Soldato
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I didn't say order the stuff I was just giving AN EXAMPLE. Also he said budget of £1500. I'm under that.
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I didn't say order the stuff I was just giving AN EXAMPLE. Also he said budget of £1500. I'm under that.
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Thanks for that, I appreciate any help
so you example of what he should be in unlatched crap..
Soldato
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Could be worse, could have bought a 13900KF. haha
Going to make any suggestions or just be a troll?
and what do you have?
If building yourself something like this would fit the bill, although it's an iffy time to buy due to upcoming GPU availability and launches:
My basket at OcUK:
Went M-ATX as a personal preference, I find the smaller form factor preferable. You could save £40 and opt for the 7600 instead, the 9700X averages out at a few percent faster, but there is the odd game that sees uplift closer to 20-30%, that said the CPU tends to matter less at higher resolutions such as 4K. As a note, you can find Windows licences for around £10-20, but you can also run without one and only lose minor functionality with the O/S.
You won't be gaming at 8K, but you should be able to run 4K depending on the title, especially with FSR/XeSS upscaling etc. I do find that Nvidia do a better job with upscaling tech in the form of DLSS, I would advise waiting until the 20th and trying your luck at getting the new 5070ti.
That or the new AMD cards which I believe are due sometime in March.
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Six Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02677) = £239.99
- 1 x Asrock B850M-X (Socket AM5) DDR5 mATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-04011) = £114.99
- 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-00997) = £89.99
- 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
- 1 x Aerocool Dryft Mini v2 Micro-ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00607) = £55.00
- 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58G-WD) = £104.98
- 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 7900 XT HellHound 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1AR-PC) = £620.00
- 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.98
Total: £1,351.87 (includes delivery: £11.98)
Went M-ATX as a personal preference, I find the smaller form factor preferable. You could save £40 and opt for the 7600 instead, the 9700X averages out at a few percent faster, but there is the odd game that sees uplift closer to 20-30%, that said the CPU tends to matter less at higher resolutions such as 4K. As a note, you can find Windows licences for around £10-20, but you can also run without one and only lose minor functionality with the O/S.
You won't be gaming at 8K, but you should be able to run 4K depending on the title, especially with FSR/XeSS upscaling etc. I do find that Nvidia do a better job with upscaling tech in the form of DLSS, I would advise waiting until the 20th and trying your luck at getting the new 5070ti.
That or the new AMD cards which I believe are due sometime in March.
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Wow, thanks for all the info. I think I'm going to have to do a bit of reading.
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Building is pretty straight forward now and it does result in your getting more for your money, as well as higher quality parts. You just need to take your time and ask questions when unsure, there's plenty of detailed build guides out there on youtube etc.