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TOTAL

£1,575

MID-RANGE

BUILD

Ourrecommended build for playing

the latest games

VengeanceLPX16GB

(2x8GB) @2666

Corsair £83

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.

Prime Z370 A II

Aus £146

Great shielding, full of features, and

featuring that – ahem – all important RGB

lighting, this is a fine Asus board.

Core i5-8600K

Intel £245

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

clock speeds – and it’s overclockable. No

performancebottleneckswiththisinstalled.

GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan

Zotac £331

Serious power from the ‘just about

affordable’ end of Nvidia’s new GPU fleet,

and it’s ray tracing-ready too.

MX500250GB

Crucial £45

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

capacity the same as our cheaper build, but

upgradingto500GBwouldbeideal.

CX 650W

Corsair £67

It may not feature fancy modular design, but

Corsair’s reliable CX 650 is cheap enough to

accommodate for our other part picks.

One

Ducky £90

A lesser known keyboard brand with a great

rep among mechanical switch nerds. Ducky

deliversthegoodswiththeone.

AW958 Elite

Alienware £46

Suitable for any grip thanks to its add-ons,

and there’s just something about those

massivemetallicbuttons.

EclipseP400STG

Phanteks £72

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.

Optix MAG271CR

MSI £290

Curved, stylish, and offering 144Hz refresh

rates, our MSI monitor pick suits pros and

would-be pros alike.

HyperX Cloud

Kingston £67

Despite the budget price, we recommend

this headset. There’s simply nothing better

for the money.

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CASE

DISPLAY

KEYBOARD

MOUSE

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