2019-05-01+PC+Gamer

TOTAL

£1,635

MID-RANGE

BUILD

Ourrecommended build for playing

the latest games

VengeanceLPX16GB

(2x8GB) @2666

Corsair £98

16GB is the minimum amount of RAM we’d

recommendfora systemofthiscalibre.

HydroSeriesH55QuietEdition

Corsair £55

Tidy and quiet, the H55 will unlock our CPU’s

overclocking potential and look good

through your case window while it does so.

Z370 Tomahawk

MSI £155

This is a nice-looking bit of kit at a good

price. Couple that with two M.2 slots, and it’s

the perfect place to house that Core i5.

Core i5-8600K

Intel £256

Six cores, six threads, good out-of-the-box

clock speeds – and it’s overclockable. No

performancebottleneckswiththisinstalled.

GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan

Zotac £329

Serious power from the ‘just about

affordable’ end of Nvidia’s new GPU fleet,

and it’s ray tracing-ready too.

MX500250GB

Crucial £37

This is still our SSD of choice. We’ve kept the

capacity the same as our cheaper build, but

upgradingto500GBwouldbeideal.

RMx 650W

Corsair £95

There’s nothing like having a quality power

supply. Get a decent cable kit for this one

and you can easily spice up your rig.

MasterKeysProL

CoolerMaster £75

This is one of the cheapest mechanical

keyboards, yet it looks and feels great. It only

hassingle-colourbacklighting,though.

AW958 Elite

Alienware £62

Suitable for any grip thanks to its add-ons,

and there’s just something about those

massivemetallicbuttons.

EclipseP400STG

Phanteks £75

The clean lines, intuitive build features and

fantastic price cements the Eclipse as our

mid-rangecaseofchoice.

WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM

Western Digital £38

SSDs are great, but they’re still far from

cheap. This 1TB HDD will hold as many

games as you will need.

AGON AG251FZ

AOC £290

Not only does this 1080p monitor have a

lightning-fast 240Hz refresh rate but it

produces decent image quality, too.

HyperX Cloud

Kingston £70

Despite the budget price, we recommend

this headset. There’s simply nothing better

for the money.

MOTHERBOARD

PROCESSOR

GRAPHICS CARD

COOLER

MEMORY

POWER SUPPLY

SSD

HDD

CASE

DISPLAY

KEYBOARD

MOUSE

HEADSET

HARDWARE

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