New build for niece

nutski1873 · Wednesday at 18:34

doesnt have to look similar if its replicating my build for one of them. Wouldnt want them arguing that 1 is more powerful than the other. They can look different, but if they perform at the same kind of level then ideal

Tetras · Wednesday at 18:47

nutski1873 said:
doesnt have to look similar if its replicating my build for one of them. Wouldnt want them arguing that 1 is more powerful than the other. They can look different, but if they perform at the same kind of level then ideal

Right, got it.

The CPU is roughly equivalent, I've done the same size of memory (doesn't make sense to buy DDR4 at current prices) and a graphics card that is close(ish).

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Intel Core i5-14600KF (Raptor Lake-S) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-INT-00803) = £179.99
2 x Intel Gamers Days - Battlefield 6 Bundle (SKU: DIG-INT-06117) = £0.00
1 x Gigabyte B760 GAMING X AX (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BU-GI) = £130.00
1 x Crucial Pro 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C46 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01085) = £158.99
1 x Sparkle Intel ARC B580 TITAN OC 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPK-03779) = £229.99
1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £131.98
1 x PHANTEKS Eclipse G370A - ATX Mid-Tower Case - Black (SKU: CAS-PHK-05088) = £54.90
1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95
1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: COO-TLR-02724) = £29.99

Total: £1,012.78 (includes delivery: £11.98)

mickyflinn · Wednesday at 18:56

Tetras said:
Right, got it.

The CPU is roughly equivalent, I've done the same size of memory (doesn't make sense to buy DDR4 at current prices) and a graphics card that is close(ish).

Hes got 64gb in his pc could pull out 32gb and save some money if it's 16gb sticks

Tetras · Wednesday at 18:58

mickyflinn said:
Hes got 64gb in his pc could pull out 32gb and save some money if it's 16gb sticks

Oh, smart! I didn't think of that!

Would have to change the board in my spec to DDR4.

nutski1873 · Wednesday at 19:13

Tetras said:
Oh, smart! I didn't think of that! Would have to change the board in my spec to DDR4.

Do you mean pull 32gb out of my current machine, and leave it with 32gb ddr4 in both?

mickyflinn · Wednesday at 20:45

nutski1873 said:
Do you mean pull 32gb out of my current machine, and leave it with 32gb ddr4 in both?

We do.

mickyflinn · Thursday at 09:05

@nutski1873

Swap out the motherboard for the MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI DDR4 which can be had for £110 from tetras build and use your 32gb from your pc .

nutski1873 · Thursday at 12:33

mickyflinn said:
@nutski1873

Swap out the motherboard for the MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI DDR4 which can be had for £110 from tetras build and use your 32gb from your pc .

Thank you both so so much, it now appears that I am going to be busy along with them.

mickyflinn · Thursday at 12:53

nutski1873 said:
Thank you both so so much, it now appears that I am going to be busy along with them.

Just holler if you have any questions and let's us know how you get on.

Craig_d1 · Thursday at 13:01

why spend 1k on a old intel package with no upgrade path..not really understanding this...just get a 9600x b650/b850 setup..at least down the line you can shove in an x3d cpu down the line if their gaming hobby continues

nutski1873 · Thursday at 17:46

Craig_d1 said:
why spend 1k on a old intel package with no upgrade path..not really understanding this...just get a 9600x b650/b850 setup..at least down the line you can shove in an x3d cpu down the line if their gaming hobby continues

You have just made me think that your right and the original suggestion of the 9600 build should be built.

Omg lol. What to do. Everyone has been so so helpful

Craig_d1 · Thursday at 18:06

nutski1873 said:
You have just made me think that your right and the original suggestion of the 9600 build should be built.

Omg lol. What to do. Everyone has been so so helpful

if it helps, I have 2 kids, one's just starting uni in 2 weeks and other just starting his A levels(as of yesterday)..My eldest has a B550 am4 setup with a 5800x cpu/3080fe combo I built a few years ago. My yougest I built a pc for him as he starts computer science a levels...his machine was actually cheaper as used some 2nd hand parts, but also more potential as a b650/7800x3d machine with a 7800Xt gpu (gpu on a par for raster with 3080 roughly, looses out to dlss as only fsr3, but does have 16gb vram)...cpu for gaming wipes the floor with the 5800x
my eldest isn't jealous that basically my youngest has a better gaming rig than he does...he realises pc's improve over time and that for a few years he had a rig when his brother didn't. He does now want to upgrade his pc for his b'day/xmas which is fine..i picked up a 2nd hand 7800x3d for him a month or so back and will prob go for a b850 tomahawk(available £193 if you look), with some 32gg 6000c30 rgb ram(has to be rgb for my kids..ad me for that matter..after having years of nothing, I enjoy the rgb)
as side note my sister doesn't have kids so spends money on mine instead...They're her only 2 nephews, so she got my eldest a scuba diving course for his open padi/open water padi etc last present...she wants to do something similar for yougest now he's getting old enough, but he's happy to wait till he finds something he wants to do

Craig_d1 · Thursday at 18:10

my jist is don't worry too much of getting everything perfectly the same. At the end of the day, theses are presents and hopefully your niece/nephew realise this and also realise if presents come at different times then in the case of pc's, if money is roughly the same, performance might change as time has gone by. hopefully they understand this, and also means they get to look forward to future upgrades/presents (if they still enjoy gaming in the future)..my sister lets me do the pc stuff, she likes doing the outdoor stuff to counterbalance it :cry:

...which is fine...gave me an excuse to dive with my son, and get my dry suit certificate at the same time (never dived in uk before...it's chilly)

mickyflinn · Thursday at 18:13

nutski1873 said:
You have just made me think that your right and the original suggestion of the 9600 build should be built.

Omg lol. What to do. Everyone has been so so helpful

While this make sense in terms of upgradability you said that you wanted to have bot nephew and niece the same computer almost. Secondly you can utilise some of your existing memory therefore a cheaper upgrade plus if there are on the same platform you can easily cross troubleshoot.

nutski1873 · Thursday at 19:16

Yeah I am probably worrying too much about it. As they do understand everything you have all said.

Tetras · Thursday at 19:29

nutski1873 said:
Yeah I am probably worrying too much about it. As they do understand everything you have all said.

Is the saving from pulling out/sharing the 32GB of RAM meaningful to you, or not really?

If it isn't and you think you'll get away with it, I would just build the best PC for the budget, rather than trying to match them.

nutski1873 · Thursday at 20:27

Tetras said:
Is the saving from pulling out/sharing the 32GB of RAM meaningful to you, or not really?

If it isn't and you think you'll get away with it, I would just build the best PC for the budget, rather than trying to match them.

Not really, no. Will just as happy keep the ram where it is.

Tetras · Thursday at 22:06

nutski1873 said:
Not really, no. Will just as happy keep the ram where it is.

in that case, I'd just go AM5, yeah (and buy a new set). It doesn't make sense to buy DDR4 anymore, it used to be cheap, but unfortunately it isn't anymore.

For more or less the same money, maybe this (CPU cooler in CPU box):

Edit: might be better to get a cheaper SSD and a 9600 (9600X has no cooler).

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core 5.10GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DW-AM) = £160.99
1 x Gigabyte B850M DS3H (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03862) = £139.99
1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C46 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01086) = £99.95
1 x XFX Swift 9060 XT Gaming OC Dual Fan 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-XFX-05433) = £329.99
1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £131.99
1 x Antec CX600M ARGB M-ATX Mini Tower - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-04160) = £54.95
1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.94

Total: £1,014.79 (includes delivery: £11.98)

9060 XT 16GB is a lot faster, but they lose 16GB of system RAM and the CPU has half the number of cores.

So, even though it'll actually perform better in games, you can tell them (the 12700/64GB/3060 owner) that they weren't short changed

Craig_d1 · 2025-09-05T16:41:47+0100

I'm a little different as want a mobo that can handle any cpu you can throw at it(after all, half the point going am5 is the future upgradeability). also 32gb ram is fine for general gaming (i don't come close), so will give up some capacity at 48gb, and rather have faster ram so 6000 c36. ideally 6000c30
9600X £172.75
32gb corsair 6000C36 expo £83.99...they have veangeance rgb 6400c36 expo for £91.99...that'll run but could manually just set it to 6000 speed also
wd sn7100 2tb ssd £106.99
mag b850 tomahawk max wifi £194.01
MSI mag a850gl psu £97.99
then from ocuk
lian li v100 case £69.98 (comes with 4 argb fans)
powercolour reaper 9070 £499 (roughly 50% faster than the 9060xt)
thermalright assassin spirit 120 evo argb £16.99
that £1241.7 which is just over the £1200 budget you set but will be a very capable 1440p gaming pc (so will rip through 1080p), and should be ok with 4k with upscaling

below is idea of performance as uses a 9600x with a 9070...guy does a lot of 'low'detail for competetive shooting to max framerates, but other games has it set to ultra. only game that used more than 20gb ram was hogwarts legacy which came in at 21gb (why i prefer faster 32gb ram to slower higher gb ram)

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