New build sanity check

[legacy]

Hello

It's been a long time since I built a PC, last time was an overclocked Barton 2500+ ... wondering if I could get a quick sanity check on the below. I've mainly cribbed advice from the last few weeks of posts.

I want a mid-range gaming rig, 1440p I guess, not into VR. Is it reasonable to expect to be able to build something that will play games with OK performance for the next 5 years or so? Current thinking:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £299.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500 Midi Tower Case - Grey Tempered Glass= £84.95
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GM-650 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply= £89.99
• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99
• 1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £449.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G320C6K)= £149.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £149.99
• 1 x be quiet! Shadow Rock 3 High Performance CPU Cooler= £44.99

Total: £1,393.08 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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I also do some dev work where I want to have at least 32GB ram. I had considered getting an X570 board for future CPU upgrades, but not convinced it's worth the cost right now. Spending a bit more than I'd hoped on a GPU, but looks like decent value for money at today's prices + fairly keen on not running too loud, I understand the red devil would be quiter than cheaper 5700XTs?

Many thanks

 

[EsaT]

No graphics card is proof against next-gen and coming consoles.
So you need to plan in upgrading that in year or so if wanting to stay in higher end.

Beyond that well plannd list.
That working case cooling that motherbaord could take also 12 cores decently well as upgrade.

 

[legacy]

Thanks for the reply.

If I was looking to upgrade GPU in a couple of years, should I consider a higher end motherboard now?

 

[Gray2233]

I wouldn't say it's necessary to get a better motherboard, but if you do I would look at the Gigabyte Aorus Elite X570.

I'd also recommend getting the following GPU instead of the one you're looking at:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Aorus Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £449.99

Total: £449.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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Same price point, 4 year warranty and UK based support, there's even a Gigabyte rep' active on these forums, and you'll still be getting one of the best 5700XT's on the market.

 

[EsaT]

If I was looking to upgrade GPU in a couple of years, should I consider a higher end motherboard now?

Right now PCIe v4's advantage for only graphics cards supporting it is in level of measuring error/individual round tolerances.
And fastest current old card isn't even much slower with bandwidth halved from x16 v3.0.

Though it's open question if next-gen consoles bring changes in how GPUs are utilized by games.
In which case bandwidth could become more significant factor than just what general GPU power increase will benefit.
X570 boards just aren't cheap with Gigabyte X570 Gaming X being about the cheapest sensible.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...4-x570-chipset-atx-motherboard-mb-57x-gi.html

 

[lee32uk]

The regular Gaming OC would save you £51 but out of stock until May 4th.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £398.99

Total: £408.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)
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[legacy]

Thanks for the replies all.

I'm going for the Aorus graphics card mentioned above, the Powercolor has crept up another £9 since I originally posted!

Going to stick with the MSI Tomahawk, reading about the lower end x570 boards elsewhere still left me unconvinced.