£1700 build

[A[L]C]

Hi all,

Looking for a build for gaming with the main objective being best bang for buck. Really open to any suggestions - not fussed about RGB or even a windowed case. What would you recommend?

 

[Gray2233]

Evening bud.

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[mickyflinn]

Bang on budget.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 850W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02519) = £104.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Renegade 2TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SFYRS/2000G) (SKU: STO-KNG-01330) = £124.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £85.99
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 140 Black Dual Tower CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03288) = £39.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £419.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £79.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B850 GAMING X WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03858) = £175.00
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-04016) = £659.98

Total: £1,702.87 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[Craig_d1]

Bang on budget.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 850W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02519) = £104.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Renegade 2TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SFYRS/2000G) (SKU: STO-KNG-01330) = £124.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £85.99
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 140 Black Dual Tower CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03288) = £39.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £419.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £79.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B850 GAMING X WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03858) = £175.00
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-04016) = £659.98

Total: £1,702.87 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

@A[L]C
I'd be same lines as @mickyflinn which is spot on, so would only be swapping bits really..perf will be the same

I'm using a arctic freezer 36 cooler on my 9800x3d at mo. mobo showing it's at 35 degrees at mo while i type this, ambient room temp is 22.5. can get one of those for £23
£350 will get you the 7800x3d...sorry to say I can't tell you the diff yet. only just put the 9800x3d in replacing a 7800x3d I gave to my son..haven't had time to even load a game yet, let alone play...but to be honest, not expecting much more myself, as I'm on 4k screen...9800x3d is meant to be better at non gaming tasks, so did the upgrade more for work than play..built my sons with a mag a850gl psu..same warranty as the phanteks, and it's gone up to the same price now too..just an alternative
Case and gpu really subjectlive..the sapphire pulse is an alternative(, I've got the nitro+, but that's a bit more...actually just looking it's reduced to £668, so only £8 more and is saphires flagship model). lancool 217 is little more but nice looking case also or fractal design north..antec flux. antec c3 is £80 with fans but more fishtank(you can turn the rgb off if you don't want that

 

[Gray2233]

As a general use build the above is spot on, but I would personally consider opting for the 5070ti at current prices unless heavily into one or two games (Warzone is a good example, loves AMD). I find DLSS to be superior visually and as of now it has better support than FSR4, and it's also on average a little faster. You also get superior RT performance, and while Nvidia drivers have been iffy the issues seem to have largely been resolved.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Phoenix-S 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GNW-05399) = £699.95
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Solid SFF 16GB GDDR7 Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-04898) = £719.99

Total: £1,427.93 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

You get a longer warranty with the Zotac if you register within 30 days, which takes it up to 5 years from 3.

A little shuffling around might even get you into 5080 territory with a small budget increase, but the cutbacks elsewhere might not be worth it.

 

[A[L]C]

That's great, thanks all. I guess I'll need some thermal paste too, any recommendations or are they all similar?

 

[Tetras]

You don't need any, it comes with a tube.

 

[A[L]C]

Great thanks. is it worth spending the extra for an x870 motherboard?

 

[Tetras]

is it worth spending the extra for an x870 motherboard?

USB 4?

 

[Gray2233]

Great thanks. is it worth spending the extra for an x870 motherboard?

It's pretty much just USB4 as mentioned by @Tetras, some have better M.2 configurations and there is the odd one becoming more affordable, but for general use/gaming etc the majority of B850 for around the £130-180 mark will be fine.

 

[A[L]C]

Left it too long and the Gigabyte B850 GAMING X WIFI6E is now on pre-order - is there a good alternative around the same price?

 

[Quartz]

Looking for a build for gaming with the main objective

Which games? The vast majority of games will be fine with 32 GB but a few - DCS, Star Citizen, and Cities: Skylines 2 come to mind - benefit from 64 GB (or more).

 

[A[L]C]

Which games? The vast majority of games will be fine with 32 GB but a few - DCS, Star Citizen, and Cities: Skylines 2 come to mind - benefit from 64 GB (or more).

Nothing in particular, RTS and FPS mostly.

 

[A[L]C]

How about this motherboard? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...d-am5-b850-atx-motherboard-mot-msi-03994.html

 

[mickyflinn]

How about this motherboard? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...d-am5-b850-atx-motherboard-mot-msi-03994.html

That's fine

Do you need udb4 as you will need an x870 for that ?

 

[A[L]C]

That's fine

Do you need udb4 as you will need an x870 for that ?

Nothing I can think of that needs it

 

[mickyflinn]

Nothing I can think of that needs it

Then that MSI is nice option.

Read the customer reviews on Overclockers.

 

[Craig_d1]

or B850 tomahawk. £209.99 if you look with next day delivery (not on ocuk though)

 

[A[L]C]

Thanks. Gonna go with this

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 850W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02519) = £104.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Renegade 2TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SFYRS/2000G) (SKU: STO-KNG-01330) = £124.99
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 140 Black Dual Tower CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03288) = £39.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £419.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £79.99
• 1 x MSI B850 GAMING PLUS WIFI (AMD AM5) B850 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03994) = £179.99
• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Phoenix-S 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GNW-05399) = £689.98
• 1 x Kolink PCI-E Gen 5.0 Riser Cable 90 Degrees - 300mm Black (SKU: CAS-KLK-01404) = £54.95
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 217 - Black (SKU: CAS-LIA-04527) = £109.99

Total: £1,804.82 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[WARburton]

Thanks. Gonna go with this

what resolution are you planning on gaming at?

i would have gone 9700x and a RTX 5080 if 1440 or 4k