New Build Advice Please

Iron-man · 2 Dec 2024 at 12:25

Hi everyone

I am looking to build a new PC so thought I would come to those in the know. Ill be coming from an I5 6600 and 1070.

I only need to build the PC as I have mouse, keyboard and monitors, my main monitor is a 1440p curved screen if that helps.

Pc is used for gaming on different games from Escape from Tarkov to football manager and everything in between and it is also used for photoshop and editing.

Budget wise I think is around £1200 give or take, less if it can but also i can go a little more if the jump up is worth it.

Not really sure on intel or AMD etc as only real experience of AMD previously was a really hot running GPU that was sent back so I guess I am open to suggestions or advice on this.

Thanks for taking the time and if i have missed any needed info please let me know.

mickyflinn · 2 Dec 2024 at 12:57

Hi.

1440p gaming build 7600 CPU with 7800xt , there's money to be saved on the m2 drive if you wish but gone for one of the best for the price.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £179.99
1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K0-AS) = £155.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-02786) = £89.98
1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive with Heatsink (WDS200T2XHE) (SKU: HD-594-WD) = £134.00
1 x Aerocool Dryft v2 Midi-Tower ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00608) = £59.98
1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00764) = £449.99
1 x Arctic Freezer 36 A-RGB 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02418) = £29.99
1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95

Total: £1,184.87 (includes delivery: £0.00)

freddie64 · 2 Dec 2024 at 13:12

Build above looks good, but i would get a NVME drive without a heatsink and use the motherboard cooling plate.

Something like this as a example.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Kingston FURY Renegade 2TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SFYRS/2000G) (SKU: STO-KNG-01330) = £133.99

Total: £137.99 (includes delivery: £3.99)

Iron-man · 2 Dec 2024 at 17:59

mickyflinn said:
Hi.

1440p gaming build 7600 CPU with 7800xt , there's money to be saved on the m2 drive if you wish but gone for one of the best for the price.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £179.99

1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K0-AS) = £155.99

1 x Corsair Vengeance 32GB EXPO (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-02786) = £89.98

1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive with Heatsink (WDS200T2XHE) (SKU: HD-594-WD) = £134.00

1 x Aerocool Dryft v2 Midi-Tower ATX Case (SKU: CAS-AER-00608) = £59.98

1 x SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon™ RX 7800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA™ 3 architecture (SKU: GRA-SPR-00764) = £449.99

1 x Arctic Freezer 36 A-RGB 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02418) = £29.99

1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95

Total: £1,184.87 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Thank you, i have seen the 9800x3d mentioned for gaming is this a big upgrade over whats listed for the £400 plus cost?

Iron-man · 2 Dec 2024 at 18:00

freddie64 said:
Build above looks good, but i would get a NVME drive without a heatsink and use the motherboard cooling plate.

Something like this as a example.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Kingston FURY Renegade 2TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SFYRS/2000G) (SKU: STO-KNG-01330) = £133.99

Total: £137.99 (includes delivery: £3.99)

Thanks Freddie, quick question why would you go for 1 without the heatsink with costing same, genuine questions as im intrigued as with my limited knowledge i would have gone WD over Kingston but im probably wrong

mickyflinn · 2 Dec 2024 at 18:22

Iron-man said:
Thank you, i have seen the 9800x3d mentioned for gaming is this a big upgrade over whats listed for the £400 plus cost?

It's about a 25% performance increase on average in games best to check reviews, personally would wait till prices drop and market becomes flooded then sell the 7600 for £100.

M2 get the one without the heatsink as the motherboard has heatsinks, .

freddie64 · 3 Dec 2024 at 07:27

Iron-man said:
Thanks Freddie, quick question why would you go for 1 without the heatsink with costing same, genuine questions as im intrigued as with my limited knowledge i would have gone WD over Kingston but im probably wrong

If you use the motherboard heatsink, you would have to remove the one on the NVME and that would void the warranty and they can be a pain to remove.

I would normally recommend the WD but it costs £20 more at the moment.

Journey · 3 Dec 2024 at 07:53

I personally would avoid daft priced SSD's on a £1200 build, get something like an SN580 for £85, and used the saved budget for a 7900GRE, SSD isn't getting you any frames ever, at all on any planet.

Iron-man · 3 Dec 2024 at 16:46

freddie64 said:
If you use the motherboard heatsink, you would have to remove the one on the NVME and that would void the warranty and they can be a pain to remove.

I would normally recommend the WD but it costs £20 more at the moment.

Ah OK understood, didnt realise you would have to remove it and dont wanting to be voiding any warranty's the way my luck is lol

Iron-man · 3 Dec 2024 at 16:48

Journey said:
I personally would avoid daft priced SSD's on a £1200 build, get something like an SN580 for £85, and used the saved budget for a 7900GRE, SSD isn't getting you any frames ever, at all on any planet.

ok thanks for advice, The SSD looks like its £99 on here so only £35 saving and regards the GPU would it be a noticeable difference? as i could technically do both if it is worth it.

mickyflinn · 3 Dec 2024 at 18:48

Iron-man said:
ok thanks for advice, The SSD looks like its £99 on here so only £35 saving and regards the GPU would it be a noticeable difference? as i could technically do both if it is worth it.

I would do it it's a step up in GPU performance and go for the sn 770 it's an extra £5 over the sn580 but worth imo.

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Journey · 3 Dec 2024 at 21:27

mickyflinn said:
I would do it it's a step up in GPU performance and go for the sn 770 it's an extra £5 over the sn580 but worth imo.

WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E)

Order WD Black SN770 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) now online and benefit from fast delivery.

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580 a was £85 this morning when I wrote the post.

What's worse is the OCUK fake discount again, why do people even buy anything here? How can something be save 17% then go up in price and you are still saving, misleading and should be illegal.

freddie64 · 4 Dec 2024 at 07:05

Journey said:
580 a was £85 this morning when I wrote the post.

Journey said:
What's worse is the OCUK fake discount again, why do people even buy anything here? How can something be save 17% then go up in price and you are still saving, misleading and should be illegal.

Think £85 will have been BF sale price, that ended on the 2nd and would have changed later in the day.

The £100 sale price will be the Xmas sale price.

Journey · 4 Dec 2024 at 07:47

freddie64 said:
Think £85 will have been BF sale price, that ended on the 2nd and would have changed later in the day.

The £100 sale price will be the Xmas sale price.

A yes a DFS sale, where there never real is an RRP and its always on sale. If you believe that is OK, then you might work in marketing. :cry:

adrichardson81 · 4 Dec 2024 at 21:13

What software are you using for photo editing? If it uses gpu acceleration, an Nvidia gpu may be a better option.

freddie64 · Thursday at 07:35

Journey said:
A yes a DFS sale, where there never real is an RRP and its always on sale. If you believe that is OK, then you might work in marketing.

Think most sales are DFS sales.

Never used Photoshop, but would it bebefit from a NVME with DRAM cache?

For a GPU i would go either

AMD 7800XT or 7900GRE if budget allows.

Nvidia RTX 4070 or 4070 super if budget allows.

Again, not sure what would work best for Photoshop.

Iron-man · Thursday at 09:42

adrichardson81 said:
What software are you using for photo editing? If it uses gpu acceleration, an Nvidia gpu may be a better option.

main one is photoshop

Iron-man · Thursday at 09:48

freddie64 said:
Think most sales are DFS sales.

Never used Photoshop, but would it bebefit from a NVME with DRAM cache?

For a GPU i would go either

AMD 7800XT or 7900GRE if budget allows.

Nvidia RTX 4070 or 4070 super if budget allows.

Again, not sure what would work best for Photoshop.

ok thanks ill check what they do to the budget as i have no idea of the prices of those.

mickyflinn · Thursday at 12:27

Iron-man said:
ok thanks ill check what they do to the budget as i have no idea of the prices of those.

The m2 drives with dram are the type Freddie and i posted at the start of the thread and tend to cost more.

Iron-man · Saturday at 11:41

mickyflinn said:
The m2 drives with dram are the type Freddie and i posted at the start of the thread and tend to cost more.

ok yeah i will check out prices for the GPUs suggested as well to see what the budget can do