New system advice

[julianhj]

I've been asked by a relative to build a desktop that will be primarily used for work - construction management and design. A smaller form factor is preferable. The most resource intensive application will be AutoCAD. I've put together a potential system using my preferred brands; any advice on where it could be improved would be much appreciated. The budget is around £1,000.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-12700K 3.60GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-69Z-IN) = £199.99
• 1 x Asus Prime B760M-A WIFI D4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6KG-AS) = £106.00
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMK32GX4M2D3600C18) (SKU: MY-4D1-CS) = £64.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-14S-BQ) = £99.95
• 1 x Fractal Design Meshify C Mini Dark TG Micro-ATX Case - Black (SKU: CA-081-FD) = £94.99
• 1 x be quiet! Shadow Rock 3 High Performance CPU Cooler (SKU: HS-01H-BQ) = £49.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 3060 Dual V2 OC LHR 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-467-AS) = £278.99

Total: £894.90 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Thanks!

 

[Tetras]

AMD AM5 alternative, I assume no storage is intentional?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Six Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02677) = £248.99
• 1 x Asus Prime B650M-A WIFI II (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K6-AS) = £130.00
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C36BBEK2-32) (SKU: MY-29U-KS) = £89.98
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-374-MS) = £265.00
• 1 x Lian Li A3 mATX Black (SKU: CAS-LIA-02350) = £69.95
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95

• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £22.99

Total: £923.84 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[julianhj]

AMD AM5 alternative, I assume no storage is intentional?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Six Core 5.40GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-02677) = £248.99
• 1 x Asus Prime B650M-A WIFI II (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K6-AS) = £130.00
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C36BBEK2-32) (SKU: MY-29U-KS) = £89.98
• 1 x MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X OC 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-374-MS) = £265.00
• 1 x Lian Li A3 mATX Black (SKU: CAS-LIA-02350) = £69.95
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02517) = £84.95

• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £22.99

Total: £923.84 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

Thanks, I'd not included storage as I have some spare NVMe and SATA SSDs from previous upgrades. Are there significant benefits for going with AMD?

 

[Tetras]

Thanks, I'd not included storage as I have some spare NVMe and SATA SSDs from previous upgrades. Are there significant benefits for going with AMD?

Better upgrade potential, especially with the 13th-14th gen issues and the 9000 series have quite a bit higher single core/thread performance than 12th gen.