Please Help! New PC build Advice.

Deponeo · 4 Jul 2023 at 17:57

Hi all,

Hoping some of your tech savvy guys can help me to build the best PC with my budget of around £2,750(ish)

- Open to Intel or AMD
- Primarily for gaming with browsing/basic other PC use.
- Looking for best performance (fps and graphically) for 4k gaming.
- To be future proof.

Thank you all in advance

Deponeo · 4 Jul 2023 at 22:47

Tetras said:
Intel/DDR5 option:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x Intel Core i7-13700F (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6BD-IN) = £359.99

1 x Gigabyte B760 GAMING X AX (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BU-GI) = £199.99

1 x Kingston FURY Beast 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C40BBK2-64) (SKU: MY-29W-KS) = £209.99

1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4090 Trinity 24GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-13E-ZT) = £1,499.99

1 x Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GV3A012) (SKU: HD-3EX-SE) = £116.98

1 x Phanteks Eclipse P600S Silent Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-08V-PT) = £140.00

1 x Phanteks M25 140mm PWM High-Airflow Chassis Fan - Black (SKU: FG-033-PT) = £9.94

1 x be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-14Q-BQ) = £149.99

Total: £2,698.86 (includes delivery: £11.98)

Cooler, I would suggest this (under £50).

Would this need watercooling?

Deponeo · 5 Jul 2023 at 00:59

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Thanks Tetras, always see you helping people like myself out around here. Would you change or add anything if you could even it cost a little more?

Deponeo · 5 Jul 2023 at 19:24

Tetras said:
No, it is fine. Though, a non-F CPU might be handy as a backup or testing GPU, since the F doesn't have one.

Would the Artic Liquid Freezer II be a better option as a cooler within the system? Only asking as I will ve ordering to abroad so getting all the parts in one is easier.

Also I noticed the Gigabyte B70 is out of stock, is there any other good alternatives.

Thanks.

Deponeo · 21 Jul 2023 at 23:30

Thanks Tetras, in terms of performance which would be better then out of the Intel and AMD you provided?

Deponeo · 23 Jul 2023 at 11:39

Tetras said:
Gaming at 4K? I doubt you'd notice any difference between either spec.

AM5 is likely to have better upgrade potential in the future, but the 13700F would perform stronger in heavily multi-threaded apps.

Thanks again.

Out of curiosity if I was able to financially upgrade to the i9 13900k would I need to change any of the intel cart or would I need to re-jiggle some pieces to ensure there's no bottlenecking/overheating going on?

Deponeo · 27 Jul 2023 at 17:35

Thanks to both regarding the input. So Tetra just for clarification your saying the performance difference wouldn't be worth the cost? I'd be using around 80 percent for gaming btw.

I just thought the i9 13900k would be a little more future proof as well.

Deponeo · 27 Jul 2023 at 19:07

Man your a bundle of knowledge.

I'm almost thinking based off that then maybe I'm better dropping to an 4080 card since it wouldn't be as future proof as originally thought and save the money aside for the future.

Deponeo · 27 Jul 2023 at 22:19

Tetras said:
The 13900K might not offer you a noticeable upgrade in gaming, but a 4090 will, especially at 4K and with max settings. So, that's not a downgrade I'd recommend.

If you did want an affordable 4K card, then the Sapphire 7900 XT OCUK have @ £729 is the one I'd choose.

Great. Could I pair that with the AMD build you have already suggested or would I need to alter the item list?

Thanks again. Your a legend