Asking the impossible, new build budget £1300

[sybaris]

Hi
Its been a while since I posted or even built a new PC but I need another one.
Not for playing full max FPS games but running some more "gentler" games at 1440p
Mainly for home use, streaming TV, O365, meetings and general browsing

Looking for 32gb RAM
Looking for 1TB Gen 5 M.2 SSD (unless I can stick a Gen 4 in a Gen 5 slot in which case I will go for a Gen 4)
Looking for 2TB Gen 4 M.2 SSD

Something more than an i3, maybe i5/i7 or Ryzen Gen 5 7 series if budget alllows
Nice to have an AIO CPU cooler
Case no bigger than a half tower but if I can get mini or something that size, doesn't have to be fancy but would like to see RGB fans. I think Aerocool Dryft looks nice
If possible an 850W PSU that is fairly reliable brand
and lastly a reputable motherboard, ASUS, MSI or Gigabyte, with a fair number of USB ports, wi-fi, and connectors for future upgrade (I would like 3 x M.2 as a minimum)

Has anyone got any ideas?

 

[Tetras]

Looking for 1TB Gen 5 M.2 SSD (unless I can stick a Gen 4 in a Gen 5 slot in which case I will go for a Gen 4)

No problem to use a gen 4 drive in a gen 5 slot, but the motherboard in my spec is gen 4 anyway.

(I would like 3 x M.2 as a minimum)

It is hard to get more than 2x M.2 slots in a Micro-ATX board due to lack of space on the motherboard.

Nice to have an AIO CPU cooler

I dropped this because it added £50 to the build.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £179.99
• 1 x MSI Pro B650M-A WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-378-MS) = £149.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G6000HC38ADC01) (SKU: MY-0B2-TG) = £89.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 4070 VENTUS 2X E1 OC 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-MSI-03202) = £479.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £133.99
• 1 x Team Group G50 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03132) = £87.94
• 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £55.00
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 850W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-060-AS) = £89.99

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

Total: £1,289.87 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[sybaris]

Thanks, thats a really good spec. Well looks like its possible then.

No problem to use a gen 4 drive in a gen 5 slot, but the motherboard in my spec is gen 4 anyway.


It is hard to get more than 2x M.2 slots in a Micro-ATX board due to lack of space on the motherboard.


I dropped this because it added £50 to the build.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £179.99
• 1 x MSI Pro B650M-A WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-378-MS) = £149.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G6000HC38ADC01) (SKU: MY-0B2-TG) = £89.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 4070 VENTUS 2X E1 OC 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-MSI-03202) = £479.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £133.99
• 1 x Team Group G50 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03132) = £87.94
• 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £55.00
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 850W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-060-AS) = £89.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £22.99

Total: £1,289.87 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Tetras]

Well looks like its possible then.

Yep! You could easily go for a cheaper board and/or SSD(s) too, if you wanted to upgrade to a 4070 Super. I chose that particular board because you said you wanted lots of USB ports.

The 7600 has a cooler in the box, so you could dump the freezer too.

I'm hoping there will be some nice upcoming deals on the 7000 series for black friday, since most of these CPUs can be had a lot cheaper elsewhere in the world/outside of Europe.