Advice on new setup

wildjackson · 7 Mar 2025 at 12:27

Just want people's thoughts on this setup, thanks

Phanteks XT View ATX Case – Black
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7GHz 8 Core CPU – 5.2GHz Turbo
Gigabyte B650 EAGLE AX Motherboard
NVidia GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 GPU
32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 6000MHz CL30 (2x16GB)
2TB WD BLACK SN770 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD (5150MB/R, 4850MB/W)
Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L CORE ARGB 240mm Black Liquid Cooler
Contour 850W Modular ATX 87+ Power Supply GPX850S
Built in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Built in 5.1 Sound Card
Microsoft Windows® 11 Home
£2300

ED209 · 7 Mar 2025 at 12:57

What are your main uses for the build?

is it purely gaming or is there any productivity going on as well?

What res are you gaming at?

The only thing I would do is change the 2Tb drive.

I can only see 1 so would assume your OS is going to be installed to it. The SN770 is a dramless NVME drive and for an OS I would use 1 that has a dram cache. If its purely a games drive its fine

freddie64 · 7 Mar 2025 at 13:10

Is this a pre-built PC?

wildjackson said:
Contour 850W Modular ATX 87+ Power Supply GPX850S

Not sure about this PSU.

From what i can see it only comes with a 3 year warranty, it may be a good PSU, but i would want at least 7 year warranty.

Agree with ED209, you can get a Crucial T500 2TB for £100.

wildjackson · 7 Mar 2025 at 13:12

Hi there,

Yeah, it's purely for gaming. I'm just looking for 1440 as I'm using my tv in the livingroom. I'm not needing crazy fps either.

They also have
2TB Samsung 990 Pro M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD (7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
Any better?
Cheers

Tetras · 7 Mar 2025 at 13:39

wildjackson said:
They also have
2TB Samsung 990 Pro M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD (7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
Any better?

They're fine, but usually way overpriced.

wildjackson · 7 Mar 2025 at 13:40

Tetras said:
They're fine, but usually way overpriced.

It says on the site, I can swap it out for additional £50?

Tetras · 7 Mar 2025 at 13:44

wildjackson said:
It says on the site, I can swap it out for additional £50?

Meh. Not great, not terrible.

lee32uk · 7 Mar 2025 at 15:35

The SN770 is fine as a boot drive. I have W11 on a 2TB one and it boots up in around 15 - 20 seconds. That is on a 9800X3D and X870E board. You won't notice any difference with a more expensive SSD.

wildjackson · 7 Mar 2025 at 16:29

lee32uk said:
The SN770 is fine as a boot drive. I have W11 on a 2TB one and it boots up in around 15 - 20 seconds. That is on a 9800X3D and X870E board. You won't notice any difference with a more expensive SSD.

Thanks for that

wildjackson · 7 Mar 2025 at 16:34

wildjackson said:
Thanks for that

Can I ask, what do you think of the spec I'm looking at? Cheers

Tetras · 7 Mar 2025 at 18:21

wildjackson said:
Can I ask, what do you think of the spec I'm looking at? Cheers

In what context?

This context?

wildjackson said:
Yeah, it's purely for gaming. I'm just looking for 1440 as I'm using my tv in the livingroom. I'm not needing crazy fps either.

If so, I think you're paying more than you need to.

A spec like this would be fine:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Eight Core 5.50GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02676) = £314.99
1 x AMD Ryzen - Monster Hunter Wilds Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-04648) = £0.00
1 x Asrock B850 Pro-A WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-04004) = £167.99
1 x Crucial Pro OC 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-02219) = £80.98
1 x Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 Gaming 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-03986) = £539.99
1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £99.95
1 x Montech AIR 903 Base Midi-Tower Tempered Glass - Black (SKU: CAS-MON-01227) = £49.99
1 x Asus TUF Gaming 850W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-060-AS) = £114.90

1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £22.99

Total: £1,403.77 (includes delivery: £11.98)