Introduction

This website was made for the sole purpose of providing information about 2 of the main PC components used for gaming, these are the CPU and GPU and depending on the use case and how you want to run your games your selections may vary. I have an interest in building, upgrading and repairing computers as a hobby though I would like to one day work as a computer hardware technician, I have so far built and repaired 3+ computers personally and offered advice to more then 50 people online and some in person though that is more rare.

Budget GPU's

What I will be talking about here is the GPU, this handles the graphical processing for your computer, and helps to run games smoother and with less buffering and tearing compared to using a CPU with integrated graphics The First GPU I will talk about is the RTX 4070/5070 and their TI sister cards, This GPU is perfect in almost every way, they aren’t too expensive they aren’t overly power hungry and they have GREAT price-performance, most casual gamers and some competitive players that don’t have to stream their games use these GPU's due to easily being able to handle 144fps at 1440p with no issues, this GPU is also one of the most popular choices when people are building computers due to being a strong all round GPU compared to others that are more or less expensive.. The Second and final GPU I will talk about is the RTX4060/5060 and their TI sibling cards, these GPU's are the most budget friendly costing around £350-450 while still offering great performance at 1080p and in some games 1440p, this GPU is a solid choice for any casual players not looking to spend hundreds and thousands on a new PC build, This GPU can also handle VR games quite well only getting as low as 20fps if in VERY heavy settings with a lot of moving parts and physics that need to be calculated and rendered, this is my personal choice as I am currently using a 4060ti 16gb VRAM version and it handles everything I need it to do easily with almost 0 issues and the issues it does have are my own personal user error. One other GPU you could use would be a refurbished 3080/3080TI, these GPU’s are both powerful and cheap, going for around £380-500 depending on the GPU and the seller, they have performance roughly on par with a 4070 and in some use cases can be more powerful due to the wider bus width on them (192 on the 4070 while 384 on the 3080TI) the bus is useful on VR especially for handling large quantities of graphical data.

High-End GPU's

The First GPU I will talk about here is the 4090/5090's as these are the top of the line for gaming with an INSANE price point of over £2500, these should honestly never be considered for a build unless you know the games you will be playing are going to be THAT graphically intensive as the power these provide is not necessary for most people, even for some professional players they wouldn’t use this GPU. The second GPU I will talk about is the 4080/5080 series and their TI counterparts, these GPU's are also top of the line falling short behind the 90's with slightly lower VRAM and a lower power consumption, this should also only be considered if you are planning to use something like a RYZEN 7 7800X3D, this GPU can comfortably run any and all games at over 144fps at 1440p or even 4k for some older games though for competitive play that is ill advised, this GPU is also very expensive as it costs around £700-£900 for a used version of the 4080 and easily over £1000 for a 5080. If you want to get a 90 series card without breaking the seams of your wallet then going for a refurbished card wouldn’t be a bad idea, if you go to a refurbishment website for GPU’s the average price of a card like a 40 series will be much lower than retail from new, in my experience I have seen 4080’s for sub £1000 as well as a 5080 for £969.99

High-end CPU's

What I will be talking about here is the CPU, the CPU acts as a “brain” for the computer, doing all the complex calculations and working all of the non-graphical data (unless it has integrated graphics) My first choice for CPU is the RYZEN 7 7800x3d, this CPU is one of the best CPU's available at this moment in time and can handle almost any GPU besides a 4090/5090, if using this CPU then most games will easily run at over 144fps which is the most average Hz of a gaming monitor but this can vary depending on many factors, due to this CPU being so good it has a moderately high price point for a CPU being around £320, while this is not too expensive for a CPU it is still on the higher side only being beaten by genuine top of the line CPU's like the RYZEN 9's and the thread-ripper series. On the topic of thread-ripper CPU’s the thread-ripper is the be-all end all of CPU’s, they were built to run in server rack-sized CPU sockets but were built to be put into gaming computers, thread-ripper CPU’s can cost between £1300-11000 and have unbeatable performance when it comes to gaming, thread-ripper CPU’s are so powerful that unless you are trying to render 20+ objects/videos they will not struggle at all, they are VERY rare to see in builds due to the price of them as well as the fact that the motherboard’s required to house them also cost around £800+ due to needing a rarely used custom socket as well as having almost every possible gadget that a motherboard could have.

Budget CPU's

The first CPU I will talk about here is the RYZEN 5 7600x, this GPU is more on the affordable side being only £150 on average while still holding up good performance, this CPU is better for more budget builds with things like the 4060/5060 and their TI siblings for a bit better performance, I would use this CPU if your budget was around the £1000 mark as it should allow you to make a decent pc that should be able to run most games at 144fps on a 1080p monitor. The third CPU I will talk about is the RYZEN 7 5800X3D, This is the BEST RYZEN 7 you can get for the AM4 platform, while AM$ is technically outdated it is still fully functional and will still be the best choice for a super budget computer with some CPU's costing as little as £50, alongside this since AM4 uses DDR4 ram the overall price of the computer will be significantly lower than the AM5 counterparts, sadly this CPU has been taken out of production but finding second hand CPU's of this type is still possible, I know from personal experience as I am using one personally., the fourth and final CPU I will talk about is the RYZEN 5 5600X, this CPU is the most powerful RYZEN 5 available for the AM4 platform going for around £140 while still keeping the DDR4 RAM for the cheaper overall price-point of the computer, it is powerful enough that it should be able to easily run most games at 120fps at 1080p with a 4060/5060 with a TI version being its upper limit in my personal opinion due to its age and lack of cores. The final thing I will talk about is refurbished CPU’s, most of the time refurbished CPU’s will work perfectly fine and are usually a fraction of the cost depending where you are purchasing from, you may be able to find things like a RYZEN 9 5950x for the same price as a £200 CPU despite it being one of the best AM4 CPU’s, this allows you to find great deals on powerful CPU’s saving you a ton of money later on down the line.

Peripherals

The final thing I will talk about is peripheral specs, these are things like the RAM, storage etc etc, The CPU and GPU aren’t the only 2 components in a computer, things like the motherboard and RAN are also very important. Different motherboards have different capabilities when it comes to overlocking as well, as some allow you to overvolt your GPU and CPU to raise their clock speeds and get better performance, this is usually only done temporarily, or while gaming and some brands have software they allows them to automatically overclock your system when it detects a game is being played. Things like storage will also change how quickly things load when your booting up your computer, such as having all of your games and your system on a M.2 4.0 SSD drive with a read speed of 14500mb/s, this allows your computer to boot up in seconds granted you have enough cooling for the M.2 drive. Having a large amount of ram will help your pc by allowing it to have more applications open at the same time although it is usually better to use 2 channels of ram as 4 channels will be slower and mixing 2 different kinds of ram is a terrible idea and will cause the overall speed of the ram to decrease.

About me

Hello, I am Matt, I made this website because I have a massive interest and hobby in building and designing computers, so far I have rebuilt/repaired 4 computers while offering advice ON computers to over 50+ people, I have always been around computers ever since I was young playing games or coding. I have personally built my own computer fully custom despite being a little out of date now it still runs perfectly, don’t worry I’ll list my personal specifications for my computer down below. As of right now I am helping one of my friends build/find a computer that he wants for his sim racing setup for “formula student” which is the club he is in. My entire life has been spent learning about computers since my mother was a computer science teacher, so my knowledge base is quite deep compared to some others my age due to the advantages I had based on that.

My PC Specs

RTX 4060TI 16GB, RYZEN 7 5800X3D, 4×8GB DDR4 RAM, 240GB SSD, 1TB HDD, 360MM AIO CPU COOLER, 7X FANS, WINDOWS 11 HOME