Custom Overclockers Gaming PC

jamso

jamso

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Hi,
I am looking at purchasing a Overclockers custom PC. Would you be able to check my build and offer any advice please?
The PC will be used for gaming at 1080p on games such as Sim4, ARK, Overwatch and MMO's.
This is the build I came up with
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-tech-labs-intel-10th-gen-comet-lake-midi-tower-gaming-pc-configurator-fs-01y-tl.html#p=bOge3?ZybPko3u,_bPkp3u,ybPkq3v+$bPkr3u+_bPks3x6)bPkt3u*:bPkA3u)(bPkB3u)xbPkC3u(3bPkD3u('bPkE3u(ubPkF3u'1bPkG3u'3bPkH3u'!bPkI3u'~bPkJ3u'?bPkK3u'/bPkL3u$/bPkM3u!4bPkN3u~4bPkO3u~)bPkP3u~WbPkQ3u_xbPkR3u_W


Case - Lian-Li Lancool 205 Midi Tower Case - White Window - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lian-li-lancool-205-midi-tower-case-white-window-ca-786-ll.html
(I want a white case so don't really want to change this)

CPU - Core i5-10600K 4.10GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - OEM - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/intel-core-i5-10600k-4.10ghz-comet-lake-socket-lga1200-processor-oem-cp-684-in.html
(From my research the performance gain from the i7 isn't much for gaming over the i5? Is the 10th gen intel worth getting over the 9th gen?)

CPU Cooler -Cryorig H7 Single Tower Heatsink with 120mm Fan - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cryorig-h7-single-tower-heatsink-with-120mm-fan-hs-008-cy.html
(I'm not sure what to pick here. Any advice? I would like a fan design that is quiet and good cooling)

Motherboard - Gigabyte Z490-UD AC (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigabyte-z490-ud-ac-socket-lga-1200-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-588-gi.html
(I don't know what to pick here. Any advice? I won't be overclocking ever. Want M.2 SSD support, 32GB Ram, and some future-proofing if I upgrade parts in the future.

Memory - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team-group-vulcan-z-t-force-32gb-2x16gb-ddr4-pc4-24000c16-3000mhz-dual-channel-kit-grey-my-0ab-tg.html
(Wanted 32GB RAM for multitasking. Is the Corsair version worth the extra ££ ? )

Graphics Card - Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER WindForce OC 3X 8G 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-2070-super-windforce-oc-3x-8g-8192mb-gddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1b3-gi.html
(This card should give me good gaming performance and I've read it's one of the coolest running 2070 cards? Low temperature is important to me. I would get the new 3070 but that doesn't seem like it will be available any time soon)

M.2 SSD - WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (S100T2B0C) - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-blue-sn550-1tb-nvme-m.2-2280-pcie-gen3-solid-state-drive-wds100t2b0c-hd-56l-wd.html
(Is this one fine?)

Power Supply - Kolink Modular Power 600W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kolink-modular-power-600w-80-plus-bronze-modular-power-supply-ca-04j-kk.html
(Is 600W fine for this build and if I upgraded to a 3070 in the future?)

Thank you.
 
Kolink PSUs are completely substandard cheapos for the budget and big no if you wont long time PC.
Already "rear lights disappearing behind bend of the road" 3 year warranty tells that.

Bitfenix Formula would be absolute starting level for such budget PC.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitfenix-formula-series-650w-80-plus-gold-power-supply-ca-22z-bx.html
Seasonic Core is 7 year warranty modular PSU.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seasonic-core-gold-gc-650-650w-80-gold-power-supply-ca-070-ss.html


10th gen Intel is architecturally same as 9th gen Intel and in fact same as 2015's 6th gen Skylake.
Intel's clock hasn't said tick or tock in long time and their "advance" has been re-re-rebranding same old architecture and manufacturing node.

Would be really better to wait little for AMD's Zen3 architecture CPUs.
That would give PCIe express v4 and AMD also has good upgrade path all the way to 16 cores, if you later want to play heavier games.
Intel simply keeps prices of old models high instead of lowering them.

Now is really bad time to buy graphics card when prices really haven't lowered.
That old gen card is below GPU of coming Xbox.
AMD has new cards coming out in couple weeks.
 
Thanks for the reply EsaT.
I will upgrade the PSU as suggested to the Seasonic version as the Bitfenix is not an option on the Overclockers custom PC's. Do you think the 650w version is fine, and will it be suitable if I upgrade to a 3070 in the future?

I will look at the 9th gen Intel builds as well then if there are no huge performance difference between the two?
I'm quite keen to purchase this PC in November, and do have some bias towards Intel. What's the advantage of PCIe v4 ? Do any of the motherboards on the custom PC page support it? I'm really not sure what motherboard or CPU heat sink to pick with this Intel build.

I would love to get the 3070 straight away, but again, due to wanting to purchase in November I don't think it will be possible to get the 3070. I feel like people will struggle to get these this side of Christmas ?? I may upgrade to one a year or two down the line, and that is why I want to make sure the build has to ability to upgrade in the future.
Although I may be forced to wait with my order with the recent lockdown news. Overclockers may be forced to close?

Thanks,
 
Quality 650W PSU is plenty for typical mid budget gaming PCs unless you're into overlocking... Or that should be really called as overvolting nowadays.
(blowing up power consumption and heat output)
Only very high end PCs risk needing more.
Though with increasing price of the parts power draw rises, especially in case of graphics cards.

But 3070 card using PC would put something like 300W load on PSU.
Though some non-reference cards can have more bloated power consumption.
(anyway AMD's RDNA2 cards might well be better choises)


Because of Intel's greed third rebrandings of 6th gen Skylake are without hyperthreading.
After basically killing advance of game development for over half dozen years with "four cores is high end" leeching Intel was still trying to slow down advance.
And then releasing third socket for the same architecture there's of course no upgrade path.

Because of that it actually become possible for consoles to catch and even exceed average PC used for gaming in power:
New Xbox to be released in 10th day has 8 core/16 thread CPU. Pretty much non-boosting Ryzen 3700X.
And 7 cores are dedicated exclusively for games.
So in few years heaviest games demand lot from CPU.
On other side Xbox Scarlett (better name than official Series X) also has 10GB of the memory intended for usage of GPU... Which is 2GB more than skimping Nvidia put on 3070
 
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