Building first pc!

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Hii! I’m looking to buy parts in order to build a pc, my budget is around £2.5k (including monitors) but can be more if beneficial . I’m looking for it to be primarily for gaming, is there any advice for parts as i’m unsure where to start


Looking for the best i can get for the budget

 

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Are there any particular genres of game you prefer to play? Are you hardcore into CoD or WoW or is it more general?

If primarily gaming, what sort of secondary tasks do you intend to use it for?

edit: Regardless, this would play pretty much everything out with good performance:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Sapphire Nitro+ B850M WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-SPR-05690) = £139.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro OC 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-02219) = £329.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £259.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 850W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02519) = £104.99
• 1 x PHANTEKS XT M3 Micro-ATX Case, includes 3x 120mm Fans - Black (SKU: CAS-PHK-05735) = £52.90
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.98
• 1 x Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-03983) = £650.00
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £399.94
• 1 x Philips Evnia 34" 34M2C6500/00 3440x1440 QD-OLED 175Hz 1ms FreeSync Curved Ultrawide Gaming Monitor (SKU: MON-PHP-03331) = £548.99

Total: £2,516.77 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Included a 34" Ultrawide OLED, an ultrawide might not necessarily be ideal for the games you play but it's a preference of mine and I own a variant of the monitor I've listed. A more traditional resolution OLED such as a 27" 1440P can also be had for £400-500, or you may prefer to opt for a non OLED for whatever reason, I will say that OLED will give you the best image quality out of current monitor tech.

I've listed an M-ATX setup as again that's my preference, you could build a standard ATX for similar money.

There is the odd saving to be had here and there, but I wouldn't say it'd be worth it as you've a very healthy budget.

Thank you! I will definitely look into these, primarily it will be used for gaming..which to be honest will be its main purpose, so the rest isn’t a worry

I initially hoped to have two monitors, but the monitor you showed looks really good in terms of image quality etc! And I hope to get into more hardcore games as with windows, steam will allow me to play them