New gaming build spec check

[Jonnyfriendly]

Hello there - Im looking at putting together a fairly powerful gaming PC - through a bit of research (and guesswork) I have cobbled together the following parts - if anyone could tell me if this looks decent enough and the best options for the price it would be much appreciated -

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-04361) = £310.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £449.99
• 1 x Gigabyte UD1300GM PG5 1300W 80 PLUS Gold Modular ATX Power Supply (SKU: POW-GIG-00985) = £169.99
• 1 x Antec Flux PRO Full Tower Case - Black (SKU: CAS-ATC-03468) = £169.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-KNG-03705) = £99.95
• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-ARC-01992) = £89.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Renegade 2TB PCI-e 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive with Heatsink (SKU: STO-KNG-01333) = £131.99

Total: £1,434.88 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

I'll hopefully at some stage be getting a 5090 to complete it, when the decent ones at a reasonable price dont immediately sell out - I use a 120hz VRR LG OLED to game/pc on

At the moment Ive got a 5800x3d, MSI B550 and 5080 which Im planning on moving on to a lucky beneficiary (my daughter) - would the PC build above represent a decent uptick in performance or is it not worth the hassle?

Thanks a lot for any help!

 

[mickyflinn]

You don't want a m2 drive with a heatsink as most motherboards come with one.

Nice motherboard but there are cheaper alternatives or could drop to the b850 Tomahawk.


Not sure about that pau I would read reviews

 

[Quartz]

1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-ARC-01992) = £89.99

You really don't need such a beefy CPU cooler. One of the Assassin air coolers would more than suffice.

 

[Tetras]

if anyone could tell me if this looks decent enough and the best options for the price

Depends how much you want to cut really, but there's a decent chunk of savings there. E.g.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £449.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B850 EAGLE WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03859) = £179.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-KNG-03707) = £199.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £126.95
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £85.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 1200W 80 Plus Platinum ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 Fully Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-04741) = £159.95

• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE Black Dual Tower CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03285) = £34.99

Total: £1,249.84 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

At the moment Ive got a 5800x3d, MSI B550 and 5080 which Im planning on moving on to a lucky beneficiary (my daughter) - would the PC build above represent a decent uptick in performance or is it not worth the hassle?

In benchmarks, sure. In reality? That's harder to say. If you're whacking up the details at 1440p/4K in highly demanding games: absolutely. If you're playing on modest settings in not very demanding games, you may not even notice.