Gaming Build £1000 - £1500

JackyBoy16

JackyBoy16

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Hi there

I'm looking for a new build for gaming and also using 3D software like ZBrush (favours powerful single-core CPUs)

I need:

Motherboard
CPU
Memory - 128GB preferably
Storage - 1 x M2 SSD for OS and some software/games.

I have:

Graphics card - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PSU - XFX PRO 650W
Extra Storage - 1TB SSD + 3TB HDD
 
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My thoughts right now are:

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail £379.99​

Western Digital Black SN850X M.2-2280 2TB - £135.99​

2 x 32 GB PC25600 DDR4 3200MHz 288 Pin Memory - £100​

Does this sound good? Any opinions on this or a motherboard that would be good with these components would be much appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Hey guys thanks for the responses, really appreciate it.

Both these builds look good Tetras, I'll look into them some more.

Ooh that's interesting about the 128GB of RAM with DDR5. Will do some more research on this.

I think 64GB would probably be fine but I know Photoshop eats up quite a bit of memory.

With regards to speeds on DDR5 would it be worth pushing for 5600mhz over 5200Mhz? Something like this? Or is the benefit quite small.

Kingston FURY Beast RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C40BBAK2-64) = £229.99​


be quiet! Silent Loop 2 360 High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: HS-01Y-BQ) = £149.95

This looks pretty massive, not sure if it would fit in my case. Would you recommend this over a smaller one? I'm not looking to overclock this build.

Thanks
 
I think I'm drawn most to an AM5 build, and after some CPU research it looks like the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X would be best for the kind of software I use.
I'm gonna pair this with G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB (2x32GB) 6000MTs F5-6000J3238G32GX2-TZ5RK - Black (this gives me the option to upgrade to 128gb if needed)

In regards to the motherboard you mentioned above. Is this adequate for this CPU/RAM combo? Also do you know if it has heatsinks for the NVMe SSDs? I'm gonna get two of these

WD_BLACK SN850X 2TBM.2 2280 Game Drive PCIe Gen4 NVMe up to 7300 MB/s

Also any recommendations on a PSU to go with this build?

Thanks
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Thanks for the reply Tetras, super helpful. I had no idea about the QVL. I just checked it out and you're correct the ones I need to get for this board are
F5-6000J3238G32GX2-TZ5N
I won't be upgrading my GPU for quite a while I think and my next one will probably be in the £500 area.
Tempted to keep my XFX PRO 650W if it'll be good enough.
 
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