£1500 Gaming Build

[wudeh]

Hi there experts,

I'm looking to build my self a gaming rig, but I've been out of the scene for about 18 years and I have no idea where to start. I've had a look into GPU's (and a little cry about the prices) and determined that a 9070XT or 5070Ti is the way to go, not sure that's within my budget or not though - I'm looking for bang for buck here, I have no brand loyalty.

One thing worth mentioning is that I already have a 120 Hz 4K Freesync monitor that I just bought - will the cards I mentioned be okay with that? Seems upscaling via FSR/DLSS is the thing to do these days? 60 FPS is good for me, anything above is a bonus.
Here's the completed template:

Purchase Timeframe:
ASAP, money is ready and waiting

Budget:
1500 but might spend a little more if it's worth it

Usage:
Gaming - I mostly play single player story driven games, looking forward to playing Alan Wake 2. The new Battlefield looks pretty decent too, I haven't played since BF2

Preferences:
Micro ATX if possible, as I have some space constraints.

Current Hardware:
None

Peripherals:
Just a gaming mouse, I have everything else.

Special Needs/Requirements (inc Wi-Fi):
Wifi for sure, don't need Windows as I'll purchase a key elsewhere.

Thanks very much for your help guys.

Dan

 

[mickyflinn]

Hi and welcome.

9800x3d with a 9070xt.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £399.95
• 1 x Asrock B850M Pro-A WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-04010) = £144.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro OC 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-02219) = £89.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Reaper 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-04017) = £599.99
• 1 x Crucial P310 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-03050) = £105.95
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x Antec CX500M ARGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-04158) = £54.94
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99

Total: £1,522.74 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[wudeh]

Many thanks for the speedy reply, appreciate your time.

 

[mickyflinn]

Many thanks for the speedy reply, appreciate your time.

Your welcome.

Any questions Or improvements/alterations you may want to make ?

 

[wudeh]

No I don't think so, I like the case and that's the only thing I'd have thought about changing. Any chance you could also recommend a decent gaming mouse, please?

 

[Tetras]

One thing worth mentioning is that I already have a 120 Hz 4K Freesync monitor that I just bought - will the cards I mentioned be okay with that? Seems upscaling via FSR/DLSS is the thing to do these days? 60 FPS is good for me, anything above is a bonus.

Personally, I consider the 9070 XT a strong 1440p card, but AMD themselves said that the 9070 cards were to bring 4K gaming to the mainstream, so, sure, they can do 4K. 60 fps should be no problem (at reasonable details). FSR4 can help, yeah, though they're capable of native gameplay.

 

[wudeh]

Purchased - arriving next week, cannot wait. Thanks all!

 

[mickyflinn]

Purchased - arriving next week, cannot wait. Thanks all!

Let's us know how you get on.

First boot on AM5 can take up to 15mins for anything to show on screen and may reboot a few times this is because the motherboard is training the memory so be patient.

 

[wudeh]

All up and running now - absolutely loving it, I'd forgotten how awesome PC gaming is. One quick question - I've updated the BIOS and enabled XMP, are there any other settings that I need to think about updating?

 

[Iron-man]

can i ask how your finding it and if there is anything you would change as looking to build myself and have a similar budget thanks