new £4k build

[CeltMagic]

Feeiling lost, not built a serios machine for a few years have around £4-5K which i intent=d to build into a bespoke unit eventually, Im currently in a ryzen 5 5500 i think on avert first croshair formulA iv am4 with 16gb venggence 2666 and looking for a complete new build

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£700 max on gpu
prefer asus AMD and nvidia already have peripherals but update later
use for high fps gaming, photoshop and video ediitng at least 3 nvme drives while keeping 16x on gpu

Any help/ suggestions will be welcome

will sort cooling etc after but looking at AIO 360 again.

Thanks in advance

 

[Plec]

4K to 5K is a huge budget - especially when you've capped your GPU budget at £700 (which isn't an issue).

What resolution are you hoping to game at and will you need monitor/s on top of the base unit?

Will you be reusing any of your old PC - case, keyboard etc?.. (I realise you said a complete new build - but this can mean different things to different members)

If you don't need monitors, spending £700 on GPU, and not going custom water you should be pleased with how comparatively small your budget needs to be.

 

[Tetras]

£700 max on gpu

With such a huge budget, I'm not sure I understand your logic there? The graphics card can add a lot of performance.

use for high fps gaming, photoshop and video ediitng at least 3 nvme drives while keeping 16x on gpu

I believe the below board can do 3x M.2, but one of them does share. You might be better off just getting B850 if you're willing to dump USB4. Note that many of Asus boards only have 2 SATA ports.

Is the speed of the LAN or WIFI relevant to you?

Are the cores actually used meaningfully when you're doing your work? If not, I'd just get the 9800X3D. Same with the RAM, if you don't need it then this is a waste.

The PSU below is way overkill, but was thinking of future upgrades and the 1000 is not much less than the 1200.

Depending on how often you're storage bottlenecked, dumping the PCI-E 5.0 may make more or less sense.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04501) = £599.99
• 1 x Asus TUF GAMING X870E-PLUS WIFI7 (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASU-05998) = £305.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro 96GB (2x48GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C46 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01084) = £239.99
• 1 x Crucial T705 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen5 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01870) = £192.95
• 1 x Crucial T500 4TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive with Heatsink (SKU: STO-CRU-02890) = £271.99
• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Phoenix-S 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GNW-05399) = £689.98
• 1 x NVIDIA - Borderlands 4 Standard Edition & the Gilded Glory Pack DLC (SKU: DIG-NVI-06102) = £0.00
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £85.99
• 1 x Antec HCG 1200 Pro Platinum 1200W ATX3.1 Full modular Power Supply (SKU: POW-ATC-02747) = £209.99

• 1 x Lian Li Galahad II Lite Performance AIO 360mm All In One CPU Cooler - Black (SKU: COO-LIA-04595) = £83.99

Total: £2,692.85 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[Gray2233]

For a 4K build you should really be looking at a 5090, especially when "high end gaming" is a major requirement.

Capping prices on individual parts within a budget is not an optimal way to build a PC.

 

[xaldub]

For a 4K build you should really be looking at a 5090, especially when "high end gaming" is a major requirement.

Capping prices on individual parts within a budget is not an optimal way to build a PC.

And especially since a GPU is arguably the most expensive ( and important ) component for gaming these days.

 

[CeltMagic]

Thank you all. wifi/lan does not seem to be an issue currently wired directly to gigabit socket. currently have the lian li O11D XL case but this build will eventually be built into its own desk unit that i will be making.
Gaming is only for casual use hense the price cap. getting a bit old for gamer looks so contemplated the AM 5 Pro art MB.
the 9950x3d seems bang on the money.
Sucker for cooling currently have 360 coolermaster aio on push pull. 360 bottom intake and 2 120mm exhausts thinking the tryx panorama aio next for aesthetics but then swapping all fans to those lian li ones you can daisy chain for cable management

 

[WARburton]

Feeiling lost, not built a serios machine for a few years have around £4-5K which i

spending 4to5k on a system with a max gpu cap is hard.
i dont understand the logic behind needing 3 SSD's just buy one massive drive.
if gaming is a side line dont buy an X3D chip and aim more from productivity with a none x3d CPU
when you say high FPS what are we talking, because that almost all GPU at higher resolutions, and you have set a £700 so your not getting high FPS at 4k, and tbf in a lot at games also not at 1440p



i do normally agree with everything you post in here but this looks to be spending money for poo's and giggles.

I believe the below board can do 3x M.2, but one of them does share. You might be better off just getting B850 if you're willing to dump USB4. Note that many of Asus boards only have 2 SATA ports.

Is the speed of the LAN or WIFI relevant to you?

Are the cores actually used meaningfully when you're doing your work? If not, I'd just get the 9800X3D. Same with the RAM, if you don't need it then this is a waste.

The PSU below is way overkill, but was thinking of future upgrades and the 1000 is not much less than the 1200.

Depending on how often you're storage bottlenecked, dumping the PCI-E 5.0 may make more or less sense.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04501) = £599.99
• 1 x Asus TUF GAMING X870E-PLUS WIFI7 (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASU-05998) = £305.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro 96GB (2x48GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C46 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01084) = £239.99
• 1 x Crucial T705 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen5 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01870) = £192.95
• 1 x Crucial T500 4TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive with Heatsink (SKU: STO-CRU-02890) = £271.99
• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Phoenix-S 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GNW-05399) = £689.98
• 1 x NVIDIA - Borderlands 4 Standard Edition & the Gilded Glory Pack DLC (SKU: DIG-NVI-06102) = £0.00
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £85.99
• 1 x Antec HCG 1200 Pro Platinum 1200W ATX3.1 Full modular Power Supply (SKU: POW-ATC-02747) = £209.99
• 1 x Lian Li Galahad II Lite Performance AIO 360mm All In One CPU Cooler - Black (SKU: COO-LIA-04595) = £83.99

Total: £2,692.85 (includes delivery: £11.98)

CPU is over kill for a none gaming based system, just spend more on one massive SSD he has the funds, £300 mobo i assume just for the fun of it, PSU is just stupid, and given the budget one of the worst AIO's on the market
**(i stand corrected the X3D chip is better than the none X3D in ever way)

 

[CeltMagic]

Its been a long time to save and keep dreaming about and this is probably my last build for myself so I know this is partly for the ***** and giggles. I really appreciate your time with your advice.
I like having several drives, one for OS another for my video and image editing and a drive for games. having lost a lot of my data before I like having backups so don't want to strain a single drive but have more less active ones.
Torn between function and looks as I want this to be unassuming with just a little flair while having some grunt behind it so I'm going very close to your specs.

MB - Asus ProArt x870E
Processor - Ryzen 9 9950X (non3d)
GPU - Asus Strix 5070 TI
Storage - Crucial 4TB pcie 5.0 NVME
Crucial 4TB pcie 4.0 NVME
AIO - TRYX 360 (sorry just want to see that screen for the flair)
Case - ProArt PA602 Wood Edition (might even keep it in the case instead of building it into a wooden desk)

I have an 850 modular think it was a corsair platinum would i need to upgrade the psu now if so ill get the antec you suggested

 

[sastusbulbas]

I'm 54 and use my PC for a variety of things. I have the same mind set with storage, with a wish for up to four NVMe, and the ability to run up to four Sata if required, as well as a desire to use USB 4 simply due to using external drives and absolutely hating the speeds, I want to get the Corsair EX400U USB 4 external at some point. I chose my motherboard around this. You can see the ProArt PCI lane distribution on Ronin Wilde Youtube channel, I felt it was somewhat lacking.

Still not finalized the case or GPU myself, I don't think I need a high end GPU, but at the same time feel buying anything above £500 currently is foolish as Nvidia are releasing 24gb Supers. But if I was spending with a £4k budget, wanting to game and do productivity, I would simply go all out, X3D chips are now viable since BF6 has shown it can max out the 9800X3D and as the 9950X3D is on sale, it would be pointless getting the lower model. Storage, well programs, games, general storage, movie/film/music is sort of how my mind see's things. Would prefer a 420 AIO over a 360 if there is room.

If it was going to be my last build, a 5080 Super 24gb or 5090 would be tempting if I can utilise it, though a 5070ti with 24GB also more than enough. I have a 4k 160hz monitor currently, but certainly think a 5090 would be wasted on me. A 5060ti would probably suit the majority of my games. but pointless at £400 considering the new range of Supers.

Noise is important, I like quiet, though not a fan of RGB I am tempted with the NZXT H9 RGB+ just not heard a lot of good about the fans and noise under load. But would prefer 140mm fans where possible. If I was doing productivity, editing 4k, and playing games like BF6 and wanted 4k eye candy, with £4k saved I would probably stretch to something similar to below if it was going to be my last PC and I wanted a treat. Obvioulsy substituting the GPU as required. Same with storage.

Gen 5 NVMe is about as usefull as a chocolate watch in a sauna. It can do nothing for anyone apart from a few points on a synthetic benchmark.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04501) = £599.99
• 1 x Asrock X870E Nova WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-03305) = £379.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 96GB (2X48GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-03746) = £289.99
• 1 x Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.3c Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-24Q-SA) = £92.99
• 1 x Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.3c Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-24R-SA) = £149.99
• 2 x Samsung 990 Pro 4TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.3c Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-SAM-00984) = £284.99
• 1 x be quiet Silent Loop 3 420 High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 420mm (SKU: COO-BEQ-04534) = £124.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 Solid 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-04049) = £1,999.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Borderlands 4 Standard Edition & the Gilded Glory Pack DLC (SKU: DIG-NVI-06102) = £0.00
• 1 x Antec HCG 1200 Pro Platinum 1200W ATX3.1 Full modular Power Supply (SKU: POW-ATC-02747) = £209.99
• 1 x Antec Flux PRO Full Tower Case - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-03468) = £169.99

Total: £4,587.89 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Tetras]

I have an 850 modular think it was a corsair platinum would i need to upgrade the psu now if so ill get the antec you suggested

Assuming the PSU isn't old and out of warranty, yeah, you could keep it. 850 is enough. But, since you're bunging plenty of cash at this build, I'm not sure how much sense it makes to reuse?

 

[Capitano]

700 on a GPU when spending 4-5k on the build overall doesnt make much sense. With that budget you can get whatever you need and still have plenty left over for a top GPU

 

[spooks]

Instead of spending 4-5k, just spend less. If you are a casual gamer then there's no point going wild. Just spend maybe 3k and get a really solid system that meets your needs.

 

[Quartz]

Feeiling lost, not built a serios machine for a few years have around £4-5K which i intent=d to build into a bespoke unit eventually,

Are you including a monitor (or two) in that budget?

Instead of spending 4-5k, just spend less. If you are a casual gamer then there's no point going wild. Just spend maybe 3k and get a really solid system that meets your needs.

This.

 

[CeltMagic]

No monitors right now I have a viewsonic elete curved monitor for gaming that I will look to change, the monitor is good I just don't like curved. on occasion ive had 4 screens for photo and video editing with a drawing pen monitor for pen work. rarely do i use all at the same tme.
The idiot in my has already bought the system and building it now. went for the pro art for productivity with the 9950x 96GB corsair vengeance 5600mhz i think , crucial 4TB nvme 5.0 and WD 4TB nvme 4.0. that with be used with my other NVME Drives and 2.5 solid state SATA for back up. Strix 5070TI TRYX panorama but swapping fans for the Lian LI Uni fans 3 with LCD on the ran in push pull 3 for bottom intatake to feed the gpu 2 as exhaust tempted to use the spare for extra top exhast but think it will pull cooler air. directly back out of the antec c8 before it can cool ram and vrm.

probably is all overkill for what my use will be but finally getting a system i wont be thinking what if I had something else y MK850 has started to play up so on a chance only noticed a be quiet dark mount modular keyboard that has a bit of an elgato stream deck thing on the numpad I thought would be helpful in macro work

 

[Tetras]

The idiot in my has already bought the system and building it now.

Can we see some pics when you're done?

 

[CeltMagic]

If I can work out how to send a pic off my phone or do I need to link it. slowest build ever but probably down to too much wine last night. All these new sockets quick release catches have crippled me unfortunately noticed my old 2tb nvme was on a pcie adapter and all the srews have rounded off so not attempting brute force on that today. Decided to get a marantz 60 dab avvamp with Martin Logan F1 floorstanders,2 rears and a centre in walnut to match the case, I don't like too much bass so no subwoofer

 

[CeltMagic]

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[CeltMagic]

Once lit and running I'll be looking for an orange and black flame type warm theme to match the mb

 

[Kelt]

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No.

Recommend Imgur {for the moment).