Looking to buy/build a system ~£2000

[CmdNeo]

Been away from PCs for a while and am very much out of the loop but looking to get back into it with a new system. Something able to run Tarkov well would be what I’m looking for.. willing to spend more if it will make the difference just dont even know where to begin anymore.


(Need good keyboard and mouse and monitor etc also - can add to budget if needed just not looking to throw money away)

 

[Tetras]

I can't build a PC specifically for Tarkov, but this is what I'd consider for 2K, minus OS, keyboard, mouse and monitor:

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail - £239.99
Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard - £219.95
Corsair Vengeance EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX5M2D6000Z36) - £179.99
Zotac GeForce RTX 4070Ti Trinity 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card - £799.99

WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) - £149.99

Lian Li LANCOOL 215 Mid-Tower aRGB Tempered Glass Black - £89.99
MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 UK PSU 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - £179.99
Alpenfohn Glacier Water 280 High Speed ARGB CPU Water Cooler - 280mm - £129.94

Grand Total: £2,001.82 (includes delivery charge)

To make some room in the budget for the peripherals, you could dump the AIO and get an air cooler (case height restriction and motherboard clearance permitting) like the Thermalright Peerless Assassin (review), slower memory (e.g. 5600 C36) and a micro-ATX case and board, like the B650M-DS3H.

Would need to check AIO thickness for top mount in the 215 (OCUK's specs suggest it would fit, but on their website, I don't think it would).

 

[CmdNeo]

I can't build a PC specifically for Tarkov, but this is what I'd consider for 2K, minus OS, keyboard, mouse and monitor:

AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail - £239.99
Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard - £219.95
Corsair Vengeance EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX5M2D6000Z36) - £179.99
Zotac GeForce RTX 4070Ti Trinity 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card - £799.99

WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) - £149.99

Lian Li LANCOOL 215 Mid-Tower aRGB Tempered Glass Black - £89.99
MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 UK PSU 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - £179.99
Alpenfohn Glacier Water 280 High Speed ARGB CPU Water Cooler - 280mm - £129.94

Grand Total: £2,001.82 (includes delivery charge)

To make some room in the budget for the peripherals, you could dump the AIO and get an air cooler (case height restriction and motherboard clearance permitting) like the Thermalright Peerless Assassin (review), slower memory (e.g. 5600 C36) and a micro-ATX case and board, like the B650M-DS3H.

Would need to check AIO thickness for top mount in the 215 (OCUK's specs suggest it would fit, but on their website, I don't think it would).

£2000 limit isn’t set in stone i would rather pay a little more if its worth it, just so out of touch that im not knowledgeable any more, much appreciated my man.

 

[Tetras]

£2000 limit isn’t set in stone i would rather pay a little more if its worth it, just so out of touch that im not knowledgeable any more, much appreciated my man.

There's nothing in that build I'd desperately change with a bigger budget, especially as you have to fit a lot more in before you're done, but I'd personally prefer something more like this:

AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Eight Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail - £338.99
(unchanged) Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard - £237.95
(unchanged) Corsair Vengeance EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX5M2D6000Z36) - £179.98
Powercolor Radeon RX 7900 XTX HellHound 24GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £1,049.99

(unchanged) WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) - £149.99

(unchanged) Lian Li LANCOOL 215 Mid-Tower aRGB Tempered Glass Black - £89.99
MSI MPG A1000G UK PSU 1000W 80 Plus Gold certified Fully Modular - £159.94
be quiet! Pure Loop 2 FX 280 ARGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 280mm - £129.95

Grand Total: £2,348.77

Rationale:
- I'd rather have 8 fast cores than 6, especially if I was planning to keep the build for 4-5+ years. That said, if you're happy to upgrade the CPU in say... 3-4 years (which is part of the reason for going AM5, after all), then it doesn't matter.
- 7900 XTX has double the VRAM and the 4070 Ti tends to lose ground at 1440p UW (high details) and at 4K already, so I'm not sure how the 12GB is going to hold up in the distant future.