Friends pc

[Wrightyuk]

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

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

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

 

[Wrightyuk]

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

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.

Message edited with parts list

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

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.

Message edited with parts list

Yeah just the ram and GPU is half the budget
Storage not cheap either
I noticed in forum yesterday there's flash/lightning
Ram sales that might be worth looking at
Though even those the price is painful
Glad I have a top end am4 build upgrading to am5
Would hurt badly it's the worst situation I have ever seen

 

[tamzzy]

better build

9850x3d
scrapped the dual ssd spec - not required in this day and age tbh
2tb gen 5 ssd
nice pretty aio
matx build with a nice case

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Eight Core 5.60GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-06938) = GBP399.95
• 1 x Gigabyte B850M GAMING X WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03861) = GBP154.99
• 1 x KLEVV FIT V EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz C30 DDR5 Dual Channel Kit - Black (SKU: MEM-KLV-07036) = GBP398.99
• 1 x KIOXIA EXCERIA G3 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-KIO-07152) = GBP259.99
• 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Nucleus CR360 Lux D-RGB All In One CPU Cooler - Black (SKU: HS-00W-EK) = GBP64.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming 1000W ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.0 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-05Z-AS) = GBP115.00
• 1 x Lian Li Vector V100R Mini ARGB mATX Tower Case - Black (SKU: CAS-LIA-06780) = GBP59.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Reaper 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-04017) = GBP799.99

Total: GBP2266.88 (includes delivery: GBP12.99)​

PS: I also use the case too

Spoiler

I just swapped my case from white to black (Jonsbo D31 to a Lian Li V100 mini)
With the right internals...looks pretty damn good lol

 

[Wrightyuk]

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

 

[tamzzy]

and the 2 ssd thing is a personal preference always preferred windows separately

why waste his money unnecessarily?

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

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

 

[Wrightyuk]

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

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

 

[Wrightyuk]

why waste his money unnecessarily?

It's not a waste as its good imo to separate the 2 drives and he was happy with doing that I gave him the choice and explained why and he wants 2 drive setup (I have 2 drives myself)

 

[tamzzy]

ok his money his choice, not my money not my problem

 

[Wrightyuk]

ok his money his choice, not my money not my problem

Exactly

 

[Wrightyuk]

Took the advice on the GPU saved 100 quid