Build for about 1k

[Muska]

I have a friend who is looking for a build for sim racing. Iracing, Le Mans Ultimate etc. probably single screen to start with - let’s say 2k resolution, with potential to move to triple monitors in the future.

He’s come to me with this pre built spec, to my untrained eye it looks like there is good scope to upgrade cpu/ram in the future if more performance was needed, but could it be beat for about £1k?

Case
PCS PRISM II ARGB MID TOWER CASE (PWM)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-5.0GHz/38MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE B850M D3HP (mATX, AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0)
Memory (RAM)
32GB PCS PRO DDR5 4800MHz CL40 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB ASUS DUAL GEFORCE RTX 4060 EVO OC - HDMI, 3 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3500 MB/R, 3100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W CX SERIES CX-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 100 ARGB V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit

Thanks in advance

 

[Tetras]

He’s come to me with this pre built spec, to my untrained eye it looks like there is good scope to upgrade cpu/ram in the future if more performance was needed, but could it be beat for about £1k?

Do you mean with a DIY?

Here's an attempt, the Windows license is always a pain with these kind of builds:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12600K 3.70GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-69X-IN) = £149.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B760 DS3H AX (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03572) = £129.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro OC 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-02219) = £80.99
• 1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00767) = £379.99
• 1 x Team Group MP33 PRO 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen3 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02681) = £44.00
• 1 x Montech AIR 903 Base Midi-Tower Tempered Glass - Black (SKU: CAS-MON-01227) = £49.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95

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

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632) (SKU: SW-18J-MS) = £107.99

Total: £1,050.88 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Muska]

Thanks Tetras, I did mean with a diy build yes, I’m happy putting a build together to help him out.

I believe he could probably ditch the licence key from his build costs if it meant much to the spec. Thanks very much for such a quick reply.

 

[Tetras]

I believe he could probably ditch the licence key from his build costs if it meant much to the spec.

Yeah, it would help, since you could fit AM5 instead (better future CPU upgradability).

There's also potential for a 7800 XT, or maybe even a 9070 (launches in a few days), though that would mean compromises on the rest of the build that might only make sense for higher resolutions and from what I'm aware, those kind of racing games can be demanding on the CPU?

 

[Muska]

You’re correct, they do tend to ask a lot more of the cpu. My build (in sig, which I believe you helped spec too) has performed really well with AM5, sim racing titles do seem to perform well with AMD chips.

 

[Threepwood]

I believe he could probably ditch the licence key from his build costs

I agree, saving £108 isn't to be sniffed at to simply use a trial, unactivated unpersonalisationalwindows instead
given the option, I would never pay to activate windows because I don't need to, unlocking personalisation means nothing to me, I'd simply rather not pay £100+ to do i,so I don't.
It is a tribky one, one has to wonder how micro$oft do out of having free versions of window being able to use, but I guess that that is a great platform to sell an OS from