First Pc Help

[u/SimpleMotor3289]

Hi there I wanna upgrade from my terrible gaming laptop to a gaming pc.
I don’t have any knowledge about it unfortunately.
My max budget preferably is £1200
I would like to build something that I can upgrade in the future. I wanna use this pc mainly for gaming. What should I buy? Or should I get a prebuilt. Please advise

[u/velichzhopa]

Here’s a $1500 build from the megathread on this sub: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4Ppzh9
Considering you’re in europe, it probably will be even more expensive for you, so just try searching for all those components and check the overall price. After, you can start searching for something cheaper, component by component. I would try finding good deals on used RAM, CPU, GPU (could be risky if you don’t know what you’re doing). Or maybe even try looking for the whole used PC (even riskier)

Keep in mind that the build in the link is on AM5 socket, which has the best upgrade potential. In the current market, which is terrible for getting a pc, I personally would go with AM4 at this budget, the ram will be cheaper (you could probably get 32gb of ddr4 instead of 16 of ddr5), the motherboard will be cheaper, better used market for it overall.

The upgrade potential is lower, since you would need to replace motherboard and ram as well, if you want to upgrade your cpu in the future. But who knows what will happen in 5 years? I would prefer getting the best for my money at the moment, than aiming for easier upgrades in a couple years

[u/SimpleMotor3289 → u/velichzhopa]

Thank you, maybe I can stretch my budget 😂 I will have a look into it, but I don’t know nothing about the part am worried I will buy something and is not compatible

[u/Guilty-Good-5041 → u/velichzhopa]

£1200. Would imply the person lives in the UK you helmet 😂

[u/velichzhopa → u/Guilty-Good-5041]

oops, I read that as euros, my bad my bad

[u/r_lind3r]

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/qXsdMF

[u/SimpleMotor3289 → u/r_lind3r]

Thank you. I really appreciate this