Help, are these specs okay.

[Stoo2311]

Hi there

I am looking at buying/building my own pc my requirements are as follows

Has atleast 6 USB slots or 7 if no built in disk drive
Support dual monitors
Be able to run the likes of farming simulator and ets 2 at medium graphics and gta v at atleast min smoothly.

I am considering this https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/gaming...09356-pdt.html
Could people leave their suggestions? First thing id do is upgrade it to 16gb of ram.

Thanks

[Bruce]

I’d also get a 512GB SSD as the primary drive and use that 1TB as secondary storage, or even a 2TB HDD.

[Stoo2311]

I’d also get a 512GB SSD as the primary drive and use that 1TB as secondary storage, or even a 2TB HDD.

But you think everything else is fine?

[Bruce]

hard to say - one of the important components is not specified - the power supply!
and as to how you intend to use it in 6 months or when the next game comes out would be highly subjective on my part. that’s potentially how fast a computer can become out of date.

all I can say is right now, for the intended use you specified, it should be OK.
but as I say, statements like ‘running smoothly’ and ‘medium graphics’ are open to interpretation.
what I class as running smoothly may not be the same for you.

[Stoo2311]

hard to say - one of the important components is not specified - the power supply!
and as to how you intend to use it in 6 months or when the next game comes out would be highly subjective on my part. that’s potentially how fast a computer can become out of date.

all I can say is right now, for the intended use you specified, it should be OK.
but as I say, statements like ‘running smoothly’ and ‘medium graphics’ are open to interpretation.
what I class as running smoothly may not be the same for you.

What would you recommend if I was to self build?

[Rustys]

See if this helps

https://support.lumion.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003476773-Which-power-supply-do-you-need-

[Stoo2311]

See if this helps

https://support.lumion.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003476773-Which-power-supply-do-you-need-

Is there something like this for every component?

[Rustys]

yes here are a few sites

https://seasonic.com/wattage-calculator?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_423638cba872169cc074377080fdc2cffa6b3e31-1628189600-0-gqNtZGzNAeKjcnBszQki#

https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

https://www.newegg.com/tools/power-supply-calculator/

[Bruce]

or in short, any power supply that is at least certified 80plus Gold and around the 750-850watt range and comes with at least a 5 year warranty will be a good one.
so you know, the bronze and silver ones are below gold and the platinum and titanium are higher than gold.