New build advice.

RamboFB · 22 Feb 2025 at 13:18

Hello I am putting together a new build soon. Main use is music production with some headroom for gaming. I plan use my GTX1660 super until it goes hence no graphics card. Also my existing SSD will serve a secondary drive. I haven't included any additional fans at the moment. I am not happy with the price of the cooler but I am looking for a white one with CPU temp read out and this was cheapest one I could find.

Anyone got any thoughts or if I can do better?

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Intel Core Ultra 7 265K (Arrow Lake) Socket LGA 1851 Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-INT-03111) = £379.99
1 x Intel Core Ultra Bundle - Assassin's Creed Shadows and Civilization VII (SKU: DIG-INT-04525) = £0.00
1 x Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHZ Dual Channel Kit - White (CMT32GX5M2B5600C36W) (SKU: MY-4CZ-CS) = £139.99
1 x Asrock Z890 Pro RS WIFI White (LGA 1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASR-03362) = £224.99
1 x Corsair iCUE LINK TITAN 360 RX LCD RGB White All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-CRS-03458) = £259.99
1 x Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.3c Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-24R-SA) = £159.95
1 x be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1200W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-150-BQ) = £149.99
1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500DX ARGB Midi Tower Case - White Tempered Glass (SKU: CA-13X-BQ) = £99.95

Total: £1,414.85 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Tetras · 22 Feb 2025 at 13:24

RamboFB said:
I am not happy with the price of the cooler but I am looking for a white one with CPU temp read out and this was cheapest one I could find.

I think you can get LCD panels with customisable readouts that would probably still work out cheaper than that cooler. Alternatively, I believe the Kraken has a readout, though the saving on the white version would be minimal.

RamboFB · 22 Feb 2025 at 13:26

Tetras said:
I think you can get LCD panels with customisable readouts that would probably still work out cheaper than that cooler. Alternatively, I believe the Kraken has a readout, though the saving on the white version would be minimal.

I will have a look into that cheers

Tetras · 22 Feb 2025 at 13:27

RamboFB said:
1 x Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.3c Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-24R-SA) = £159.95

You can get the T500 for £100 at the moment. Is a high-end PCI-E 4.0 drive with DRAM.

RamboFB · 1 Mar 2025 at 16:59

So finally ready to start ordering these parts for the build. Unfortunately some of the parts are on "pre order". The only information I can find is it will take up to 5 working days, not an issue but I assume Overclockers will email when being dispatched and give a delivery day, which if ordered today could be anywhere next week between Monday and Friday? Just to see what people had found in general regarding this?

RamboFB · 1 Mar 2025 at 19:28

RamboFB said:
So finally ready to start ordering these parts for the build. Unfortunately some of the parts are on "pre order". The only information I can find is it will take up to 5 working days, not an issue but I assume Overclockers will email when being dispatched and give a delivery day, which if ordered today could be anywhere next week between Monday and Friday? Just to see what people had found in general regarding this?

Probably just give the store a call on Monday get it sorted

Tetras · 1 Mar 2025 at 19:37

RamboFB said:
Probably just give the store a call on Monday get it sorted

Unless a part you're ordering is particularly good value or special in some other way, I'd be inclined to just switch it, or shop around for an alternative. Most parts there is plenty of choice.