New PC advice

HockeyDude · 28 Nov 2021 at 13:53

Hi All,

Hoping you can give me a bit of advice about a new PC build (my current one is powercyling and no idea why!). Budget up to £3k.

I want something that will last, cope with playing WoW 90% of the time at a nice FPS (even when a lot is going on), but also allow me to play games like AC: Odyssey without the CPU hitting crazy temps (like my current rig).

I am a little clueless about what makes a good quality part, what is poor and what is worth investing in. I've configured one on Overclockers, but for some reason the save configuration isn't working at the moment, which is a bit of a nightmare.

Current system is:
i7740x
GTX 1070
x299 Mk2
16gb DDR4 Vengeance

Any help is very much appreciated. Was thinking of upgrading to 1440p as well.

Thanks!

heatonpkmassive · 28 Nov 2021 at 13:58

Of that 3k, how much are you prepared to put into a GPU?

mattyfez · 28 Nov 2021 at 14:34

Finding the fault/replacing the component is the way to go.
Even if you replaced the mobo and PSU with quality stuff that's gonna be a hell of a lot cheaper than 3 grand lol!

HockeyDude · 28 Nov 2021 at 14:34

heatonpkmassive said:
Of that 3k, how much are you prepared to put into a GPU?

Thanks for replying. This is a bit of a quandary for me - would £700 - £800 get me a decent card?

HockeyDude · 28 Nov 2021 at 14:36

mattyfez said:
Finding the fault/replacing the component is the way to go.
Even if you replaced the mobo and PSU with quality stuff that's gonna be a hell of a lot cheaper than 3 grand lol!

It would be, but my current machine is getting a little slow - so i think it is time for an upgrade anyway

mattyfez · 28 Nov 2021 at 14:42

HockeyDude said:
It would be, but my current machine is getting a little slow - so i think it is time for an upgrade anyway

PCs don't slow down over time.. Maybe a fresh install of Windows. That's free.

If the cpu is too hot, replace thermal paste or put a better cooler on it.
What temps are you hitting? Maybe it's power cycling as its getting too hot?
Your machine is perfectly capable of playing wow.

HockeyDude · 28 Nov 2021 at 14:48

mattyfez said:
PCs don't slow down over time.. Maybe a fresh install of Windows. That's free.

If the cpu is too hot, replace thermal paste or put a better cooler on it.
What temps are you hitting? Maybe it's power cycling as its getting too hot?
Your machine is perfectly capable of playing wow.

Good to know about the slowing down bit. I've got the Corsair H100i cooler, no idea if that is any good or not

Will try replacing the paste as well.

It only really hits 80 - 90 when playing AC: Odyssey - for WoW it can get 65 ish for raiding / pvp.

Power cycling isn't from getting too hot, that is the one thing I do know. Sadly I don't have spare parts laying around to swap out for the PSU etc.

mickyflinn · 28 Nov 2021 at 14:55

Any overclocking if yes drop back to default and check for bios update.

HockeyDude · 28 Nov 2021 at 15:11

mickyflinn said:
Any overclocking if yes drop back to default and check for bios update.

No overclocking and EZ update says there's no bios update.

mattyfez · 28 Nov 2021 at 15:30

I guess it sounds like a failing PSU or mobo could be the issue. What PSU do you have?

Fresh Windows install: free
Good quality PSU circa £100
New mobo: £150
Reseat cooler: free (tenner for top spec new paste?)

Change from £3000?

A saving of £2750

Grimley · 28 Nov 2021 at 15:31

X299 new is still available, you could upgrade the CPU, but TBH it would not be cost effective these days. Ryzen 3 & Intel 12th gen would be better price performance.

See what you can get for your current hardware & put the cash towards more up to date hardware.

HockeyDude · 28 Nov 2021 at 21:13

mattyfez said:
I guess it sounds like a failing PSU or mobo could be the issue. What PSU do you have?

Fresh Windows install: free
Good quality PSU circa £100
New mobo: £150
Reseat cooler: free (tenner for top spec new paste?)

Change from £3000?

A saving of £2750

Corsair CS750 M 80 plus Gold

heatonpkmassive · 28 Nov 2021 at 23:34

HockeyDude said:
Thanks for replying. This is a bit of a quandary for me - would £700 - £800 get me a decent card?

If you want to buy from a shop, up that by about 130 quid for a 3070, but that's a perfectly capable 1440p card. Or one of the FE drops for half the price..

Or if you're patient, a 3080ti in one of the drops. But that's a grand, powerful card though. Nowhere near as good value as a 3080FE, but those are less plentiful than the Ti.

JollyJamma · 29 Nov 2021 at 08:42

Grimley said:
X299 new is still available, you could upgrade the CPU, but TBH it would not be cost effective these days. Ryzen 3 & Intel 12th gen would be better price performance.

See what you can get for your current hardware & put the cash towards more up to date hardware.

I thought that too. It’s still a platform you can upgrade with a powerful processor. The problem is price.

Grimley · 29 Nov 2021 at 19:48

HockeyDude said:
Corsair CS750 M 80 plus Gold

AFAIK Not made by Corsair anymore. It was one of their budget PSU's which are 'OK', but X299 was Intel's high end platform when it was released & you don't put that kind of PSU into that kind of rig, its just not the thing to do & it would almost certainly cause reliability problems.

Rule of thumb on this Forum = Never skimp on the power supply. Like this one.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Seasonic Focus GX-850 850W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £103.99

Total: £114.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)