building a new gaming pc advice

pluss12

pluss12

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Hello,

I built a pc about 10 years ago now and am looking to build a pc once again, would really love advice on my build.

I am looking at the following:
- CPU - Ryzen 5 3600 (was looking at the ryzen 7 3700x)
- GPU - Palit rtx 2070 Dual
- Ram - Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 16GB
- Motherboard - MSI B450 TomaHawk Max
- SSD - Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe

So far this is what im looking at, I am not sure on what PSU i will need and also wether i need a HD as i will be having a SSD - should i have a 500GB SSD with a 1TB HD?

As for the case if anyone could suggest a decent case with good airflow I would appreciate that.

Will all these be compatible and be able to run games smoothly.

Thanks :)
 
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Welcome aboard.

3700X would be indeed better with next-gen consoles bringing that as base level, but price has gone up if you're on more moderate budget.
Though in that case you should also cut those ridiculous RGB excesses, which at most slow PC down from those crapware RGB softwares.

Neither you should then afford NVidia's overpice over Radeon 5700 XT, which is usually quite a lot cheaper.

Rocket Q is level weaker QLC Flash drive and should be clearly cheaper than TLC based WD SN550.

Would help if you told budget you had in mind.
 
Hey thanks for the reply,

My budget im looking to spend is £1000-£1500

Been looking at:
-Seagate 1 TB barracuda 3.5 inch internal hard drive with Sabrent 512GB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD
-Case- Corsair Spec Delta Carbide Series
-PSU- Corsair VS650 650 W Active PFC 80 Plus

I have heard good things about the ryzen 5 3600 so was thinking on going for that and spending money elsewhere on other parts of the build.

So the build is now looking like this:
- CPU - Ryzen 5 3600
- GPU - MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Ventus GP 8GB
- Ram - Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 16GB
- Motherboard - MSI B450 TomaHawk Max
- HD - Seagate 1 TB barracuda 3.5 inch internal hard drive
- SSD - Sabrent 512GB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD
- Case - Corsair Spec Delta Carbide Series
- PSU - Corsair VS650 650 W Active PFC 80 Plus

Then im looking for a monitor, keyboard and mouse.
 
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,390.87 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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Leaves around £100 for a keyboard and mouse.

You might need to shop around for the monitor as it isn't in stock at OCUK.

Windows 10 keys can be found for a few quid if you look.

I would consider spending a little more and getting a 1tb NvME, Sabrent Rocket can be found for £129 for a good drive, there's also the cheaper Q version but it uses inferior QLC memory.
 
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