Question £1000 PC build.

DylBKR · Mar 31, 2023

Unsure if this is where to post a question like this but here we go.

I’m very new to pc building, and need some guidance, using videos and articles I have come up with this build, I intend to upgrade down the line but is this a good place to begin and is there any changes recommended.

CPU: Intel 13th Gen I5-13400f £210
Cooler: Deepcool AK400 £40
Motherboard: ASRock B660 Pro RS 1700 £140
RAM: 2x 8GB Corsair vengeance 3600mhz £40
Storage: WD_Blue SN570 1TB £53
Power Supply: EVGA W2 600W £80
GPU: RTX 3060 Eagle £343
Case: Undecided

It’s roughly £900 on Amazon but I believe with some searching I could further get the price down.

jeremyj_83 · Mar 31, 2023

Please fill this out so the community can help make informed decisions.

Approximate Purchase Date:

Budget Range:

System Usage from Most to Least Important:

Are you buying a monitor:

Your Monitor Resolution:

Do you need to buy OS:

Preferred Website(s) for Parts:

Location:

Parts Preferences:

Overclocking:

SLI or Crossfire:

Additional Comments:

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:

DylBKR · Mar 31, 2023

Approximate Purchase Date: 2Weeks from now

Budget Range: £1000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Photo Editing, Everything else

Are you buying a monitor: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 45” 4K TV (which sounds crazy but I prefer the size for editing)

Do you need to buy OS: Will do at some point.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Anywhere reliable

Location: United Kingdom

Parts Preferences: None

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Unsure

Additional Comments:

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: First time build.

Cj-tech · Mar 31, 2023

DylBKR said:
Unsure if this is where to post a question like this but here we go.

I’m very new to pc building, and need some guidance, using videos and articles I have come up with this build, I intend to upgrade down the line but is this a good place to begin and is there any changes recommended.

CPU: Intel 13th Gen I5-13400f £210
Cooler: Deepcool AK400 £40
Motherboard: ASRock B660 Pro RS 1700 £140
RAM: 2x 8GB Corsair vengeance 3600mhz £40
Storage: WD_Blue SN570 1TB £53
Power Supply: EVGA W2 600W £80
GPU: RTX 3060 Eagle £343
Case: Undecided

It’s roughly £900 on Amazon but I believe with some searching I could further get the price down.

Personally, I think it would be a good build. However, you might want to consider 32GB of RAM since the minimum RAM now for Windows seems to be 16GB just for basic office tasks. As for an SSD, I’d stick with Samsung or SK Hynix.

Also, the PSU doesn’t appear on the Tom’s Hardware tier list, so I would avoid it. You should probably get a high quality 750 watt if you want to upgrade in the future.

DylBKR · Mar 31, 2023

Cj-tech said:
Personally, I think it would be a good build. However, you might want to consider 32GB of RAM since the minimum RAM now for Windows seems to be 16GB just for basic office tasks. As for an SSD, I’d stick with Samsung or SK Hynix.

Also, the PSU doesn’t appear on the Tom’s Hardware tier list, so I would avoid it. You should probably get a high quality 750 watt if you want to upgrade in the future.

Thank you, I will take what you’ve said into account, moving to 32gb ram doesn’t affect my budget too much but the PSU is a difficult situation at the moment cause of the mass inflation, I will likely cheap out on it for the rest of the year and then upgrade going into next.

jeremyj_83 · Mar 31, 2023

AMD Build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£228.32 @ NeoComputers)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M GAMING X AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (£183.05 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory (£114.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£65.58 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming D OC Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB Video Card (£278.39 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TX650M 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1022.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 15:14 BST+0100

Intel Build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor (£204.99 @ AWD-IT)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M GAMING X DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£130.51 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£72.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£65.58 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card (£359.99 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TX650M 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £986.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 15:13 BST+0100

Only issue with going Intel is you will be stuck on DDR4 and any future CPU upgrade will require new motherboard and RAM. The AM5 socket will be around for a while and DDR5 will as well.

The Corsair TXM is a good PSU and at 650W will allow for some more powerful GPUs.

The Intel build is able to get the faster GPU due to the DDR4 platform. Overall the 6600XT is faster in non DXR gaming than the 3060 and the 6700XT is even faster than that.

jeremyj_83 · Mar 31, 2023

One other AMD build using Zen 3 instead of Zen 4.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor (£179.46 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550M MORTAR MAX WIFI Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£163.48 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£72.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£65.58 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card (£359.99 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TX650M 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £993.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 15:22 BST+0100

This will be slightly slower in gaming, however, that is with an RTX 4090 at 1080p. With a 6700XT and 1440 or 4k there will be almost no difference. However, in productivity tasks that can use all the cores and threads it will probably be faster than a 13400f. This still runs into the problem that an future upgrade will need a new motherboard and RAM.

DylBKR · Mar 31, 2023

jeremyj_83 said:
AMD Build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£228.32 @ NeoComputers)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M GAMING X AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (£183.05 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory (£114.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£65.58 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming D OC Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB Video Card (£278.39 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TX650M 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1022.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 15:14 BST+0100

Intel Build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor (£204.99 @ AWD-IT)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M GAMING X DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£130.51 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£72.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£65.58 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card (£359.99 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£54.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair TX650M 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£64.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £986.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 15:13 BST+0100

Only issue with going Intel is you will be stuck on DDR4 and any future CPU upgrade will require new motherboard and RAM. The AM5 socket will be around for a while and DDR5 will as well.

The Corsair TXM is a good PSU and at 650W will allow for some more powerful GPUs.

The Intel build is able to get the faster GPU due to the DDR4 platform. Overall the 6600XT is faster in non DXR gaming than the 3060 and the 6700XT is even faster than that.

Holy! Thank you a lot.
do you recommend going the AMD over Intel, I have no biases as a newbie to this world so will choose whatever . I’ve also discovered a lot of sites (Overclockers) have Finance options which mean my budget can probably go between £1200 and £1500 if you have any suggestions.

jeremyj_83 · Mar 31, 2023

DylBKR said:
Holy! Thank you a lot.
do you recommend going the AMD over Intel, I have no biases as a newbie to this world so will choose whatever . I’ve also discovered a lot of sites (Overclockers) have Finance options which mean my budget can probably go between £1200 and £1500 if you have any suggestions.

The AM5 platform offer upgradeability for the CPU plus DDR5 will be used for quite a while. Upping your budget to 1200-1500 Quid offers so fun options. I will do some other builds for Intel & AMD in that budget range just for a point of reference.

Roland Of Gilead · Mar 31, 2023

jeremyj_83 said:
Please fill this out so the community can help make informed decisions.

Approximate Purchase Date:

Budget Range:

System Usage from Most to Least Important:

Are you buying a monitor:

Your Monitor Resolution:

Do you need to buy OS:

Preferred Website(s) for Parts:

Location:

Parts Preferences:

Overclocking:

SLI or Crossfire:

Additional Comments:

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:

The OP has literally given you all of this info in their first post. Asides, that format is outdated by a long way, given it still includes a question about SLI/XFire which is practically dead on it's feet!

Roland Of Gilead · Mar 31, 2023

Cj-tech said:
minimum RAM now for Windows seems to be 16GB just for basic office tasks.

This is just not true. 16gb min for some high end gaming. Otherwise is fine for gaming. I would agree that if I were buying now, then it would be 32gb, because there are games( AAA) that can use more than 16gb system ram.

Basic Office work...that's a bit of a stretch.

On the PSU, the TXM is very good. Not top rated, but highly rated. It's slightly lower on the charts than a RMe. Made with quality Jap caps, and comes with a 7 year warranty.

Why_Me · Mar 31, 2023

jeremyj_83 · Mar 31, 2023

Roland Of Gilead said:
On the PSU, the TXM is very good. Not top rated, but highly rated. It's slightly lower on the charts than a RMe. Made with quality Jap caps, and comes with a 7 year warranty.

I remember JonnyGuru saying that in terms of relative quality, lowest to highest, it went RM, TXM, RMx. Isn't the RMe supposed to be below the RM? Don't forget that JonnyGuru is the head of Corsair PSU R&D.

DylBKR · Mar 31, 2023

Thank you all for the information this should allow me to get myself up and running, feel free to continue posting advice or builds for between £800-1500 I’ll keep coming back here and looking.

jeremyj_83 · Mar 31, 2023

1500 Quid AMD build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£228.32 @ NeoComputers)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (£199.92 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory (£114.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£51.86 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming D OC Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card (£554.39 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1496.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 16:06 BST+0100

1500 Quid Intel Build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13500 2.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (£237.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£185.75 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory (£114.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£51.86 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming D OC Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card (£554.39 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1492.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 16:11 BST+0100

1300 Quid AMD Build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£228.32 @ NeoComputers)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (£199.92 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory (£114.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£51.86 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card (£359.99 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1302.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 16:19 BST+0100

1300 Quid Intel Build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13500 2.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (£237.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£170.73 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory (£114.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£51.86 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card (£359.99 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1282.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 16:17 BST+0100

Using the dual SSD allows for the OS/Applications to be on the 512GB drive and all games to be on the 2TB drive.
The Seasonic Focus GX is a very high quality PSU.

1500 Quid AMD with RTX 4070Ti for 1440 RTX or 4k gaming:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£129.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£127.00 @ MoreCoCo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£72.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card (£819.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1497.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 16:23 BST+0100

1500 Quid Intel with RTX 4070Ti for 1440 RTX or 4k gaming:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£158.99 @ Box Limited)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-P DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£101.45 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£72.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card (£819.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1500.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 16:28 BST+0100

These builds with the RTX 4070Ti will be faster in gaming but slower in multi-threaded applications. They are also using Zen 3 and Alder Lake respectively so their platforms are older.

Roland Of Gilead · Mar 31, 2023

jeremyj_83 said:
I remember JonnyGuru saying that in terms of relative quality, lowest to highest, it went RM, TXM, RMx. Isn't the RMe supposed to be below the RM? Don't forget that JonnyGuru is the head of Corsair PSU R&D.

Don't forget the RMi in there too!

Yes, the RMe is below the RM. I see it like this: RMi-RMx>RM>RMe>TXM . All good gold units.

Roland Of Gilead · Mar 31, 2023

jeremyj_83 said:
1500 Quid AMD build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£228.32 @ NeoComputers)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (£199.92 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory (£114.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£51.86 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming D OC Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card (£554.39 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1496.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 16:06 BST+0100

1500 Quid Intel Build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13500 2.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (£237.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£185.75 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory (£114.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£51.86 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: ASRock Phantom Gaming D OC Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card (£554.39 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1492.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 16:11 BST+0100

1300 Quid AMD Build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£228.32 @ NeoComputers)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (£199.92 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory (£114.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£51.86 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card (£359.99 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1302.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 16:19 BST+0100

1300 Quid Intel Build:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13500 2.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (£237.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£170.73 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory (£114.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£51.86 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: ASRock Challenger D OC Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card (£359.99 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1282.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 16:17 BST+0100

Using the dual SSD allows for the OS/Applications to be on the 512GB drive and all games to be on the 2TB drive.
The Seasonic Focus GX is a very high quality PSU.

1500 Quid AMD with RTX 4070Ti for 1440 RTX or 4k gaming:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£129.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard (£127.00 @ MoreCoCo)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£72.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card (£819.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1497.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 16:23 BST+0100

1500 Quid Intel with RTX 4070Ti for 1440 RTX or 4k gaming:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£158.99 @ Box Limited)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG400 75.89 CFM CPU Cooler (£32.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-P DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£101.45 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£72.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card (£819.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Deepcool CC560 ATX Mid Tower Case (£55.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1500.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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These builds with the RTX 4070Ti will be faster in gaming but slower in multi-threaded applications. They are also using Zen 3 and Alder Lake respectively so their platforms are older.

You've been partpicking like crazy

Some stellar options there. I do like the 4070ti builds.At 1440p/4k the difference between CPU is much less, and makes an argument to go that way, (Zen 3/ADL) CPU's cam still push some serious FPS in the right conditions.

jeremyj_83 · Mar 31, 2023

Roland Of Gilead said:
Don't forget the RMi in there too! Yes, the RMe is below the RM. I see it like this: RMi-RMx>RM>RMe>TXM . All good gold units.

Ah yes the RMi. That is above the RMx. However, again I just go by what JonnyGuru said, and he should know being the head of R&D at Corsair, that the TXM was better than the RM. Now perhaps that has changed with the 2021 units.

jeremyj_83 · Mar 31, 2023

Roland Of Gilead said:
You've been partpicking like crazy

Some stellar options there. I do like the 4070ti builds.At 1440p/4k the difference between CPU is much less, and makes an argument to go that way, (Zen 3/ADL) CPU's cam still push some serious FPS in the right conditions.

Fitting an Alder Lake CPU into that budget with 32GB RAM, the amount I recommend for non budget builds, and a 2TB SSD caused some problems on the motherboard side. I was forced to go with a lower quality board. IMO I think the 5600 build is better than the 12400f build just because of the motherboard. Not to mention you can easily drop a 5800X3D into that for even more gaming performance in the future.

DylBKR · Mar 31, 2023

Team, you have absolutely out done yourselves here, so many other forums, reddits etc. just don’t give the time of day. I’m assuming my smartest move is to go for the AMD £1500 build to future proof, should I have problems financing it all I’ll just drop down to one of the other builds.

jeremyj_83 · Mar 31, 2023

DylBKR said:
Team, you have absolutely out done yourselves here, so many other forums, reddits etc. just don’t give the time of day. I’m assuming my smartest move is to go for the AMD £1500 build to future proof, should I have problems financing it all I’ll just drop down to one of the other builds.

The only real difference between the 1500 Quid and 1300 Quid build is the GPU on the non nVidia builds.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-6700-xt-review/3
That review has both the 6700XT and 6800XT performance numbers just to give you some idea as to around what level of performance you will be getting.

Roland Of Gilead · Mar 31, 2023

DylBKR said:
Team, you have absolutely out done yourselves here, so many other forums, reddits etc. just don’t give the time of day. I’m assuming my smartest move is to go for the AMD £1500 build to future proof, should I have problems financing it all I’ll just drop down to one of the other builds.

You're welcome. The Community here at Tom's is the best. We may not reply immediately, but everyone is here to help and get back as quickly as possible. It has been invaluable to me, as an enthusiast. I've learned so much here, and still do on a daily basis.

Good choice. Good luck and happy gaming!

Roland Of Gilead · Mar 31, 2023

jeremyj_83 said:
The only real difference between the 1500 Quid and 1300 Quid build is the GPU on the non nVidia builds.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-6700-xt-review/3
That review has both the 6700XT and 6800XT performance numbers just to give you some idea as to around what level of performance you will be getting.

Yeah, very true. 6700/6800 are really good value right now. At pure raster these two make sense. For RT effects the Nvidia GPU's are the only store in town.

helper800 · Mar 31, 2023

Personally this is how I would do it. The 970 evo plus SSD imo is better than the WD 770 because it has 1gb of DRAM cache. The rm750 from corsair is a great PSU and leaves room to upgrade later. The 12400 non-f for the iGPU as a backup or quick-syc if you ever use it is nice. The blacked out AK620 is also a cooler that can handle the 13700k for the most part so it allows upgrades down the road for the CPU. These few upgrades over the other builds for just 6 quid over budget... Something to think about.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400 2.5 GHz 6-Core Processor (£180.89 @ Box Limited)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 ZERO DARK 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler (£59.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M GAMING X DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£130.51 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£69.20 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£64.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card (£819.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Focus 2 RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£68.49 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: Corsair RM750 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£111.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1506.03
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DylBKR · Mar 31, 2023

Am I not compromising the rest of the PC by going for the 4070, really unsure that I’ll even need it 😂

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