First time build in years... Compatiable spec check please.

[Blackvault]

My first PC build in probably 5-10 years and was hoping for a quick scan over my components to ensure they are compatible and I've not missed anything. I've no case as OCUK currently is out of stock of the Fractical Meshify S2, but competitors have them. I'd like to play 1140p and maybe 4K (at a reduced setting if needed) gaming and record music. Anything need changed?


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-12700K 3.60GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail= £375.00
• 1 x MSI Pro Z690-A WiFi - Intel Z690 DDR5 ATX Motherboard= £219.95
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 3070 Ti TUF OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £999.95
• 1 x Corsair RM Series RM850 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020196-UK)= £96.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £169.99
• 1 x Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H100i Elite CAPELLIX RGB Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 240mm (CW-9060046= £149.95
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632)= £106.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C)= £89.99
• 1 x Crucial P2 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive= £68.99
• 1 x Arctic MX-5 Thermal Paste with Spatula (8g)= £8.99

Total: £2,297.85 (includes shipping: £11.10)
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[Blackvault]

Thanks for that suggestion @jigger

 

[Blackvault]

1920x1080 isn’t very demanding on hardware. You could probably drop down to a RX 6600XT and Ryzen 5600G.

I actually should say, I'd like to game at 1440p rather than 1080p (I can't even do that at the moment). I'll update my post.

Be careful, you've specced a DDR5 motherboard with DDR4 ram, incompatible.

Good spot. I assume DDR5 motherboards don't have backward compatibility with DD4R?

 

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Nope, but I did read Asus are designing a DDR4->DDR5 adapter, but it's not out yet and obviously an outlier.

Basically, buy a mobo to go with the ram you buy.

I just built a 12700K with DDR4 ram/mobo and it flies.

Thanks for confirming that.
Something like this then:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ntel-z690-ddr4-atx-motherboard-mb-6h0-as.html

 

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Not seeing the extra £90 over the one I bought.

▷ MSI Pro Z690-A DDR4 - Intel Z690 DDR4 ATX Mot… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)

There's a wi-fi version of this (if you need that) but OCUK don't stock it.

Absolutely cracking board, there was an issue with it not coming out of sleep properly, but that's already been sorted with a V1.24 beta bios.

Chers, that looks just as good as any. I'd like one with Wifi as it will save on having a dongle/Wireless card etc. Before I press the buy button anything else from the spec I listed that could do with a change?