Potential build check please

AnastieByte · 2025-11-19T13:01:19+0000

Purchase Timeframe: within a 2 month period

Budget: Between £3,500 and £4,500

Usage: 4k gaming on 32” OLED such as BF6, photography processing and office work

Preferences: 4tb NVME, RTX 5090 (unless advised overkill) and CPU watercooled AIO

Current Hardware: Ryzen 9 5900x cpu, Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming motherboard, 2x16 DDR4 3200 RAM, RTX 3080 GPU, 1TB Corsair MP600 NVMW and Corsair RM850x PSU

Peripherals: none required

Special Needs/Requirements as in preferences

From elsewhere I had an offer of a Thermaltake AX1000 PSU but Ive not heard of them despite a 10 year warranty.

Basket below:

1 X AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail - £599.99
SKU: PRO-AMD-04501

1 X Gigabyte X870 GAMING X WIFI7 (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard - £219.99
SKU: MOT-GIG-03321

1 X Palit GeForce RTX 5090 GameRock 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £2,180.00
SKU: GRA-PAL-04175

1 X Corsair HXi Series HX1200i 80 PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply - £219.94
SKU: POW-CRS-01895

1 X Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 48GB (2X24GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - £230.00
SKU: MEM-CRS-03745

1 X Corsair Force MP700 PRO SE 4TB NVMe PCIe 5.0 M.2 Solid State Drive - £479.98
SKU: STO-CRS-02403

1 X Microsoft Windows 11 Home 64-Bit DVD - OEM (KW9-00632) - £107.99
SKU: SW-18J-MS

1 X CORSAIR FRAME 4000D Mid-Tower PC Case - Black - £79.99
SKU: CAS-CRS-03796

1 X Cooler Master MasterLiquid PL360 Flux All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm - £189.95
SKU: HS-08S-CM

Grand Total: £4,319.82

Gray2233 · 2025-11-19T13:19:09+0000

Does your photo editing make use of a lot of cores? If not you could drop down to a 9800X3D and see the same level of performance in games, probably better as there would be less potential fuss with getting them to use the correct cores.

Here's a fairly hefty saving:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x CORSAIR FRAME 4000D RS ARGB Mid-Tower PC Case - Black (SKU: CAS-CRS-03854) = £99.95
1 x CORSAIR RS120 ARGB 120mm PWM Black Fan (SKU: COO-CRS-02490) = £14.99
1 x Phanteks AMP GH 1200W 80 Plus Platinum ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 Fully Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-04741) = £159.94
1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 48GB (2X24GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-03745) = £230.00
1 x Team Group G70 PRO 4TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02619) = £299.98
1 x Sapphire Nitro+ B850A WiFi 7 (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-SPR-05688) = £158.00
1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04501) = £599.98
1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 Solid 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-04049) = £2,249.99
1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III PRO ARGB High Performance All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-ARC-04930) = £89.99

Total: £3,914.81 (includes delivery: £11.98)

I'd not spend money on a retail Windows licence given keys can be had for £10-20.

Zotac is slightly more expensive, but they have a UK based RMA and 5 years warranty vs 3 with the Palit as long as you register the card within 30 days.

Unless there's specific features you need from X870 there's no point in it over B850, usually it's just USB4.

Cheaper NvME but it'll perform just as well, cheaper but still very high quality PSU. If I was spending £200 + on one it'd be the Antec HCG Pro.

Blinged the AiO up a bit more than I normally would, a £40-50 Thermalright 360mm would work just as well.

AnastieByte · 2025-11-19T13:22:21+0000

Gray2233 said:
Does your photo editing make use of a lot of cores? If not you could drop down to a 9800X3D and see the same level of performance in games, probably better as there would be less potential fuss with getting them to use the correct cores.

Here's a fairly hefty saving:

My basket at OcUK:

1 x CORSAIR FRAME 4000D RS ARGB Mid-Tower PC Case - Black (SKU: CAS-CRS-03854) = £99.95

1 x CORSAIR RS120 ARGB 120mm PWM Black Fan (SKU: COO-CRS-02490) = £14.99

1 x Phanteks AMP GH 1200W 80 Plus Platinum ATX 3.1 PCIe 5.1 Fully Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-04741) = £159.94

1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO/XMP 48GB (2X24GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRS-03745) = £230.00

1 x Team Group G70 PRO 4TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-TMG-02619) = £299.98

1 x Sapphire Nitro+ B850A WiFi 7 (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-SPR-05688) = £158.00

1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04501) = £599.98

1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5090 Solid 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-04049) = £2,249.99

1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer III PRO ARGB High Performance All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-ARC-04930) = £89.99

Total: £3,914.81 (includes delivery: £11.98)

I'd not spend money on a retail Windows licence given keys can be had for £10-20.

Zotac is slightly more expensive, but they have a UK based RMA and 5 years warranty vs 3 with the Palit as long as you register the card within 30 days.

Unless there's specific features you need from X870 there's no point in it over B850, usually it's just USB4.

Cheaper NvME but it'll perform just as well, cheaper but still very high quality PSU. If I was spending £200 + on one it'd be the Antec HCG Pro.

Blinged the AiO up a bit more than I normally would, a £40-50 Thermalright 360mm would work just as well.

Thanks for this I appreciate the advice. I only process my photos using DXO so not sure how core heavy it is.

Gray2233 · 2025-11-19T13:28:35+0000

AnastieByte said:
Thanks for this I appreciate the advice. I only process my photos using DXO so not sure how core heavy it is.

From a quick google it looks like it can use a lot of cores depending on what you're doing, it also leverages the GPU too but you're pretty well covered there with a 5090. :cry: