New build advice

[doggles]

Hi, any suggestions or advice welcome.

Mainly used for games. 34inch 1440p monitor



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1 X XFX Mercury Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Gaming Edition RGB White 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £679.99
SKU: GRA-XFX-05449

1 X Lian Li O11D EVO RGB Mid Tower Case - White - £149.99
SKU: CAS-LIA-01221

1 X Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB PRO High Performance White All In One CPU Cooler - 360 - £99.95
SKU: COO-ARC-04931

1 X CORSAIR iCUE LINK LX120 RGB 120mm PWM White Fan Starter Kit - £109.99
SKU: COO-CRS-02479

1 X Asus PRIME X870-P (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard - £209.99
SKU: MOT-ASU-03090

1 X AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail - £424.99
SKU: PRO-AMD-03517

1 X Corsair Vengeance RGB EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMH32GX5M2B6000Z30K) - £149.99
SKU: MY-4DU-CS

1 X Samsung 9100 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive - £164.99
SKU: STO-SAM-04765

1 X be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1200W ATX 3.1 80 Plus Gold Power Supply - £149.98
SKU: CA-150-BQ

Grand Total: £2,151.85

 

[Gray2233]

There's a lot of money going on aesthetics with that build, as well as pointless expenses performance wise such as a PCI-E 5.0 NvME when a £70 Gen4 drive like the T500 would perform just as well for gaming.

Don't get hung up on RAM timings either, X3D chips aren't that fussed and a £90-100 32gb set would be fine.

 

[Quartz]

1 X Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB PRO High Performance White All In One CPU Cooler - 360 - £99.95
SKU: COO-ARC-04931

This is overkill. Just get yourself one of the Thermalright Assassin tower coolers in white for £35 or so.

1 X Samsung 9100 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive - £164.99
SKU: STO-SAM-04765

You might find this insufficient in size and your money better spent in getting a 2 TB or 4 TB v4 drive..

1 X be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1200W ATX 3.1 80 Plus Gold Power Supply - £149.98
SKU: CA-150-BQ

This is way overkill.

1 X CORSAIR iCUE LINK LX120 RGB 120mm PWM White Fan Starter Kit - £109.99
SKU: COO-CRS-02479

That's a lot of money; you're basically doubling the price of the case. You might be better advised to look at cases that already come with white fans.

 

[Gray2233]

White build that would perform identically for £500 less, also has a 2tb NvME:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - White (SKU: POW-PHK-02518) = £94.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £424.99
• 1 x Aerocool P500C Mid Tower Case - White (SKU: CAS-AER-03693) = £59.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Ki (SKU: MY-0AY-TG) = £91.99
• 1 x MSI B850 Gaming Plus WIFI6E (AMD AM5) B850 DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-05941) = £149.99
• 1 x Thermalright Frozen Warframe SE 360 ARGB White All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-TLR-04552) = £59.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £131.99
• 1 x Sapphire Pure Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-03982) = £649.99

Total: £1,675.91 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[doggles]

There's a lot of money going on aesthetics with that build, as well as pointless expenses performance wise such as a PCI-E 5.0 NvME when a £70 Gen4 drive like the T500 would perform just as well for gaming.

Don't get hung up on RAM timings either, X3D chips aren't that fussed and a £90-100 32gb set would be fine.

thanks, yea that's why i thought a bit of a sense check would be wise. thanks for the headsup on RAM.

 

[doggles]

This is overkill. Just get yourself one of the Thermalright Assassin tower coolers in white for £35 or so.



You might find this insufficient in size and your money better spent in getting a 2 TB or 4 TB v4 drive..



This is way overkill.



That's a lot of money; you're basically doubling the price of the case. You might be better advised to look at cases that already come with white fans.

yea that's a good point about the SSD...i was just attracted by the MBs numbers i knew it was a silly idea

re the fans, i quite like the idea of being able to control the entire case's RGB, so i'll have a look and see if there's perhaps some cheaper alternatives. - i like the case

White build that would perform identically for £500 less, also has a 2tb NvME:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - White (SKU: POW-PHK-02518) = £94.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £424.99
• 1 x Aerocool P500C Mid Tower Case - White (SKU: CAS-AER-03693) = £59.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Ki (SKU: MY-0AY-TG) = £91.99
• 1 x MSI B850 Gaming Plus WIFI6E (AMD AM5) B850 DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-05941) = £149.99
• 1 x Thermalright Frozen Warframe SE 360 ARGB White All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-TLR-04552) = £59.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £131.99
• 1 x Sapphire Pure Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-03982) = £649.99

Total: £1,675.91 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

ah the PSU size was meant to be 1000kw.. *had a look on a PSU calculator and it suggested 750 plus. - if i can get away with a 750kw one thats a win

cheers for the rest of the feedback

should probably have said, i'll take the NVme ssd from my current PC so i'll need two M2 slots

 

[Gray2233]

ah the PSU size was meant to be 1000kw.. *had a look on a PSU calculator and it suggested 750 plus. - if i can get away with a 750kw one thats a win

cheers for the rest of the feedback

PSU calcs tend to massively overestimate, either to make you spend more money or to compensate for poor quality supplies.

The 750W PSU listed is more than enough for the build in question, frankly it'd run on a good 650W but it's worth having headroom.

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Average gaming load of 349W with peaks of 382w, Guru3D and most reputable tech sites recommend a 750W.

Even if you're stuck on the idea of a higher wattage supply I'd opt for this:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 1000W 80PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply Modular - White (SKU: POW-PHK-02522) = £138.95

Total: £142.94 (includes delivery: £3.99)​

You could quite happily run a 5090 on the thing.

 

[doggles]

PSU calcs tend to massively overestimate, either to make you spend more money or to compensate for poor quality supplies.

The 750W PSU listed is more than enough for the build in question, frankly it'd run on a good 650W but it's worth having headroom.

cheers