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So I mentioned in my introduction that I hadn't built a new Gaming PC in close to 20-years, this was mainly due to working abroad for two-thirds of the year from my early 20's, I'd pretty much fell into the quick pick up and play hole of console gaming whenever I was home in the UK, anyways a few years ago (Pretty much 2020 and we all know what happened that year!) my life calmed down, I've been spending more time in the UK and I went ahead treat myself to a Steamdeck, and well that PC gaming itch returned after 20-years! So, over the next month or so I'm planning on putting a full setup together, to include monitor (1440p) and peripherals, so far, I'm looking at:

PC Specs:

  • Mobo: Asus ROG Strix - B650E-E Gaming Wifi
  • CPU: AMD 7800X3D
  • AIO: Deepcool LT720
  • RAM: Lexar Ares 32GB (2x16gb) DDR5 6400mhz - CL32
  • GPU: ASRock Taichi RX 7900XTX (Although I will be keeping an eye on the 4080 Super range of partner cards)
  • Storage: 1 x Crucial P5 Plus 500gb and 1 x Crucial P5 Plus 2tb
  • PSU: Corsair RM850e
  • Case: Lian Li Lancool 216

Peripherals:

  • Monitor: LG OLED 27GR95QE - May wait on this as I've been looking at the new OLEDs announced at CES, so may potentially pick up a cheaper monitor and wait it out for a newer OLED
  • Keyboard: Steelseries APEX TKL
  • Mouse: Logitech G502 X Plus
Any further recommendations or feedback is more than welcome!
 
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Tiamat21 said:
Out of curiosity have you looked at SFF cases? The performance in that space has come leaps and bounds in just the last 5 years.
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Yeah I've looked at some Small Form Factor stuff, I'm not someone who likes to be limited, I'd like to think I can get a case which I can keep building in as and when I decided to add / upgrade to new hardware, it may also sound stupid considering what hardware I've listed above, but I'm generally happy with a cheap and cheerful case, which is simple to build in and has decent enough thermals / airflow, from what I can see the 216 ticks all those boxes, with 3 system fans also included and a fan/rgb hub controller as a little bonus.
 
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mickyflinn said:
A small undervolt would help but it's best to slightly oversize the PSU, Asrock reccomends a 1000w .

Plus it will keep you in good stead for future upgrades.
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May look at knocking down the 500gb M.2 to something smaller/cheaper (was only wanting to use it for OS and some system apps) and then go for the corsair equivalent 1000w, thanks for the head up!
 
clv101 said:
A decent 850W is plenty for that system, over spec PSU is an easy way to waste money on a PC build.
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Cheers man, as I've put in Post #8, I may also weigh up the option of swapping out the P5 Plus 500gb for something a little cheaper and see if I can stretch to the 1000w, happy for the feedback though as I'm pretty much settled on the build, pending 4080 Super cards.
 
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It's wild how power hungry the amd cards are.
The sf750 platinum is used for the 4090 without issue in sff builds.
 
If you go 1000w psu, both of these are still on offer making them pretty good value as others seem to be back at full price. If you go AMD route the older rm1000x will do. If you go 4000 series then you'll want the shift as its atx 3.0 compliant and comes with cable for plugging into the gpu. It uses pcie slots and cable merges into single cable with 12 pin for gpu...so works well with AMD also as plenty of pcie sockets. The shift has its sockets on the side for easy installing/removing/adding cables once installed..just need to check case has a bit of space to allow cables on side.
Both have 10yrs warranties etc, and a step up from corsairs e series psu's(7yrs warranty...though they're still good)

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £312.94 (includes delivery: £7.99)​
 
Also, haven't checked price on that ram but 6000c30 ram might be cheaper, and prob runs r
Just as well with the better timings...cant remember but think it was kit guru that tested 6000c30 against 7200c36 ram and in gaming the 6000c30 got better fps(was with a 7800x3d) as timings made more of a difference
I have the strix b650e gaming mobo and love it but you could drop to the tuf gaming wifi for 169.99 to save a bit. GPU slot is pcie4 rather than 5, but comes with a pcie5 nvme slot
 
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So, small update on where I stand and a few changes:

PC Specs:


  • Mobo: Asus ROG Strix - B650E-E Gaming Wifi - Now Purchased
  • CPU: AMD 7800X3D - Now Purchased
  • AIO: Deepcool LT720 - Now Purchased
  • RAM: Lexar Ares 32GB (2x16gb) DDR5 6400mhz - CL32 - Now Purchased
  • GPU: ASRock Taichi RX 7900XTX (Although I will be keeping an eye on the 4080 Super range of partner cards)
  • Storage: 1 x Crucial P5 Plus 500gb and 1 x Crucial P5 Plus 2tb - Now Purchased
  • PSU: Corsair RM850e Corsair RM1000x - Now Purchased
  • Case: Lian Li Lancool 216
 
So another BIG (foreshadowing) update today:

After waiting on the 4080 Super release and reviews today before pulling the trigger on the 7900XTX Taichi, so come today and I had the option to get the absolute chungus of a Gigabyte Aorus 4080 Super MASTER for only £50 more than the 7900XTX, so I've the pulled the trigger there and this is now the full build:

PC Specs:

  • Mobo: Asus ROG Strix - B650E-E Gaming Wifi - Now Purchased
  • CPU: AMD 7800X3D - Now Purchased
  • AIO: Deepcool LT720 - Now Purchased
  • RAM: Lexar Ares 32GB (2x16gb) DDR5 6400mhz - CL32 - Now Purchased
  • GPU: ASRock Taichi RX 7900XTX Gigabyte Aorus 4080 Super MASTER - Now Purchased
  • Storage: 1 x Crucial P5 Plus 500gb and 1 x Crucial P5 Plus 2tb - Now Purchased
  • PSU: Corsair RM850e Corsair RM1000x - Now Purchased
  • Case: Lian Li Lancool 216 - Now Purchased
 
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