slimshadey
Established Member
Hi guys, long time member part time poster. Checked back to over a year and couldn’t see this covered (hope I don’t upset people with this concept!)
Looking to get a set up to play PC games from the comfort of the sofa. Have been sharing a gaming laptop with my son since my MSI laptop died. Found gaming on a laptop at a desk a bit intense and uncomfortable, I’m 50 you know, plus he’s doing A Levels so availability is scarce.
Want to output to my Sony Bravia 55A8 OLED TV via HDMI. Going to be playing RPGs and action games and maybe some racing games, currently playing New World.
I am looking at a pre build mostly because of the GPU market right now (and it’s less hassle) although I did used to build my own waaaaay back in the day. My budget is around £1000 but less would be good.
From what I have seen over the last week or so most pre built PCs have pretty much the same components for my budget range except for the GPU. Looks like an i5 10400, 16GB RAM and a 500GB NVME SSD. So getting to the question bit, to output to my TV should I be looking at an Nvidia 1660 super or push for a 3060 or is there another solution? I have no brand loyalty so happy to consider AMD alternatives, I understand they might be quite good now for specific components.
Alternatively should I consider a lower resolution output from PC and let the TV handle any upscaling?
As always any advice greatly appreciated.
Looking to get a set up to play PC games from the comfort of the sofa. Have been sharing a gaming laptop with my son since my MSI laptop died. Found gaming on a laptop at a desk a bit intense and uncomfortable, I’m 50 you know, plus he’s doing A Levels so availability is scarce.
Want to output to my Sony Bravia 55A8 OLED TV via HDMI. Going to be playing RPGs and action games and maybe some racing games, currently playing New World.
I am looking at a pre build mostly because of the GPU market right now (and it’s less hassle) although I did used to build my own waaaaay back in the day. My budget is around £1000 but less would be good.
From what I have seen over the last week or so most pre built PCs have pretty much the same components for my budget range except for the GPU. Looks like an i5 10400, 16GB RAM and a 500GB NVME SSD. So getting to the question bit, to output to my TV should I be looking at an Nvidia 1660 super or push for a 3060 or is there another solution? I have no brand loyalty so happy to consider AMD alternatives, I understand they might be quite good now for specific components.
Alternatively should I consider a lower resolution output from PC and let the TV handle any upscaling?
As always any advice greatly appreciated.