PC gaming build - £2k

Aloreth · 22 Mar 2024 at 12:43

Hi all,

My trusty gaming computer has unfortunately died (it was purchased in 2016 so has had a good life).

I would really appreciate anyone casting an eye over the components below and offering any changes or advice. I already have a large case from my large build which I am planning on reusing.

This computer will just be used for gaming.

1 X Intel Core i5-13600K (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail - £319.99
SKU: CP-6AV-IN

1 X Asus ROG Strix B760-F Gaming WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard - £209.99
SKU: MB-6KD-AS

1 X Corsair Vengeance 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - £99.95
SKU: MEM-CRS-01147

1 X Corsair RMe Series RM1000e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020264-UK) - £152.99
SKU: CA-27P-CS

1 X WD Black SN770 1TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) - £74.98
SKU: HD-58F-WD

1 X Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Eagle OC 16GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics - £869.99
SKU: GRA-GIG-01549

1 X WD 4TB Red Pro 7200rpm HDD 256MB Cache Internal NAS Hard Drive (WD4003FFBX) - £136.99
SKU: HD-555-WD

1 X Arctic Liquid Freezer II High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm - £119.99
SKU: HS-07D-AR

Grand Total: £1,984.87

tamzzy · 22 Mar 2024 at 13:21

in comparison to your spec:
better gaming cpu
better (faster) ram
don't need a 1kw psu, 850w is fine for a 2070ti super/2080 super if pairing with ryzen
2tb ssd with dram cache instead of 1tb w/o dram cache - games these days getting larger so 2tb definitely useful
seagate offering £2 cheaper, and with 3 year data recovery + 5 year warranty, wd only offering 5 year warranty (both are cmr drives, none of that smr bs lol)
cheaper gpu, 5 year warranty included if registered within 30 day of purchase
newer generation aio cooler
still ends up cheaper

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £349.99
1 x Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JX-AS) = £209.99
1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FF3D532G6000HC30DC01) (SKU: MY-0B8-TG) = £109.99
1 x MSI MAG A850GL 850W 80 Plus Gold ATX 3.0 PCIE5Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-012-MS) = £119.99
1 x MSI SPATIUM M480 Pro 2TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-MSI-00815) = £125.99
1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4070 TI Super Trinity Black 16Gb Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-01497) = £769.99
1 x Seagate 4TB IronWolf PRO NAS HDD 7200RPM 128MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (SKU: STO-SEA-00563) = £134.99
1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-ARC-01992) = £89.99

Total: £1,910.92 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Aloreth · 22 Mar 2024 at 13:46

Thank you for taking the time to review this - it's much appreciated.

You include items that are "preorders" is there any way of identifying when these are likely to come into stock? I was thinking of ordering this today, are there any obvious alternatives?

Is this a sensible upgrade on graphics card?

Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 Trinity 16GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card
SKU GX-13H-ZT

Quartz · 22 Mar 2024 at 13:52

Aloreth said:
This computer will just be used for gaming.

I'll echo @tamzzy and say that AM5 is the way to go right now.

Aloreth said:
1 X Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Eagle OC 16GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics - £869.99

How important is RT to you? Because the Radeon GPUs are competitive for raster performance.

Aloreth said:
1 X WD 4TB Red Pro 7200rpm HDD 256MB Cache Internal NAS Hard Drive (WD4003FFBX) - £136.99
SKU: HD-555-WD

Use the money @tamzzy is saving you to get a SSD instead.

tamzzy said:
1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-ARC-01992) = £89.99

AIOs offer no benefit over air coolers on AM5 (but do for Intel):

tamzzy · 22 Mar 2024 at 14:06

@Aloreth
for £2k
2080 super rather than just the 2080
i've removed the hdd as this can always be added at a later time if needed
all pre-orders replaced with suitable parts
i've left the arctic aio on as they are available to order at other etailers

My basket at OcUK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £349.99
1 x Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JX-AS) = £209.99
1 x MSI MAG A850GL 850W 80 Plus Gold ATX 3.0 PCIE5Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-012-MS) = £119.99
1 x MSI SPATIUM M480 Pro 2TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-MSI-00815) = £125.99
1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III ARGB High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-ARC-01992) = £89.98
1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4080 Super Trinity Black 16Gb Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-01496) = £998.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB EXPO 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-00997) = £119.99

Total: £2,014.92 (includes delivery: £0.00)

Aloreth · 22 Mar 2024 at 15:03

Thanks - now trying to be brave enough to hit the "buy" button!

ED209 · 22 Mar 2024 at 15:33

It's mad that nearly half of the budget is just on the gpu!

H2S04 · 22 Mar 2024 at 16:05

with 14700KF, Z790 and 7200mhz ram, 4070ti zotac - £1873..from other retailers u got AIO AF 3..later u can buy 4T hdd..https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cart

Gray2233 · 22 Mar 2024 at 21:45

ED209 said:
It's mad that nearly half of the budget is just on the gpu!

The last couple of years have been odd in that regard tbh, there's really well priced options for almost any computer part you might buy other than GPU's being silly money.

cjgardens · 24 Mar 2024 at 05:50

ED209 said:
It's mad that nearly half of the budget is just on the gpu!

Ridiculous, i wouldn't spend that much on a GPU.

ED209 · 24 Mar 2024 at 08:04

Gray2233 said:
The last couple of years have been odd in that regard tbh, there's really well priced options for almost any computer part you might buy other than GPU's being silly money.

Yeah, they seem to just be going up and up and up in price.

cjgardens said:
Ridiculous, id wouldn't spend that much on a GPU.

I miss the days where they where £250 (AMD R9 390+free game!)

mickyflinn · 24 Mar 2024 at 08:56

ED209 said:
I miss the days where they where £250 (AMD R9 390+free game!)

There back.

I can sell you an AMD R9 390+free game for £250.

ED209 · 24 Mar 2024 at 09:14

mickyflinn said:
There back.

I can sell you an AMD R9 390+free game for £250.

I still have mine sitting in a draw.

It was retired last year when it started becoming far too loud and could only control it via AMD software or Afterburner.

This was after giving the gpu a good clean and re doing the thermal paste on it