£2k build

[oggiet]

Brother in law is asking me to build him new pc, he has budget of £2k.
He games at 1080p 75hz and he is games designer so will be using his pc for software such as Photoshop, Maya, unreal engine, aftereffects, etc.
He has monitor, keyboard , mouse....so basically he just needs pc case and internals.

Could somebody please spec me a build, I'll be extremely grateful

 

[GreatAuk]

My go:
My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £129.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £499.99
• 1 x Team Group 8Pack Edition 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £199.99
• 1 x WD Black SN850 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T1X0E)= £129.95
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2B0C)= £184.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 850W 80 plus Gold Module Power Supply= £114.98
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ARGB Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £96.95
• 1 x Noctua NH-D15S Chromax Black CPU cooler - 140mm= £99.95

Total: £1,469.95 (includes shipping: £13.20)
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Add on £529 for a 3070Ti FE taking it up to £2k, or £469 for a 3070 FE. If he can stretch a tad then obviously £649 for a 3080 FE would also be a great buy. Any of those gpus should be fine I'd have thought, if you or he can lay your hands on one. If you don't have the time / patience / luck to get an FE card then the rest of the build will have to be scaled back a fair bit.

 

[lee32uk]

Something like this leaves a bit more for the GPU.

I would avoid the WD Blue SN550 as they swapped out the NAND and also changed the controller, so it is a lot slower now. You are probably fine with a SATA SSD for the 2nd drive anyway. If more storage is needed then just add an extra HDD.

The 4000D comes with two fans installed, so they can go in the front and the Arctic can go at the back for exhaust.

The Corsair TXM is good value at £80. It is Semi Modular, but the fixed cables will be in use anyway.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £129.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £499.99
• 1 x Crucial Ballistix 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit= £139.99
• 1 x WD Black SN850 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T1X0E)= £139.99
• 1 x Corsair TX850M 850W 80 Plus Gold Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020130-UK)= £79.99
• 1 x WD Blue 2TB 3D NAND SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS200T2B0A)= £189.95
• 1 x Corsair 4000D Airflow Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass (CC-9011200-WW)= £64.99
• 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken 3 CPU Cooler - 140mm= £42.95
• 1 x Arctic P12 Silent Black Fan - 120mm= £4.99

Total: £1,305.09 (includes shipping: £12.30)​

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[jigger]

Wouldn’t he need a higher resolution monitor? 1920x1080 must be a nightmare to work with as a professional.

 

[oggiet]

@GreatAuk and @lee32uk thank you both, will look at both of those options and make a shortlist

@jigger don't even get me started, he is using two 22" 1080p monitors that he got from work when covid started I'm trying to convince him to get superwide monitor or at least higher resolution one.

 

[jigger]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x OcUK Gaming Kestrel Micro-ATX Gaming PC - AMD Ryzen 5600X, AMD Radeon Graphics = £1,543.14
  • Case:Kolink Citadel Mesh RGB Micro-ATX Case - Black
  • Primary Solid State Drive (M.2):Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
  • Secondary Solid State Drive (M.2):Unwanted
  • Primary 2.5" Solid State Drive:Unwanted
  • Secondary 2.5" Solid State Drive :Unwanted
  • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 Home Advanced - Systems
  • Security Software:Unwanted
  • Memory:Kingston HyperX Fury RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit
  • Graphics Card:Asus Radeon RX 6600 XT Dual OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Total: £1,557.24 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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Plus a


LG 34'' UltraWide Ergo QHD IPS HDR Monitor with FreeSync

Or

HUAWEI MateView 4K Ultra HD 28.2" IPS LCD Monitor

 

[EsaT]

he is using two 22" 1080p monitors that he got from work when covid started

Must have been left overs no one else accepted...

With this budget there should be at least 2560x1440 primary monitor.
And 75Hz is antique for gaming.

 

[oggiet]

Must have been left overs no one else accepted...

With this budget there should be at least 2560x1440 primary monitor.
And 75Hz is antique for gaming.

Oh I agree !!! He is one of directors of the company, just isn't bothered

 

[Craig_d1]

Case is subjective, but put good quality with good airflow on offer..(you can add rgb fans if you want to brighten it up if so desired)
Used a X570 tomahawk mobo as can then have 2 gen4 nvme's if so desired
Got 3 below just so you can see price differences in price etc(can have 2 on board). Reason I put the Firecuda ones in there..5 yrs warranty(others have that), 3 yrs data recovery(others don't). Also main reason is the endurance of the drives. The 520 2TB comes with a 2800 TBW, the 2tb 510 just below at 2600 TBW...the 520 1tb has a 1800TBW and 510 1tb has a 1300TBW if you want to go cheaper at £139...so endurance on these drives are really good. Not sure how much data will be moved around, but if he's using it for work and is a games designer etc, guessing will be a fair chunk of data flows...if not, then can downgrade the nvme's(As a comparison the SN850 1tb has a 600TBW endurance, the 2TB version 1200 TBW, SN750 1tb and 2tb 600 and 1200TBW also and SN550 1tb and 2tb are both 600 and 900TBW
32 gb 2x16 Ram is sammy b die so best you can get for 3600C16..was £179 and they keep alternating betw 199 and 179..I'd ring and see if they can drop it again
5900x for 12 cores(can be had cheaper)
decent psu with 10 yrs warranty, more than enough and s/b efficient at the lower loads..The new RM850X(new 2021 version) is better but £129, but has greater indurance in fan. Psu is more than you need, just allows a future upgrade in a few years etc
I just stuck a 6600Xt which will be great or 1080P gaming, or try and nab a 3060tiFE(download telegram on phone, sub to 'FE PartAlert' etc)
Forgot to add a cooler for CPU..Brocken 3 above more than adequate imo

So money can be knocked off, esp. on the nvme part(take off 520 tb and you're already below the £2k threshold), but just put the drives with greatest endurance for large amounts of data flows( and put gen4 for speed also). Don't know how much storage your brother needs also, as you could go for different board that takes more nvme's if you wanted more of that kind of storage, or add some sata SSD.



My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Seagate Firecuda 520 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GM3A002)= £379.99
• 1 x Seagate Firecuda 510 2TB SSD PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GM30021)= £269.99
• 1 x Seagate Firecuda 520 1TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP1000GM3A002)= £179.99
• 1 x MSI MAG X570 Tomahawk WiFi (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 ATX Motherboard= £179.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Twelve Core 4.8GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £518.99
• 1 x Team Group 8Pack Edition 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £199.99
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM850 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020196-UK)= £89.99
• 1 x Corsair 4000D Airflow Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass (CC-9011200-WW)= £64.99
• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 6600 XT Challenger Pro OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £454.99

Total: £2,351.21 (includes shipping: £12.30)
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