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Coming back to pc

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Hi guys been out of the pc scene for a fair few years now, looking to get back into it have a 1440p monitor already so don’t need that or any peripherals.

Budget is £2000/2500

I played the total war franchise and Battlefield, plus hoping to play gta6 whenever that come out

What’s the best sort of build I can get no restrictions on size of case

Tia
 
Pre-built or build yourself?

Do you have any PC parts at all?

Can you source (used or new) RAM or SSD from anywhere/friends at a discount?
 
I can build it, nope need everything including windows budget is somewhat flexible
 
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My basket at OcUK:
Total: GBP2209.83 (includes delivery: GBP0.00)​

M-ATX, preference of mine but if you'd rather go ATX it can be done for around the same money (perhaps a bit more).

The 360mm AiO is overkill, a £30 air cooler such as the Thermalright Peerless Assassin or Phantom Spirit would be ample.

You could consider dropping down to the 7800X3D for a roughly £80 saving, there's not usually that much between them but there is the odd game that massively favours the 9850X3D.

You can source W11 keys for £15-20, I'd not pay retail pricing for Windows.
 
Not a lot of info on your current system or preferred gaming resolution, but I would assume 1440p-4k? If so there is not a massive uplift from the 7800X3D to 9850X3D, if you can tell the difference between both these CPU's without an overlay comparison, well great.

I will put together a white ATX build, motherboard chosen for it's NVMe capacity and 5gb lan with WiFi. 7800X3D because great deal, and if you do want better, wait for Zen 6 to stabilize. KLEVV NVMe simply because TLC and endurance, you won't notice a difference between Gen 4/5 in normal human use, but its a higher spec build where it matters.

I have chosen an air cooler, because currently by shopping around the non RGB white Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 can be bought for £27 which is a great deal. If you want an AIO well there are options.
For the PSU well if going white I quite like Montech platimum models in particular the 1000w as its one of the quietest and reviewed well, the Montech Titan PLA 1000w is Seasonic made with a 10yr guarantee and A rated.
You could go with 850w too, but everyone loves to overspec these. I also love Seasonic PSU's but there is no stock in white of the Seasonic Core GX-850w white model.
Case, well this was originally £150 and has decent fans, at a knock down price, I want one at that price, I don't need it, but the wife says NO.

My basket at OcUK:
Total: GBP2291.88 (includes delivery: GBP12.99)​
 
£365 (incl. VAT)
£260 (incl. VAT)
£480 (incl. VAT)
£429 (incl. VAT)
£340 (incl. VAT)
£300 (incl. VAT)
£950 (incl. VAT)
£900 (incl. VAT)
£50 (incl. VAT)
£25 (incl. VAT)
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Thanks guys I don’t have anything at the moment just an asus 1440p screen so starting from scratch
 
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