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Wrightyuk

Wrightyuk

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A friend at work asked me to help him out with a new PC. He's got a budget of around £2,500 and was looking at either buying a pre-built or getting the parts separately and having me build it for him.
I've put a build together using Overclockers UK, but would appreciate it if a few people could have a look and let me know if there's anything they'd change, swap out or tweak.
The aim is 1440p gaming. Not sure on the monitor refresh rate yet as he hasn't picked one, and he's not fussed whether it's AMD or Nvidia.
Also going with two separate drives, one for Windows and one for games.
Any suggestions or improvements welcome!

CPU - Ryzen 7700x
CPU Cooler - Thermalright assassins peerless Dual Tower
Board - Asus B850 Max WiFi
Ram - Patriot Viper Venom 32gb 6000 c36
Game Drive - Crucial p310 2tb
Boot Drive - Kingston nv3 500gb M.2 nvme
GPU - Sapphire Pulse Radeon 9070XT
PSU - Asus Tuf 1000W
Case - Phanteks g400A
Top 3 Fans & Bottom 3 Fans - Phanteks M25 120mm
 
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Mcnumpty2323 said:
Your build list link doesn't work
Build lists not my strong point anyway
Will do my usual
and tag someone for you who is good at build lists
@Tetras
It's a decent budget though you didn't say
If that is just pc no monitor or peripherals
But you will definitely get less for
Your money in the current crazy times
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Oh yeah I explained to him that this day and age building pc is expensive, also just the PC he has the periphials except monitor which he has some money for already.

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Only thing is air cooled would be wetter for a basic build cause of my experience with aio isn't brilliant so maybe keep the fans i picked and the 2 ssd thing is a personal preference always preferred windows separately
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
If its within budget
A second drive isn't a bad thing
Though I would use it for backups
But could fit games on there too i guess

Aio is personal choice
But a pump is an added point of failure
Compared to an air cooler
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Yeah that's why I don't wanna put a liquid cooler in there if it was mine I would be tempted go liquid cooled eventually
 
tamzzy said:
ok :) his money his choice, not my money not my problem
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Updated it with new GPU you suggested

CPU - Ryzen 7700x3d

CPU Cooler - Thermalright assassins peerless Dual Tower

Board - Asus B850 Max WiFi

Ram - Patriot Viper Venom 32gb 6000 c30

Game Drive - kioxiaria Experia 2tb G3

Boot Drive - Kingston nv3 500gb M.2 nvme

GPU - power colour reaper 9070xt

PSU - Asus Tuf 1000W

Case - Phanteks g400A

Top 3 Fans & Bottom 3 Fans - Phanteks M25 120mm
 
It's a £90 cost for the CPU upgrade from 7700x3d

Don't know much about that brand of ram tbh usually prefer known branded stuff personally

Oh ok that's a good point could always scrap the bottom ones saves 30 quid
 
Gray2233 said:
Run a partition on a single 2tb drive, it's cheaper and 512gb SSD's are poor value.

There's similarly capable motherboards for £150 which would save money.

PSU is pretty overkill but not bad option.

You don't need to add more fans, the case comes with more than enough, it's needless added expense.

There's cheaper on par RAM available.

Tbh you should ask your friend to read this and make his own post:

Read first: Build and Upgrade Advice + Template!

Disclaimer: Are you intending to build the PC yourself? Please let us know what your intentions are: (1) You are building your own PC, or will have someone doing this for you (2) You want OCUK to build your custom PC (3) You want an off-the-shelf PC As computer enthusiasts, we normally...
forums.overclockers.co.uk forums.overclockers.co.uk
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Yeah didn't think about a partition tbh but then still takes up some of the 2tb space when games are very big in space nowadays but noted,
Which boards are they?
Yeah could drop the PSU tbh to maybe 850 that's a good shout.

I couldn't find any ram cheaper that was of same branded as rather use something I know of.

He has read most of this been sharing the info with him
 
Mcnumpty2323 said:
.if really want the extra fans
Those are always available in b grade section
A lot cheaper

Would agree 9850x3d if for gaming
Rather get the better CPU
And b grade fans to offset some of the cost
I buy b grade fans often never been anything wrong with them
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Yeah that's a good point always avoided b grade tbh but yeah could save on the different ram that the other guy mentioned and upgrade the CPU.
 
I have changed the ram to the v colour ones
When he goes to purchase will check the b grade for the fans see if they have them in gonna upgrade the CPU now as well
 
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Mcnumpty2323 said:
If it's within budget
Still would say get the second drive
Clone drive 1 to it,or put image backups on it
And can still put games there too
A partition means everything on 1 drive no backup
Just my must have a backup plan way of thinking
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Yeah I prefer 2 drives personally it's personal preference
 
CPU - Ryzen 9800x3d

CPU Cooler - Thermalright assassins peerless Dual Tower

Board - Asus B850 Max WiFi

Ram - v colour ram

Game Drive - kioxiaria Experia 2tb G3

Boot Drive - Kingston nv3 500gb M.2 nvme

GPU - power colour reaper 9070xt

PSU - be quiet Pure power 12 850w

Case - Phanteks g400A

Top 3 Fans & Bottom 3 Fans - Phanteks M25 120mm (will check b grade stick when orders it)

£2,367

Didn't change board as couldn't get the one gray2233 mentioned in black was only white one
 
tamzzy said:
(not that it really matters), just so that you are aware that this is a non-modular psu
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Ah **** I was doing it while walking home from work lol could you suggest a good 850w PSU so get right one lol the one I linked before was 115 if there is anything I could save money on for him
 
Antec GSK 850 V2 850w ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply
POW-ATC-06483
£130 (incl. VAT)
£90 (incl. VAT)
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Antec NE850 850W ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply
POW-ATC-08119
£115 (incl. VAT)
£105 (incl. VAT)
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Phanteks AMP GH 850W ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply
POW-PHK-02519
£105 (incl. VAT)
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