New PC for £1000 -1500, your expertise please.

[Sharpy_1]

You mean between a 5070 and 5060 Ti?

yep, happy to pay for whichever is the better performing

 

[Sharpy_1]

you have to call ocuk to place the order, you can't do it online

ah thank you, ill do it tomorrow

 

[tamzzy]

yep, happy to pay for whichever is the better performing

(already pre-skipped to the appropriate section)

 

[tamzzy]

ah thank you, ill do it tomorrow

Monday

 

[Tetras]

yep, happy to pay for whichever is the better performing

tamzzy's video is much better than my answer would be.

That said, market price of a 5060 Ti 16GB is around £400-£450, 5070 around £500-£600 (depending on model), so don't pay loads.

 

[tamzzy]

and whatever potential added wait time for them to put the system together

hopefully minimal, i've kept to parts that are in-stock

 

[Sharpy_1]

Okay, thank you, build here then, courtesy of tamzzy, thank you once again. Thank you to everyone else who also contributed to the thread.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Gigabyte B850M DS3H (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03862) = £139.99
• 1 x PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-51200C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-PNY-04564) = £77.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce RTX 5070 Infinity 3 SFF 12GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PAL-04407) = £499.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Edition Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-NVI-05178) = £0.00
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03129) = £99.95
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-09Q-PT) = £89.99
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £54.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Six Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02677) = £229.99

Shall give them a call on Monday morning

 

[Tetras]

Tetras, can I ask how the two builds compare? The one shared by you and the one by Tamzzy, factoring in the upgraded RAM

Just to clarify, I got confused with your question because I thought you were going for a prebuilt PC. Did you actually mean my self-build?

There's a few differences between them. I included 64GB, 7800X3D, a different case and a more powerful PSU, but at a cost of £300 more. I also included a 5070 though, not a 5060 Ti.

 

[Sharpy_1]

Sorry, confused yours and Freddies's suggested builds.

I am indeed looking for pre-build, not self build. I can order this on Monday but if there is anything you think I should change / upgrade. Please feel free to suggest, happy to pay more for a more powerful PSU too.

I am happy to change to

• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 850W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02519) = £104.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £399.95

Pretty harrowing review of the RTX 5070 here - https://www.google.com/search?sca_e...ate=ive&vld=cid:110e7dc9,vid:qPGDVh_cQb0,st:0

• 1 x Gigabyte B850M DS3H (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03862) = £139.99
• 1 x PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-51200C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-PNY-04564) = £77.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce RTX 5070 Infinity 3 SFF 12GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PAL-04407) = £499.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Edition Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-NVI-05178) = £0.00
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03129) = £99.95
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-09Q-PT) = £89.99
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £54.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Six Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02677) = £229.99

 

[Tetras]

Pretty harrowing review of the RTX 5070 here

Can you share the link to the article itself please.

Just to clarify, main usage is MMOs and WoW specifically?

 

[Sharpy_1]

Yes indeed, but would like it to be high enough spec that I don't need to worry about upgrading for a few years

 

[Gray2233]

Yes indeed, but would like it to be high enough spec that I don't need to worry about upgrading for a few years

The review isn't totally wrong, however for WoW as the primary game I doubt you'll have problems and the raw performance will be better overall. Your other option would be bumping up to a 9070 for around another £50, which I wouldn't be opposed to doing personally if I had some wiggle room in a budget like yours. MMO's don't tend to be VRAM hogs, they do tend to be CPU heavy usage wise (and I'm a vet' of the genre, especially WoW) and X3D chips are fantastic for that. Worth noting that OCUK are apparently getting the 7600X3D in sometime soon for around £280-300 which would save a bit, silly price imo but for your specific use case almost perfect.

hopefully minimal, i've kept to parts that are in-stock

Relatively quiet time of year too so aye, probably not long.

 

[Sharpy_1]

Yes, happy to upgrade to 9070 - 111 search results on here ha so if you could please share a specific link that would be much appreciated.

Worth going for the overclocked one? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...r6-pci-express-graphics-ca-gra-spr-03984.html

 

[Gray2233]

Yes, happy to upgrade to 9070 - 111 search results on here ha so if you could please share a specific link that would be much appreciated.

Worth going for the overclocked one? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...r6-pci-express-graphics-ca-gra-spr-03984.html

I'd say no, it's such a minor perf' increase and again I doubt MMO's would show off a hefty manual OC in some cases let alone a factory OC.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 Gaming 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-03986) = £569.99

Total: £577.98 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Sapphire are my go-to for AMD cards too, the pulse is a solid bit of kit and currently the cheapest in stock.

The Nitro Plus is a better card on paper, better HSF too so should run cooler and more quietly. I'd consider it for those reasons rather than any performance increases.

 

[Sharpy_1]

amazing ty, revised build then guys, guess only thought is the RAM looks kinda cheap relative to the other hardware, happy to spend a little more on this if worth it.

• 1 x Gigabyte B850M DS3H (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03862) = £139.99
• 1 x PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-51200C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-PNY-04564) = £77.99
• 1 x Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 Gaming 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-03986)
• 1 x NVIDIA - DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Edition Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-NVI-05178) = £0.00
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03129) = £99.95
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 850W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02519) = £104.99
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £54.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM)

 

[Tetras]

Yes indeed, but would like it to be high enough spec that I don't need to worry about upgrading for a few years

The reason I included the 7800X3D is because MMOs and especially WoW tend to like them, but if that applies to WoW classic specifically, I don't know.

The 5070, I agree that it is not the best card. £500+ for 12GB is argh, but I tend to spec nvidia for WoW because of reading a bunch of reddit posts awhile back about crashes. I think that was only with one render mode enabled and it was resolved after some time, but since I don't play WoW and this game is not included in most popular reviewers benchmarks, I'm not aware of how they perform now.

Worth going for the overclocked one?

I personally don't like the Nitro, because it uses nvidia's 16 pin, would rather have a Pulse.

 

[Gray2233]

The RAM is absolutely fine, and X3D CPU's aren't overly sensitive to timings.

The only reason I'd spend more is if you really want the RGB/Bling.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-00997) = £89.99

Total: £93.98 (includes delivery: £3.99)​

If wanting "bling" -- otherwise the performance will be identical.

 

[Sharpy_1]

Brilliant, looks like we are all set! Whilst I am here, anyone have a gaming headset rec for £150-200?

Thinking this - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raze...ing-headset-rz04-03780100-r3m1-sp-05y-ra.html

 

[Gray2233]

Brilliant, looks like we are all set! Whilst I am here, anyone have a gaming headset rec for £150-200?

Thinking this - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/raze...ing-headset-rz04-03780100-r3m1-sp-05y-ra.html

If you need wireless and must have a "headset" I'd recommend looking into the Audeze Maxwell, Audeze being an actually respected and competent audio orientated company.

I do not rate "gaming" peripheral companies in the least, but I can be a little bit of an audio snob when it comes to headphones.

 

[Sharpy_1]

Was just about to order the HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless as reviewed here - https://www.pcgamer.com/best-gaming-headset/

Whilst your suggestion is more expensive, is does seem superior and doesn't look like a kids toy!

EDIT - thank you, just ordered a refurbished pair of the Audeze Maxwells for £199