Spec me a 4k gaming and general use PC for around £3500ish

[metalmackey]

Hi guys,

I think its about time I upgraded my ageing 3930k system and wanted your opinions. I'm thinking of going AMD this time but not ruling out Intel altogether. I would like a 2080ti and 32gb of ram. A good aio cooler and a nice tower case with good airflow and space to work in would be great too

Thanks

 

[snips86x]

Do you also require a monitor?

 

[snips86x]

Hows this:

• Phanteks case - I have this one and its amazing. so much space for cabling and looks great
• 140mm fans - can get 3 in the front and 1 in the rear
• Motherboard also has space for 2x NVME so you can add another if needed

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 2 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £73.99
• 1 x TeamGroup MP34 1TB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive= £99.95
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex III 750W 80 PLUS Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £99.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming OC 11264MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £1,049.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £299.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £209.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Digital Midi Tower Glass Gaming Case - Galaxy Silver= £199.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H115i Platinum RGB Performance Liquid Cooler - 280mm (CW-9060038-WW)= £149.99
• 2 x Corsair SP140 RGB PRO 140mm High Performance Addressable RGB Dual Fan Kit (CO-9050096-WW)= £43.99

Total: £2,345.81 (includes shipping: £0.00)​

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[Quartz]

I'm assuming you'll simply be transferring your storage devices so haven't included any and I've eschewed the RGB bling.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Acer Nitro XV273K 27" 3840x2160 IPS 4K UHD 144Hz FreeSync/G-Sync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £899.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming 11264MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £949.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £209.99
• 2 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2*8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Kit= £89.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Twelve Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £518.99
• 1 x Seasonic Prime Ultra Snow Silent 750W 80 Plus Titanium Modular Power Supply= £139.99
• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU Cooler= £73.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Define R6 Type-C Midi Tower Case - Gunmetal Grey= £126.95
• 1 x Corsair Commander PRO RGB LED Controller + Fan Hub - Black= £64.99
• 6 x be quiet! Silent Wings 3 140mm PWM High Speed Fan= £20.99

Total: £3,318.82 (includes shipping: £28.02)​

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[metalmackey]

Hows this:

• Phanteks case - I have this one and its amazing. so much space for cabling and looks great
• 140mm fans - can get 3 in the front and 1 in the rear
• Motherboard also has space for 2x NVME so you can add another if needed

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 2 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C17 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G360C7K)= £73.99
• 1 x TeamGroup MP34 1TB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive= £99.95
• 1 x Super Flower Leadex III 750W 80 PLUS Gold Modular Power Supply - Black= £99.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming OC 11264MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £1,049.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £299.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £209.99
• 1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Digital Midi Tower Glass Gaming Case - Galaxy Silver= £199.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H115i Platinum RGB Performance Liquid Cooler - 280mm (CW-9060038-WW)= £149.99
• 2 x Corsair SP140 RGB PRO 140mm High Performance Addressable RGB Dual Fan Kit (CO-9050096-WW)= £43.99

Total: £2,345.81 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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Thanks for the list I don't need a monitor and was thinking about the 3900x instead of the 3700x or maybe wait for the 3950x.

 

[snips86x]

Thanks for the list I don't need a monitor and was thinking about the 3900x instead of the 3700x or maybe wait for the 3950x.

I was actually thinking about amending it with the 3900x, you have the budget for it.

 

[lee32uk]

Thanks for the list I don't need a monitor and was thinking about the 3900x instead of the 3700x or maybe wait for the 3950x.

The 3900X/3950X would be wasted if you are mainly gaming, so unless you are doing anything else that can make use of 12/16 cores I would stick with the 3700X.