My 1st Gaming PC: Good enough for BF6?

[PCBOOMER]

Hello,

Thanks to anyone that takes the time to read my post.

As per the title, I'm looking for some help from people who know what they're talking about. I'm looking at buying my 1st Gaming pc soon, and all I really need to know is whether or not it'll be capable of running the upcoming Battlefield game on say medium settings at 1440p/~120fps.

The specs of the build I've made are as follows:
Case: PCS AEGIS BLACK ARGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core CPU (4.0GHz-5.2GHz/38MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard: ASUS® TUF GAMING B850-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
Memory (RAM): 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz CL30 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card: 16GB GIGABYTE RADEON™ RX 9060 XT GAMING OC - HDMI, 2 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive: 500GB CRUCIAL T500 GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7200MB/sR, 5700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive: 2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Power Supply: CORSAIR 650W CX SERIES™ CX-650 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable: 1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling: PCS FrostFlow 240 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste: STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card: ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Operating System: Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence

Here are the recommended specs for BF6:
OS: Windows 11
Processor(AMD): AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Processor(Intel): Intel Core i7-10700
Memory: 16GB
Graphics Card(AMD): AMD Radeon RX 6700-XT
Graphics Card(Nvidia): Nvidia RTX 3060Ti
Direct X: DX12
Online Connection Requirements: Yes
Hard Drive Space: SSD - 80GiB

How does my build fare in comparison? I'm pretty clueless when it comes to pc parts so if anyone can tell me whether or not this is any good, or point me to where it needs to be better, I'd be really grateful.

Thank you.

 

[Craig_d1]

Hello,

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How does my build fare in comparison? I'm pretty clueless when it comes to pc parts so if anyone can tell me whether or not this is any good, or point me to where it needs to be better, I'd be really grateful.

Thank you.

What's the price of the components you've put together..got some nice parts no doubt, and i like having the 2 drives...just done that on my most recent build and far nicer having my gaming catalogues on a seperate drive completely from the rest of my stuff and os, but depending on costs etc, I'd mabe lower the mobo cost ewtc and see if you can beef up the gpu etc

 

[PCBOOMER]

The total cost is coming in at just shy of £1500. Do you have any ideas for a better mobo/gpu?

 

[throwaway4372]

You'll want at least a 5070Ti or 9070 XT for 1440p BF6.

As for CPU, most people recommend a 9800X3D for gaming. If you want to skimp a little, a 9700X or 265K is alright.

Also beware of "recommended specs" on games, unless they're specific about what resolution/fps/quality they're referencing it's impossible to tell how relevant their info is, they usually list a spec that is too low because they want more sales.

 

[Quartz]

As per the title, I'm looking for some help from people who know what they're talking about. I'm looking at buying my 1st Gaming pc soon, and all I really need to know is whether or not it'll be capable of running the upcoming Battlefield game on say medium settings at 1440p/~120fps.

I think you should wait for independent testing to be sure. However, as a general gaming PC that looks to be a fine choice to which you can add as later funds permit.

Processor Cooling: PCS FrostFlow 240 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid Cooler

This is probably overkill. A £30 - £40 Thermalright Peerless Assassin will more than do the job.

You'll want at least a 5070Ti or 9070 XT for 1440p BF6.

Remember the OP is looking for 120 fps with Medium settings, not Ultra.

 

[Gray2233]

Are you willing to build it yourself? Your money will go further if so.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G6000HC38ADC01) (SKU: MY-0B2-TG) = £79.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £128.99
• 1 x Asrock B850M-X WiFi R2.0 (Socket AM5) DDR5 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-05290) = £124.99
• 1 x Antec CX600M ARGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-04160) = £54.95
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D Six Core 4.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04829) = £269.98
• 1 x XFX Quicksilver Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming Edition 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-XFX-05452) = £620.00

Total: £1,405.82 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

This should be more than capable of decent FPS at high settings at 1440P in most games.

Don't spend silly money on a W11 key either, you can get them for a tenner or so, installing it is pretty simple.

If you need the machine to be built for you, you could drop down to a 9070 (non xt) at £499, OCUK will build the above for you if you ask but they will charge a fee, it should bring you to roughly £1500 but you'd need to ask them to be certain.

 

[PCBOOMER]

Are you willing to build it yourself? Your money will go further if so.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G6000HC38ADC01) (SKU: MY-0B2-TG) = £79.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £128.99
• 1 x Asrock B850M-X WiFi R2.0 (Socket AM5) DDR5 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-05290) = £124.99
• 1 x Antec CX600M ARGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-04160) = £54.95
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D Six Core 4.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04829) = £269.98
• 1 x XFX Quicksilver Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming Edition 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-XFX-05452) = £620.00

Total: £1,405.82 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

This should be more than capable of decent FPS at high settings at 1440P in most games.

Don't spend silly money on a W11 key either, you can get them for a tenner or so, installing it is pretty simple.

If you need the machine to be built for you, you could drop down to a 9070 (non xt) at £499, OCUK will build the above for you if you ask but they will charge a fee, it should bring you to roughly £1500 but you'd need to ask them to be certain.

This may be a silly question, but how difficult is it to build yourself?

I've always been savvy with tech but I've never gone anywhere near PC parts or the inside of a PC. The thought of it daunts me as I'd be scared of braking something. If I were to get it built by OCUK, how would I do that? Is it an option at checkout or something or do I have to get in touch with them after placing the order?

Thanks.

 

[Tetras]

Here are the recommended specs for BF6:
...
Processor(AMD): AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Processor(Intel): Intel Core i7-10700

Graphics Card(AMD): AMD Radeon RX 6700-XT
Graphics Card(Nvidia): Nvidia RTX 3060Ti
...

How does my build fare in comparison? I'm pretty clueless when it comes to pc parts so if anyone can tell me whether or not this is any good, or point me to where it needs to be better, I'd be really grateful.

The CPU is a much stronger gaming CPU than either of the recommended.

The GPU is a modest uplift on those two. It is arguable that this level of performance is now more intended for 1080p than 1440p, though they're plenty capable of 1440p in older games.

and all I really need to know is whether or not it'll be capable of running the upcoming Battlefield game on say medium settings at 1440p/~120fps.

You really need to wait for the performance reviews for us to say that. Personally, I think it is unlikely.

 

[Gray2233]

This may be a silly question, but how difficult is it to build yourself?

I've always been savvy with tech but I've never gone anywhere near PC parts or the inside of a PC. The thought of it daunts me as I'd be scared of braking something. If I were to get it built by OCUK, how would I do that? Is it an option at checkout or something or do I have to get in touch with them after placing the order?

Thanks.

It's a bit like expensive lego at this point tbh, there used to be a lot of fiddling many moons ago with setting switches on components etc but that's all automated now.

You could try watching a couple of build guides on youtube, they'd give you a good idea of what to expect if you went that route.

 

[PCBOOMER]

Thanks for the reply.

What would you improve? What do you think of the build posted by @Gray2233?

 

[Tetras]

What do you think of the build posted by @Gray2233?

Good build for the money, should have no issue with any current/near future game at 1440p.

Would not like to guarantee you a native 120 fps, but if a 9070 XT can't handle it, you're looking at £1K+ on the graphics card alone for a meaningful uplift from there.

 

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[Vonhelmet]

How hard is it to build? Not particularly hard. There’s like 6 screws to get the motherboard into the case and a few more for the CPU cooler. The rest is pretty much just plugging cables in. There’s plenty of people here who will answer questions if you get stuck.

At least it’s not like the old days, trying to lever on a stiff heatsink spring with a screwdriver, worrying you’re going to lose your grip and plough the screwdriver through something important on the motherboard… as happened to me once Seriously though, if you’re not completely ham fisted it’s really quite easy these days.

 

[throwaway4372]

I think it's quite hard. Even though I've built a few there's always something. Vague instructions, fiddly cables in tight spaces, trash mobo driver websites, paste that's hard to apply, coolers that are fiddly to fit, debugging when it doesn't boot, etc.

It should just be Lego, but it isn't. No shame in paying someone else to deal with it.

 

[PCBOOMER]

Are you willing to build it yourself? Your money will go further if so.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G6000HC38ADC01) (SKU: MY-0B2-TG) = £79.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £128.99
• 1 x Asrock B850M-X WiFi R2.0 (Socket AM5) DDR5 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-05290) = £124.99
• 1 x Antec CX600M ARGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-04160) = £54.95
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D Six Core 4.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04829) = £269.98
• 1 x XFX Quicksilver Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming Edition 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-XFX-05452) = £620.00

Total: £1,405.82 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

This should be more than capable of decent FPS at high settings at 1440P in most games.

Don't spend silly money on a W11 key either, you can get them for a tenner or so, installing it is pretty simple.

If you need the machine to be built for you, you could drop down to a 9070 (non xt) at £499, OCUK will build the above for you if you ask but they will charge a fee, it should bring you to roughly £1500 but you'd need to ask them to be certain.

So I more or less bought the exact build you’ve posted here. Only difference being that I got the B850m Pro A WiFi instead as according to ************, the Mobo above wasn’t compatible with the rest of the build.

It’s been a bit of a disaster so far.
I installed everything & upon testing at the end, I was greeted with a static red & yellow light coming from the Mobo. I believe red signals for a CPU issue, and yellow is related to RAM.

I dismantled it & tried again. Checked the CPU. I applied paste originally, about a pea-sized drop, maybe a little more than that. After taking the cooler off the CPU the paste was spread out & looked dried up, I think that’s normal? No issues with the pins or anything like that, and it was positioned correctly in the bracket.

Are the RAM sticks supposed to fit firmly in the brackets? As in it’s hard to dislodge them? And when you flick the ends of the brackets up to seat them, are they supposed to flick the ends back down as you apply pressure to clip them in & hold them in place on their own? That’s what a friend told me; not sure if it’s true but he knows better than me so I guess it must be. Mine never clipped in if that’s what they’re supposed to do.

Could it be that my mobo & RAM are incompatible despite PCPP saying otherwise? Or could there be a fault somewhere?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Gray2233]

So I more or less bought the exact build you’ve posted here. Only difference being that I got the B850m Pro A WiFi instead as according to ************, the Mobo above wasn’t compatible with the rest of the build.

It’s been a bit of a disaster so far.
I installed everything & upon testing at the end, I was greeted with a static red & yellow light coming from the Mobo. I believe red signals for a CPU issue, and yellow is related to RAM.

I dismantled it & tried again. Checked the CPU. I applied paste originally, about a pea-sized drop, maybe a little more than that. After taking the cooler off the CPU the paste was spread out & looked dried up, I think that’s normal? No issues with the pins or anything like that, and it was positioned correctly in the bracket.

Are the RAM sticks supposed to fit firmly in the brackets? As in it’s hard to dislodge them? And when you flick the ends of the brackets up to seat them, are they supposed to flick the ends back down as you apply pressure to clip them in & hold them in place on their own? That’s what a friend told me; not sure if it’s true but he knows better than me so I guess it must be. Mine never clipped in if that’s what they’re supposed to do.

Could it be that my mobo & RAM are incompatible despite PCPP saying otherwise? Or could there be a fault somewhere?

Any help would be appreciated.

I can assure you that it was compatible, your link is blurred out but I can guess it involves part-picking! It's an imperfect site for a few reasons, but also classed as a competitor which is why it's blocked.

When you first started the PC up how long did you wait? First boot on AM5 can take 10-15 minutes due to memory training so it's worth waiting.

The paste should not have looked dried up, you may need to use a little more as on modern CPU's the pea method isn't necessarily the best option anymore, it comes from a time when the CPU die was dead centre under the IHS (metal top plate), ideally you want to spread a layer over the chip if you're unsure.

RAM should snap into the sockets and noticeably connect, the little latches will snap into place and it can take a little bit of pressure, just make sure you're fitting them in the right way. iIdeally you want them in socket 2 and 4 as this matches the ranks for dual channel.

If you can snap the RAM in firmly again and try again, but also take some pictures of the inside of your build set up so we can ensure you have plugged everything into the correct places.

Use https://imgur.com/upload to host the photos and link them here.

 

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Apologies for the not so great lighting, how does that CPU look to you?

Thanks for getting back so quick. I just tried again on the RAM & managed to clip it in fully, obviously I wasn’t pressing hard enough, very scared to break anything lol.

 

[Gray2233]

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Apologies for the not so great lighting, how does that CPU look to you?

Thanks for getting back so quick. I just tried again on the RAM & managed to clip it in fully, obviously I wasn’t pressing hard enough, very scared to break anything lol.

What paste did you use exactly? It does look odd, at a guess you've not applied enough, but as an aside, did you remove the plastic film at the bottom of the heatsink/where it touches the CPU?

Also make sure the CPU is mounted the right way, it needs to slot in at a specific angle, there's a triangle on the CPU that should meet up with one on the socket, but at a glance it should be properly aligned.

Be very careful if remounting the CPU, the motherboard pins can be a little fragile.

We also need a full view of the motherboard and where all the cables are plugged in, there's a few people commonly miss.

 

[Tetras]

Could it be that my mobo & RAM are incompatible

Is the motherboard asrock or msi? The 7600X3D is a newer model (it didn't exist when B650 launched), but I'd expect a B850 board to have support from the first BIOS.

how does that CPU look to you?

The latch isn't down, but I assume that's intentional?

 

[Gray2233]

The latch isn't down, but I assume that's intentional?

Good catch, that might be why the paste looked weird to boot.

Long work day and my eyes are shot atm!

(Really need to stop being stubborn and book an optician appointment)