Playing more than one game? Add up to 6 games and we will show their PC requirements side by side, what a computer needs to play all of them, and our PCs that play every one. You can print it, or save the link to come back to it.
Sandbox Computers, 53 Tunnel Hill, Worcester WR4 9SD. Phone 01905 673738. gaming-computers.co.uk. Printed on 6 November 2026.
meets every game's minimum spec: low settings at 1080p
Graphics card
A mid-range graphics card from a few years ago, for example NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (req. 6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 580 (req. 6GB VRAM) / Intel ARC A380 (the most demanding: Survival Machine)
Processor
Intel Core i5-6400 (2.7 GHz 4 Core) / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (3.5 GHz 4 Core) or equivalent (the most demanding: Survival Machine). One a step below is usually fine: games lean on the graphics card most.
Memory
16GB (Survival Machine)
Storage
15GB for all 1 together. A 500GB SSD leaves room for Windows and updates.
Recommended
meets every game's recommended spec: high settings at 1080p
Graphics card
A decent mid-range graphics card, for example NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super (req. 6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (req. 6GB VRAM) / Intel ARC A770 (the most demanding: Survival Machine)
Processor
Intel i7-8700 (3.7 GHz 6 Core) / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (3.7 GHz 8 Core) or equivalent (the most demanding: Survival Machine). One a step below is usually fine: games lean on the graphics card most.
Memory
16GB (Survival Machine)
Storage
15GB for all 1 together. A 500GB SSD leaves room for Windows and updates.
Meets every recommended: Sandbox Gamer 1 gaming PC, £1,066.08
Meets every recommended: Sandbox Gamer 14 gaming PC, £1,158.56
Meets every recommended: Sandbox Gamer 18 gaming PC, £1,187.29
We check each PC's graphics card, processor and memory against every game, the same way Test my PC does. Building your own? The "To play all of them" box above is your shopping list, and our graphics card chart, processor chart and power supply calculator help you choose the parts.
