motherboard i've gone with msi's mag b560m mortar i know
what you're thinking it's micro atx why spend extra for that but it didn't need to be this
just fits my feature criteria and my budget and also b560 boards are really good value offering
most of what you get from a full fat z590 except for overclocking and with fewer pci4 lanes but the
pci4 graphics card slot is still a time 16 but then you only have one pci 4 m2 slot but we are
getting some nice extras as i say like wi-fi 6e plenty of usb ports on the back including a type c
along with rgb headers although for this build i did need an extra fan connector hub but i'll
tell you what when it comes to picking a pc case there's only really two things i think about the
price and does it have a mesh front you can get some beautiful high-end uh glass or plastic builds
but unless you have a ton of fans and some good cooling elsewhere really for this kind of budget
you're gonna want a mesh front so you've got that good airflow through the fans onto your components
and therefore you get the best performance so that's why i've gone with the phanteks p360a
we've got mesh front and top it's a good size i like this white color as well and it doesn't cost
a fortune we also get this tempered glass side panel and it comes with two rgb fans as well as
an rgb strip along the side and i found it really easy to build in with plenty of room for the gpu
downsides well there's no usbc or dust filter on the front and also the build quality is good
rather than amazing as for ram i went with 16 gigs of crucial ballistics 3600 megahertz which
is actually pretty fast for a budget build like this although only cost me a few pounds extra
over the 3 000 megahertz and if you do want a bit of go faster rgb then i'd spend around 15
quid extra for something like corsair's vengeance rgb pro or similar for storage i went with the
data one terabyte pci three drive it's not pci4 but it's still seriously quick and you can always
swap it out later now as much as i really do like a good all-in-one water cooler if you're scrimping
and saving you really can't beat the value of a good old-fashioned tower air cooler and i think be
quiet make some of the best ones and sure enough i couldn't even hear this over the other system fans
there are plenty of other options at this price range but this is a solid well-reviewed choice
as for fans well first i was going to go with the noctua sf12b redux these shift a ton of air
and also being noctua they do it quietly and at this price i think they're a steel problem is
i'm a bit of a sucker for rgb which is why instead i went with these corsair sp 120 elites
which also comes bundled with their node core rgb controller but i think as long as you're
not spending a fortune adding a bit of color and flare to your pc is all the more fun and actually
these fans help illuminate the interior and make this look like a much more expensive setup these
two cost a little bit more but you are getting three fans and i also move the bundled fans up
into the roof although of course they won't work with corsair's iq control app for the power supply
i went with the evga supernova 650 g3 nvidia recommends a 550 watt system with the 360s so i
think 650 is fine so i expect it i've built it now how well does it actually perform in games well
i've actually tested a ton with this and in nearly every case you can expect a solid 60 to 100 fps at
quad hd with max settings in pretty much any game you throw at it and also my quick overclock got me
anywhere from a five to twelve percent fps boost so there you have it the official mid-range-ish a
thousand pounds thereabouts tech chap recommended build and if you do fancy buying or building this
for yourself i'll put links to every component i've used below and while i will admit that i am
no master pc builder i'm no pc centric uh marcus would definitely uh show me up if he built one of
these himself but everyone's different everyone's budget is different and also depending on
where you live the availability of these actual components well who knows so uh yeah i'll leave
links below check them out hopefully you can get them for a good deal and build yourself a tasty
little budget pc like this thanks for watching hit that subscribe button if you want to see more
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