Hello guys. Finally I made my gaming setup for competetive play. Its not perfect, but I will try to make it sick til the end of year. I would like to review my current gear and also talk about better options to get and what should you avoid.
First of all to be a gamer you need PC. That's what I went with:
This is photo of my PC
- Graphic card: Palit GeForce RTX 2070 Super JetStream 8GB GDDR6
Price 700$
This graphic card is doing amazing job for me, couple months ago I would recommend it to everyone however in October there will be released new graphic card by Nvidia 3070, which will cost less than 2070 and it will be better by about 60%, probably even better than 2080 Ti. Yes I made this mistake, unlucky. I should wait for 3070. But I won't complain. I'm still really happy and I think this card will make the job for next 5 years. If you're looking for new PC, wait til October and buy 3070.
- Mainboard: ASRock Z490 Extreme4
Price 205$
One of the best and reliable manufacturer! for this setup I can also recommend it, Runs smoothly without any issues with my 10th generation CPU, BIOS upgrading is simple and easy, u can set the proper speed of RAM with just one click, interface is very friendly and it have a great ambient RGB light - Tower: Be quiet Pure base 500DX
Price 132$
I can't say much about it, its just awesome, great RGB's, sick cooling and compact size. You can easily put all the components without problem in it. Probably my favourite part of my PC. Im in love with this tower. - Power supplies: Corsair TX650M 650W
Price 100$
Perfection. That's all u need if u want to run this setup. Corsair made a really great job with it. You won't regret buying this power supply. - Hard Drive: SSD ADATA XPG SX8200 PRO 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-E x4 Gen3 NVMe
Price 150$
Very fast SSD with 1 TB storage with a realible price. I remember my old PC when I had 50GB SSD and 1TB HDD. It was a nightmare. Now my life is much easier and I'm in love with this Hard Drive. Definitely a recommendation from me. - Water Cooling:
SilentumPC Navis Evo ARGB 240 (SPC240)
Price 100$
I've had trouble deciding between water cooling and air cooling, but this trouble is gone. I'm glad I choose this water cooling from SilentumPC, it works great for me. My CPU/GPU temps are not going higher than 40% even if I'm gaming hard. The addition to it is a nice RGB that will make ur PC looks cool. - Memory:
GoodRam IRDM, DDR4, 16GB, 3600Mhz, CL17
Price 87$
I could get something better but I believe its enough for this setup. All u need to do it go to BIOS and set the profile from Auto to XMP, and your ram will run at 3600 Mhz. Its very fast and I dont see any problems with it. Definitely worth getting it for this price. - Processor (CPU):
Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz, 12MB
Price 325$
10th Generation Intel Processors are really awesome, with turbo mode u can reach 4.5 GHz but thats not all, if you know how to overclock you can reach 5-5.1 GHz with this setup since it have unlocked potential for overclocking. I've already tried to stream games, and it can handle streaming+gaming really easily. My friend is using i9-9900k for almost doubled price and its only 2% better than i5-10600k. I'm really proud of this CPU. Tip for Valorant players: It's doing better in Valorant than AMD processors.
Performance in games:
I will list games I already played on this PC along with FPS I had in them (resolution in all games 1920x1080): - Valorant (350+FPS running very low settings to see best results)
- Apex Legends (150 FPS capped on High settings with just Shadows Disabled)
- Call of Duty Warzone (around 140-150 FPS on high settings with disabled shadows)
- League of Legends (200 FPS on all settings Very High, except Shadows that I like to turn off in every game)
- Path of Exile (300+ FPS on Medium settings with disabled shadows, 400+ fps on low settings, 150 fps on all ultra settings)
- Spellbreak (140 FPS on Ultra settings and 200+ fps on High settings with disabled shadows)
So that's my PC review. I'm really satisified and happy with it. It cost me 1850$ and I think for this price I choosed really good components, except waiting for RTX 3070. If u want to copy this setup and buy it for yourself, go and do it just replace graphic card for RTX 3070 in October.
So lets talk about my new Desk bought in IKEA
Price 172$
I bought 2x Cupboard "ALEX" and put onto it 1x Table "LINMON" 200x60 cm + LEG "Adils" to support the table. To be honest I never though that for this price I can make something solid. The desk is really stable and I have no issues with gaming on it. All my gear is safe on it and its very huge. Before buying it I was not sure about this desk, but now I'm proud of it. I think its way better option than buying overpriced "gaming desks". I can recommend it to everyone.
RGB LEDS
Price 8$
If you are going for good looking gaming setup you need LED's. I choosed cheapest one with size of 2 meters and used it on back of the table. To be honest it made the desk look much better, especially at night. You can set all colors you want and transitions by using the pilot that u see on the image.
We've talked about PC, about Desk, now its time to talk about other gear
Mouse: Logitech G Pro Wireless
Price 145$
On market we have a lot of good mouses, from Zowie,Steelseries,FinalMouse. I was allways a big fan of Zowie mouses and I was never thinking about buying Logitech product. But I did it, and it changed my mind. This mouse weights 83g and its wireless. You can use the mouse wireless for about 48-60 hours then you need to charge its for only 2 hours. Sounds good? yes Logitech made really good product. Its shape is similar to Zowie FK1 and no matter if you are Left or Right handed theres no problem in using this mouse. I won't lie its not gonna make u shoot better than on Zowie mices. My aim was even worst on it since I needed to adapt to a new shape and weight. But now when I got used to it - my aim is on point just like on Zowie mice, but the Comfort of using is way better. My hands are not tired after couple hours of playing Deathmatch or aim training, we have also program called Logitech G hub which allows us to change LED colours and patterns, DPI/Pooling rate and see our battery %. We can also set up a macro for side buttons - thats really good for MMO games. So if you want this huge comfort buy Logitech G Pro, if you're fine with cable and its not annoying you buy a cheaper Zowie and it should do the work
Keyboard: HyperX Alloy FPS RGB Kailh
Price 104$
So lets start with durability, its very durable and made of solid resources. RGB are also awesome, but those things are great in almost every HyperX Keyboard, the sad part for me are Kailh switches. I really don't like them and I would love to switch into MX Cherry switches. Why I dont like Kailh switches? They require almost no power to activate the keys. Sometimes u just having ur finger on the key and its activating, thats why I am sometimes making a lot of mistakes when writing, also in games I do a lot of missclicks, sometimes I jump in middle on fight just because I have my finger on the Space. I won't recommend it, go get a HyperX keyboard with other switchres (I recommend MX Cherry RED) or buy the Corsair K70 with MX Cherry RED switches
Headphones: HyperX Cloud Alpha
Price 80$
Before using HyperX Cloud Alpha, I was using Steelseries headphones. I really love music, watching videos loud and as a gamer I need a solid headphones that can tell me where opponents are hiding. Steelseries made a job for gamers, but it sucked at music and it was not that loud as HyperX. The quality of microphone is also really good, maybe not the best choice for recording but for gaming it works great. The difference between Steelseries and HyperX in my opinion is huge. If you are looking for new headphones go and grab HyperX Cloud Alpha.
Mousepad: Zowie G-SR
Price 42$
Very large mousepad with Dimension: 480 x 400 x 3.5 mm / 18.9 x 15.7 x 0.14 inch. It worked great with Zowie mices, now it works great with my Logitech G Pro mouse. If its about getting dirty, yes it gets dirty very often, but its really easy to wash it. Im doing it every 1 week to keep the precision. Huge recommendation I would say its Top1 choice for gamers.
Monitor: BENQ XL2411 144hz
I bought it 2 years ago for 400$
PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS MONITOR, JUST RUN! - If you don't have DVI-D port in your graphic card or If you know that you gonna upgrade your PC in the near future. HDMI port in this monitor is too old and it won't allow you to set 144hz, it doesn't have Display port and the only way to get 144hz on it is by DVI-D port which newer Graphic cards don't have. It was working great for me - on old GTX 660, it works great on 1060. But starting with RTX 2000 series, and new RTX 3000 series that will come out from October you won't get 144hz, its just a normal 60hz monitor. It feels so bad now when I bought new PC and I can't utilize it because my monitor display only 60hz. I'm gonna change this monitor as soon as possible to a new one with Display port and 144 or 240hz. Those are my recommendations if you want a new Monitor for gaming Monitor Acer KG251QDbmiipx or Monitor BenQ ZOWIE XL2540
Thanks for reading, upvoting, commenting. I hope that u guys like my ideas and you will get your dream gaming setup with my help. Feel free to upload photo of your gaming setups in Comments. I will be really happy to look at other peoples gaming setups since I love the topic.