First time gaming PC

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Hi folks,

I have used gaming laptops in the past and as my last one is over 6 years old I have decided to go for a gaming PC (lack of space has been a factor in the past). I am aiming for around £1800 and the kind of games I am looking to play would be; Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3, Armoured Cor 6 etc.
As this is my first PC purchase, I would really appreciate some advice on the below:

My basket at OcUK:
  • 1 x OcUK Tech Labs Intel 12th/13th Gen Midi Gaming PC Configurator (SKU: SYS-OCT-00045) = £1,844.87
    • Case: 1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black
    • Processor: 1 x Intel Core i7-13700K (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail
    • Motherboard: 1 x MSI MAG B760 Tomahawk WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard
    • Memory: 1 x Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit
    • CPU Cooler: 1 x Alphacool Core Ocean T38 CPU Water Cooler - 240mm
    • Graphics Card: 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 Twin Edge OC 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • Power Supply: 1 x Aerocool Integrator Gold 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply
    • M.2 Solid State Drive: 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E)
    • Operating System: 1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632)

Total: £1,852.86 (includes delivery: £7.99)​
 
Looks like you're paying them about £100 to build it.

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £1,748.78 (includes delivery: £11.98)​
I would reconfigure like this (should get Starfield bundled with this one too):
My basket at OcUK:
  • 1 x OcUK Tech Labs Intel 12th/13th Gen Midi Gaming PC Configurator (SKU: SYS-OCT-00045) = £1,862.90
    • Case: 1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Single Fan Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black
    • Processor: 1 x Intel Core i5-12600K 3.70GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail
    • Motherboard: 1 x MSI B760 Gaming Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard
    • Memory: 1 x Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit
    • CPU Cooler: 1 x Alphacool Core Ocean T38 CPU Water Cooler - 240mm
    • Graphics Card: 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT Pulse 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
    • Power Supply: 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM850e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020263-UK)
    • M.2 Solid State Drive: 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E)
    • Operating System: 1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632)

Total: £1,870.90 (includes delivery: £7.99)​
 
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