New Build Advice - White PC Build

[pigeonguyuk]

Morning All,

Whats the opinions on the following build for the Girlfriend. She wanting a white build and something thats futureproof for upgradeability for next 4-6 years

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Fractal Design North Chalk White Mesh Mid Tower Case - White (SKU: CA-0AW-FD) = £139.99
• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB PRO High Performance White All In One CPU Cooler - 360 (SKU: COO-ARC-04931) = £99.95
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-1000 ATX 3.1 1000W 80 Gold Modular Power Supply - White (SKU: POW-SSC-03191) = £179.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £349.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (SKU: MEM-KNG-02962) = £89.99
• 2 x WD Black SN850X 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2X0E) (SKU: HD-590-WD) = £84.95
• 6 x be quiet Pure Wings 3 120mm High Speed PWM Fan - White (SKU: COO-BEQ-01812) = £9.94
• 1 x Asrock X870 Steel Legend WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-03307) = £269.99
• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASR-04036) = £659.99

Total: £2,019.47 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[mickyflinn]

If you put a 360mm aio in the front of that case it reduces the max GPU length to 300mm but the arctic has a 11mm thicker radiator than the standard 27mm on most aio so effectively 289mm.

The the asrock 9070xt is 298mm in length so you need to change something .


Could save £40 if you swap the PSU to this .

Phanteks AMP GH 1000W 80PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply Modular - White

Order Phanteks AMP GH 1000W 80PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply Modular - White now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

If you not fussed about usb4 then look at the b850 motherboards to save money th n you up the CPU to a 9800x3d with the changes advised

 

[Gray2233]

You could shuffle things around a bit and get a 9800X3D setup with a larger NvME for a good deal less money.

White tax is doing a number on you GPU wise but there's not much you can do about that.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Aerocool P500C Mid Tower Case - White (SKU: CAS-AER-03693) = £59.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 1000W 80PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply Modular - White (SKU: POW-PHK-02522) = £138.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £424.99
• 1 x Thermalright Frozen Warframe SE 360 ARGB White All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-TLR-04552) = £59.99
• 1 x MSI B850 Gaming Plus WIFI6E (AMD AM5) B850 DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-05941) = £169.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £131.99
• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASR-04036) = £659.98
• 1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Ki (SKU: MY-0AY-TG) = £92.00

Total: £1,749.86 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

As mentioned, unless you really need USB4 you gain nothing from an expensive X870 over a B850.

 

[pigeonguyuk]

If you put a 360mm aio in the front of that case it reduces the max GPU length to 300mm but the arctic has a 11mm thicker radiator than the standard 27mm on most aio so effectively 289mm.

The the asrock 9070xt is 298mm in length so you need to change something .


Could save £40 if you swap the PSU to this .

Phanteks AMP GH 1000W 80PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply Modular - White

Order Phanteks AMP GH 1000W 80PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply Modular - White now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

If you not fussed about usb4 then look at the b850 motherboards to save money th n you up the CPU to a 9800x3d with the changes advised

Forgot to check the fitment of cooler. to play it safe ill probably swap it for just a 240mm rad for top mounting it

 

[mickyflinn]

Forgot to check the fitment of cooler. to play it safe ill probably swap it for just a 240mm rad for top mounting it

I would , 240mm aio is plenty for these CPUs.


Take a look at the ante flux case £99 comes with 5 fans so could save you a bundle.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/antec-flux-mid-tower-case-white-cas-atc-03471.html

 

[Craig_d1]

or the 217, but otherwise get the xl vesion of the fractal north...specifically designed to fit bigger gpu's

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 217 - White (SKU: CAS-LIA-04528) = £109.99

Total: £109.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Tetras]

and something thats futureproof for upgradeability for next 4-6 years

2 x WD Black SN850X 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2X0E) (SKU: HD-590-WD) = £84.95

I'd recommend that you buy only 1 SSD (2TB) because this config would only leave 1 slot free on that board.

6 x be quiet Pure Wings 3 120mm High Speed PWM Fan - White (SKU: COO-BEQ-01812) = £9.94

1 x Fractal Design North Chalk White Mesh Mid Tower Case - White (SKU: CA-0AW-FD) = £139.99
1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB PRO High Performance White All In One CPU Cooler - 360 (SKU: COO-ARC-04931) = £99.95

I know cases and fans are personal choice/aesthetics and all that, but this could be done a lot cheaper.

These cases have enough stock fan cooling included/bundled for most builds and the peerless assassin is plenty sufficient for the CPU.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - White (SKU: CA-7B9-LL) = £95.99
• 1 x Antec C5 ARGB Midi Tower - White (SKU: CAS-ATC-02730) = £109.99
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE A-RGB White CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02666) = £34.99
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 140 White Dual Tower CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03289) = £39.95

Total: £296.92 (includes delivery: £15.99)​

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1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (SKU: MEM-KNG-02962) = £89.99

I'd suggest going with at least 48GB for a long-term build, preferably 64GB. It is true that you can theoretically just add more memory later, but user experiences with running 4 sticks have not been great.