Advice on new set up, thanks

[wildjackson]

I'm looking at buying my first gaming pc, seen a couple of setups, the ryzen 7 7800X3D with either the rtx 4070ti super or the 4080 super for the difference of £200. But I know the 5000 series is out, not sure what to do. Any help please?

 

[wildjackson]

Hi there, the spec is

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• Graphics: Nvidia RTX 4070Ti Super
• RAM: 32GB DDR5
• Storage: 2TB SSD

The same spec for the xtr 4080. I know they're a bit expensive but I want a prebuild with good warranty. It's 1900 for the xtr4070 and 2100 for the 4080. I'm looking for 4k for playing cod, bodycam, delta force etc. Future proof as possible. But I'm reading about this 5070??

 

[wildjackson]

What card would you recommend with the rysen 7 7800X3D?? Thanks

 

[wildjackson]

Depends on your budget whether you want AMD or Nvidia. Before you buy a monitor though compare some games on two cards of similar price ie 7800XT and 4070 and see how they fair at 1440p and 4k in the games, especially Unreal 5 games.

Some games play fine on old hardware ie Doom, but if you want epic settings on 4K stalker, robocop, Silent Hill 2, Alan Wake, 150+ fps- forget it.

What would be the cheapest/recommended setup for epic settings for these games???

 

[wildjackson]

Checkout this video

That GPU is pretty expensive.

so with standard non scaled/fg etc 50 fps at 4k and 70fps at 1440p

Wow, graphics are amazing! Might just be a bit too expensive. Do you think the 4080 super with the ryzen 7 7800X3D is decent?

 

[wildjackson]

Just a quick question, do I buy the 4080 super or wait for the 5070???

 

[wildjackson]

Why would the 5070 be better? It's lower tier.

Or there's the AMD 9070XT.

Cheers mate, been needing to hear that. I've been a xbox/playstation player all my life, really want to get into pc gaming but the more I read, the more confusing it gets. Narrowed it down to the 4080 super or the 5070 (due to budget) but I think i prefer the 4080.

 

[wildjackson]

You do know amd gpus exist?

Yeah, but do you think they're any better price to performance wise?

 

[wildjackson]

Is that just the 4070? I'm just a casual gamer, just when the wife let's me! Just fancy a gaming pc because they have so much more games than the consoles to choose from.

 

[wildjackson]

Yup. but compare a AMD versus Nvidia GPU of the same price- then go on yourtube and do a versus search.

That Nvidia 4070 is a bit more expensive than the AMD- £60 more expensive. And the AMD has more VRAM

OK, thanks mate

 

[wildjackson]

Are you going for 1440p or 4K?

If you're just a casual gamer I'd go with hornetstinger's advice and stick with 1440p, since it will be much cheaper to maintain that framerate over the longer-term than 4K (which is still considered a premium resolution and requires expensive hardware to match).

Since you're only just getting into PC gaming, I really wouldn't bother with a £1K GPU.

I'd wait until March for AMD's 9070/9070 XT and see how they compare to the 5070 and 5070 Ti. I wouldn't spend more than around £600 on the card in your situation (ideally £500, or less).

I'd consider getting a cheaper CPU too, since paying the best part of £500 seems a lot to invest for a casual gamer getting into PC gaming who might junk the lot in a year or so and go back to a console

This is more like what I'd suggest:

(CPU cooler in the CPU box)

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £199.99
• 1 x MSI PRO B840-P WIFI (AMD AM5) B840 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03997) = £149.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G5600HC40BDC01) (SKU: MY-0B3-TG) = £74.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-04339) = £439.99
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03128) = £49.99
• 1 x Montech AIR 903 Max Midi-Tower Tempered Glass - Black (SKU: CAS-MON-01229) = £59.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 850W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-060-AS) = £89.99

Total: £1,064.93 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

or a cheaper Intel:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12600K 3.70GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-69X-IN) = £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B760 DS3H AX (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03572) = £129.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro OC 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-02219) = £80.99
• 1 x Sparkle Intel ARC B580 GUARDIAN 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPK-03945) = £274.00
• 1 x Team Group MP33 PRO 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02681) = £43.99
• 1 x Montech AIR 903 Base Midi-Tower Tempered Glass - Black (SKU: CAS-MON-01227) = £49.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 750W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-061-AS) = £79.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £23.00

Total: £831.94 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

With a cheap 1440p monitor:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x MSI 27" PRO MP275Q 2560x1440 IPS 100Hz sRGB 100% Business Productivity Monitor (SKU: MON-MSI-02163) = £118.99

Total: £118.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Thanks so much, lots of reading to do

 

[wildjackson]

Presume you think consoles do 4k (they don't) and pcs can easily do 4k too? (They don't)

No, not at all. It's just I've been a console player and I think pc's get so much more games i want to play.