Hey all,
I'm looking to upgrade my 5 year old laptop (currently i7-5500U, GTX 850M, 16GB RAM) with a new self-built desktop. I'd be looking to use this primarily for gaming running games like Smite, Path of Exile, Civ 5 & Cyberpunk. I'm not bothered with 4k but I want to stop running on potato mode.
I've managed to nab myself a 3070 (one of these specifically https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-451-as.html).
I'm now looking for some advice as to what to pair it with. My budget is ~£1.5k inc a new monitor.
What i've pulled together so far...
My basket at Overclockers UK:
The nvme will be the boot drive, the SSD the drive i'll save all my games to etc. To my understanding there is minimal improvement in loading times in having games saved to a nvme, is that correct?
Case wise - Definitely open to other suggestions. I've seen a case I would love from a specific place but I think they only come in prebuilt. This is probably the closest one i've seen to that. I hate cases that look like a Citroen Cactus.
Monitor - No idea, I'm thinking 1440p, 144Hz, 30ish inches?
Components - Not wedded to anything here in particular, I tried to select things which were a nice balance of cost, performance and longevity.
As this is my first build, not counting I "helped" my brother with when I was 5, I'd be really grateful if anyone had any input or suggestions on any of the above.
Thanks!
I'm looking to upgrade my 5 year old laptop (currently i7-5500U, GTX 850M, 16GB RAM) with a new self-built desktop. I'd be looking to use this primarily for gaming running games like Smite, Path of Exile, Civ 5 & Cyberpunk. I'm not bothered with 4k but I want to stop running on potato mode.
I've managed to nab myself a 3070 (one of these specifically https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-451-as.html).
I'm now looking for some advice as to what to pair it with. My budget is ~£1.5k inc a new monitor.
What i've pulled together so far...
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon WIFI (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £269.99
- 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G360C8K)= £139.99
- 1 x Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £98.99
- 1 x Samsung 2TB 870 QVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-77Q2T0BW)= £188.99
- 1 x Corsair RMx Series RMx850 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020180-UK)= £155.99
- 1 x Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240R Addressable RGB CPU Cooler - 240mm= £109.99
- 1 x Aerocool Python Midi Tower RGB Case - Black Tempered Glass= £54.95
- 1 x Intel Core i7-10700K Avengers Edition 3.8GHz (Comet Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £338.99
Total: £1,370.18 (includes shipping: £12.30)
The nvme will be the boot drive, the SSD the drive i'll save all my games to etc. To my understanding there is minimal improvement in loading times in having games saved to a nvme, is that correct?
Case wise - Definitely open to other suggestions. I've seen a case I would love from a specific place but I think they only come in prebuilt. This is probably the closest one i've seen to that. I hate cases that look like a Citroen Cactus.
Monitor - No idea, I'm thinking 1440p, 144Hz, 30ish inches?
Components - Not wedded to anything here in particular, I tried to select things which were a nice balance of cost, performance and longevity.
As this is my first build, not counting I "helped" my brother with when I was 5, I'd be really grateful if anyone had any input or suggestions on any of the above.
Thanks!