Looking to Spec a New Base Unit

[Jordy87]

Evening Everyone

Currently looking to spec a new pc if you can help, i have between 1500-2000 for the base unit and then £2000 for a 5090 and must be all back with RGB

i cant decide between a 9900 x3d or a 9950 x3d as i only game in 4k playing games like MS 2024 the new BF6 at 120 mhz etc. I have seen the 8pack bundle below what i thought was a good buy if not that bundle i am looking at a Asus Motherbaord. I am also looking for 4 TB Main maybe samsung PCIE 5.0 and a 2TB as 2nd drive also a 1000w PSU, 360 AIO and a Corsair Case

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...x3d-strix-x870-f-64gb-ddr5-pro-amd-05332.html

Any Advice be great

Cheers

 

[Gray2233]

So you're looking at £4000 all in, and presumably this is a gaming build or do you do any work related tasks?

 

[Gray2233]

The 9800X3D is ample for gaming, it's extremely rare more than 8 cores are used so the 9950X3D should only be considered if you do niche or productivity workloads that benefit from core/thread count, otherwise it's a needless expense. That and frankly, at 4K the CPU plays less of a part, it can still be important in some titles and obviously there's a limit to how low you can go but the higher the resolution the more the GPU handles things.

- Gen 5 NvME's offer nothing over Gen 4 for gaming, again it becomes a needless expense you'll never notice the difference with.

- A B850 is ample, and for the 9800X3D the motherboard suggested will be absolutely fine even under higher workloads, gaming does not count as a high workload. The only thing you lose over an X870 is USB4, if you have a legitimate use for that you're the first person I've ever met that does.

- 32GB of RAM is plenty unless you're hugely into mods or play one or two niche titles, but there's no harm in forking up a little more to bump to 48-64GB of RAM. Don't get hung up on C30 latency either, the X3D CPU's don't care too much so it yet again becomes a needless expense.

- AiO is not necessary unless you're looking for aesthetics, but you can get very good ones from Thermalright for £50 or Arctic in the form of the Freezer III for £80-100.

Form factor is M-ATX as that's my personal preference, but you could build a midi-tower for roughly the same money. What I've suggested will perform identically in 99% of games vs the bundle you linked above, spending more (especially for a silly brand like 8Pack) is equivalent to flushing your money down the bog tbh.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £399.95
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 1000W 80PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02521) = £128.99
• 1 x UK Mains Plug with 13A Fuse to IEC C13 Socket Lead 10A 2m (SKU: ACC-OCS-01709) = £0.00
• 1 x MSI B850M Gaming Plus WIFI6E (AMD AM5) B850 DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-05943) = £139.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-00997) = £99.95
• 1 x WD Black SN7100 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-04135) = £119.98
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99
• 1 x Antec CX600M ARGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-04160) = £54.95
• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 5090 Phantom 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-GNW-04296) = £1,999.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Borderlands 4 Standard Edition & the Gilded Glory Pack DLC (SKU: DIG-NVI-06102) = £0.00

Total: £2,985.78 (includes delivery: £11.98)​