Gaming PC Guide

[Ahsan Islam]

Guys AoA
i want to buy a gaming PC.i want your help in selecting parts and place from where i should buy them.i have checked czone.com.pk but there prices are bit high.i have selected these parts and there prices are according to czone.com:
Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING Intel Z370 ATX Gaming Motherboard Rs. 2800
Intel Core i7-8700 Processor, Coffee Lake, LGA 1151 (300 Series), 8th Gen Rs. 40500
Nvidia GTX 1060 (maybe......not sure)
RAM 16GB (not sure about brand and Hz)

what you think about these parts, they are fine or any suggestions?

 

[M AzeeM K]

WalaikumAssalam! Nice selection. You're going the right way. The first thing you should think about is your priority in this endeavor.

You should start by setting a budget and then go on looking for and allocating the appropriate money for each component of your computer as per your requirements.

As for prices, yes, czone is pricey but they do offer warranty. On the other hand, you should visit the PG Marketplace's Computer section! Many PG members sell PC components(new and used) there and the prices are usually much better than you'll find outside! For example: Brand new sealed intel 8700k and 8600k processors ( cheapest guarunteed) Here the seller is offering the i7-8700K (as compared to the non-K version on czone you selected) for even less price! The only relative downside you may find with few of people selling on the Marketolace is the absence of a local warranty as the majority only offer a checking 3 day warranty in which you can check the item with peace of mind. But if used with proper research, you should be able to save quite some money!

A quick example of this would be, to get those items which have lower chances of going bad from the Marketplace sich as CPU, SSD, RAM, Monitor. Whereas items which are known to have a relatively higher failure rate such as Motherboards could be worth investing the extra money to get a peace for mind.

Much more can said, but I hope you got an idea. If you want further guidance, we're all here.

Regard.

 

[Voodoo]

Guys AoA
i want to buy a gaming PC.i want your help in selecting parts and place from where i should buy them.i have checked czone.com.pk but there prices are bit high.i have selected these parts and there prices are according to czone.com:
Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING Intel Z370 ATX Gaming Motherboard Rs. 2800
Intel Core i7-8700 Processor, Coffee Lake, LGA 1151 (300 Series), 8th Gen Rs. 40500
Nvidia GTX 1060 (maybe......not sure)
RAM 16GB (not sure about brand and Hz)

what you think about these parts, they are fine or any suggestions?

What LED you are using?

For a gaming PC, GPU is the main component, i would like to suggest you to get i5 8600k with normal z370 motherboard and spend on GPU, get something like gtx 1070 Ti or so ..... also don't forget to include a PSU in your calculation

Any 16 GB RAMs 2400 MHz or above are fine

 

[Ahsan Islam]

What about Pakiyoungster Store? these guys have less prices than czone but do they provide warranty like czone?

 

[M AzeeM K]

What about Pakiyoungster Store? these guys have less prices than czone but do they provide warranty like czone?

Most of time they'll provide you with a checking warranty (usually 3 days) so that you can check the product and if there is any problem you can contact them right away.

That's what I was saying. You could buy parts such as CPU, RAM, PSU etc from such places because if they are working from day 1, they'll most likely continue working without problem for years as they're known to have very low (almost nil) failure rates if used with care.

 

[serialklr]

Guys AoA
i want to buy a gaming PC.i want your help in selecting parts and place from where i should buy them.i have checked czone.com.pk but there prices are bit high.i have selected these parts and there prices are according to czone.com:
Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING Intel Z370 ATX Gaming Motherboard Rs. 2800
Intel Core i7-8700 Processor, Coffee Lake, LGA 1151 (300 Series), 8th Gen Rs. 40500
Nvidia GTX 1060 (maybe......not sure)
RAM 16GB (not sure about brand and Hz)

what you think about these parts, they are fine or any suggestions?

Bro, if you are not planning on overclocking or using 2Gpu config, then don't go for gaming motherboard, go for regular one save money.

Also, you can use i3 processor instead of i7 and save about 20k in this area.

The amount you save can be invested in a better GPU. Cost per frame rate is best for graphics card than any other component of a gaming PC. See the video below where this guy gets 15 to 20 fps more with Gtx 1070 on i3 compared to 1060 on i5.
GTX 1070 + i3 8100 vs GTX 1060 + i5 8400 Test in 8 Games - YouTube

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[Ahsan Islam]

Voodoo you are right dear there is only cache and threads difference b/w i5 & i7 but a lot of difference in money, with mother board i thought of RGB board + LED ram + RGB graphics card + mouse + key board and sync among them will look great. but you have changed my mind.RGB thing is a waste of money.

 

[usmanfcs]

What resolution are you gaming at?
Do you intend to overcloock your CPU?
Do you intend to use NVME based storage? (Highly Recommended)
What is your monitor resolution?

Since most people game at 1080P, I can recommend the following keeping in mind the financial constraints:
Core i3- 8100
16GB DDR4 ram, any would do. Don't go for crazy overclocked rams as they have neglible difference on intel side of things. If you are low on budget, you can get 8GB which would last you a year more easily.
GTX 1060 6GB or radeon 580, whichever is less costly. They trade blows on most titles, radeon 580 is a bit more future proof imo.
Don't go beyond that if you game at 1080p. Even at 2560 by 1440, you will be fine with either of these two cards for some time.
Get a 256GB NVME and 2 TB regular storage. If NVME based storage is not fitting in budget then get a WD green SSD for like 9k.
Get any z370 mobo. I would recommend the cheapest.

 

[fpga123]

Well this is a long discussion, one can't really summarize here or it will span pages. Most important questions relate to:

• Your budget
• Your intention, build a dazzling system or good enough system to run all games or system which can be a jack of all trades.
• What other stuff you would use your system for

 

[Ahsan Islam]

i want a dazzling system jack of all trades o run all games at higher FPS and future proof.

 

[fpga123]

Processor	Well I couldn't find a Socket 2066 Motherboard otherwise you should have gone with Core i9	Intel Core i7 8700K Rs. 46,990
Motherboard	With motherboard, its more or less related to what you like visually. Most motherboards do not have very big differences and what they have is usually what you are not going to use.	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-H Rs. 22,500 Asus TUF Z370-PLUS Rs. 20,500
	If you know what is overclocking thoroughly and are used to spending days determining a stable overclock, then there is value in buying the best of the best motherboards otherwise you will be in loss.
RAM	My selection is generally based on the LED Lighting capability of the modules. Generally these RAMs are best for overclocking and the lighting is for the brag effect.	Corsair Vengeance RGB 2x8GB (CMR16GX4M2C3200C16) Rs. 27,800
GPU	The best of the best, nothing less. SLI is overrated, not much benefit other than eye candy.	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Rs. 126,900
SSD	The best of the crop are NVME PCIe/M.2 SSDs. Difficult to source with local warranties. You may try here but they will only have check warranty.	ZOTAC Sonix 480GB (ZTSSD-PG3-480G-LED) Rs. 41,499 (Pak Dukaan)
HDD	Anything with a long warranty will do, its a part with least importance to games. More incumbent on whether you like to store TV dramas or movies...	Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (ST3000VX010) Rs. 11,400
Sound Card	Any sound card over 7k will be a big boost over what you have in the motherboard. You can search here too, they are usually very reliable, at least, I have never seen any fail on me. Not much variety available in online market though. U7 is what I own too. Its a fabulous portable sound card.	ASUS Xonar U7 MKII Rs. 9,500
Power Supply	THE most important component of the whole CPU. A 850W Gold rated power supply would be best with your PC. If you overclock too then I would recommend a 1000W one with Platinum rating. Beware, most power supplies below 15k are unreliable over 3 years.	Corsair RM850x Rs. 19,499 (PakDukaan) Corsair AXi Series AX860i Rs. 26,999 (PakDukaan) Antec HCP-1000 Rs. 28,000
CPU Cooling	If you have an always on, air conditioner in the room then you may skip it.	Corsair Hydro H100i v2 Rs. 13,800
Fans	Well there are too many available. You may go with warranty less variety as well. If you buy a small case then high pressure ones should be bought otherwise high airflow.	They can cost from 2-11k each.
Case	Well I can't help you here, its mostly personal preference in your use scenario.
Notes	All parts are sourced through Computer Zone or otherwise mentioned. All items are covered under local warranties. PakDukaan can be even more expensive than Computer Zone. Galaxy is a good store but they are very bad at warranty claims so I have not included any products from them.

 

[usmanfcs]

Get this if you arfent overcloking and save 8k
Intel Core i7-8700 Processor, Coffee Lake, LGA 1151 (300 Series), 8th Gen

If you only wanna game then get i5 8400. You will save a lot of money and get same performance.

Also there are cheaper z370 motherboards.

Since you haven't told us about your monitor resolution and refresh rate, I am afraid we cant help you fully until then.

 

[haroonshaikh]

Make sure you decide before what you want and then buy.
I was at czone last week to inquire about an item then a guy visited and said he wanted to return the GPU and wanted a better model with additional cash. The Czone guy simply refused that they will not take back GPU for any reason. so make sure what you want, research you items thoroughly and then buy with full confidence

 

[fpga123]

The above specification was for a dazzling system without money in mind for the most part. I will never buy such a system. Almost same performance can be achieved with significantly less expenditure with the following:

Component Type	Component Choice	Price	Saving
Processor	Intel Core i5 8600K I bank with the CPU with highest base clock because you never know when Turbo will not boost all the cores. It does not boost when I am encoding video or running modded Fallout 4 with a heavily populated settlement. In short its useless to me.	33,200	13,790
Motherboard	Gigabyte B360M Gaming Only if there had been a mini-ITX on sale... Ah! I long for one... I love small, compact systems.	12,800	7,700
RAM	Two cheapest 8GB RAM sticks of DDR4 2400MHz. Any brand will do, I personally stick with Corsair.	20,000	7,800
SSD	Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SATA This is the only part with the biggest difference in performance. As I have not owned a NVME PCIe device yet, thus, I can't really talk about affected game performance.	11,300	30,199

Thank you for posting this question! I got to learn about the new stuff available in market.