Latest draft build

[gasdoctor]

Budget about £1300
Need it for flight sims
Need a cooler
Not sure on card
b]My basket at OcUK:[/b]

• 1 x MSI Pro B660M-A WIFI DDR4 - Intel B660 DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-36L-MS) = £159.95
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (SKU: AC-000-AC) = £5.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AJ-TG) = £99.94
• 1 x Crucial P2 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-070-CR) = £65.00
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh Micro-ATX Case - Black (SKU: CA-051-KK) = £52.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-09Q-PT) = £74.99
• 1 x Intel Core i5-13600K (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AV-IN) = £349.99
• 1 x Palit GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Dual LHR 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-05P-PL) = £439.99
• 1 x Nvidia - Rise With RTX Game Bundle - Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Imperial Edition (SKU: XX-044-NV) = £0.00

Total: £1,260.54 (includes delivery: £11.70)​

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[dfour]

These would be my changes.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Scythe SCMG-5100 Mugen 5 Rev.C CPU Cooler (SKU: HS-04N-SY) = £49.99
• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm (SKU: TH-020-TG) = £7.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C) (SKU: HD-589-WD) = £74.99

Total: £132.97 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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Most coolers come with thermal paste either on it or in a tube so you could save by not buying any more.

slightly cheaper cooler

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Arctic Freezer i35 ARGB Intel CPU Cooler (SKU: HS-081-AR) = £39.95

Total: £39.95 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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Dual fan cooler


My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Scythe SCFM-2100 FUMA 2 Dual Fan CPU Cooler - 2x120 mm (SKU: HS-04M-SY) = £54.95

Total: £54.95 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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All in one coolers

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer II High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 240mm (SKU: HS-07B-AR) = £89.99
• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer II A-RGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 240mm (SKU: HS-07P-AR) = £99.95

Total: £189.94 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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[turbot1984]

Budget about £1300

Bit cheaper, more gpu grunt.
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £199.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B560M Aorus Elite (Socket LGA 1200) Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5AC-GI) = £79.99
• 1 x Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (SKU: MY-0AK-TG) = £56.00
• 1 x Nvidia - Rise With RTX Game Bundle - Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Imperial Edition (SKU: XX-044-NV) = £0.00
• 1 x Inno3D GeForce RTX 3070 Ti X3 8GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-084-IN) = £659.98

Total: £1,007.06 (includes delivery: £11.10)​

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[Tetras]

Intel Core i5-12400F 2.50GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AR-IN) = £199.99
Gigabyte B560M Aorus Elite (Socket LGA 1200) Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5AC-GI) = £79.99

whoops

 

[turbot1984]

whoops

Oh yes, sorry B660!

 

[turbot1984]

And maybe a 6800 at £599 rather than 3060ti ... 8GB might be on the way out.

 

[dfour]

whoops

At least its not just me doing that lately

 

[Haz123]

At least its not just me doing that lately

It is annoyingly confusing at times to get the B650 B560 to match with the correct cpu. It is good we have a good crowd here who just point out the error and do not try to score points or try to make themselves look smarter. We all make little mistakes and is nice we work together in this part of the forum.

 

[gasdoctor]

In terms of card.
The 16GB cards are either out of stock/preorder or way overpriced.
So what would be the cheapest card I could use with a view to upgrading later?

 

[dfour]

A second hand 3080 10gig would be a good buy if you can find one at a good price. May not need to upgrade for a while with one either.
Also worth looking at the 6700xt as they pack 12 gig of ram again second hand can be had under £400.

 

[gasdoctor]

If went for this any suggestions on case
Realised that previous builds weren’t clockable.
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Crucial P2 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-070-CR) = £64.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-09Q-PT) = £74.99
• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 6800 XT TUF Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-45C-AS) = £699.95
• 1 x OcUK Recon Z690K Configurable Intel Alder Lake i5/i7/i9 Value Gaming Bundle (SKU: BU-0C0-OG) = £724.99
  • CPU: 1 x *Build* INTEL CORE I5-12600KF 3.70GHz Socket LGA1700 - TRAY
  • Motherboard: 1 x Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite AX DDR4 - Intel Z690 DDR4 ATX Motherboard
  • Memory: 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMK32GX4M2D3600C18)
  • Cooler: 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-AIO 240 D-RGB All In One CPU Water Cooler - 240mm *SI ONLY*

Total: £1,576.62 (includes delivery: £11.70)​

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[Craig_d1]

At least its not just me doing that lately

not to worry, we've all done it

It is annoyingly confusing at times to get the B650 B560 to match with the correct cpu. It is good we have a good crowd here who just point out the error and do not try to score points or try to make themselves look smarter. We all make little mistakes and is nice we work together in this part of the forum.

trying to sort the drr4/ddr5 boards out was another one that I fell foul of..just thought I'd found the right board, to be told it might not work with ddr4 ...had actually thought I'd picked the ddr4 board at the time, but no alas.... I wish OCuk had some better filters to help narrow it down

 

[Haz123]

trying to sort the drr4/ddr5 boards out was another one that I fell foul of..just thought I'd found the right board, to be told it might not work with ddr4 ...had actually thought I'd picked the ddr4 board at the time, but no alas.... I wish OCuk had some better filters to help narrow it down

Dude, your knowledge of the feature sets and pros and cons of current mobos is borderline obsessive . I know that if there is a mobo question you will come along and school us all, i should pay attention and learn something but all the while you are here I can stay lazy.

 

[Reedweaver]

Why wouldnt you use the PCIe 4.0 x4 support on the 12th gen CPUs?

 

[dfour]

If you want a 6800xt then you will need a min 750 watt psu.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks AMP 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-0AR-PT) = £114.95

Total: £114.95 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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Cases.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Lian Li Lancool II Mesh C RGB Midi-Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-79S-LL) = £109.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P500 Air ATX Case Tempered Glass Satin Black (SKU: CA-0AC-PT) = £84.95
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse G360A Mid Tower Airflow PC case - Satin Black (SKU: CA-0B4-PT) = £89.99
• 1 x **Promo** Phanteks SK 120mm PWM DRGB Fan (SKU: FG-02T-PT) = £0.00
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air Midi Tower DRGB Case - Black (SKU: CA-09G-PT) = £92.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P500 Air ATX Case Tempered Glass DRGB Satin Black (SKU: CA-0AA-PT) = £124.99
• 1 x Corsair 4000D Airflow Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass (CC-9011200-WW) (SKU: CA-25G-CS) = £109.99
• 1 x SilverStone Fara B1 PRO Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered glass SST-FAB1B-PRO (SKU: CA-458-SV) = £77.99

Total: £765.89 (includes delivery: £75.00)​

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[gasdoctor]

Thanks
Edit: looked up gold vs bronze

 

[dfour]

its the effeciency of the psu under loads and at idle. Gold is the sweet spot as the gains by going to platinum or titanium are far outweighed by the massive cost increase.

 

[gasdoctor]

Still can’t decide on GPU…
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Crucial P2 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-070-CR) = £64.99
• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 6800 XT TUF Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-45C-AS) = £699.95
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 Gaming OC 10GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-3A1-SP) = £359.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 3060 Phoenix LHR 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-472-AS) = £368.99
• 1 x Nvidia - Rise With RTX Game Bundle - Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Imperial Edition (SKU: XX-044-NV) = £0.00
• 1 x Kolink Modular Power 850W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-061-KK) = £74.99
• 1 x SilverStone Fara B1 PRO Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered glass SST-FAB1B-PRO (SKU: CA-458-SV) = £77.98
• 1 x OcUK Recon Z690K Configurable Intel Alder Lake i5/i7/i9 Value Gaming Bundle (SKU: BU-0C0-OG) = £724.99
  • CPU: 1 x *Build* INTEL CORE I5-12600KF 3.70GHz Socket LGA1700 - TRAY
  • Motherboard: 1 x Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Elite AX DDR4 - Intel Z690 DDR4 ATX Motherboard
  • Memory: 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMK32GX4M2D3600C18)
  • Cooler: 1 x EK Water Blocks EK-AIO 240 D-RGB All In One CPU Water Cooler - 240mm *SI ONLY*

Total: £2,385.08 (includes delivery: £13.20)​

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[Haz123]

The 6800xt is in a completely different ballpark to the 6700 and 3060 and the price reflects that. If I was choosing between the 3060 and 6700 I would always go for the 6700 when the price is almost the same , it is significantly faster and unless you absolutely have to have an Nv gpu it is a no brainer.

3060ti FE is currently out of stock and that is a very good option for £369 , check for stock refresh on Thurdays 3rd.

 

[gasdoctor]

Yeah the 6800xt is my heart and the 6700 my head…
Will def look for refresh thanks