Been A While - Help with Build Please...

Crazy_Mayes

Crazy_Mayes

Crazy_Mayes

Associate
Joined
6 Mar 2020
Posts
5
So, it's been a while since I last did a PC Build. Approx 2011 infact, when I bought a I7-2700K rig from OC!

This is what I am looking at... anything obviously wrong, missing or you think tweakable here?

OcUK Tech Labs Intel 13th Gen "Raptor Lake" Pro Gaming PC Configurator

SKU FS-022-TL

  • 1x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Mid Tower Case - Matte White with dRGB fans
  • 1x Intel Core i9-13900KF (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail
  • 1x Asus Prime Z790-P (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard
  • 1x MSI MAG CORELIQUID P360 Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 360mm
  • 1x Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C40 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit
  • 1x Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card
  • 1x Corsair RMx Series RM1000x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020201-UK)
  • 1x WD Black SN850X 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2X0E)
  • 1x WD Black SN850X 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2X0E)
  • 1x Asus AX1800 Dual Band PCI-E WiFi 6 Network Adapter
  • 1x Kolink Core Adept Braided Cable Extension Kit - Brilliant White
  • 1x Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced - Systems

Quantity: 1

£2,550.79
 
Predominantly wanting high end gaming. Am currently running x3 monitors at 5760x1080 with NVIDIA surround. £2500 is pretty much my max, and no I can't be bothered to self build anymore, I'm getting too lazy in my old age. Aiming for this to last 10yrs, with GPU upgrades along the way.
 
Last edited:
This is what I'd suggest, for the same build option:

My basket at OcUK:
  • 1 x OcUK Tech Labs Intel 13th Gen "Raptor Lake" Pro Gaming PC Configurator (SKU: FS-022-TL) = £2,519.81
    • Cases: 1 x Lian Li Lancool III Full Tower PC Case - Black
    • CPU: 1 x Intel Core i7-13700KF (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail
    • Motherboard: 1 x Asus Prime Z790-P WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard
    • CPU Cooler: 1 x MSI MAG CORELIQUID P360 Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 360mm
    • Memory: 1 x Kingston FURY Beast 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C40BBK2-64)
    • Graphics Card: 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT Pulse 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • Power Supply: 1 x MSI MPG A1000G PCIE5 UK PSU 1000W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply
    • Primary M.2 Solid State Drive: 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E)
    • Secondary M.2 Solid State Drive: 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E)
    • Operating System: 1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home Advanced - Systems

Total: £2,527.80 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Changes:
- Downgrade CPU one tier, don't need 16 E-Cores for gaming, I'd only buy a 13900K/KF for a workstation.
- Switch motherboard to onboard wifi model (appears to be cheaper too, don't know why).
- Upgrade RAM to 64GB, the rest of the PC is high-end, so why not?
- Upgrade graphics card by one tier: for £2500, just a 4070 is rather... poop.
- Downgrade SSDs by one tier, but upgrade their capacity to 2TB. SN850X is a good drive, but for gaming the DRAMless SN770 is fine.
- Changed the case, mainly for cost reasons.

If the whole build had to be white, then I'd suggest something like this, but I don't know how much OCUK would charge to build it:

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £2,371.67 (includes delivery: £11.99)​
 
Intel Core i7-13700F (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail
CP-6BD-IN
£350 (incl. VAT)
Find out more
Phanteks Eclipse P600S Matte White Mid-Tower
CA-0AW-PT
£175 (incl. VAT)
£120 (incl. VAT)
Find out more
Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632)
SW-18J-MS
£120 (incl. VAT)
£108 (incl. VAT)
Find out more
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom