Birthday build for son

[dorgoo]

Hi guys, it's my sons birthday coming up in a couple of weeks and he's asked for a gaming PC. ( currently gaming on a laptop)

Does this build look sensible? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asrock B850M Pro RS WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-04008) = £164.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Six Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02677) = £229.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen - Monster Hunter Wilds Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-04648) = £0.00
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £79.99
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03129) = £99.95
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 850W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02519) = £104.99
• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Phoenix V1 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GNW-04853) = £728.98
• 1 x NVIDIA - DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Edition Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-NVI-05178) = £0.00
• 1 x Antec CX600M ARGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-04160) = £54.95

Total: £1,493.83 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

He wants to be able to play modern games with all the features like Ray Tracing and DLSS.

I am able source a monitor and peripherals so its just the desktop.

Budget wise i don't really want to go beyond £1500.

Many thank's.

 

[ED209]

What games would he be playing and what monitor would you be getting? (1080P/1440P etc)

For £12 more you can get this ram, its C30 instead of C36

Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel

Order Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

Edit, sorry, just double checked and its £23 pound more.

Its still the cheapest C30 ram you can get from OCUK

 

[Tetras]

Does this build look sensible? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Looks fine to me.

 

[Quartz]

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Six Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02677) = £229.99

Might prefer an 8 core cpu.

 

[Rob_B]

Nothing to really change, couple of options though...

Take a look at the Hardware Unboxed review of the 9600X and see what games he will play, it's not hugely faster than the 7600X in gaming (i.e. a couple of percent) but the 7600X can be had for under £200
If you want DLSS/RT then Nvidia is your best bet, only alternative is the 9070XT which is a bit slower in raster, slower again in RT but can be picked up for £660 so a not-insignificant difference % wise

Again though your build looks fine so this is purely so you know your options.

Would pickup the C30 RAM if it were me for the extra few quid.

 

[dorgoo]

What games would he be playing and what monitor would you be getting? (1080P/1440P etc)

For £12 more you can get this ram, its C30 instead of C36

Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel

Order Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

Edit, sorry, just double checked and its £23 pound more.

Its still the cheapest C30 ram you can get from OCUK

Would be gaming at 1440p.
So you think the extra £23 is worth paying for the other Ram?

 

[dorgoo]

Might prefer an 8 core cpu.

For about the same price, look's good.

Nothing to really change, couple of options though...

Take a look at the Hardware Unboxed review of the 9600X and see what games he will play, it's not hugely faster than the 7600X in gaming (i.e. a couple of percent) but the 7600X can be had for under £200
If you want DLSS/RT then Nvidia is your best bet, only alternative is the 9070XT which is a bit slower in raster, slower again in RT but can be picked up for £660 so a not-insignificant difference % wise

Again though your build looks fine so this is purely so you know your options.

Would pickup the C30 RAM if it were me for the extra few quid.

I'll take a look, thank's.

 

[mickyflinn]

Would be gaming at 1440p.
So you think the extra £23 is worth paying for the other Ram?

20% extra in cost won't equate to that in performance maybe a few more fps.

 

[dfour]

Just to throw this out there

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-00996) = £79.99
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03129) = £99.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £449.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B850M GAMING X WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03861) = £184.99
• 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £54.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5070 Solid 12GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-04530) = £494.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - DOOM: The Dark Ages Premium Edition Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-NVI-05178) = £0.00
• 1 x Lian Li Edge Gold 850W Black Power Supply (SKU: POW-LIA-03764) = £95.99

Total: £1,490.88 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Best gaming cpu you can buy in exchange for less gpu power.
You could run the 750 watt lian li edge instead to save another tenner.
The x3d chips dont care about the ram cas speed so no need to more expensive memory.

 

[tamzzy]

£50 overbudget but...7800x3d and 9070xt

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £399.95
• 1 x Gigabyte B850M DS3H (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03862) = £139.99
• 1 x PNY XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-51200C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-PNY-04564) = £77.99
• 1 x Team Group MP44L 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-03129) = £99.95
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Hellhound 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-04016) = £668.98
• 1 x Lian Li Edge Gold 750W Black Power Supply (SKU: POW-LIA-03766) = £86.00
• 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £54.99
• 1 x Thermalright Assassin King 120 SE ARGB CPU Air Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-03268) = £19.99

Total: £1,547.84 (includes delivery: £0.00)​