First time PC build help (£3000 budget)

[Lankoss]

Were not allowed to put links to other websites as per Forum rules, but I would encourage you to shop around and make sure you are getting the best prices.

 

[Parkinson1NX]

That's good to know, thanks.

This might be a silly question but I would like to buy some PSU cables to compliment the theme of my build. Do I need a specific PSU cable extension to go along with the PSU or are they all compatible?

Getting the z390 aorus master tomorrow as recommended

Aorus Master is a fantastic board. Very easy to get get 5.0ghz overclock with the i9 9900k (I only have experience with this CPU). Couple changes in the bios and you’re away.

 

[Roxy8]

Extension cables fit any psu as they just plug into the end of the existing cables. The downside is more overall cable length when you are doing cable management. Also if your case doesn't have a psu shroud then they don't look as nice as you can still see the existing cables coming out of the psu. The Fractal R6 has a psu shroud though if you are going with that case.


The other more expensive option is to buy replacement braided cables which plug straight into the psu. With this you need the correct set as they are not cross compatible usually i.e Corsair cable set won't fit a Seasonic psu etc.

Okay I think I understand if I'm getting the Antec PSU I need Antec cables. I'm more concerned with how complicated it will be fitting everything together.

 

[Roxy8]

Aorus Master is a fantastic board. Very easy to get get 5.0ghz overclock with the i9 9900k (I only have experience with this CPU). Couple changes in the bios and you’re away.

Yes I have read the bios isn't exactly user friendly lol

 

[Roxy8]

Were not allowed to put links to other websites as per Forum rules, but I would encourage you to shop around and make sure you are getting the best prices.

Definitely, I managed to save some money o the motherboard with some gift cards

 

[Deleted member 209350]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asrock X470 Taichi Ultimate AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £264.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 2700X 4.35GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £349.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX VEGA 64 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Stand Alone= £398.99
• 1 x Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 850W 80 Plus Titanium Modular Power Supply= £239.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C19 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £139.99
• 1 x Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £119.99
• 1 x Samsung 1TB 860 PRO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76P1T0B/EU)= £299.99
• 1 x LG 32GK850F 32" 2560x1440 VA FREESYNC 2 HDR 144Hz 1ms Widescreen LED Monitor= £469.99

Total: £2,297.98 (includes shipping: £14.10)​

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Absolute beast of a build, and well below your desired budget.

You can also easily upgrade to a newer 3000 series cpu when it gets released with this mobo, and even overclock it to new extreme levels of performance

 

[lee32uk]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asrock X470 Taichi Ultimate AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £264.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 2700X 4.35GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £349.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX VEGA 64 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Stand Alone= £398.99
• 1 x Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 850W 80 Plus Titanium Modular Power Supply= £239.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C19 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £139.99
• 1 x Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £119.99
• 1 x Samsung 1TB 860 PRO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76P1T0B/EU)= £299.99
• 1 x LG 32GK850F 32" 2560x1440 VA FREESYNC 2 HDR 144Hz 1ms Widescreen LED Monitor= £469.99

Total: £2,297.98 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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Absolute beast of a build, and well below your desired budget.

You can also easily upgrade to a newer 3000 series cpu when it gets released with this mobo, and even overclock it to new extreme levels of performance

Not a great gpu for a £2.3K spend. The op can easily get a 2080 ti and G-Sync monitor for £3K.

Even for £2.3K you can do better.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 Wifi AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £239.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 2700X 4.35GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £349.99
• 1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £109.99
• 1 x Crucial MX500 1.0TB 2.5" 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive= £158.99
• 1 x AOC AGON AG271QG 27" 2560 x 1440 IPS G-Sync 165Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £548.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 AMP Edition 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £749.99

Total: £2,252.03 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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[Roxy8]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Asrock X470 Taichi Ultimate AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £264.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 2700X 4.35GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £349.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX VEGA 64 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Stand Alone= £398.99
• 1 x Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 850W 80 Plus Titanium Modular Power Supply= £239.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C19 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Blac= £139.99
• 1 x Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £119.99
• 1 x Samsung 1TB 860 PRO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-76P1T0B/EU)= £299.99
• 1 x LG 32GK850F 32" 2560x1440 VA FREESYNC 2 HDR 144Hz 1ms Widescreen LED Monitor= £469.99

Total: £2,297.98 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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Absolute beast of a build, and well below your desired budget.

You can also easily upgrade to a newer 3000 series cpu when it gets released with this mobo, and even overclock it to new extreme levels of performance

Thanks for the suggestions. I don't have any major preference for AMD or Intel but I've bought the z390 motherboard. Might get that Samsung 970 Evo m.2 SSD if it's compatible.

 

[Deleted member 209350]

Not a great gpu for a £2.3K spend. The op can easily get a 2080 ti and G-Sync monitor for £3K.

Even for £2.3K you can do better.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 Wifi AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £239.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 Eight Core 2700X 4.35GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £349.99
• 1 x Antec EarthWatts Gold Pro 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £79.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £109.99
• 1 x Crucial MX500 1.0TB 2.5" 6Gbps 7mm Solid State Drive= £158.99
• 1 x AOC AGON AG271QG 27" 2560 x 1440 IPS G-Sync 165Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red= £548.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 AMP Edition 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £749.99

Total: £2,252.03 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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I was going for a pure AMD build.

But yes I do agree it can be improved on if you wanted a Nvidia gpu with G-sync

 

[Deleted member 209350]

Thanks for the suggestions. I don't have any major preference for AMD or Intel but I've bought the z390 motherboard. Might get that Samsung 970 Evo m.2 SSD if it's compatible.

Np! With the intel build, I suggest the 9900k and OC'ing to 5ghz for the top performance.
NVME ssd is a must, at least for boot, and if you want you can get a big enough storage space to store some games ont here for extra quick boot times. Otherwise let your storage drive be a big sata ssd for optimal speed/capacity. Something like a 2tb SSD

 

[Roxy8]

Np! With the intel build, I suggest the 9900k and OC'ing to 5ghz for the top performance.
NVME ssd is a must, at least for boot, and if you want you can get a big enough storage space to store some games ont here for extra quick boot times. Otherwise let your storage drive be a big sata ssd for optimal speed/capacity. Something like a 2tb SSD

Will do that and I'm getting Toshiba 3T HDD( recommended by orbitalwalsh).

@lee32uk, I like that monitor. Currently stuck deciding on 4k or 1440p lol

 

[Deleted member 209350]

Will do that and I'm getting Toshiba 3T HDD( recommended by orbitalwalsh).

@lee32uk, I like that monitor. Currently stuck deciding on 4k or 1440p lol

Why a HDD when you're well in budget for a SSD of similar size?

I'd recommend you go with the SSD as everything will feel faster, but its upto you

 

[lee32uk]

Why a HDD when you're well in budget for a SSD of similar size?

I'd recommend you go with the SSD as everything will feel faster, but its upto you

You don't need an SSD for everything though. As long as you have a big enough SSD for Windows + Games etc then a HDD is fine just for mass storage. Also that much SSD space would cost around £400 and you can't buy a 3TB SSD anyway. A 2TB SSD is going to set you back £290. The Toshiba 3TB HDD is £65. That is a huge difference.

 

[Deleted member 209350]

You don't need an SSD for everything though. As long as you have a big enough SSD for Windows + Games etc then a HDD is fine just for mass storage. Also that much SSD space would cost around £400 and you can't buy a 3TB SSD anyway. A 2TB SSD is going to set you back £290. The Toshiba 3TB HDD is £65. That is a huge difference.

Depends on how much space you actually need. You can definitely fit enough games and such on a 500gb nvme. And for mass storage you can go with a 500gb sata ssd which you can get fairly cheap. But if you need more space and want to save money then you can just go for a regular cheaper HDD.

But his initial budget was 3k, and he has a lot of that budget leftover in which he can just use a sata ssd instead of a HDD

 

[Roxy8]

Why a HDD when you're well in budget for a SSD of similar size?

I'd recommend you go with the SSD as everything will feel faster, but its upto you

Depending on the monitor I get along side windows 10 and Microsoft office I'm pretty much over budget.

As the other poster said I need HDD for mass storage and I want to use the ssd to put all my apps and some games on that will open fast.

 

[slim01]

With that kind of budget an rtx 2080 or ti should be attainable, also a 9 series intel. You could get a nice aio as well but something that powerful wouldn't need to be over clocked for a long time, so could just add in later

 

[slim01]

Also a 1tb ssd can be had for around 110 quid nowadays

 

[Deleted member 209350]

Depending on the monitor I get along side windows 10 and Microsoft office I'm pretty much over budget.

As the other poster said I need HDD for mass storage and I want to use the ssd to put all my apps and some games on that will open fast.

yes but the point im making is that instead of a 1TB HDD you can get a 1TB Sata SSD instead if you can afford it. For the bootup you can use a NvME SSD thats ~500gb

 

[slim01]

Yeah really a 1tb for bootup and games, then a massive regular hdd for mass storage.
1tb ssd = 110 quid
3tb hdd = 60 quid

You can always just use a 500gb ssd, and just put open world type games on there. Most other games don't really take long to load anyway.

 

[Deleted member 209350]

Yeah really a 1tb for bootup and games, then a massive regular hdd for mass storage.
1tb ssd = 110 quid
3tb hdd = 60 quid

You can always just use a 500gb ssd, and just put open world type games on there. Most other games don't really take long to load anyway.

True, but if you want to transfer files between drives, it'll be a lot faster with a ssd instead of a hdd. Especially between a nvme and a regular ssd