New build - £1000

richard1032

richard1032

richard1032

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Hi, I have not built a new PC for many years so was hoping someone could give this spec a once over and see if it looks OK. I have given myself a £1k budget which I am almost dead on. I tend to play mmos/rpgs and not that bothered about max settings. Thanks in advance.

Case - Corsair 4000D
Processor - AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail
Memory - Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel
GPU - Zotac GeForce RTX 5060 Twin Edge 8GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Motherboard - MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard
PSU - Corsair Rm 75x PSU
NVMe drive - Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.3c Solid State Drive
 
What are the rest of the parts? Does it include a monitor?

I think you should be able to do better than that for 1K?

E.g.

(CPU cooler in 7600's CPU box, 7600X doesn't have one)

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £1,000.85 (includes delivery: £0.00)​
 
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail
CP-3DW-AM
£180 (incl. VAT)
£170 (incl. VAT)
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TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G5600HC40BDC01)
MY-0B3-TG
£365 (incl. VAT)
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Zotac GeForce RTX 5070 Twin Edge 12GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card
GRA-ZTC-05629
£540 (incl. VAT)
£510 (incl. VAT)
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Team Group MP44L 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive
STO-TMG-03128
£120 (incl. VAT)
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Phanteks AMP GH 750W ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply
POW-PHK-02517
£85 (incl. VAT)
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I personally don't see value in either the 5060 8gb,

Neither do I think spending £500 on a 5070 or 9070 is worthwhile when the superior 9070xt is around £570 if you shop around.

That said, I myself went from thinking of an 9700x CPU with a 9070xt, to just getting a 7600x for £145 and the Sapphire Nitro 9060xt 16gb for £360.

I have to say I have so far been pretty impressed by the pairing, 90fps at 4k ultra 160hz, and 160fps with high settings on a few of my old games. I may have to go to 1440p high for more demanding titles, but I have already found that overall 1440p suits many of the old games better on a 27" screen, I can't read some of the tiny text at 4k due to how some games scale.

My own advice would be build something with the 7600x/9060xt 16gb, 32gb C30 6000 expo memory and a B850 motherboard, and if budget allows it a 2tb NVMe gen4, drive as 1tb fills quickly.

Shop around or ask Overclockers to price match if you have to. The £330 9060xt is superb for the money, it just wasn't available when I went to buy. Both the 7600x and 9600x are going pretty cheap online, both great CPU's but certainly get an X variant.

Cooler wise, well I like matching CPU coolers and case fans, the Arctic Freezer 36 was £30, and P-series fans are £5 each. Great value as is the Tgermalright range, I just don't like giant coolers covering ram.

Looks and brand names are important too, can't stand ultra budget garish cheap cases when brands like NZXT and Phanteks do stunning cases starting around £50

Use it for a year, then look at possible upgrades with the new 2026 AM5 CPUs and AMD's new GPU's.
Remember that when the new kit is released, current mid to high end CPU's and GPU's will go on sale so there will be plenty of upgrade paths down the line.
 
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