But I said "Not games that push the hardware (apart from the Total War series, but which I don't like)"

I hesitate to describe the PC horror games as AAA games that push hardware. And Star Citizen isn't finished or officially released yet.

If you only talk about "good games" then there are of course plenty of good exclusives on PC, hundreds.

But PC parts did you buy the other day?

Yeah, a single GTX 1080 can run BF1 in 45fps in 4K, so two Titans...

It's not a shiny new title, but Skyrim is an excellent game to revisit on PC thanks to modding.  You can make it look really nice through graphical overhauls (ENBs, the myriad of excellent HD texture packs, the Imaginator, Climates of Tamriel, Skyrim Flora Overhaul).  And on top of that there are excellent mods that add weapons (Jaysus Swords, Unique Uniques), quests (from small ones to add-on sized ones like Falskaar), overhaul the UI (SkyUI), patches to improve game stability, armor mods galore if you just want to look badass, gameplay enhancements, the list goes on and on.  And the big one: Enderal: Shards of Order, an exceptional Total Conversion.

For graphical juggernauts, Witcher 3, Shogun 2: Total War, and Attilla Total War are good ones.  

Oh and if you are a big Lord of the Rings fan, Third Age Total War (ideally with the Massive Overhaul Submod) is a *must play* mod.  Seriously, it's worth buying Medieval 2 Total War on its own (and M2TW is the best Total War game imho, with the Kingdoms expansions being great in and of themselves) and provides what I think is one of the best Lord of the Rings games there is.  Yeah the game is showing its age but it is still a great game to play.

There's a nice Rockstar sale on Steam at the moment. GTAV would be an awesome way of enjoying your new kit.

Other than that, if you want the full PC experience. Civilization 6 just came out I think. (I'm still on 5 but love it). Theres also some decent Sim games about again with Cities Skylines and it's Expansions basically being the first decent Sim City in 3D.

If you missed it before (it sold terribly, so probably so lol), 'The Crew' is free right now through the end of the month. I actually like it, it runs awesome on PC (be sure to set for 60fps). It's an open world racer.

An easy place to start is any game with a strong mod scene, Skyrim for example has mods that change up the game experience so much it's like a different game, mod management is also easy for it.

Shooters on PC are easy to get into due to the control set up, even though you have zero experience start by playing the Half-life games (the entire Valve collection is quite cheap right now with a current deal going on as well with 19 games in it), Steam is going to be one of your favourite platforms for PC games. If you're on Steam or register for it PM me your username I'll send you an add on Steam.

Great comp! And wisely spent money.

Personally I always wnder why I don't really get a good feel for games when I watch them on YouTube, but obviously they're much better than nothing.

Yeah, Souls is unnecessary hard as a starting game. You'd only get frustrated and smash apart your keyboard lol.

Have you made a decision yet Soleron?

If you want something cheap and good right now and that still is AAA, modern and quite heavy on the hardware, you should buy Deus Ex Human Revolution Director's Cut from Steam for only 5 Euros right now until Monday 6PM. Like the other guys said, you can choose your own style. I chose the Rambo style.

Do you have a Steam nick yet?

Thanks all for the suggestions. Too many to reply individually, but I will look at all of the games mentioned (trailers, Youtube playthroughs etc.)

Currently leaning towards Witcher, Doom, and some of the strategy games suggested.

Turn-based strategy. I never liked 4X as term for a genre, it's as redundant imo as calling horror an own genre. TBS and RTS are the only differentiations for strategy I need.

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