Building my first Gaming Pc

[SASKiller23]

Hi, I’m pretty New to PC. And switching over from console. I’m looking for a PC that can run modern and old games with lots of mods. I plan to use a lot of mods in games like RDR2, GTA, Skyrim, Minecraft and other popular modded games probably and I’m gonna be playing a lot of games and buy new ones potentially AAA titles. I plan to use the computer for gaming mostly.

I plan to buy the parts on 14th November.

I wanted to check if the parts I picked out were a good enough build. My budget is around £1700 - £1900.

I haven’t picked out a keyboard and mouse yet and I’ve chosen an AOC 1440p 27” monitor but I might want an MSI 4k one.


My PC Parts are:

- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor
- Noctua NH-U14S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler
- Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard
- G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory
- Western Digital WD_Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
- PowerColor Reaper Radeon RX 9070 16 GB Video Card
- Fractal Design Epoch RGB ATX Mid Tower Case
- be quiet! Pure Power 12 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply

I’m flexible to changing the case. But that all come to around £1818 and all of the parts are from the Overclockers site.

There’s also another build that was reccomend for me that the user said has better 15% gaming performance than the build above but all the parts were from different sites.

2nd PC Build suggestion:

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor​

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler​

Asus TUF GAMING B650-PLUS ATX AM5 Motherboard​

Klevv BOLT V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL30 Memory​

Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive​

Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card​

Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case​

Montech CENTURY II 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply​

MSI MPG 272URX QD-OLED 27.0" 3840 x 2160 240 Hz Monitor​

This build comes to £1730 but could go up.

Was wondering which build would be better for me. And if I should change anything. You can add keyboard and mouse too btw. Thank you!

 

[Tetras]

Was wondering which build would be better for me. And if I should change anything.

Is complicated to answer that, the answer won't always be the same, because it varies based on game and resolution/settings.

Personally, I'd be happier with the 9800X3D and 9070 because the 9070 is still plenty powerful and you'll have a good balance there, though if 4K was a certainty I might change my choice.

That said, with the budget that you have, I think it'd be a mistake to buy a 9600X, unless you were planning to upgrade that CPU to the 10800X3D (or whatever it is called by then).

 

[Gray2233]

I'd opt for something more akin to this for your budget, some of your choices are a little bit iffy such as last gen motherboards etc. It's M-ATX as that's a preference of mine, but you could do a standard midi-tower for roughly the same money.

Included a monitor and mouse, both are very good options for the prices they're at right now, I've not listed a keyboard as I find them very much down to personal taste, you might have a hard preference for switch types that I don't.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-03983) = £559.99
• 1 x Sapphire Nitro+ B850M WiFi (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-SPR-05690) = £139.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 850W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02519) = £104.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus 7300 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-GIG-05732) = £119.99
• 1 x Antec CX600M ARGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-04160) = £54.95
• 1 x Crucial Pro OC 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-02219) = £139.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £399.95
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Glorious Model O- USB RGB Odin Optical Gaming Mouse - Matte Black (GOM-BLACK) (SKU: KB-00S-GR) = £19.99
• 1 x AOC 27" Q27G4XF 2560x1440 Fast IPS 180Hz 1ms A-Sync Widescreen Gaming Monitor (SKU: MON-AOC-03326) = £118.99

Total: £1,688.82 (includes delivery: £0.00)​