1440p build, solid case

[snakefood]

Hi guys,

Time has come round and I need to upgrade my daughters rig as it's running Win10, and the board won't do 11. This is a gaming machine but nothing massively high end, 1440p at reasonable spec should sufficce well, but I don't mind investing to get a few years from it.

I was looking at the pre built options, but as they all have see thru panels and rgb's, a solid case was the preferred option so looks like I'm building it again. Guess I'll get some better hardware for a cost saving anyway.

Budget wise somewhere around £1000-1200 I'd guess should do this nicely, if I can save some, win.

Could I get some build options please, KB & mouse not needed, but will need a copy of 11.

Case won't need an optical drive, so sizing is mmostly going to be determined by GPU?

Intel / AMD I wouldn't know which is the better for this spec range.

Many thanks for any advice you can offer.

 

[snakefood]

Is a monitor needed?

If I could within budget, but if not no drama I wasn't expecting to

 

[snakefood]

seeing as for your daughter gone for some rgb...white might be nicer also, but there's a white tax to contend with.

Hey, thanks for the build option, but as per my post, a solid case was requested. The last build I did for here was complete custom rgb, this time she's asked for a solid case. Only just seeing now that solid cases are really not all that common. Appreciate the AMD option, gives me a good idea of what I might be looking at.

Here's a spec including monitor, but it doesn't have the OS. Are you planning to keep hold of the old PC?

Many thanks, I can't really salvage anything from the last build tho, as it's used on a daily basis.

 

[snakefood]

you could go something lime the lian li A£ mATX case.. below. just off out..need to check clearance for air cooler..does fit an atx psu...and comes with no fans, so would need to buy some...but just an idea if you prefer the smaller look


My basket at OcUK:

• Total: £1,240.84 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Hi,

I would actually love to do a Lian Li build as I've always held their cases in high regard, but I think this one might be a bit on the small side - will check if a 4070 will fit.

Quite suprised they don't seem to offfer any closed cases now.

 

[snakefood]

Morning all,

Pay day's approaching, so thought I'd get the build in a basket to see how close I get to budget - turns out, not very lol. A few items were still on pre-order, and there's a couple of decent discounts running, so upgrading to raptor only added £20, and 6GHz ram was pretty cheap as well.

So looks like I'll end up about £400 over budget, once I factor in the cost of a copy of Win11, that does include a nice screen tho. Please take a look at the below list, see if there any easy swap outs we could make, at this budget to offer any improvements?

I'm thinking this should easily do quite well for a 5+ year rig?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B760-F Gaming WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6KD-AS) = £149.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £82.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 Super Twin Edge 12Gb Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-01499) = £499.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Indiana Jones and The Great Circle Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-NVI-03769) = £0.00
• 1 x Crucial T700 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen5 M.2 Solid State Drive (CT1000T700SSD3) (SKU: HD-07C-CR) = £143.99
• 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020263-UK) (SKU: CA-27N-CS) = £94.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-13400 (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6BC-IN) = £199.99
• 1 x Intel Holiday Bundle - Assassin's Creed Shadows + Ubisoft Plus (SKU: DIG-INT-03637) = £0.00
• 1 x Acer 27" Nitro VG272UV3bmiipx 2560x1440 IPS 180Hz 0.5ms FreeSync Widescreen Gami (SKU: MON-ACR-01463) = £149.99
• 1 x be quiet Silent Base 802 Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-146-BQ) = £139.99
• 3 x be quiet Pure Wings 3 140mm PWM Fan (SKU: COO-BEQ-01131) = £9.95
• 2 x Phanteks Y-cable for 4-pin PWM Fan (SKU: CB-000-PT) = £2.59
• 1 x Kolink 4-Pin PWM Extension 30 cm - black (SKU: CB-00A-KK) = £2.00
• 1 x Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE Dual Tower CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02723) = £36.94

Total: £1,535.89 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[snakefood]

That NVME drive is Gen5, but the motherboard takes Gen4. (pci-e 5 is for GPU only)

Swap for either of these 1TB or 2TB drives. (or both )

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Crucial T500 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01089) = £58.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £99.95

Total: £162.94 (includes delivery: £3.99)​

Do you need the extra fans? Case comes with 3 x 140mm fans included and should be sufficient.

I was thinking of adding the three fans up top, thinking more fans would run slower = quieter?
Cheers for the PCI info, I indeed thought it was for m2 support.

 

[snakefood]

Possibly with the fans, but it might disrupt the airflow and make it less efficent.

I would try with only the supplied fans (2 in the front and 1 in the back) and use the blanking plate on the roof of the case.

If it does not cool enough, swap to the vented roof plate. If still not good enough, then think about adding fans.

Many thanks, those couple of savings will pay for a copy of 11 home.

 

[snakefood]

Just adding a new link here in case the basket empties before Friday

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B760-F Gaming WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6KD-AS) = £149.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £82.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 Super Twin Edge 12Gb Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-01499) = £499.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Indiana Jones and The Great Circle Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-NVI-03769) = £0.00
• 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020263-UK) (SKU: CA-27N-CS) = £94.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-13400 (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6BC-IN) = £200.00
• 1 x Intel Holiday Bundle - Assassin's Creed Shadows + Ubisoft Plus (SKU: DIG-INT-03637) = £0.00
• 1 x Acer 27" Nitro VG272UV3bmiipx 2560x1440 IPS 180Hz 0.5ms FreeSync Widescreen Gami (SKU: MON-ACR-01463) = £149.98
• 1 x be quiet Silent Base 802 Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-146-BQ) = £140.00
• 1 x Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE Dual Tower CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02723) = £36.94
• 1 x Crucial T500 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01089) = £59.00

Total: £1,413.88 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[snakefood]

If you have a USB Storage Drive - You can download via Microsoft a Windows 11 Installation Tools which allows you to boot from the USB Drive and Install Windows.

You can also use Windows Un-Activated losing some customisation such as Task Bar, Desktop Wallpaper etc.

But if you want an activated copy then Activations Keys can be bought online (I recently paid £9.99) but did have to activate via their automated phone call process but for 10 minutes of my time I saved a chunk of money.

Some keys depending where from will work without the phone call method.

Cheers, I'm aware of the digital version of Windows, was planning on purchasing this direct from MS tho, just to save any possible issues with authentication in the future.

 

[snakefood]

14600k is only £19 more which comes with 4 more e cores and higher clock speed.

Intel Core i5-14600K (Raptor Lake-S) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail

Order Intel Core i5-14600K (Raptor Lake-S) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

Cheers, decent upgrade for the extra.

Curent basket:
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B760-F Gaming WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6KD-AS) = £149.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £82.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 Super Twin Edge 12Gb Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-01499) = £499.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Indiana Jones and The Great Circle Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-NVI-03769) = £0.00
• 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020263-UK) (SKU: CA-27N-CS) = £94.99
• 1 x Intel Holiday Bundle - Assassin's Creed Shadows + Ubisoft Plus (SKU: DIG-INT-03637) = £0.00
• 1 x Acer 27" Nitro VG272UV3bmiipx 2560x1440 IPS 180Hz 0.5ms FreeSync Widescreen Gami (SKU: MON-ACR-01463) = £149.99
• 1 x be quiet Silent Base 802 Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-146-BQ) = £139.99
• 1 x Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE Dual Tower CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02723) = £36.95
• 1 x Crucial T500 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01089) = £58.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-14600K (Raptor Lake-S) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-INT-00802) = £230.00

Total: £1,443.88 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[snakefood]

@snakefood be aware that the 14600k may need a bios update to run which can be done with bios flashback button on that motherboard, no need for another CPU .

I would be updating the bios on the intel board asap to fix issues that intel have had previously.

good call sir, requires 1205 for latest support - I'll update once it arrives.

Presuming there isn't a newer version released since with native support? Doesn't need to be Asus, but a reputable brand.