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I'm looking at potentially a PC build for about £1k or just over to pair with an iiyama ultrawide monitor that I have.

It would be used for gaming, home working and photography.

What kind of specs would you recommend? Would like something quiet and smaller case wise if possible

As an alternative, I have an option of the below spec for £850

Case: Cooler Master NR200P
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
GPU: ASUS Nvidia RTX 3060Ti TUF Gaming 8GB GDDR6
RAM: Kingston FURY Beast 16GB (2x8GB) 3600Mhz CL17
PSU: Corsair SF750 Platinum
MOBO: ASRock A520M-ITX/ac
SSD: WD Blue SN570 1TB
CPU COOLER: BeQuiet Pure Rock 2
CASE FANS: 2x Arctic P12 (replaced stock)
OS: Windows 11 Pro (full license)
 
That spec looks pretty good, I can't beat it, even without the OS and ignoring size.

AM4 attempt:

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail - £149.99
Gigabyte X570S UD (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard - £159.95
Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey - £79.99

PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT Fighter 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £389.98

Super Flower Leadex III 850W 80 PLUS Gold Modular Power Supply - Black - £112.99
Lian Li LANCOOL 215 Mid-Tower aRGB Tempered Glass Black - £89.99

WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) - £74.99

Grand Total: £1,069.87

Intel attempt:

Intel Core i3-12100F 3.30GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail - £109.99
Gigabyte B760M DS3H DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard - £114.99
Team Group Vulcan Z T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey - £79.99

PowerColor Radeon RX 6700 XT Fighter 12GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £389.99

Super Flower Leadex III 850W 80 PLUS Gold Modular Power Supply - Black - £112.99
Lian Li Lancool 205M Mesh Micro-ATX PC Case Black - £69.94

WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) - £74.99

Grand Total: £964.87
 
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markwilliams82 said:
I'm looking at potentially a PC build for about £1k or just over to pair with an iiyama ultrawide monitor that I have.

It would be used for gaming, home working and photography.

What kind of specs would you recommend? Would like something quiet and smaller case wise if possible

As an alternative, I have an option of the below spec for £850

Case: Cooler Master NR200P
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
GPU: ASUS Nvidia RTX 3060Ti TUF Gaming 8GB GDDR6
RAM: Kingston FURY Beast 16GB (2x8GB) 3600Mhz CL17
PSU: Corsair SF750 Platinum
MOBO: ASRock A520M-ITX/ac
SSD: WD Blue SN570 1TB
CPU COOLER: BeQuiet Pure Rock 2
CASE FANS: 2x Arctic P12 (replaced stock)
OS: Windows 11 Pro (full license)
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Looks pretty good. You might be able to pick up a better gpu second hand though.
 
That Asrock motherboard is only PCIe 3.0 so you would want to change that at some point. Are you fussed about pc size?
 
The one that I was looking at was no longer available so it'll be a new build i go down and I'll extend my budget to about £1.5k

I'd like the RTX route and I have an OS already

No preference on size or colour of case etc, so open to ideas
 
markwilliams82 said:
The one that I was looking at was no longer available so it'll be a new build i go down and I'll extend my budget to about £1.5k

I'd like the RTX route and I have an OS already

No preference on size or colour of case etc, so open to ideas
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Intel option:

Swap the i5-12600K for i5-13500 (not available at OCUK) *

* Intel Core i5-12600K 3.70GHz (Alder Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - OEM - £260.00
Gigabyte B760M DS3H DDR4 (LGA 1700) DDR4 Micro-ATX Motherboard - £114.98
Lexar Hades 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit - £79.99

Zotac GeForce RTX 4070Ti Trinity 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card - £799.99

Lian Li Lancool 205M Mesh Micro-ATX PC Case Black - £69.95
Super Flower Leadex III 850W 80 PLUS Gold Modular Power Supply - Black - £112.99

WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) - £74.99

Grand Total: £1,524.88 (includes delivery charge)

I'd recommend a half-decent tower cooler too.
 
Thanks, meant to add that I do have a cooler.
I bought a Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H100i Elite bundle from OC UK last year that came with 3 fans if I'm able to make use of that
 
I've had a bit of a look around myself too so not to leave it to everyone else, and came up with the below systems (1 Intel build and 1 AMD build) have stretched on the budget a bit because I already have the OS and a Corsair iCUE H100i Elite cooler with fans

Intel Build
Corsair Carbide 275R - £53.99
Corsair RMe Series 850W - £119.99
MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 ATX - £179.99
Intel 12 Core i7 12700K - £369.98
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL Black 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 Memory - £89.99
ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB - £859.99
Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB - £52.98

AMD Build
Corsair Carbide 275R - £53.99
Corsair RMe Series 850W - £119.99
MSI MAG X570S TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI AM4 - £229.98
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8 Core AM4 - £229.99
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL Black 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 Memory Kit - £89.99
ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB - £859.99
Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB - £52.98
 
markwilliams82 said:
Intel Build
Corsair Carbide 275R - £53.99
Corsair RMe Series 850W - £119.99
MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 ATX - £179.99
Intel 12 Core i7 12700K - £369.98
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL Black 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 Memory - £89.99
ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB - £859.99
Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB - £52.98
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you'd be better off with a 13600k build if going intel
13600k = 6p 8e cores (better ipc/faster clocked than 12th gen)
12700k = 8p 4e cores
 
 
markwilliams82 said:
Is there a preference of intel compared to amd at the moment
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one's preference ofc. much of a muchness these days

personally, i would probably opt to go AM5 if i were building a new computer right this moment
reason being is that intel platform is "dead" and no new cpus will be released for it
AM5 will still be supported for the next couple of CPU iterations
as as above ryzen 7000 and intel 13th gen are reasonably close enough in performance, so depending on how often you upgrade, then future upgradeability should be taken into account
(ofc if you use programs that are intel/amd biased then this changes the balance)
 
 
markwilliams82 said:
AMD Build
Corsair Carbide 275R - £53.99
Corsair RMe Series 850W - £119.99
MSI MAG X570S TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI AM4 - £229.98
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8 Core AM4 - £229.99
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL Black 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 Memory Kit - £89.99
ZOTAC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12GB - £859.99
Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB - £52.98
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OCUK have the Gigabyte B550 Gaming X for £116, or the X570S UD for £160, together with a 5700X you'd save a lot of money (if you don't need wireless). Personally I'd get the B550 Gaming X, because if you're spending that much on AM4 CPU & motherboard (£230 & £230), might as well go AM5.
 
Only thing really on was going to say was if I went the AM5 route I would need a new cooler but I've googled the Corsair iCUE H100i ELITE CAPELLIX and its AM5 compatible.

So realistically, if I go AMD, its worth cutting back on some of the parts for an AM4 build to bring the cost down or put a bit extra to have a future proof AM5?

AMD (AM5)
Corsair Carbide 275R - £53.99
Corsair RMe Series 850W - £119.99
Gigabyte AMD Ryzen B650 GAMING X AX AM5 - £237.95
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - £349.99
TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C30 - £169.99
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070Ti Phantom Reunion 12GB - £799.00
Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB - £52.98
Total £1783.89

AMD (AM4)
Corsair Carbide 275R - £53.99
Corsair RMe Series 850W - £119.99
Gigabyte B550 Gaming X V2 - £115.99
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8 Core AM4 - £229.99
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL Black 32GB 3200MHz DDR4 Memory Kit - £89.99
Gainward GeForce RTX 4070Ti Phantom Reunion 12GB - £799.00
Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB - £52.98
Total £1461.93
 
markwilliams82 said:
So realistically, if I go AMD, its worth cutting back on some of the parts for an AM4 build to bring the cost down or put a bit extra to have a future proof AM5?
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The only CPU I would consider for AM4 if buying new now is the 5600/x.
Anything else and might as well get AM5
 
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