Yet another New PC spec to review

[thebrownbottle]

Hi All,

I'm building a PC after many years away, so things have moved on considerably. I'm looking to play old titles as well as new, whilst also editing photos and video at 4k.

I've not looked at a monitor at present, but I'm currently using an ACER 27" 4k IPS monitor (H277HK).

How does the following spec look?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 7900 XTX TUF OC 24GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-48S-AS) = £999.95
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00
• 1 x Kolink Continuum 1050W 80+ Platinum Modular Power Supply (SKU: CA-03L-KK) = £179.99
• 1 x Asus TUF Gaming X670E-Plus (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JA-AS) = £299.98
• 1 x Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Midi-Tower - White Window (SKU: CA-76T-LL) = £149.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Sixteen Core 5.70GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DE-AM) = £569.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Ryzen Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00523) = £0.00
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-52000C32 6600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMH32GX5M2X6600C32) (SKU: MY-4DW-CS) = £199.99
• 1 x Lian-Li GALAHAD AIO 360mm High Performance RGB CPU Water Cooler - White (SKU: HS-008-LL) = £149.99
• 1 x Crucial T700 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen5 M.2 Solid State Drive (CT1000T700SSD3) (SKU: HD-07C-CR) = £174.95

Total: £2,736.82 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

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[Gray2233]

Lots of money being spent unnecessarily and some questionable component choices tbh.

I take it none of your editing software benefits Nvidia/Cuda?

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-14Q-BQ) = £149.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX Pulse 24GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-3A5-SP) = £979.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00
• 1 x Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GV3A012) (SKU: HD-3EX-SE) = £116.99

Total: £1,254.96 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

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1. For AMD GPU's I'll take Sapphire almost every time.
2. NvME with double the capacity, as well as a 5 year warranty and 3 years data recovery included. The T700 is ridiculously fast, but how much will that genuinely benefit you?
3. Superior ATX 3.0 PSU from an actually reputable company (I wouldn't touch Kolink with a ten foot pole), it costs less and has a 10 year warranty vs the five of the one chosen.

You could also save elsewhere, do you really need the features of that motherboard? The memory seems overkill too, I'd be more inclined to spring for a slower 64GB set if I was also using my rig for editing purposes, that or save £100 buying a different set.

 

[dfour]

The ram you have chosen is expensive and pointless for ryzen. 6000mhz is the sweet spot and I dont think many chips will go above that speed anyway.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x TeamGroup Delta RGB 32GB (2X16GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C30 6000MHz Dual Channel Kit - White (FF4D532G6000HC30DC01) (SKU: MY-0B6-TG) = £139.99

Total: £139.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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Also white and rgb to match your astheetic.

I would also avoid that psu as it only have 5 years warrenty. All the below have 10 years and one is atx v3 for future upgrades.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-14Q-BQ) = £149.99
• 1 x Phanteks AMP 1000W V2 80PLUS Gold Power Supply - Black (SKU: CA-0C5-PT) = £159.95
• 1 x MSI MPG A1000G UK PSU 1000W 80 Plus Gold certified Fully Modular (SKU: CA-00P-MS) = £159.94

Total: £469.88 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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[Sparx]

You can get a 2TB NVMe for £80-100 these days. Hell even some 4TB drives are in the £180-220 bracket now, for the price of that 1TB Gen5 drive.

 

[gjbf1]

I'd save some cash on a few things. Get a much cheaper b650 motherboard. 6000 MHz RAM. And a 7700 non-X or a 7800X3D unless you do really CPU intensive applications. The Be Quiet PSU suggested too.

 

[Tetras]

For the same budget, I'd change it as follows:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £428.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Ryzen Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00523) = £0.00
• 1 x Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BF-GI) = £189.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5600Z40) (SKU: MY-4DL-CS) = £199.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4090 Trinity 24GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-13E-ZT) = £1,499.99
• 1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £134.98
• 1 x Corsair 4000X iCUE RGB Mid-Tower Gaming Case - White Tempered Glass (CC-9011205-WW) (SKU: CA-25M-CS) = £129.95
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-14Q-BQ) = £149.99

Total: £2,733.84 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Cooler: this one (under £50).

Reasons:
Case: seems kind of similar aesthetics, but this one includes 3x120mm fans and I don't think the Lian Li includes any?
SSD: I doubt storage is the bottleneck for your editing and it definitely isn't for gaming. SN850X is a high-end PCI-E 4.0 drive and they usually perform within a second or less for game loading times, compared to PCI-E 5.0.
GPU: I don't know if your editing work uses the GPU or CPU more, but nvidia are usually better performing for this kind of work.
CPU: the 3D cache is better to have than not, I think and some older games seem to love it. If 8 cores is sufficient for your editing to be completed fast enough, I don' t know, but at least the X3D is very efficient in apps and games.
PSU: I've got for a ATX 3.0/PCIE5 PSU for use with the 4090.
RAM: 64GB for the same price and the X3D is not very sensitive to speed. If your editing doesn't use it then a bit of a waste, but at least you wouldn't need to upgrade any time soon.
Motherboard: this is all PCI-E 4.0, but so is everything in my spec.

(p.s. GPU might be a bit tight in the case)

 

[gjbf1]

For the same budget, I'd change it as follows:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £428.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Ryzen Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00523) = £0.00
• 1 x Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-5BF-GI) = £189.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5600Z40) (SKU: MY-4DL-CS) = £199.99
• 1 x Zotac GeForce RTX 4090 Trinity 24GB GDDR6X PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-13E-ZT) = £1,499.99
• 1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T2X0E) (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £134.98
• 1 x Corsair 4000X iCUE RGB Mid-Tower Gaming Case - White Tempered Glass (CC-9011205-WW) (SKU: CA-25M-CS) = £129.95
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-14Q-BQ) = £149.99

Total: £2,733.84 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Cooler: this one (under £50).

Reasons:
Case: seems kind of similar aesthetics, but this one includes 3x120mm fans and I don't think the Lian Li includes any?
SSD: I doubt storage is the bottleneck for your editing and it definitely isn't for gaming. SN850X is a high-end PCI-E 4.0 drive and they usually perform within a second or less for game loading times, compared to PCI-E 5.0.
GPU: I don't know if your editing work uses the GPU or CPU more, but nvidia are usually better performing for this kind of work.
CPU: the 3D cache is better to have than not, I think and some older games seem to love it. If 8 cores is sufficient for your editing to be completed fast enough, I don' t know, but at least the X3D is very efficient in apps and games.
PSU: I've got for a ATX 3.0/PCIE5 PSU for use with the 4090.
RAM: 64GB for the same price and the X3D is not very sensitive to speed. If your editing doesn't use it then a bit of a waste, but at least you wouldn't need to upgrade any time soon.
Motherboard: this is all PCI-E 4.0, but so is everything in my spec.

(p.s. GPU might be a bit tight in the case)

That's almost identical to my build.

Beware that motherboard is actually out of stock with no ETA... I've been haggling with support about it.

 

[thebrownbottle]

Thank you everyone for your recommendations. Really helpful and confirms how little I know about the current generations of kit. I'll certainly take your advice in buying the components.

Cheers, Brownbottle