Time to upgrade - about £1k budget

[Rarr]

Looking to upgrade most of my current rig which is far outdated compared to my GPU (1080 TI). Any thoughts or recommended changes on the below?



(My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 ATX Motherboard= £219.95
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £299.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 2TB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS200T2B0A)= £179.99
• 1 x Arctic Liquid Freezer II High Performance CPU Water Cooler - 240mm= £79.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £82.99
• 1 x AOC Gaming 24G2U 24" 1920x1080 IPS 144Hz 1ms FreeSync Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor= £189.95
• 1 x be quiet! Dark Base 700 RGB Midi Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass= £174.95

Total: £1,261.17 (includes shipping: £33.36)​

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[Sparx]

Looks like a nice choice of parts. Case is a big expensive there is the 500 model for half the price if wanted to save money.

What CPU/RAM/MB are you upgrading from?

 

[EsaT]

Welcome aboard.

No sense to spend on expensive motherboard without actual need.
It won't make CPU any faster or longer lasting.
£155 B55 Aorus Elite would be perfect if you don't need Wifi.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigabyte-b550-aorus-elite-amd-am4-b550-atx-motherboard-mb-58v-gi.html
And B550M Mortar woudl give Wifi for £170.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...am4-b550-micro-atx-motherboard-mb-35f-ms.html


Also cooler is unnecessary expensive for 65W TDP CPU.
This would be good all the way to 16 core Ryzen for £43.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alpenfohn-brocken-3-cpu-cooler-140mm-hs-05a-al.html
And for only 8 core £21 Arctic Freezer 34 would be very competent.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-freezer-34-cpu-cooler-120mm-hs-077-ar.html


Neiter does very expensive case improve gaming experience/immersion.
Instead of of spending luxury/unnecessary much in those for no real return, you should be putting money into things giving that actual immersion.
27" 2560x1440 VAs start from £280.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aoc-...een-led-backlit-gaming-monitor-mo-057-ao.html
And £300 is starting point for IPS.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/acer...r400-widescreen-gaming-monitor-mo-14b-ac.html

If you prefer darkened room VA's the way highest contrast of LCDs is best, but it has some challenges is response times.
IPS has more consistent response times, but needs normally lighted room for its weak points to not show.

 

[Rarr]

Thanks both. Taken up your suggestions and ill look to add a better monitor in the near future. Thanks again!

 

[EsaT]

1080 Ti is well capable to 2560x1440 and no sense to get another medieval resolution monitor.

 

[Rarr]

Would i be able to use these https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...-channel-kit-black-grey-tdged4-my-09p-tg.html instead of the ones i originally had in my basket (https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...zen-tuned-ddr4-memory-dual-kit-my-4bw-cs.html)?

 

[Sparx]

Yeah if you want to save money, they'll work fine - just slightly slower RAM speed, but the lower timings help balance that slightly.

 

[Rarr]

Ah perfect, it's only because i already have them so thought i'd check.