Your most expensive component is the gpu, and if you're willing to upgrade as you go along, I'd go with something like below and try and nab a 4070ti super on launch. with 16gb vram and increase memory bus to 256, shouldn't be gimped at 4k any more and should breeze thru 1440p play also, so you shouldn't need to upgrade that any time soon. It launches on the 24th jan starting at £769...ocuk are listing the the zotac trinity 4070 ti super at £779, and I'd go with something like that as it'll come with a 5yrs warranty. Add that to the below would come to £1520 plus delivery. You could then get a copy on windows cheaply if you google
also regarding cpu, the higher up the resolution you go for playing games, the more the gpu becomes the bottleneck, hense leaning twards higher end card for you
To keep cost within budget, I only put a 1tb nvme in there, but it's more than enough to get going, and read write speeds are right up there with the best. When more funds come in, I'd then get the 2tb version for £109 and used that as your gaming library etc, and keep the 1tb as your OS drive
The 7600 is the 7000 series entry level cpu but performance wise is very close to the 5800x3d which was the most powerfull gaming cpu of amd last gen am4 platform. The idea is that will still get you good gaming which you can then upgrade to the 7800x3d, or in a year or so the 9800x3d version etc if it's out. you'll loose a lot less upgrading this than upgrading a lesser gpu in a couple years so to speak, where you'd probably loose more than the whole cost of the 7600 cpu. the 7600 comes with a air cooler in the box to get you going, which you can then upgrade down the line
With the ram, got 6000c30 speed as sweet spot. The narrower timing will become more beneficail as you upgrade the cpu down the line
Put the rm850x shift psu in as 10yrs warranty, good components, atx 3.0 compliant and on offer...as a heads up, this power unit will only output 450w to the gpu, not the full 600 that the new 12pin connector can do, but it's more than enough for this card(current 4070 ti is about 285w draw)...it's just if you plan on upgrading to a 5090 or somthing down the line in next few years, may be worth spending £30 more now and getting the 1000w version of this or another psu that can deliver the full 600w. personally, i think the 4070ti super should last you a good while so would prob just keep to the 850w psu
I kept the case simple, with a good quality 4000d airflow...has the bare minimum in it, but you can get more fan(rgb if you desire) down the line to add to the looks...an alternative I like is the lian li 216...the non rgb version is £89 and the rgb version is £109...it comes with 2 160mm fans at the front and slightly longer interior so can add a gpu up to 389mm with ability for a 360mm aio in roof...the 4000d is 360mm max length gpu with a 240 aio in roof if wanted
mobo is a b650 board on offer. vrms more than fine for powering everything and has a pcie5 m.2 slot, so down the line, when they come down in price and you need more storage, you have that option...can take 3 nvme's in total
My basket at OcUK:
Total: £752.84 (includes delivery: £11.98)
