£1600 gaming PC - can you guys have a look?

md99 · 19 Aug 2024 at 16:42

Hi guys, just want you to have a look at this and see if there is anything can be improved upon or a few quid saved. Am looking to buy this week after saving all summer.

This is a 1440p gaming pc and my budget is pretty much stretched. I also don't intend upgrading any of these components for a good few years (my current 1080p rig was built in Sep 2016 and is finally showing its age).

Here's my shopping list...

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 7900 XT HellHound 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1AR-PC) = £629.99
1 x AMD Radeon - Space Marine & Unknown 9 Awakening Games Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-02939) = £0.00
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £329.99
1 x AMD Ryzen - Space Marine & Unknown 9 Awakening Games Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-02908) = £0.00
1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £59.98
1 x LG 27" 27GR75Q-B 2560x1440 IPS 165Hz 1ms FreeSync/G-Sync Gaming Monitor (SKU: MON-LGC-00585) = £198.95
1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K0-AS) = £169.99
1 x Corsair RMe Series RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020263-UK) (SKU: CA-27N-CS) = £125.00
1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £92.98
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Halo² Black Edition CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: HS-090-CM) = £29.99

Total: £1,636.87 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Thanks for your time

md99 · 23 Aug 2024 at 22:13

Right then, going to purchase on Monday, few small changes, different monitor and cpu cooler. I'm sticking with the PSU as I've always gone with corsair down the years and they've been bulletproof for me. It's going inside my trusty old Cooler Master HAF932 and I have everything else I need. Any reason this won't handle pretty much anything I throw at it at max settings @ 1440p for the foreseeable? I'm not pushed about ray tracing btw and I'm going 1440p instead of 4k, which will prolong the ability of the PC to perform at high settings without having to compensate fx for resolution. First game I'm going to throw at it is Hellblade 2. Kill two birds with the one stone, I loved the original and it'll give this setup a nice workout

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 7900 XT HellHound 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1AR-PC) = £629.99
1 x ASUS 27" TUF Gaming VG27AQ 2560x1440 IPS 165Hz 1ms FreeSync/G-Sync Compatible Gaming Monitor (SKU: MO-0A9-AS) = £218.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £329.98
1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £57.95
1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K0-AS) = £169.99
1 x Corsair RMe Series RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020263-UK) (SKU: CA-27N-CS) = £125.00
1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £98.98
1 x Arctic Freezer 36 A-RGB 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02418) = £29.98
1 x AMD Radeon - Space Marine & Unknown 9 Awakening Games Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-02939) = £0.00
1 x AMD Ryzen - Space Marine & Unknown 9 Awakening Games Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-02908) = £0.00

Total: £1,668.86 (includes delivery: £0.00)

md99 · 23 Aug 2024 at 22:42

Okay point taken, what precisely would you recommend, like I said, its just brand loyalty with me and corsair (don't know all that much about PSU's tbh), if I can get better for a similar price I'll go with that (has to be modular though) :cool:

md99 · 29 Aug 2024 at 12:05

A quick quickie folks, had to wait on some of the above recommended psu's to be restocked, which of these two is the better buy for my specced rig?

Corsair RM850x Shift ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (CP-9020252-UK)

Order Corsair RM850x Shift ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (CP-9020252-UK) now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

Asus TUF Gaming 850W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply

Order Asus TUF Gaming 850W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

As I said earlier, psu's are the one component I know next to nothing about and I want to buy tonight.

md99 · 29 Aug 2024 at 13:55

I'll go with the asus so. Thanks folks, now for a brand spanking new pc!