£1500 New Build - 4K

[Megahurtz400]

Hey all!

Have a friend looking to upgrade from his old rig, currently a 970 and an older intel CPU.

Has a 4K 144hz monitor, but doesn't really play AAA games and isn't an FPS chaser, so not too worried about.

I know the new Nvidia release throws a bit of a spanner into the works, but looking to buy at the end of this month, and I can only imagine the 5070/ti are going to be a nightmare to get a hold of.

Saw this build from @Gray2233 in another recent thread, and wondering if something like the 7900XT will be worth going for rather than fussing trying to get a 5070 when they're released, due to the extra VRAM for 4k?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 850W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-060-AS) = £89.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Six Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02677) = £229.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-00997) = £89.99
• 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58G-WD) = £104.99
• 1 x Asrock B650M PG Riptide (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-18Y-AK) = £154.99
• 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £54.99
• 1 x Thermalright Aqua Elite 240 Black ARGB V3 All In One CPU Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03254) = £39.95
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT Pulse 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-3A7-SP) = £599.99

Total: £1,376.87 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

As always, any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[Megahurtz400]

Hi.

Its a decent buildand certainly capable but for me the question is will you regret not waiting ,answer that and you've got your decision.

You still have till the end of the month pricing may change the other weak you could get a 7900xtx for £749 which is decent imo.

I don't think he will regret not waiting, as mentioned, he's not an FPS chaser..

Very much a "set and forget" type of gamer, who'd only really update once every 10 years, he's still relatively happy with this GTX970 to be honest but i've pestered him into upgrading haha