My turn for new build

Duckieus · Monday at 22:24

Hi all back again after you all helped me get my daughters first build last Xmas, she had a great time building it herself with a little instruction from me and loving it, she now studying HNC computing but now it's my turn for an upgrade

Have a budget of £1200-1600
Will be using it for some gaming like World of tanks and World of warships type games but looking to start playing more AAA games, will also be doing some photo editing, nothing heavy.

Will be reusing
Corsair 570x case
H150i elite capellix 360mm aio
2x 2tb ssd
Currently have a 1080 and a 4k monitor which I can upgrade at a later time, just need to beat this ram madness first

Any suggestions appreciated just after best bang for buck especially the ram lol

tamzzy · Monday at 22:25

are you reusing your psu too?
if you are, what is it and how old is it?

tamzzy · Monday at 22:30

top end of your budget. if you don't need the psu then remove it

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 MSI B850 Gaming Plus WIFI6E (AMD AM5) B850 DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-05941) = £149.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance XMP/EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-06389) = £349.99
1 x Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-03983) = £559.99
1 x MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 UK PSU 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-00Y-MS) = £104.99

Total: £1,564.91 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Duckieus · Monday at 23:02

tamzzy said:
are you reusing your psu too?
if you are, what is it and how old is it?

Wasn't planning on reusing on new build it's about 13yrs old now and I think it's 550w lol

tamzzy · Monday at 23:03

fair enough, then the above spec as it stands, would be my recommendation

Duckieus · Monday at 23:06

tamzzy said:
fair enough, then the above spec as it stands, would be my recommendation

Cheers, I'm assuming all cables I need would come with the parts, never used a modular psu before, also what's a good thermal paste these days

tamzzy · Monday at 23:08

Duckieus said:
Cheers, I'm assuming all cables I need would come with the parts, never used a modular psu before

correct

Duckieus said:
also what's a good thermal paste these days

arctic mx-4 or mx-6 would be my go-to, whichever is cheaper on the day

Tetras · Monday at 23:29

Duckieus said:
Any suggestions appreciated just after best bang for buck especially the ram lol

Definitely don't be wedded to C30, or even 6000. It does help, but you're unlikely to notice 5600, or even 5200 if you're playing at 4K. Obviously if 6000 C36 was £350 and 5200 was £340, you wouldn't bother, but if the saving is large (like £100+) I'd take the slower memory every time. If you're not getting a X3D CPU then the calculations can change, because the RAM makes a bigger difference if you got say.. a 9700X.

Duckieus · Monday at 23:38

Tetras said:
Definitely don't be wedded to C30, or even 6000. It does help, but you're unlikely to notice 5600, or even 5200 if you're playing at 4K. Obviously if 6000 C36 was £350 and 5200 was £340, you wouldn't bother, but if the saving is large (like £100+) I'd take the slower memory every time. If you're not getting a X3D CPU then the calculations can change, because the RAM makes a bigger difference if you got say.. a 9700X.

Lol see this is why I'm asking you gurus as I've not got a clue about ram speeds, I've got my budget and when I seen that ram prices shot up I thought best get this done now before it gets worse lol

tamzzy · Monday at 23:50

Tetras said:
Definitely don't be wedded to C30, or even 6000. It does help, but you're unlikely to notice 5600, or even 5200 if you're playing at 4K. Obviously if 6000 C36 was £350 and 5200 was £340, you wouldn't bother, but if the saving is large (like £100+) I'd take the slower memory every time. If you're not getting a X3D CPU then the calculations can change, because the RAM makes a bigger difference if you got say.. a 9700X.

Duckieus said:
Lol see this is why I'm asking you gurus as I've not got a clue about ram speeds, I've got my budget and when I seen that ram prices shot up I thought best get this done now before it gets worse lol

at ocuk, 5600mhz ram and 6000mhz are at price parity, so there's no reason to get slower ram

Duckieus · Tuesday at 16:25

Thank you for the recommendations, I've ordered everything on the list, is there anything I should know or do with this setup once built, been 12 yrs since I built my setup, also is there anything I should consider purchasing down the line, I know I will eventually get a cpl new monitors
Thanks again

tamzzy · Tuesday at 21:06

Firstly assemble and make sure it works with everything at stock
Once you confirmed all working then enable EXPO in the bios settings
Once that is confirmed working and stable then either (a) leave it alone, or (b) go to amd overclocking settings and set the curve optimiser to -10 all cores, for a cooler running CPU.
You can set up to a -30 depending on your silicon lottery.

Duckieus · 2025-12-31T12:03:30+0000

Wow less than 24hrs and everything is here, now that is first class service, thanks again

ED209 · 2025-12-31T12:14:40+0000

tamzzy said:
top end of your budget. if you don't need the psu then remove it

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Corsair Vengeance XMP/EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-06389) = £349.99

This makes me want to cry, seeing people pay this kinda money for ram is insane.

Also annoys me when I see people put "its a good price for these days" (Not being said here but seen it mentioned else where)

Duckieus said:
Wow less than 24hrs and everything is here, now that is first class service, thanks again

I hope you enjoy the building the new PC and using it

Quartz · 2025-12-31T12:28:50+0000

ED209 said:
This makes me want to cry, seeing people pay this kinda money for ram is insane.

Just remember that the 16k RAM Pack for the ZX81 was £50.

Duckieus · 2025-12-31T12:38:04+0000

ED209 said:
This makes me want to cry, seeing people pay this kinda money for ram is insane.

Also annoys me when I see people put "its a good price for these days" (Not being said here but seen it mentioned else where)

I hope you enjoy the building the new PC and using it

It did hurt paying that price but I'm so glad I didn't need ssd, I got 2x2tb last year for £84 in a sale and seeing them at around £200 each now is crazy
If I can make this system last 10yrs like my old system I guess I can't complain

ED209 · 2025-12-31T12:48:51+0000

Quartz said:
Just remember that the 16k RAM Pack for the ZX81 was £50.

I paid £89.99 for these November last year and they are now £400

Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel

Order Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

Duckieus said:
It did hurt paying that price but I'm so glad I didn't need ssd, I got 2x2tb last year for £84 in a sale and seeing them at around £200 each now is crazy
If I can make this system last 10yrs like my old system I guess I can't complain

Yeah, you had that covered already.

Have you started the build yet? or is today not a good day to start budling a new PC as its new years eve lol

Duckieus · 2025-12-31T12:56:10+0000

Duckieus said:
It did hurt paying that price but I'm so glad I didn't need ssd, I got 2x2tb last year for £84 in a sale and seeing them at around £200 each now is crazy
If I can make this system last 10yrs like my old system I guess I can't complain

ED209 said:
I paid £89.99 for these November last year and they are now £400

Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel

Order Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

Yeah, you had that covered already.

Have you started the build yet? or is today not a good day to start budling a new PC as its new years eve lol

I know I shouldn't but I've already opened the boxes lol so maybe get some things fitted even if not all cabled up, take my time and not screw it up, definitely the best build I've had, certainly the most expensive lol