£1500 build inc. monitor, case, peripherals etc.

[Goose]

As title really. My brother wants me to build him a gaming PC and I was going to do something similar to my own system (see sig) but I don’t think it can be done within budget given that he needs absolutely everything.

Any advice would be most appreciated.

Thanks

 

[mickyflinn]

1440p gameing build, need to add speakers scope for improvements like 2tb m2 , or better monitor.

Keyboard and mouse you should ideally pick but put in a cheap set.


Windows keys are cheap

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G6000HC38ADC01) (SKU: MY-0B2-TG) = £99.95
• 1 x Lexar NM790 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Solid State Drive (LNM790X001T-RNNNG) (SKU: STO-LEX-01452) = £59.99
• 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00764) = £479.98
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £188.99
• 1 x MSI MAG A750GL 750W 80 Plus Gold ATX 3.0 PCIE5 Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-013-MS) = £99.95
• 1 x MSI MAG FORGE 112R Mid Tower Gaming Case - Black (SKU: CA-011-MS) = £59.95
• 1 x AOC 27" Q27G2E/BK 27” 2560x1440 VA 144Hz 1ms FreeSync LED Backlit Widescreen Gaming Monitor (SKU: MO-064-AO) = £178.18
• 1 x ASUS U2000 Wired Keyboard and Mouse Bundle Black - UK Layout (SKU: KB-03C-AS) = £14.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K0-AS) = £169.99

Total: £1,367.96 (includes delivery: £15.99)​

 

[Tetras]

I was going to do something similar to my own system (see sig) but I don’t think it can be done within budget

I could do it with a 7700 non-X, since it includes a cooler, but over budget with a 7800X3D, since I'd suggest a cooler like this:

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE Review: Incredible, Affordable Air Cooling Performance

Shockingly cool and quiet, less than $40!

www.tomshardware.com

Sapphire's 7800 XT Pulse is £20 cheaper, but then I'd upgrade the PSU to Seasonic GX-850 which is £30 more expensive, so that's not helpful

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £349.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming A620M-PLUS WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASU-01397) = £136.00
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C36BBEK2-32) (SKU: MY-29U-KS) = £99.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 4070 Dual OC 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-49C-AS) = £499.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00540) = £65.99
• 1 x Kolink Stronghold M Micro-ATX Case - Black Window (SKU: CA-068-KK) = £44.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-09Q-PT) = £89.99
• 1 x MSI 27" PRO MP273QP 2560x1440 IPS 75Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen Gaming Monitor (SKU: MO-02A-MS) = £188.99
• 1 x ASUS U2000 Wired Keyboard and Mouse Bundle Black - UK Layout (SKU: KB-03C-AS) = £14.99

Total: £1,490.92 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Craig_d1]

Along the same lines as @mickyflinn . Just went for a different look. It's a new case by phanteks at a reasonable price that'll show off the pc inards a bit. Will be a bit spartan to start as no fans I think, so added the arctic 360mm freezer 3...reason, it's best cooler, 360mm will fit in top and so at least you have 3 fans also. It'll cool anything you throw at it so should cater for any am5 cpu upgrade down the line...can add another couple intake fans if wantto finish look put hit price limit

Alternative would be get the phanteks G360A case which will have 3 fans in the front already..you could drop the aio , get a reasonably price air cooler(but the price performance of the arctic can't be beat for aio's) and put a 2tb ssd in like the Spatium M480 Pro for £125 (make sure pro with read write of 7400/7000 with TBW of 1400...non pro a lot slower etc).
I'm very good at spending money. seem to remember that amd gpu can get quite hot in ref design, so maybe I'd look at getting a 3 fan spinner, either the saphire nitro+ or the asus tuf 7800XT, though uou then overbuget, but will fill out the case a bit also.
chucked in a 850W psu also so little room for upgrade..comes with a 7yrs warranty so should last

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AOC 27" Q27G2E/BK 27” 2560x1440 VA 144Hz 1ms FreeSync LED Backlit Widescreen Gaming Monitor (SKU: MO-064-AO) = £178.18
• 1 x ASUS U2000 Wired Keyboard and Mouse Bundle Black - UK Layout (SKU: KB-03C-AS) = £14.98
• 1 x Phanteks XT View ATX Case Tempered Glass Windows, Black (SKU: CAS-PHK-01445) = £74.99
• 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020263-UK) (SKU: CA-27N-CS) = £124.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K0-AS) = £170.00
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £188.98
• 1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FF3D532G6000HC30DC01) (SKU: MY-0B8-TG) = £110.00
• 1 x Lexar NM790 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Solid State Drive (LNM790X001T-RNNNG) (SKU: STO-LEX-01452) = £59.98
• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 420mm (SKU: COO-ARC-01995) = £95.99
• 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00764) = £479.99

Total: £1,498.08 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Goose]

@mickyflinn @Tetras @Craig_d1

This build never went ahead and it will now be Christmas thing. I figured I’d necro this thread instead of starting a new one to see if things have changed from your original suggestions. Maybe with Black Friday coming up there will be some savings to be made.

The the only changed to my OP is that we have a monitor now with £180 coming out of the budget.

Thanks.

 

[Tetras]

This build never went ahead and it will now be Christmas thing. I figured I’d necro this thread instead of starting a new one to see if things have changed from your original suggestions. Maybe with Black Friday coming up there will be some savings to be made.

The the only changed to my OP is that we have a monitor now with £180 coming out of the budget.

Thanks.

So just to confirm, you want a gaming PC with peripherals (no monitor) for £1320?

 

[Goose]

So just to confirm, you want a gaming PC with peripherals (no monitor) for £1320?

Yep

 

[Tetras]

Yep

we have a monitor now with £180 coming out of the budget.

This spec is intended for 1440p gaming.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Eight Core 5.50GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02676) = £308.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B650M D3HP AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03566) = £104.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G6000HC38ADC01) (SKU: MY-0B2-TG) = £89.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 Super Twin Edge 12Gb Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-01499) = £529.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Indiana Jones and The Great Circle Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-NVI-03769) = £0.00
• 1 x Team Group MP33 PRO 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02682) = £99.95
• 1 x Lian Li A3 mATX Black (SKU: CAS-LIA-02350) = £69.94
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £22.99

Total: £1,323.78 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[mickyflinn]

I've gone AMD route with 9600x and 7900xt, mid tower RGB

Note there are 2 cases to choose from ( I like both ) so deduct one to bring closer to budget.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Six Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02677) = £229.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03573) = £134.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £82.99
• 1 x Team Group Z44A7 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02624) = £102.95
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-061-AS) = £79.99
• 1 x Antec CX700 Elite RGB Mid Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-02736) = £59.95
• 1 x MSI MAG FORGE 112R Mid Tower Gaming Case - Black (SKU: CA-011-MS) = £59.96
• 1 x Kolink Umbra EX180 ARGB CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: HS-000-KK) = £19.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 7900 XT HellHound 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1AR-PC) = £619.99

Total: £1,406.80 (includes delivery: £15.99)​

 

[Threepwood]

@Goose we're going to have to use the Intel UHD Graphics 770 igpu that comes with the i7 here, until a better dedicated card can be bought, sure, it wont play at high fps with the 1440 monitor until a dedicated gpu is bought, but my, will it look pretty!
I just refuse to buy a none OLED monitor when buying brand new now, as it is a waste of cash otherwise, when an OLED monitor can be had for not that much nowadays!
the motherboard only has x1 RGB header so on only one of the case rgb fans can be used as RGB, don't want RGB, okay, dont plug either in then,
personally, as long as your Bro does not mind growing into the monitor, I think that this is the best that you are going to get with the money! the i7 is pretty tasty, esp for the price
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Logitech MK120 Keyboard and Mouse Desktop Set (920-002552) (SKU: KB-205-LG) = £24.95
• 2 x MSI PRO H610M-E DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03383) = £59.99
• 1 x AOC Agon 27" AG276QZD2 QD-OLED 2560x1440 240Hz FreeSync 0.03ms Widescreen Gaming Monitor (SKU: MON-AOC-02937) = £449.98
• 1 x Crucial P3 PLUS 4TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-07J-CR) = £218.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-12700K 3.60GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-69Z-IN) = £194.99
• 1 x Team Group 8Pack Edition 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Ki (SKU: MEM-8PK-02586) = £59.99
• 1 x Noctua NH-L9i-17xx Low Profile CPU Cooler - 92mm (SKU: HS-03Z-NC) = £39.95

Total: £1,108.82 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

EDIT: I forgot the air cooler, amended now

 

[Threepwood]

ofc you will need an hdmi cable to run the monitor with too!, I don't care where you buy that from

 

[Xelene]

If you shop around you can get better, depends on whether you want UK retail support or not. 5700X3D can be had for £140 etc.