Overclockers - Refract Gaming Azure

[jacc]

Hi,

Appreciate there are a number of threads on PC builds. I have around £2k to spend and a number of recommendations lean toward AMD spec CPU and GPU. I lucked out when building out my PC in 2016 with an Intel i7-6700K and have only had to upgrade memory and GPU since then. I am a little behind on where the market now sits and what is best way forward Intel vs AMD and Nvidia vs AMD.

My question is the new refract range worth considering - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/refract-gaming-azure-1440p-pre-built-gaming-pc-fs-1dp-ep.html or is it suggested to build out a different spec. Prefereably pre-built or I get OCUK to put together as per last order.

Main driver is gaming at 4k with Mid-High performance. Need a quiet PC as it is in a shared room and from memory my previous AMD GPU ran hot and loud.

No additional peripherals needed and I wont be re-using my old PC for parts/case as handing it down to my son whilst it has some legs left.

Thanks

 

[Tetras]

My question is the new refract range worth considering - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/refract-gaming-azure-1440p-pre-built-gaming-pc-fs-1dp-ep.html

I copied the spec as best I could (many components are not named by brand/model):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £347.99
• 1 x AMD - Avatar Ryzen Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-01185) = £0.00
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K0-AS) = £149.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C36BBEK2-32) (SKU: MY-29U-KS) = £99.99
• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 4070Ti Phoenix 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-20X-GW) = £749.99
• 1 x WD Blue SN570 1TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3B0C) (SKU: HD-589-WD) = £39.95
• 1 x Kolink Observatory Z Mesh ARGB Super Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-063-KK) = £119.99
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RM850x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020200-UK) (SKU: CA-267-CS) = £109.99
• 1 x Kolink Umbra Void AIO 360mm Performance ARGB CPU Water Cooler (SKU: HS-006-KK) = £86.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632) (SKU: SW-18J-MS) = £109.99

Total: £1,814.87 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

So far as I'm aware, OCUK charge £150 + 4% (of build spec) for a custom PC.

Main driver is gaming at 4k with Mid-High performance. Need a quiet PC as it is in a shared room and from memory my previous AMD GPU ran hot and loud.

For 4K, I'd look at something more like this, with a stronger graphics card that has more VRAM:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Eight Core 5.30GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DV-AM) = £299.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming B650-Plus WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6K0-AS) = £149.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C36BBEK2-32) (SKU: MY-29U-KS) = £99.99
• 1 x Asrock Radeon RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming OC 24GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-013-AK) = £899.99
• 1 x AMD - Avatar Radeon Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-01186) = £0.00
• 1 x WD Blue SN580 2TB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-WDC-00541) = £79.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool II ARGB Midi-Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-77T-LL) = £60.95
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RM1000x 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (CP-9020201-UK) (SKU: CA-268-CS) = £134.99
• 1 x Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632) (SKU: SW-18J-MS) = £109.99

Total: £1,835.88 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

(Assumes use of the CPU's box cooler for the 7700.

Ideally, I'd like the 7800X3D, but these benchmarks show the difference is generally small @ 4K:

Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs. Ryzen 7 7700, Best Value AMD 8-Core CPU in 2023?

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[jacc]

Tetras thanks for the quick reply yesterday - is there an alternate CPU cooler recommendation than stock - water cooling possibly - this has linked into the message https://www.overclockers.co.uk/koli...formance-argb-cpu-water-cooler-hs-006-kk.html ?
is there an alternate mobo - currently not in stock of the recommended one?

 

[Tetras]

Tetras thanks for the quick reply yesterday - is there an alternate CPU cooler recommendation than stock - water cooling possibly

I'd get the peerless assassin, reviewed here.

I only chose that cooler because OCUK often fit kolink parts to their pre-builds and I was trying to copy the spec, I don't know how it performs.

Motherboard: maybe the B650 Gaming X or the Tomahawk.