what would you build?

[Threepwood]

I'm curious to know what you would build, if you had £2k with a 240Hz 1440p monitor

 

[BigBoy]

Realistically £2k isn't a massive amount when GPU's are just shy of £1k.

Tbh it all depends on what you want it for.

 

[Tetras]

Something like (assuming gaming only):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £399.95
• 1 x Gigabyte B850 EAGLE WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03859) = £149.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C48 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01087) = £124.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5080 Solid Core 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-04544) = £959.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Borderlands 4 Standard Edition & the Gilded Glory Pack DLC (SKU: DIG-NVI-06102) = £0.00
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus 7300 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-GIG-05732) = £109.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £85.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 1000W 80PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02521) = £128.99
• 1 x UK Mains Plug with 13A Fuse to IEC C13 Socket Lead 10A 2m (SKU: ACC-OCS-01709) = £0.00
• 1 x Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE Black CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03291) = £33.95

Total: £2,005.82 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[tamzzy]

Does that 2k include the monitor you are describing or 2k to run that monitor?

 

[Threepwood]

Does that 2k include the monitor you are describing or 2k to run that monitor?

£2k to run that monitor, gaming

 

[Threepwood]

it all depends on what you want it for.

gaming

 

[Threepwood]

Something like (assuming gaming only):

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £399.95
• 1 x Gigabyte B850 EAGLE WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03859) = £149.99
• 1 x Crucial Pro 48GB (2x24GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C48 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01087) = £124.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5080 Solid Core 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-04544) = £959.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Borderlands 4 Standard Edition & the Gilded Glory Pack DLC (SKU: DIG-NVI-06102) = £0.00
• 1 x Gigabyte Aorus 7300 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-GIG-05732) = £109.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £85.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 1000W 80PLUS Platinum ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02521) = £128.99
• 1 x UK Mains Plug with 13A Fuse to IEC C13 Socket Lead 10A 2m (SKU: ACC-OCS-01709) = £0.00
• 1 x Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE Black CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03291) = £33.95

Total: £2,005.82 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

thanks tetras, it's good to have something fully sensible to compare against!

 

[pastymuncher]

I pretty much already have what I would build, maybe a B850 board now but I wouldn't really change anything else (specs in siggy).

 

[Threepwood]

I pretty much already have what I would build, maybe a B850 board now but I wouldn't really change anything else (specs in siggy).

I am thinking about dropping it down to a 7800 to save the £80, it's what my personal PC has, and I have no complaints, but he is only going to get an upgrade like this once in the next 10 years minimum. so idk, maybe worth going whole hog here!

 

[mattyg]

Ignore this but i was just pricing up an upgrade to my Gaming PC, And thats just the Bare min as I'll be moving the current gaming rig into my work PC so have a load of bits already




My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04501) = £599.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme (Socket AM5) DDR5 EATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASU-05121) = £999.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 CUDIMM 48GB (2 x 24GB) DDR5 8000MHz C38 Dual Channel Kit - Silver (SKU: MEM-CRS-03884) = £314.99
• 1 x Corsair iCUE LINK TITAN 360 RX LCD RGB Black All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-CRS-03457) = £259.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 5090 ROG Astral OC 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-04144) = £2,699.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Borderlands 4 Standard Edition & the Gilded Glory Pack DLC (SKU: DIG-NVI-06102) = £0.00
• 1 x Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-SAM-04767) = £424.99

Total: £5,307.94 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

 

[mickyflinn]

Ignore this but i was just pricing up an upgrade to my Gaming PC, And thats just the Bare min as I'll be moving the current gaming rig into my work PC so have a load of bits already




My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-04501) = £599.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme (Socket AM5) DDR5 EATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-ASU-05121) = £999.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 CUDIMM 48GB (2 x 24GB) DDR5 8000MHz C38 Dual Channel Kit - Silver (SKU: MEM-CRS-03884) = £314.99
• 1 x Corsair iCUE LINK TITAN 360 RX LCD RGB Black All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-CRS-03457) = £259.99
• 1 x Asus GeForce RTX 5090 ROG Astral OC 32GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ASU-04144) = £2,699.99
• 1 x NVIDIA - Borderlands 4 Standard Edition & the Gilded Glory Pack DLC (SKU: DIG-NVI-06102) = £0.00
• 1 x Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-SAM-04767) = £424.99

Total: £5,307.94 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

Tx for sharing or ignore this , lol

 

[Craig_d1]

I go a little diff
Firstly, I'm assumming you do a little shopping around, as some of the ocuk prices are overpriced

9800x3d is fastest gaming cpu, it beats the 7800x3d by 8%, but that's at 1080p gaming....at 1440 that shrinks to negligible, so there's nothing in it (I've got both and I can't tell the diff), so as this is a gaming rig, I'd just get the 7800x3d...Seen it for £315 in uk from copuple places , saving £85 over the 9800x3d, also £35 from ocuk price
I prefer a more premium mobo that runs cool..7800x3d doesn't actually use that much power so not strickly necessary but if you ever put anything in more powerful down the line, then it'll handle it. So the tomahawk max wifi it is for me (and also available for £194 saving £36 from the below)
i stuck 32gb 6000C30 ram in, as I don't get close to using that with my gaming, and prefer faster ram to slower( though strictly not so necessary again with x3d, but that's me, so what I'd do), but cvan get 6000c30 for £110 rfeadily saving £30
psu is still a tier A on the list, and cheapest I can find that is. at the limit it can get loud apparently from review i saw, but otherwise runs cool and quiet, and with 1000W you wont be pushing anything, so most of the time it'll run silent with zero fan on..gives you room for upgrade down line also..personally have a rm100x shift in mine, and love the ease of building or switching cables while it's still all hooked up, but price diff, tad expensivbe atm.
1 stuck 2 m.2 in there. did it 1st time in my lastest rig, 2nd i have is a 4tb, and keeping my pc stuff on one, and my games libraries on the other is so much nicer, so would do again
as for the gpu..the 9070xt is powerful enough.. compared to the 5080, the cheapest being £950, the 5080 is 63.7% more expensive for at most 20% better performance..that's not worth it to me...for heavy gasmes where the 9070xt gets 100fps, that means 120 for the 5080. whoppee do..it wont max out a 240hz screen so who care...for some games where it will generally those games you see it returning 400fps, in which case the 9070xt will max out the screen too...and close to a grand for a 16gb vram card..no thanks

so below, save £35 on the cpu price, £36 on the mobo and £30 on the ram, so £101, so price £1665. I'd save the money for a next gen gpu upgrade, more cosmetic upgrades if you really want (could swap air cooler for aio to get more consistent look maybe, or different case/fans). If you really want nvidia, then a 5070ti is more palatable, but for 1440p, that's my limit


My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI (AMD AM5) B850 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-03993) = £229.99
• 1 x MSI MPG A1000G PCIE5 UK PSU 1000W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-00W-MS) = £139.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-01124) = £140.00
• 2 x Gigabyte Aorus 7300 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-GIG-05732) = £109.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £349.99
• 1 x Lian Li Vector V100 Mid Tower Case - Black (SKU: CAS-LIA-05153) = £69.98
• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 A-RGB 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02418) = £36.95
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 9070 XT Reaper 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-PWC-04017) = £578.99

Total: £1,765.87 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

 

[Tetras]

thanks tetras, it's good to have something fully sensible to compare against!

What are they doing that is not sensible? £400 on RGB fans?

 

[mattyg]

I was laughing at Post#2. GPU's are nearly £1k...erm....

 

[Threepwood]

What are they doing that is not sensible? £400 on RGB fans?

not quite £400 no. just filling out a lian li fish tank case with their super cool U.S.P RGB fans,
getting the

RGB Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 for the amazing low price of £49 is cheaper than getting x3 lian li inf fans to fill out the top, reviews are positive, so it can't be that bad either for the low money!,
the 140 LCD fan, will fill the rear slot showing the temp of something, cpu, or gpu, probably gpu as that will be overclocked!
all t​

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Lian Li UNI SL120 INF Reverse Wireless Addressable RGB Black 120mm Triple Fan Pack (SKU: COO-LIA-04669) = £91.99
• 2 x Lian Li UNI SL120 INF Reverse Blade Addressable RGB Black 120mm Fan (SKU: FG-01U-LL) = £25.99
• 1 x Lian Li UNI FAN TL LCD Wireless 140 Black Fan - 140mm (SKU: COO-LIA-04626) = £41.99
• 1 x Lian Li Vector V100 Mid Tower Case - Black (SKU: CAS-LIA-05153) = £69.99
• 1 x Thermalright Aqua Elite 360 Black ARGB V3 All In One CPU Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03256) = £49.99

Total: £305.94 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

All the fan effects run off a wireless dongle system, which reduces the need for rgb headers on the motherboard, and lends a cleaner look, in the fishtank, see everything case

 

[Threepwood]

actually put the wrong triple pack reverse fans there, the real 3 pack comes with the controller too https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lian...lack-120mm-triple-fan-pack-coo-lia-04864.html

 

[pastymuncher]

Lian Li Uni fans are a rip off. I bought Jonsbo ZL-120BR (reverse flow version) fans for the bottom of my Lian Li O11D EVO RGB and a pack of three cost me £38. They look very similar, connect exactly the same way as the non wireless uni fans and are nice and quiet while still shifting a decent amount of air plus I don't have yet another bit of software to control them forced on me. The picture is taken through the dusty side panel, I should have taken it off really to show them in more claarity.

 

[Threepwood]

Lian Li Uni fans are a rip off. I bought Jonsbo ZL-120BR (reverse flow version) fans for the bottom of my Lian Li O11D EVO RGB and a pack of three cost me £38. They look very similar, connect exactly the same way as the non wireless uni fans and are nice and quiet while still shifting a decent amount of air plus I don't have yet another bit of software to control them forced on me. The picture is taken through the dusty side panel, I should have taken it off really to show them in more claarity.

Isn't the point of using the lian li wireless fans that you only need one RGB program to run them all? What are the effects like on your fans, too? Just static colour, or?

 

[andy o]

10 years? Are you sure about water cooling?

 

[pastymuncher]

Isn't the point of using the lian li wireless fans that you only need one RGB program to run them all? What are the effects like on your fans, too? Just static colour, or?

Every manufacturer insists that you use their own software for ARGB so if you have a RGB motherboard that's one bit of software, RGB gpu that's another, fans, that's another, case, yet another and so on. That's a lot of bloated software that can be buggy as hell, just look at the disaster that is icue and also Armoury Crate both of which cause numerous problems. I use Windows to control all of my ARGB under Dynamic Lighting. I have mine set to static apart from the top and bottom of the case which is in "Cylon" mode but that's my preferred option. I could have all manner of effects and colours if I wanted but I find anything other than static too distracting.