Need help with this build

ItzEthan

ItzEthan

ItzEthan

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Hey everyone! I'm looking to buy a new system from OCUK, and I think I've got a really good setup for my budget and everything, however I am a little concerned as to the cooling. If I could get advice for the cooler, the power supply, and if the airflow in the case would be effective, I'd really appreciate it! :)

My maximum budget is £1,400 and I'm running with 2 60 Hz 1080p monitors, but this is due to be upgraded.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...d3,U@bHqg3_Z2bHsr3+XWbHss3+Y;bKDM3!8XbMFP3.@+

Price; £1,350.94 (With delivery)

Processor; AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - MPK

Motherboard; MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

CPU Cooler; Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm

Memory; Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey

M.2 Solid State Drive; WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0B)

Mechanical Hard Drive; 1Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200RPM 256MB Cache Hard Drive - *System Stock*

Graphics; Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER WindForce OC 3X 8G 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Power Supply; Kolink KL-1000M 1000W 80 Plus Bronze Modular Power Supply

Case; Kolink Void RGB Midi Tower Case - Black Window
 
What are you planning on using the rig for, just gaming or anything else like video editing, rendering, etc?

Have you also thought about building the PC yourself? You'll get more for your money and better quality components...

(I'm looking at you nasty Kolink PSU and cheapo case for a £1400 PC :p)
 
Sparx said:
What are you planning on using the rig for, just gaming or anything else like video editing, rendering, etc?

Have you also thought about building the PC yourself? You'll get more for your money and better quality components...

(I'm looking at you nasty Kolink PSU and cheapo case for a £1400 PC :p)
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Haha, I'm planning on using the rig for gaming, streaming and Uni work where I'll be doing game development and 3D Modelling.

I have thought about building myself, but last time I did so, it didn't end up so good and I had to get people to help lmao :) Mainly though I'm just working a lot over lockdown though so I haven't got the time to build at the moment, but I agree it would probably end up being massively cheaper if I did so.

What recommendations would you have for the case and PSU?
 
The case isn't all that bad really, just a bit 'meh' in the grand scheme of a £1400 PC :p I'd go for something like the Phantek P400 Air or Lian Li Lancool II.

PSU wise... Frustratingly the stock is very scarce most places you look due to the pandemic... But of what stock OcUK do actually have I'd go with any of the below. Probably lean toward the NZXT PSU myself.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/nzxt...old-fully-modular-power-supply-ca-1al-nx.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-rog-strix-550w-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-05e-as.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...old-modular-power-supply-black-ca-063-sf.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...old-modular-power-supply-black-ca-064-sf.html

Or if you did decide to build yourself, I'd go with something like this... Main differences being mATX mobo/case, newer B550 chipset mobo, faster RAM, 1TB NVMe for boot drive instead of 500GB SATA SSD and much better quality PSU. Case is entirely personal preference but it's a good mATX mobo so you'd need an mATX case if you rolled with something like that. Added the 2TB HDD in as presumed you wanted that for storage? If not then that would save £60 off the below basket.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,364.88 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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This is better CPU cooler for only little more than Raijintek.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-freezer-34-cpu-cooler-120mm-hs-077-ar.html

And wouldn't touch those Kolink Bronzes except with good pole fit for blunt instrument's job.


ItzEthan said:
Mainly though I'm just working a lot over lockdown though so I haven't got the time to build at the moment
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Really bad time to buy graphics cards for "sitting on shelf".
Next-gen is few months away and current cards, especially overpriced Nvidias, are going to loose lots of value.
Those ones giving beating include also next-gen consoles.
Just for scale GPU of next Xbox is clearly more powerfull than 2070 Super.
 
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