Long Overdue Upgrade

[Hawkeyed]

Hi all,

I'm finally looking to build a new PC, must be about 7 years since the last full build and a couple since upgrading to a 2060 Super and an SSD or two. This will mainly be for gaming as the current build is struggling, however I still plan on using it for watching the odd DVD here and there!

Ideally looking for a smaller case (currently sat with big old Cooler Master case - CM690 I believe!) although I still need space for a DVD drive or recommendations for an external one?

Probably have a budget of around £1500 and I've been looking at a swap back to AMD, considering one of the new Radeon cards and also looking into a new modular PSU.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations!

 

[Kelt]

Honestly, time to leave DVD's behind and join the 21st Century.

 

[Tetras]

Probably have a budget of around £1500 and I've been looking at a swap back to AMD, considering one of the new Radeon cards and also looking into a new modular PSU.

Here's an AMD build, the case says it has 2x external optical bays?

I could only add 1x 9070 card to cart, the rest are unavailable, so this isn't something I recommend you buy.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Eight Core 5.50GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02676) = £314.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen - Monster Hunter Wilds Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-04648) = £0.00
• 1 x MSI PRO B840-P WIFI (AMD AM5) B840 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03997) = £149.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C48 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01087) = £119.98
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 Red Devil 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-04018) = £599.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £99.95
• 1 x be quiet Pure Base 600 Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-11L-BQ) = £89.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 850W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02519) = £104.99
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £22.99

Total: £1,514.86 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

Ideally looking for a smaller case (currently sat with big old Cooler Master case - CM690 I believe!) although I still need space for a DVD drive or recommendations for an external one?

You might want to look into the Pop range (Fractal), I believe they have a hidden drive bay at the bottom?