Potential New Build

[deviltoe]

Hi all,

The PC I built 8 years ago nearly melted when trying to play Baldurs Gate 3 so decided it was time to upgrade. I've so far looked at this as the key components:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-13600KF (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6B8-IN) = £269.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4070 WindForce OC 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-1G2-GI) = £619.99
• 1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £129.95
• 1 x B Grade Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned (SKU: BG-16X-CS) = £99.95
• 1 x B Grade MSI Pro Z690-A WIFI DDR4 - Intel Z690 DDR4 ATX Motherboard (SKU: BG-5E0-MS) = £165.00

Total: £1,292.87 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Already a bit pricier than I had planned and yet to look at case, cooling and PSU but would welcome any advice there too. The build is primarily for some gaming and general internet use but with some future proofing in mind. Another 8 years would be good!

Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers etc not required at the moment.

Any help or advice (or cost cutting without huge impact on performance) would be welcome!

Thanks!

 

[Tetras]

I would make the following changes to your build, for the same money (note that you get one year less warranty on the graphics card and the CPU/motherboard don't support overclocking):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-13700F (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6BD-IN) = £359.99
• 1 x MSI B760 Gaming Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-37M-MS) = £149.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD532G5600HC36BDC01) (SKU: MY-0BB-TG) = £99.94
• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-20Y-GW) = £530.00
• 1 x Nvidia Fight For Freedom Bundle - Overwatch 2 Invasion (SKU: DIG-NVI-00681) = £0.00
• 1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £129.94

Total: £1,277.86 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Case/PSU:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99
• 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM750e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020262-UK) (SKU: CA-27S-CS) = £115.00

Total: £191.98 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

Cooler: this.

 

[deviltoe]

I would make the following changes to your build, for the same money (note that you get one year less warranty on the graphics card and the CPU/motherboard don't support overclocking):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core i7-13700F (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6BD-IN) = £359.99
• 1 x MSI B760 Gaming Plus WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-37M-MS) = £149.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Vulcan 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C36 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (FLBD532G5600HC36BDC01) (SKU: MY-0BB-TG) = £99.94
• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 4070 Ghost 12GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-20Y-GW) = £530.00
• 1 x Nvidia Fight For Freedom Bundle - Overwatch 2 Invasion (SKU: DIG-NVI-00681) = £0.00
• 1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £129.94

Total: £1,277.86 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Case/PSU:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mid-Tower High Airflow PC Case - Black (SKU: CA-0C0-PT) = £64.99
• 1 x Corsair RMe Series RM750e Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX Power Supply v2 (CP-9020262-UK) (SKU: CA-27S-CS) = £115.00

Total: £191.98 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

Cooler: this.

Thanks for the help. Do you think the drop to the i5-13600 would make too much of a difference to make the cost saving worthwhile?

 

[Tetras]

Thanks for the help. Do you think the drop to the i5-13600 would make too much of a difference to make the cost saving worthwhile?

You mean the 13600K/13600KF, right? The 13600 is a different CPU.

I would say right now: no, you won't notice anything in games. Will the 2 P-Cores come in handy before the PC is EOL? Possibly, hard to say, you're betting against 6 core CPUs struggling in the future (and the 8 E-Cores not helping out).

 

[deviltoe]

You mean the 13600K/13600KF, right? The 13600 is a different CPU.

I would say right now: no, you won't notice anything in games. Will the 2 P-Cores come in handy before the PC is EOL? Possibly, hard to say, you're betting against 6 core CPUs struggling in the future (and the 8 E-Cores not helping out).

Great, thanks. It was the 13600K/13600KF I meant, ta Something to consider now. I appreciate you taking the time to help.