New build thoughts

[Radfom12]

I haven’t built a pc for a very long time and need some thoughts on this.

Going for a white build, want to use it for CAD, content creating, gaming at 1440p high settings and general office work.

A base build to begin with but with an upgrade path later, more ram, bette GPU later etc.

Anything I need to change or missing ?

Trying to keep the budget south of 2k

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1 X Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini Snow Edition Midi-Tower Tempered Glass - White -£124.99
SKU: CA-78Z-LL

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1 X Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060Ti Vision OC V2 LHR 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £499.99
SKU: GX-1E6-GI

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1 X Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive - £119.99
SKU: HD-248-SA

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1 X Phanteks Revolt SFX 80 PLUS Gold modular - 750 Watt - £119.99
SKU: CA-0B6-PT

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2 X Lian-Li ST120 Addressable RGB 120mm White Fan with Controller - Triple Pack -£34.99
SKU: FG-00Q-LL

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1 X Lian-Li GALAHAD AIO 360mm High Performance RGB CPU Water Cooler - White - £149.99
SKU: HS-008-LL

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1 X Team Group Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - RGB White (TF2D4 -£74.99
SKU: MY-08N-TG

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1 X Asus Prime Z690-P WIFI D4 - Intel Z690 LGA 1700 DDR4 ATX Motherboard -£244.99
SKU: MB-6H3-AS

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1 X Phanteks Extension Cable Combo Kit - Blue - £22.99
SKU: CM-025-PT

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1 X Intel Core i9-12900K 3.20GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail -£428.99
SKU: CP-6A1-IN

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Grand Total: £1,870.09

 

[Tetras]

I think 16GB of RAM for that usage would be a mistake, especially given the high-end nature of the other components. You can get 32GB of white Corsair 3600 for £110.

Wow, the white tax on that graphics card is painful

 

[ShiWarrior]

id swap out the PSU for a 1000W, because your otherwise limited, so if you stuck a 4090 in there, your PSU wouldn't handle it


and id try and get a newer system that supports DDR 5

 

[Craig_d1]

I wouldn't bother with the 12900k. Think 13700k beats 12900k is almost everything, and wont run as hot or as power hungry...1tb not the biggest drive in the world..I'd maybe consider 2tb..you can get a gen4 crucial 2tb p5p for £181 if you search..£219 get you the 2tb SN850X here
£500 for a 3060ti..wow...at those prices might as well just go all in and get a 4070ti...at least youll be 3090/3090ti performance, more if 1440p gaming. was watching a yt saying that nvidia getting ready with 4070/4060ti sku ...how soon do you want your pc..£1870 still a lot for a 3060ti build..i know using for more than just gaming as work station, but still
Not 100% sure, but if using a full size atx mobo in the mini snow edition, you wont have room for aio at top...you'll need a micro atx board in 5 slot config for that. you could place in on the bottom, but that's not ideal as the highest point would then be the cpu pumphead, so any air in the aio would get trapped there potentially, resulting in a loss of performance

 

[Radfom12]

I wouldn't bother with the 12900k. Think 13700k beats 12900k is almost everything, and wont run as hot or as power hungry...1tb not the biggest drive in the world..I'd maybe consider 2tb..you can get a gen4 crucial 2tb p5p for £181 if you search..£219 get you the 2tb SN850X here
£500 for a 3060ti..wow...at those prices might as well just go all in and get a 4070ti...at least youll be 3090/3090ti performance, more if 1440p gaming. was watching a yt saying that nvidia getting ready with 4070/4060ti sku ...how soon do you want your pc..£1870 still a lot for a 3060ti build..i know using for more than just gaming as work station, but still
Not 100% sure, but if using a full size atx mobo in the mini snow edition, you wont have room for aio at top...you'll need a micro atx board in 5 slot config for that. you could place in on the bottom, but that's not ideal as the highest point would then be the cpu pumphead, so any air in the aio would get trapped there potentially, resulting in a loss of performance