Looking to make a gaming rig for 1600

[smudge523]

Morning all!

Looking at building a gaming rig for £1600. I already have an old monitor that I can upgrade in the future. What would be the best route to go down?

 

[mickyflinn]

Gone for an AM5 CPU 7600 build with a 7900xt ,WiFi 2tb m2 drive.

There are cheaper alternatives but going AM5 will allow future CPU upgrades .

Otheres wil be along to give you different specs.


My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £218.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BF-GI) = £189.95
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD532G5600HC36BDC01) (SKU: MY-0BB-TG) = £99.94
• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming OC 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-014-AK) = £800.00
• 1 x MSI MAG A850GL 850W 80 Plus Gold ATX 3.0 PCIE5Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-012-MS) = £119.98
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £65.00
• 1 x Kolink Umbra EX180 ARGB CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: HS-000-KK) = £32.98
• 1 x Crucial P3 PLUS 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-07B-CR) = £104.99

Total: £1,643.82 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

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[smudge523]

Tha k you very much!

 

[Tetras]

Intel/DDR4/nvidia:

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 B660M DS3H AX - Intel B660 DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5AH-GI) = £129.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMK32GX4M2D3600C18) (SKU: MY-4D1-CS) = £79.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 4070Ti Gaming X Trio 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-391-MS) = £878.99
• 1 x Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GV3A012) (SKU: HD-3EX-SE) = £116.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-09F-PT) = £72.95
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-14R-BQ) = £124.99
• 1 x Akasa Alucia H4 Plus Premium CPU Cooler (SKU: HS-10L-AK) = £38.95

Total: £1,609.79 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

mickyflinn's spec has better CPU performance and more future upgradability, but if you prefer Intel or nvidia then it's an option. Graphics card model chosen from this review of 4070s (assuming that it will apply equally to the Ti):

9 RTX 4070's Tested, GPU & Memory Thermals, Clocks, Power & Noise Normalized Testing

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[sweols]

Intel/DDR4/nvidia:

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 B660M DS3H AX - Intel B660 DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5AH-GI) = £129.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMK32GX4M2D3600C18) (SKU: MY-4D1-CS) = £79.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 4070Ti Gaming X Trio 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-391-MS) = £878.99
• 1 x Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GV3A012) (SKU: HD-3EX-SE) = £116.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P400 Air Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-09F-PT) = £72.95
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-14R-BQ) = £124.99
• 1 x Akasa Alucia H4 Plus Premium CPU Cooler (SKU: HS-10L-AK) = £38.95

Total: £1,609.79 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

mickyflinn's spec has better CPU performance and more future upgradability, but if you prefer Intel or nvidia then it's an option. Graphics card model chosen from this review of 4070s (assuming that it will apply equally to the Ti):

9 RTX 4070's Tested, GPU & Memory Thermals, Clocks, Power & Noise Normalized Testing

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would the 4070ti not be bottle necked by the CPU?

 

[lee32uk]

If you shop around you could get an R7 7700X cpu with a 7900XT system for around £1650. I would also look for the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE for the cpu cooler as it is excellent value at around £35. Not sold on here though so you would have to google it.



R7 7700X
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE
Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX
G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32GB DDR5 6000MHz CL30
Western Digital SN750 2TB
Sapphire Pulse RX 7900XT
Phanteks Eclipse G300A
NZXT C850 850W

 

[superleeds27]

Why is that the majority of the b650 board don't have spdif?

 

[Tetras]

Why is that the majority of the b650 board don't have spdif?

Still considered a 'premium' feature I guess, even though most of them are £200

Tomahawk has it, which is one of the cheaper B650 boards.