£1000 build for Starfield

eddie101 · 1 Oct 2023 at 15:58

Looking to help a family member out who's current PC is a little bit 'tired'. I'm a few years out of touch with components so looking for a bit of advice! I have about £1k to spend on a new PC (no monitor or peripherals required) and something that can ideally handle the likes of Starfield and Payday3.

OCUK, show me what you can do

tamzzy · 1 Oct 2023 at 16:20

eddie101 said:
Looking to help a family member out who's current PC is a little bit 'tired'.

any parts that can be potentially reused?

Andy__C · 1 Oct 2023 at 16:36

Do you need a case and a PSU?

I upgraded mine last month for the same reason, moving up to 1440p but didn't need a case or PSU but wanted a new monitor and managed to get a nice system that does a great job of Starfield (and many others) for £1200 (or just over with a new CPU waterblock). I followed the good advice here and go for the AM5 platform and a 67__Xt or 77__xt series GPU. I went for the 6750xt which seemed like better value in a good deal from a competitor.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DG-AM) = £248.99
1 x Aorus Gigabyte RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-008-GI) = £119.94
1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3 (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £46.99
1 x Asrock RX Radeon 6700 XT Challenger D 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-00X-AK) = £319.99
1 x Seasonic G12-GC-750 750W 80+ Gold Power supply (SKU: CA-07L-SS) = £89.99
1 x MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-375-MS) = £199.99
1 x be quiet! Shadow Rock 3 High Performance CPU Cooler (SKU: HS-01H-BQ) = £49.99

Total: £1,083.88 (includes delivery: £7.99)

Something like this - and if you shop around you can get under budget too

Tetras · 1 Oct 2023 at 16:50

Intel/DDR5 option:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £154.99
1 x MSI B760 Gaming Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-37M-MS) = £149.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD532G5600HC36BDC01) (SKU: MY-0BB-TG) = £99.95
1 x Asrock RX Radeon 6700 XT Challenger D 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-00X-AK) = £319.99
1 x Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GV3A012) (SKU: HD-3EX-SE) = £94.99
1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99
1 x Seasonic Focus GX-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-06V-SS) = £95.00

Total: £991.88 (includes delivery: £11.98)

Use of CPU's box cooler assumed.

If you have some spare money in the budget, I'd pay the extra £20 for the IGP (12400) and £25 for the GX-750.

tamzzy · 1 Oct 2023 at 17:03

slightly overbudget, but well worth it imo:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £218.99
1 x Asus Prime B650M-A WIFI II (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K6-AS) = £139.99
1 x be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 10 650W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (SKU: CA-14V-BQ) = £64.99
1 x Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT MBA 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-00763) = £518.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD532G5600HC36BDC01) (SKU: MY-0BB-TG) = £99.95
1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99
1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3 (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £46.99

Total: £1,166.88 (includes delivery: £11.98)

ryzen 7600 + 7800xt combi best price/perf for starfield currently
cpu comparison:

gpu comparison:

eddie101 · 2 Oct 2023 at 09:55

Cheers for all the replies guys

Noughtboy · 2 Oct 2023 at 10:20

Andy__C said:
Do you need a case and a PSU?

I upgraded mine last month for the same reason, moving up to 1440p but didn't need a case or PSU but wanted a new monitor and managed to get a nice system that does a great job of Starfield (and many others) for £1200 (or just over with a new CPU waterblock). I followed the good advice here and go for the AM5 platform and a 67__Xt or 77__xt series GPU. I went for the 6750xt which seemed like better value in a good deal from a competitor.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DG-AM) = £248.99

1 x Aorus Gigabyte RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-008-GI) = £119.94

1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3 (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £46.99

1 x Asrock RX Radeon 6700 XT Challenger D 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-00X-AK) = £319.99

1 x Seasonic G12-GC-750 750W 80+ Gold Power supply (SKU: CA-07L-SS) = £89.99

1 x MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-375-MS) = £199.99

1 x be quiet! Shadow Rock 3 High Performance CPU Cooler (SKU: HS-01H-BQ) = £49.99

Total: £1,083.88 (includes delivery: £7.99)

Something like this - and if you shop around you can get under budget too

I would base the basic system around this solid choice with some potential tweaks:

You can really use the 7600(non X) and save £30 without any noticeable loss of performance (especially if tuned)
I would change the PSU to the MSI MPG A750GF UK PSU 750W, 80 Plus Gold certified, Fully Modular for an extra £10
I would change the RAM to Kingston FURY Renegade 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C32 6000MHz for an extra £9 (C32 vs C40)

That is a good cooler but you can get most of the performance and claw back £15 with the Alpenfohn Dolomit Advanced 120mm ARGB CPU Cooler for £35

That makes about £1050. Should they be able to spare an extra £47, I would recommend doubling storage to Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB for £94