AM5 build spec 1440p £1200 ish

BAcon said:
Yeah I'd buy it now with the lian li but OCUK don't have stock.
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Hmm, hardly anything in stock. There's a Phanteks AMP GH (Platinum) 1000 for £129. Though, warranty is 8 year and no reviews.

Antec HCG Pro Platinum is £160, nice PSU (drawn from Seasonic's Vertex), but pricey.
 
Grabbed a GPU and case today, XFX 7900XT and the Lian Li 207.
Some may disagree at my coarse of action but I don't want to wait until January/February for this build. No guarantee when they will arrive, Q1 is the info I can find, but that could slip, stock could be poor, or prices could be ridiculous. Likewise there is no certainty how existing gpus will be discounted. It was sub £550 which seemed reasonable and should last me a while. For the sake of potentially saving £100 in 2 months, I took the plunge.


PSU - I am tempted by the NZXT C1200 for the head room.
Mobo - First choice of Asrock B650 PG lightening seems hard to find in stock. Might go Livemixer or the MSI Mag Tomahawk.


Appreciate everyone's feedback, they have all been taken into account :) but I've been navigating lack of stock, variable pricing and all sorts to get to a final parts list I can get within budget!

But overall I will be under £1500 for the lot.

*AMD Ryzen 7 7700
*Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120
*Motherboard as above - not bought
*32gb Corsair Vengeance 6000 cl30
*XFX 7900XT 20GB
*1TB Lexar NM790 boot drive
*2TB Crucial T500 game drive
*Lian Li 207
*NZXT C1200 PSU - not bought
*Dell G2724D 27" 1440p
*G502 Hero
*Mechanical gaming keyboard - not bought

I think this is decent for the budget, hopefully you all agree!
 
BAcon said:
Grabbed a GPU and case today, XFX 7900XT and the Lian Li 207.
Some may disagree at my coarse of action but I don't want to wait until January/February for this build. No guarantee when they will arrive, Q1 is the info I can find, but that could slip, stock could be poor, or prices could be ridiculous. Likewise there is no certainty how existing gpus will be discounted. It was sub £550 which seemed reasonable and should last me a while. For the sake of potentially saving £100 in 2 months, I took the plunge.


PSU - I am tempted by the NZXT C1200 for the head room.
Mobo - First choice of Asrock B650 PG lightening seems hard to find in stock. Might go Livemixer or the MSI Mag Tomahawk.


Appreciate everyone's feedback, they have all been taken into account :) but I've been navigating lack of stock, variable pricing and all sorts to get to a final parts list I can get within budget!

But overall I will be under £1500 for the lot.

*AMD Ryzen 7 7700
*Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120
*Motherboard as above - not bought
*32gb Corsair Vengeance 6000 cl30
*XFX 7900XT 20GB
*1TB Lexar NM790 boot drive
*2TB Crucial T500 game drive
*Lian Li 207
*NZXT C1200 PSU - not bought
*Dell G2724D 27" 1440p
*G502 Hero
*Mechanical gaming keyboard - not bought

I think this is decent for the budget, hopefully you all agree!
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Would an Asus tuf gaming 1000w or nzxt c1200 be more appropriate? Both available for similar prices.

Given that I am unlikely to change GPU in this build (this will last me a while) , I won't need to consider the requirements necessarily of the next gen GPUs. I will likely add more drives, may add more fans, and will probably upgrade Cpu to an x3d if an opportunity presents itself.

Will I be under loading the 1200 too much?
 
I would be tempted to swap the 7600x for a 7700/9700 but costs do mount up

*** just spotted the update let me know how you get on with the chinese 7700 had them in my basket a few times but chickened out ***
 
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BAcon said:
Thank you, the more I read, the less I appear to know!
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To be fair, it used to be more of an issue once, but I think they've done work on optimising efficiency at low load because from what I've seen of the efficiency graphs even big PSUs have barely any difference from like 10-90%.
 
Last PSU I had was an OCZ520w, think I bought it in 2005, maybe 2006....that did infact go bang, but the replacement lasted me a long time!

I did order the nzxt c1200 in the end, not because I need anywhere near 1200w, but because as you suggested above, the efficency curve at low power requirements of 10 to 20% wasn't that significantly different to 850w models(I know 10% of the 1200w is of course a higher output than an 850w). Coupled with the fact the well rated psus that I was comparing it with, costed similar or more £. Plus the fact that nzxt c1000 was also £120. It didn't make financial sense not to.

Anyway, by Saturday I'll have everything I need to get building! Appreciate all of your help
 
BAcon said:
Last PSU I had was an OCZ520w, think I bought it in 2005, maybe 2006....that did infact go bang, but the replacement lasted me a long time!

I did order the nzxt c1200 in the end, not because I need anywhere near 1200w, but because as you suggested above, the efficency curve at low power requirements of 10 to 20% wasn't that significantly different to 850w models(I know 10% of the 1200w is of course a higher output than an 850w). Coupled with the fact the well rated psus that I was comparing it with, costed similar or more £. Plus the fact that nzxt c1000 was also £120. It didn't make financial sense not to.

Anyway, by Saturday I'll have everything I need to get building! Appreciate all of your help
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1200w gives slightly more options as GPUs become more power hungry and then you won't need to upgrade in the 10 year warranty period.

At the same price it's a no brainer.

Something to be aware of if I've not already mentioned is that first boot on AM5 can take up to 15 mins before anything shows on screen and may reboot a few times as the motherboard is training the memory.
 
Game said:
I would be tempted to swap the 7600x for a 7700/9700 but costs do mount up

*** just spotted the update let me know how you get on with the chinese 7700 had them in my basket a few times but chickened out ***
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It is allegedly in Amsterdam as of this morning, so hopefully not far away, hopefully it arrives by this weekend so I don't have to open the 7600x and can return it!
 
mickyflinn said:
1200w gives slightly more options as GPUs become more power hungry and then you won't need to upgrade in the 10 year warranty period.

At the same price it's a no brainer.

Something to be aware of if I've not already mentioned is that first boot on AM5 can take up to 15 mins before anything shows on screen and may reboot a few times as the motherboard is training the memory.
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Thanks, yeh I have read that regarding memory tuning on am5 systems.

Also managed to bag a bargain Samsung 990pro 2TB nvme today, so I'll be putting the 1TB lexar into a cheap dell laptop I picked up recently and will have 2 x 2TB in this rig.
 
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