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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[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?

 

[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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[gasdoctor]

Thanks
Edit: looked up gold vs bronze

 

[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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[gasdoctor]

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

 

[gasdoctor]

The 6800 XT is for 4K, whereas the 6700 is more of a 1080p high/1440p med card, so the kind of experience they'd give you is completely different and that really comes down to what you need. Buying a 6800 XT for 1080p would be a waste, for example, but a 3060/6700 for 4K is not really realistic, because you'd have to make too many sacrifices.

Thanks lots of great advice
I’m only gaming in 1080.

 

[gasdoctor]

Getting there..what’s missing?
(Depends on what is in stock as going to order soon)
My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x SilverStone Fara B1 PRO Mid-Tower Case - Black Tempered glass SST-FAB1B-PRO (SKU: CA-458-SV) = £77.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-0AR-PT) = £114.95
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT Nitro Gaming OC 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-39L-SP) = £499.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT Pulse Gaming 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-39K-SP) = £479.99
• 1 x WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58G-WD) = £144.95
• 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: £2,056.06 (includes delivery: £13.20)​

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[gasdoctor]

by the way, are you planning on overclocking cpu? If not, may be worth looking a the B660 boards
package decent price so ignore the p500a with cooler, unless you like it..had to go elsewhere for similar but found

same 32 gb lpx corsair 3600c18 ram £106.66..for £112 can go vengeance pro rgb 3200C16 which will run along same lines as 3600c18 interchangeable with 3200c16 as one faster with looser timing, other opposite
dif motherboard, and need to find out a bit more but couple reviews so far have it well regarded..NZXT N7 board reduced to £229.99 from £264.98 at the mo........edit..ignore this board...it's just not as good as the below, so why bother
same 12600kf for £289.99
H100i (240mm)elite capelix for £115 or h115i (280mm)elite cappelix for £111
bit of a faff buying away, but an alternative anyway for diff look etc

I just looked at that bundle..for £20 more I'd 100% take the tomahawk over the aorus elite board..also be tempted by the kingston ram £5 get a bit of rgb and c17 timing rather than c18( i just prefer the look of the kingston tbh)..the 360mm aio not really needed for a 12600kf, but if you get a case with a 360mm fitting in roof, will be nice, and you know if can cool a more powerful cpu..

Thanks that’s great
I intend to overclock