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I want a box that can handle all the latest games; the ones that demand
everything of the best.
I've been looking around now for a few weeks, but the market is so
confusing.
Money is not much of an object; well, let's say 5k GBP max.

Should I get one purpose-built? Or a new year bargain?

My gut feeling says 16GB RAM (DDR7); 500GB SSD with 2TB spinner; good
video card; i7 quad-core CPU.

Who knows better?

Ed

I'd say so long as it has latest cpu then it all comes down to video
card selected and it's driver of course SSD is great for fast loading
but even a spinner won't show any noticable lag loading items once game
started using such a rig.

That's unless you're one of those folks likes to "brag" he has fastest
unit and wants benchmarks etc. to prove it in which case why the heck
you asking here when there's much more knowledgable places devoted to
that topic?

I'd suggest criteria today seems to be have 64 bit Windows as most
"big" games I see now-a-days seem to demand that. So does using more
than 3Gb ram so it's stupid not to and a neccessity with 15Gb.

I stopped trying to keep up with pc games as it's just too expensive and
instead just bought a console and modded it I also find games aren't
really getting any better, just harder because of increased resolution
etc. I go tired of trying to play a game that I even had difficulties
getting thru the training session!! Mind you, almost 70 now