White PC build for streaming

[kidfromeelam]

Hi everyone!

I’m brand new to PC building, currently gaming on PS5 and looking to get a PC mainly for streaming, gaming, and video editing (including personal vlogs). I really want good quality but don’t want the hassle of building the PC myself, so I’ve been working with PCS to configure a system.

Here’s what I’ve put together so far, and it comes to about £2,085. My budget is ideally £2,000 or less, but I still need to buy a capture card, camera, and some other accessories on top of that.
I’m not sure if this is a fair price or if some components could be swapped out for cheaper options without a big hit to performance or quality (Also looking for an 'all white PC' but happy to trade parts for better price and performance).

I’d really appreciate any advice on parts I could downgrade or alternative builds. Especially if it’s easier to get those parts through PCS, but I’m open to other UK-based suppliers too.

Thanks in advance for your help!


Case
CORSAIR 3500X ARGB TEMPERED GLASS MID-TOWER (WHITE)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Eight Core CPU (4.5GHz-5.4GHz/40MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI 7 ICE (AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5600MHz CL40 (2 x 16GB) KIT - WHITE
Graphics Card
16GB ZOTAC GEFORCE RTX 5070 Ti SOLID CORE OC - WHITE - HDMI, 3 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 990 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe 4.0 & 5.0 NVMe (up to 7150MB/R, 6300MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive
2TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3500 MB/R, 3100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ ATX 3.1, MODULAR, CYBENETICS GOLD - WHITE
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR NAUTILUS 240 RS ARGB HIGH PERFORMANCE CPU COOLER - WHITE
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

 

[Tetras]

I’d really appreciate any advice on parts I could downgrade or alternative builds.

This is not the colour theme you wanted, but just an example of an alternative build.

It would not give you better gaming performance, but the 265K's multithreaded performance is much higher than the 7700X.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Intel Core Ultra 7 265K (Arrow Lake) Socket LGA 1851 Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-INT-03111) = £289.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 (LGA1851) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03485) = £220.00
• 1 x Crucial Pro 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C46 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (SKU: MEM-CRU-01085) = £158.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Solid Core 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-ZTC-04471) = £728.98
• 1 x Crucial T500 4TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-02889) = £239.99
• 1 x Lian Li Lancool 216 Mid-tower PC case - Black (SKU: CA-7BG-LL) = £85.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 850W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - Black (SKU: POW-PHK-02519) = £104.99
• 1 x Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE Black Dual Tower CPU Air Cooler (SKU: COO-TLR-03285) = £34.99

Total: £1,875.91 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

I’m not sure if this is a fair price or if some components could be swapped out for cheaper options without a big hit to performance or quality (Also looking for an 'all white PC' but happy to trade parts for better price and performance).

Is always hard to say with prebuilds because they have their own prices for stuff.

In theory, you could choose a cheaper cooler (7700X doesn't need much, a basic tower cooler would do) and a cheaper motherboard, but obviously that will impact aesthetics.

 

[Gray2233]

You're going to spend a hefty premium going white, but if it's a display/streaming thing for aesthetics I guess that's not something that can be helped.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x MSI B850 Gaming Plus WIFI6E (AMD AM5) B850 DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-MSI-05941) = £169.99
• 1 x XFX Quicksilver Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming Edition White 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-XFX-05453) = £619.99
• 1 x Crucial T500 2TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-01090) = £128.99
• 1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C38 6000MHz Dual Channel Ki (SKU: MY-0AY-TG) = £91.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP GH 750W 80PLUS Gold ATX Power Supply Modular - White (SKU: POW-PHK-02518) = £95.00
• 1 x Aerocool P500C Mid Tower Case - White (SKU: CAS-AER-03693) = £59.98
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £419.99
• 1 x Thermalright Frozen Warframe SE 360 ARGB White All In One CPU Cooler - 360mm (SKU: COO-TLR-04552) = £59.99

Total: £1,657.91 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

You could contact OCUK and they would build this for you, there would be a fee but it should fit into your remaining budget. Given you're going to use a capture card I suspect you'll have less need for certain things such as higher core counts or certain Nv specific features.

The 9070XT performs very similarly to the 5070ti, NV does have the benefit of better RT/PT and DLSS but they're frankly not worth the premium of almost £200 for a white 5070ti.

You don't need W11 bundled in, it again adds a premium for a licence. It's a 30-60 minute job to setup and install yourself and could save you a good £100, keys can be found for dirt cheap online.

You get a notably better gaming CPU with this, as well as PSU. The modern iterations of Corsair's RMe line have a number of known issues, they switched OEM over the older models and quality declined for the range as a result.