My First Build. Help!

Rohit85 · 18 Aug 2023 at 10:26

Hi Folks

Looking into getting into PC gaming. I was gifted an RTX 4070 Ti, so looking to make a build around that.

This is what I have so far. Please let me know how I can improve and at the same time reduce costs. First time posting here so not sure how to add baskets etc. But this is the list of what I'm thinking.

CPU	i7-13700K
GPU	RTX 4070 Ti 12GB
RAM	Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB 5600 MHz
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Motherboard	Asus Rog Strix Z790-F
SSD	Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB
CPU Cooler	CORSAIR H100X RGB ELITE 240MM AIO LIQUID CPU COOLER
Case	Corsair iCUE 4000D RGB Airflow

mickyflinn · 18 Aug 2023 at 11:15

If you want to build a basket on Overclockers then add everything to basket ,go to the shopping cart page.

Scroll down the page to share cart and there will be a bbcode button, press it and a pop up box will appear. Copy the contents of the box and paste it here.

Quartz · 18 Aug 2023 at 11:22

That all looks pretty good. Samsung drives are expensive but they have a good reputation.

Tetras · 18 Aug 2023 at 12:08

Rohit85 said:
This is what I have so far. Please let me know how I can improve and at the same time reduce costs.

How much is your build costing you?

This is how I'd do it:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Intel Core i7-13700F (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6BD-IN) = £359.98
1 x MSI B760 Gaming Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-37M-MS) = £149.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD532G5600HC36BDC01) (SKU: MY-0BB-TG) = £99.95
1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £129.95
1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99
1 x Corsair RMe Series RM750e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020262-UK) (SKU: CA-27S-CS) = £115.00

Total: £931.85 (includes delivery: £11.98)

Cooler, this.

Rohit85 · 18 Aug 2023 at 12:26

Tetras said:
How much is your build costing you?

This is how I'd do it:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Intel Core i7-13700F (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6BD-IN) = £359.98

1 x MSI B760 Gaming Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-37M-MS) = £149.99

1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD532G5600HC36BDC01) (SKU: MY-0BB-TG) = £99.95

1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £129.95

1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99

1 x Corsair RMe Series RM750e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020262-UK) (SKU: CA-27S-CS) = £115.00

Total: £931.85 (includes delivery: £11.98)

Cooler, this.

Thanks for the reply. I had couple of questions.

What's the difference between i7-13700F and K? The F seems to be cheaper but am I losing out on anything?
I was told I needed 850w power. You've listed a 750w power supply, will this be enough?
Also what about cooling?

Tetras · 18 Aug 2023 at 13:16

Rohit85 said:
What's the difference between i7-13700F and K?

The F has no integrated graphics and can't be overclocked. I'd usually suggest the 13700 non-F, but OCUK don't sell it.

Rohit85 said:
I was told I needed 850w power. You've listed a 750w power supply, will this be enough?

The 4070 Ti has fairly modest power needs, nvidia say a minimum of 700 on their spec page, but the RM850e is only an extra £10.

Rohit85 said:
Also what about cooling?

The fans that come with the case are sufficient. The CPU cooler I suggested is around £40 delivered, depends where you buy it and if you buy the RGB version.

Rohit85 · 18 Aug 2023 at 21:53

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming OC 24GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1FW-GI) = £949.99
1 x Intel Core i7-13700K (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AX-IN) = £399.95
1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMH32GX5M2B5600Z36) (SKU: MY-4DT-CS) = £119.99
1 x Corsair RMe Series RM750e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020262-UK) (SKU: CA-27S-CS) = £115.00
1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £129.94
1 x Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H100x ELITE High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 240mm (CW-9060065-WW2) (SKU: HS-04S-CS) = £114.95
1 x MSI B760 Gaming Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-37M-MS) = £149.99

Total: £2,056.79 (includes delivery: £11.98)

Ok how about this. My friend convinced me to return the 4070 ti and pay a little extra for the 7900 xtx. Does this build work for that?

Thank you

Tetras · 19 Aug 2023 at 07:31

Rohit85 said:
Ok how about this.

The memory is an expo kit, I'd buy XMP for Intel and EXPO for AMD.

If you're getting a 7900 XTX, a 750 PSU is lighter than I'd like.

Rohit85 · 19 Aug 2023 at 08:31

Tetras said:
The memory is an expo kit, I'd buy XMP for Intel and EXPO for AMD.

If you're getting a 7900 XTX, a 750 PSU is lighter than I'd like.

Hi Tetras. Thanks for your reply. I can’t find any memory that says xmp. Can you please recommend an rgb 32gb memory solution pls.

Thanks

Rohit85 · 19 Aug 2023 at 08:55

How about this?

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming OC 24GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1FW-GI) = £949.99
1 x Intel Core i7-13700K (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AX-IN) = £399.95
1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99
1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H100x ELITE High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 240mm (CW-9060065-WW2) (SKU: HS-04S-CS) = £114.95
1 x MSI B760 Gaming Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-37M-MS) = £149.99
1 x Corsair RMx Series RM850x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020200-UK) (SKU: CA-267-CS) = £147.94
1 x Kingston FURY Beast RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-29L-KS) = £125.00

Total: £2,094.74 (includes delivery: £11.98)

mickyflinn · 19 Aug 2023 at 09:46

Cheaper psu

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Rohit85 · 19 Aug 2023 at 09:53

Thanks Micky

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming OC 24GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1FW-GI) = £949.99
1 x Intel Core i7-13700K (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AX-IN) = £399.95
1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99
1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H100x ELITE High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - 240mm (CW-9060065-WW2) (SKU: HS-04S-CS) = £114.95
1 x MSI B760 Gaming Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-37M-MS) = £149.99
1 x Kingston FURY Beast RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-29L-KS) = £124.99
1 x MSI MAG A850GL 850W 80 Plus Gold ATX 3.0 PCIE5Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-012-MS) = £119.99

Total: £2,066.78 (includes delivery: £11.98)

andy o · 19 Aug 2023 at 13:01

Do you think you'll need an i7?
My preference is air cooling since it's easier to fit, longer lifespan and cheaper. Does get in the way though and I like a black box with none of that RGB stuff so YMMV.

Tetras · 19 Aug 2023 at 14:52

Rohit85 said:
I can’t find any memory that says xmp

If it doesn't say EXPO then it's usually XMP, but you can google the model number.

xrob · 21 Aug 2023 at 10:58

I can't understand putting 5600 memory on a 13700k, especially when you shop around for a die. i got corsair 6400c32 a die memory for £109, overclocked it to 7600 c34 on my 12900k, memory controller on 13700k is better so should be easy.

Tiamat21 · 21 Aug 2023 at 11:14

Any interest in a smaller itx build? The SFF psus can give you thst option without much more cost.

Rohit85 · 21 Aug 2023 at 13:45

OK let's do this. You guys come up with some suggestions for me. So far, from my research, these are my requirements:
- I want the AMD 7900 xtx
- I want the intel 13700 or the amd ryzen 9 7900x3d. Which ever is better for the GPU
- I play a mix of games. Main game is online COD. On other days it will be others like Last of Us, GTA, Far Cry, God Of War, Star Wars Jedi Survivor. I would like to play COD on highest fps possible (guessing this will have to be on 1440p) and all the other single player type games at high fps above 120 on the highest resolution (preferably 4k)
- I like the look of corsair icue rgb. the ability to link all items to one hub and control like this.
- I want 2tb storage
- RAM and PSU I have no preference. RGB RAM would be nice actually.
- Motherboard I guess you would select based on compatibility of other components you select.

My budget is around £2k - £2.4k

Thanks for helping out btw folks. Glad I came to this forum.

Tetras · 21 Aug 2023 at 14:10

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £368.99
1 x AMD - Starfield Ryzen Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00523) = £0.00
1 x Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BF-GI) = £189.95
1 x Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMT32GX5M2D6000Z36) (SKU: MY-4DE-CS) = £124.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX Pulse 24GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-3A5-SP) = £929.99
1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00
1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £129.95
1 x Corsair RM1000x Shift ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (CP-9020253-UK) (SKU: CA-27A-CS) = £169.99
1 x Corsair 4000X iCUE RGB Mid-Tower Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass (CC-9011204-WW) (SKU: CA-25L-CS) = £109.99

Total: £2,023.85 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Cooler: this.

Rohit85 said:
- I want the intel 13700 or the amd ryzen 9 7900x3d. Which ever is better for the GPU

The 7900X3D is generally regarded as the worst of the X3D CPUs, so I've switched to the 7800X3D.

Rohit85 said:
- I like the look of corsair icue rgb. the ability to link all items to one hub and control like this.

I chose an icue case and shift PSU, but I'm not very knowledgeable about RGB, so can't tell you how it is controlled and if every other part is compatible.