Spec me gaming machine £1500

[Name]

Looking to replace my 9700k. Budget £1500ish + build labour as will be asking ocuk to build + test if they do that? Will be re-using my current RTX 3080 for a GPU. How's this? Had considered the strix Z690 but it would need a bios update for the cpu. Do ocuk do this as part of labour cost?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asus ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WIFI (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JJ-AS) = £459.95
• 1 x Intel Core i5-13600K (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-6AV-IN) = £319.99
• 1 x Kingston FURY Beast EXPO RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C36 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF560C36BBEAK2-32) (SKU: MY-29R-KS) = £158.99
• 1 x Seasonic Focus GX-850 850W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-06T-SS) = £159.95
• 1 x Phanteks Glacier One 360T30 GEN 2 Premium All In One CPU Water Cooler D-RGB Black - 360mm (SKU: HS-01N-PT) = £249.94
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse G500A D-RGB Mid-tower PC case - Satin Black (SKU: CA-0BG-PT) = £149.99
• 1 x **Promo** Phanteks M25 140mm D-RGB PWM High-Airflow Chassis Fan - Black (SKU: FG-039-PT) = £0.00

Total: £1,498.81 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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[Name]

Well and truly roasted gonna have to rethink my life choices after this one!

 

[Name]

For a fuller reply, here's the changes I would make:

Intel Core i7-13700F (Raptor Lake) Socket LGA1700 Processor - Retail - £359.99
Gigabyte B760 GAMING X AX (LGA 1700) DDR5 ATX Motherboard - £199.99
Kingston FURY Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C40 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - £149.99

MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 UK PSU 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply - £129.95
(unchanged) Phanteks Eclipse G500A D-RGB Mid-tower PC case - Satin Black - £149.98
**Promo** Phanteks M25 140mm D-RGB PWM High-Airflow Chassis Fan - Black - £0.00
Phanteks Glacier One 280MP All In One CPU Water Cooler D-RGB Black - 280mm - £129.95

Grand Total: £1,131.84 (includes delivery charge: £11.99)

Rationale:
- CPU: I'd rather have 8 P-Cores than be able to overclock. The power and cooling requirements of non-K CPUs are also a little more modest (at least, if run at stock with the limits enabled).
- Motherboard: it is fairly cheap and from what I've seen (except I haven't seen any B760 roundups), Gigabyte's lower end boards have fairly decent thermals.
- Memory: EXPO might work on Intel systems, but I'd prefer to buy XMP memory.
- PSU: PSUs seem to have gone up a lot lately, but this PSU (GX-850) was around £80-£90 not long ago and at this point, it is an old design and doesn't have a native 12/16 pin and is not ATX 3.0. I don't know if ATX 3.0 PSUs really are better at handling spikes, but the spec says they should be, so I guess I'll have to believe them. The MSI PSU reviewed fine, as did Thermaltake's GF3.
- Cooler: I don't know what the difference is between the two models, I just go with coolers on the cheaper end that have reviewed reasonably well. My understanding is the Phanteks Glacier is a decent cooler, with similar aesthetic design to the premium version, but the fans can be a bit noisy if allowed to be (or running @ full pelt).

RE1: custom builds, yes.
RE2: Z690 bios update, I'm pretty sure they would do that for you.

Thanks for your reply! I had looked at B760 boards but read somewhere that "B" boards can limit the power on the processor? Good to know about the PSU also.

 

[Name]

Can you share a link?

Ah, my mistake it appears they were talking about the lack of overclocking capability so theoretically power limited. Wasn't going to bother with overclocking anyway - what a saving! ££££

 

[Name]

Would AMD be an option for you due to its longevity of the platform ?

I should probably give AMD another chance but I have major PTSD going back a to 2012. Horrendous coil whine on a sapphire card and AM3+ Motherboard vrm on a brand new build. Poor + lengthy RMA process with the retailer as well. Never given them a look in since . I think I'll stick with Intel again this time.