New Tower

dmr91 · 28 Dec 2022 at 20:49

Hello,

Im looking at getting a desktop setup as im currently gaming of a laptop, i now have space for a desktop. I mainly play WoW, RDR2 and a few others.

My budget is £1200 (give of take) for the machine I have a monitor which is a MSI G27C4 but id like a 2nd if its not too much on top of the budget for the tower.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
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dfour · 28 Dec 2022 at 22:45

AM5 build.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Asrock B650M PG Riptide (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-18Y-AK) = £179.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DG-AM) = £248.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD532G5600HC36BDC01) (SKU: MY-0BB-TG) = £139.99
1 x Aerocool Aero One Mini Eclipse ARGB Micro- ATX Case - Black Tempered Glass (SKU: CA-21N-AE) = £59.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM650 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020194-UK) (SKU: CA-24R-CS) = £87.94
1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £69.95
1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 6700 XT Pulse Gaming 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-39K-SP) = £389.99
1 x AMD Radeon™ Raise The Game Bundle - Dead Island 2 & The Callisto Project (SKU: XX-03A-AM) = £0.00
1 x Alpenfohn Dolomit Advanced 120mm ARGB CPU Cooler - Black (SKU: HS-05V-AL) = £34.99

Total: £1,211.83 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Micro-atx so the box is smaller with a bit of bling.
AM5 so there is an upgrade path for several years.
Loads of ram
easily play at 1080p that you own atm.

dmr91 · 28 Dec 2022 at 23:45

Thank you! Is that something id have to order all the parts for and build myself?

dfour · 29 Dec 2022 at 16:03

dmr91 · 29 Dec 2022 at 16:08

dfour said:
Yes.

Is that easy enough for someone who's never built before but kinda knows what they're doing?

dfour · 29 Dec 2022 at 16:10

Yes. There are plenty of build videos on youtube to give you help or ideas if needed.

Quartz · 29 Dec 2022 at 17:03

dfour said:
1 x Aerocool Aero One Mini Eclipse ARGB Micro- ATX Case - Black Tempered Glass (SKU: CA-21N-AE) = £59.99

That case doesn't look like it's any good for cable management, with next to no room behind the motherboard tray.

dfour · 29 Dec 2022 at 23:20

I was trying not to recomend the Kolink citadel mesh all the time in this price bracket lol.

Surely thats the case with most cheaper micro-atx cases @Quartz ?

Quartz · 30 Dec 2022 at 00:05

dfour said:
I was trying not to recomend the Kolink citadel mesh all the time in this price bracket lol.

Whyever not?

My Citadel Mesh is stored away - I'll be building it in the new year - but I had no problems with cable management. I don't mention cable management in my review of the Citadel Mesh here but you can see from the pictures that all the cables fit behind the motherboard tray.

dfour · 30 Dec 2022 at 16:47

Quartz said:
Whyever not?

My Citadel Mesh is stored away - I'll be building it in the new year - but I had no problems with cable management. I don't mention cable management in my review of the Citadel Mesh here but you can see from the pictures that all the cables fit behind the motherboard tray.

Yes i build a rig in one earlier this year. Nice case for the money IMHO.

dmr91 · 31 Dec 2022 at 12:08

If I were to up the budget to say £1600 what else could I get in terms of future proofing a bit? For example getting a larger PSU to handle upgrades and or a better GPU.

Thanks again for your help

dfour · 31 Dec 2022 at 16:47

The easy answer to you is put a more powerful psu and gpu in and be done.

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Corsair RMx Series RM850x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (SKU: CA-267-CS) = £134.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DG-AM) = £259.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 6800 XT Red Devil 16GB PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-19T-PC) = £629.99
1 x Alpenfohn Dolomit Advanced 120mm ARGB CPU Cooler - Black (SKU: HS-05V-AL) = £34.99
1 x WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) (SKU: HD-58F-WD) = £82.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD532G5600HC36BDC01) (SKU: MY-0BB-TG) = £139.99
1 x Asrock B650M PG Riptide (Socket AM5) DDR5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-18Y-AK) = £179.99
1 x Kolink Citadel Mesh RGB Micro-ATX Case - Black (SKU: CA-052-KK) = £64.99

Total: £1,527.92 (includes delivery: £0.00)

I have gone one step further but unfortunatly cant keep in your budget

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK32GX5M2D6000Z36) (SKU: MY-4DF-CS) = £199.99
1 x Corsair RMx Series RM850x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (SKU: CA-267-CS) = £134.99
1 x Phanteks Eclipse G360A Mid Tower Airflow PC case - Satin Black (SKU: CA-0B4-PT) = £89.99
1 x WD Black SN850X 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2X0E) (SKU: HD-590-WD) = £98.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DG-AM) = £259.99
1 x Arctic Freezer A35 ARGB AM4/AM5 CPU Cooler (SKU: HS-07X-AR) = £43.99
1 x Powercolor Radeon RX 6800 XT Red Devil 16GB PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-19T-PC) = £629.99
1 x Asrock B650 LIVEMIXER (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-18W-AK) = £234.95

Total: £1,692.88 (includes delivery: £0.00)

The GPU price is the real issue
The artic cooler is a place holder to the Thermalright peerless assassin whuich isnt sol by OC but is an awesome cooler that will cope with pretty much any chip you could put under it in future. £43 for the rgb version from other places.

Peerless Assassin 120 SE – Thermalright

thermalright.com