How much for a complete new build

[katy81]

Need everything. Keyboard, mouse, case, os, monitor.

I haven't build a pc since an i5 sandybridge back in 2011 or so.

Has anything changed? I've looked on YouTube a seems the same apart from the hard drive mounting to the mobo.

Not bothered about lighting. Seems to be a cluster mess of wires. If the case comes with it fine. But I'm not going on the way.

Just want to play starcraft 2s last expansion pack and cs2. Plus all the games I have on steam (2003-2013 era)


Budget is about 1500 if that's possible

 

[Tetras]

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £154.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B660 DS3H AX - Intel B660 DDR4 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5AN-GI) = £124.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMK32GX4M2D3600C18) (SKU: MY-4D1-CS) = £80.00
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Eagle OC 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1G3-GI) = £599.99
• 1 x Nvidia Fight For Freedom Bundle - Overwatch 2 Invasion (SKU: DIG-NVI-00681) = £0.00
• 2 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C) (SKU: HD-589-WD) = £43.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-09F-PT) = £72.94
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-06V-SS) = £94.99

• 1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632) (SKU: SW-18J-MS) = £109.99

• 1 x Cooler Master 27" GA271 2560x1440 VA 100Hz A-Sync Widescreen Gaming Monitor (SKU: MO-007-CM) = £139.99
• 1 x Logitech MK120 Keyboard and Mouse Desktop Set (920-002552) (SKU: KB-205-LG) = £20.00

Total: £1,501.86 (includes delivery: £15.99)​

I don't know much about monitors or keyboards/mice.

 

[katy81]

Looks good but I'm not buying till middle of next month.

Guess I'll need a disc drive to.

Thought Windows would be on USB by now

 

[drakulton]

Looks good but I'm not buying till middle of next month.

Guess I'll need a disc drive to.

Thought Windows would be on USB by now

You can get a download copy of windows from the manufacturer. Also, other popular online retailers also sell much cheaper activation keys that work just as well.

 

[Tetras]

Looks good but I'm not buying till middle of next month.

You might want to look into the RX 7700 and 7800 that were announced recently, I think you'll be able to buy one by then and depending on the price, it could be a better option.

 

[Journey]

Don't think you need to spend anywhere near £1,500 or have a high spec for the games you listed in the OP? Why not look at buying used/refurb save a ton of cash and help offset some e-waste, just get a flashy new monitor and peripherals.

 

[katy81]

I use to pc game quite a bit so I can see my self playing some modern games too.


So you suggested 2 nvme drives. Do I need heat sinks?

What was you thinking? Raid0 them (is raid still a thing?) Create like a 50 gig partition for windows and apps have another for games?

 

[Tetras]

So you suggested 2 nvme drives. Do I need heat sinks?

Nope.

"Thermals, on the other hand, were impressive. Thanks to a highly energy-efficient controller design, there is no thermal throttling, not even in our worst-case thermal stress test, which hammers the drive with incoming writes non-stop. This is good news for users of mini PCs or laptops with limited cooling capability—no heatsink required."

WD Blue SN570 NVMe 1 TB Review - A Gem Hidden in Plain Sight

The WD Blue SN570 is priced extremely competitively at only $90 for the 1 TB version. While pricing suggests "entry-level," the drive is actually the second-fastest PCIe 3.0 SSD we ever tested, faster than the Kingston KC2500, ADATA SX8200 Pro, and HP EX950.

www.techpowerup.com

What was you thinking? Raid0 them (is raid still a thing?) Create like a 50 gig partition for windows and apps have another for games?

I wasn't thinking anything. It was just a convenient way to get 2TB storage in the budget.

 

[andy o]

OS on one, games on other.
Get an external usb drive or two for back ups, copy photos to web hosting, private GitHub or other repo for important documents and of course code.
if you have lots of important and perhaps fast changing stuff then consider raid on a NAS. Hot swappable drives and plan on changing one out after 2 or 3 years depending on your level of paranoia and need.