New PC

greenerose1091 · 23 Jul 2023 at 19:51

Hi guys what do u think about this setup?

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Intel Core i5-13600KF (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6B8-IN) = £269.99
1 x MSI Pro Z790-A WIFI DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-371-MS) = £269.99
1 x Samsung 2TB 870 QVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-77Q2T0BW) (SKU: HD-244-SA) = £139.99
1 x Crucial P3 PLUS 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-07A-CR) = £47.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 Full Tower Case Tempered Glass Window DRGB Satin Black (SKU: CA-0A8-PT) = £149.98
1 x Inno3D GeForce RTX 4070Ti X3 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-08T-IN) = £770.00
1 x Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-29C-KS) = £119.98
1 x be quiet! Pure Loop 360 Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: HS-01P-BQ) = £119.99
1 x MSI MPG A750GF UK PSU 750W, 80 Plus Gold certified, Fully Modular (SKU: CA-00H-MS) = £104.99

Total: £2,004.89 (includes delivery: £11.98)

Gray2233 · 23 Jul 2023 at 21:23

What do you intend to use the PC for exactly?

I'm assuming a major intended purpose is gaming, if so what resolution and refresh rate is the monitor you'll be using? Does it have Freesync and/or Gsync support?

greenerose1091 · 23 Jul 2023 at 21:28

Yes. I will use for gaming. My monitor is 165hz

Gray2233 · 23 Jul 2023 at 21:29

greenerose1091 said:
Yes. I will use for gaming. My monitor is 165hz

I'm guessing that's 2560x1440?

Gray2233 · 23 Jul 2023 at 21:42

I'd be more inclined to build something like this if pure gaming is your intention:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00
1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT Pulse 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-3A7-SP) = £699.95
1 x be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-14Q-BQ) = £149.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLABD532G5600HC40BDC01) (SKU: MY-0B3-TG) = £99.94
1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K1-AS) = £189.95
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £419.99
1 x AMD - Starfield Ryzen Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00523) = £0.00
1 x Phanteks Eclipse G360A Mid Tower Airflow PC case - Satin Black (SKU: CA-0B4-PT) = £84.95
1 x Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GV3A012) (SKU: HD-3EX-SE) = £116.99
1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer II A-RGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 240mm (SKU: HS-07P-AR) = £119.98

Total: £1,881.74 (includes delivery: £0.00)

- Your SSD choices are a little iffy, the Firecuda is a solid all around drive.
- Large capacity PSU for not much more, while arguably overkill it's one of the components you can keep long term and even if future GPU's become more efficient PSU degradation is a thing and said product offers a 10 year warranty.
- Faster GPU in general with a lot more VRAM, vastly quicker in certain games. If RT or features such as DLSS are a major consideration the 4070ti might be worth buying, frankly I think it's a **** poor card for the price point even using that logic.
- Faster gaming CPU.
- Different AIO, although I'd save £60-70 and look into getting the Thermalright Peerless Assassin instead. I'm not saying that the be quiet! Pure Loop is 360 is bad, I simply don't have much knowledge on the product and the Freezer II is one of the few AIO's I'd willingly use.
- Cheaper case but it actually comes with some fans fitted and is mesh fronted, it should have plenty of room for the GPU but double check the dimensions if you decide to go for it.

It also comes in at £120 less, closer to £200 if you take my advice on the CPU cooler and then there's the two copies of Starfield to account for. If you keep one and sell the other you could end up spending a little over the £1700 mark in total.

Tetras · 24 Jul 2023 at 00:46

If staying Intel/nvidia, then I would make the following changes:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Intel Core i7-13700F (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6BD-IN) = £359.99
1 x Gigabyte B760 GAMING X AX (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BU-GI) = £199.99
1 x Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MY-29H-KS) = £110.00
1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4070Ti Trinity 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-13M-ZT) = £799.99
1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £134.99
1 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C) (SKU: HD-589-WD) = £43.99
1 x Phanteks Eclipse P600S Silent Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-08V-PT) = £139.99
1 x Phanteks M25 140mm PWM High-Airflow Chassis Fan - Black (SKU: FG-033-PT) = £9.95
1 x MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 UK PSU 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-00Y-MS) = £139.99

Total: £1,950.86 (includes delivery: £11.98)

Cooler (under £50):

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE Review: Incredible, Affordable Air Cooling Performance

Shockingly cool and quiet, less than $40!

www.tomshardware.com

My reasons are the same as described above, but to be more specific about this part:
- SATA SSD: SATA is outdated now, might as well go M.2/NVME which is faster. The QVO specifically uses QLC which has less endurance than TLC (review here), only has a 3 year warranty and the TLC version (Evo) I wouldn't touch with a bargepole (see thread in storage forum).
- M.2 SSD: The P3 Plus is not a terrible drive, but it has a similar issue to the QVO, it uses QLC and has poor endurance (the 1TB version is rated for just 220 TB written, the TLC-based SN570 1TB is rated for 600 TB written

), though unlike the Samsung QVO it does retain a 5 year warranty.

About the GPU: I changed it just because of the warranty length.

Freddie1980 · 24 Jul 2023 at 10:27

My basket at OcUK:

1 x MSI MAG B650M Mortar WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-377-MS) = £219.95
1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Eight Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DV-AM) = £308.99
1 x AMD - Starfield Ryzen Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00523) = £0.00
1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FF3D532G6000HC30DC01) (SKU: MY-0B8-TG) = £139.99
1 x Crucial P3 PLUS 4TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-07J-CR) = £199.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Micro-ATX Glass Case - Black (SKU: CA-06M-PT) = £124.99
1 x Corsair RMx Series RM1000x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020201-UK) (SKU: CA-268-CS) = £179.99
1 x be quiet! Pure Rock 2 Black CPU Cooler - 120mm (SKU: HS-01K-BQ) = £39.95
1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT Pulse 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-3A7-SP) = £699.95
1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00

Total: £1,925.78 (includes delivery: £11.98)

Given the price of SSD's has dropped a lot over now is a good time to snap up larger SSD's. With this in mind I went with 4TB's time even that way you won't have to fath about upgrading in a few years when 2Tb's isn't enough to hold all the games you want.

For graphics UNLESS you really need or want a specific feature Nvidia offers it's hard not to recommend AMD cards at the moment especially when you add in the Starfield bundle (you get 2 copies with this build as well so you can sell one on if you want).