Question Could you please help me find the best deal?

[nTudor]

Hello people.

Have a question about some components I’ve put together with the help of AI. Do you guys think it would be a decent system for 2k casual gaming? Is there anything I can upgrade for the better at the same price range? (£1350 including the monitor). I really don’t know this stuff and this would be my first attempt to build a computer on my own. I’ll leave some specs below. Please let me know what do you think. Thank you.

GPU:

MSI GeForce RTX 4060 Ti GAMING X SLIM 16G​

CPU:

AMD Ryzensets 5 5600X Processor (6 Cores/12Threads, 65W TDP, AM4 Socket, 35MB Cache​

MB:

ASUS TUF Gaming B550-PLUS (WI-FI II)​

CASE:

Phanteks XT Pro Ultra ATX Mid Tower Case​

PSU:

CORSAIR RM650 80 PLUS Gold Fully Modular Low-Noise ATX 650 Watt​

AIO:

Lian Li Galahad II Trinity ARGB 240mm AIO​

RAM:

Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz CL16 Intel XMP 2.0​

STORAGE Primary:

Kingston NV3 NVMe PCIe 4.0 Internal SSD 500GB​

STORAGE Secondary:

WD Blue SN580 2TB SSD, NVMe SSD​

MONITOR:

AOC Gaming Q27G4XD - 27 Inch QHD Monitor​

Price sits now at £1338.

Looking forward for your feedback, thank you again.

 

[Lutfij]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor (£185.99 @ CCL Computers)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin Spirit V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£21.79 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850M GAMING X WIFI6E Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (£184.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£119.99 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£33.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£99.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card (£379.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 301 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£64.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: AOC Q27G4X 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor (£169.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1360.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-12 17:26 GMT+0000
Something with DDR5, better build IMHO overall and room to upgrade. The processor comes with a stock cooler so you can forgo the Thermalright cooler until you can save up for something down the road. you can shave £10 if you choose the 750W variant of the above listed PSU but you're not gaining much by doing so. Assuming you don't need the OS or peripherals as it's not shown in your listing above.

Moved thread from PC Gaming section to Systems section.

 

[nTudor]

Thank you for your help and for taking the time to reply. I will look into it.

 

[nTudor]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor (£185.99 @ CCL Computers)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin Spirit V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£21.79 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850M GAMING X WIFI6E Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (£184.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£119.99 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£33.90 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£99.99 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card (£379.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 301 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£64.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: AOC Q27G4X 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor (£169.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1360.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-12 17:26 GMT+0000
Something with DDR5, better build IMHO overall and room to upgrade. The processor comes with a stock cooler so you can forgo the Thermalright cooler until you can save up for something down the road. you can shave £10 if you choose the 750W variant of the above listed PSU but you're not gaining much by doing so. Assuming you don't need the OS or peripherals as it's not shown in your listing above.

Moved thread from PC Gaming section to Systems section.

Just wondering. With your system, is it possible to keep the GPU that I have selected? I really like that card

 

[Eximo]

I don't see why not. 4060 Ti 16GB is a pretty poor price/performance card. It will do okay for now, but long term is not really a 2K card. 7700XT is at least inexpensive, but also won't have great longevity.

 

[helper800]

I would do this personally:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (£208.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 White 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£37.90 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX V2 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£149.97 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory (£86.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial T500 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£127.97 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7700 XT 12 GB Video Card (£379.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case (£67.94 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: ASRock PG27QFT1B 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor (£177.34 @ Clove Technology)
Total: £1326.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-13 02:28 GMT+0000

Here is that monitor with a different stand reviewed by Tom's.

 

[Why_Me]

@nTudor

Total w/cpu: £1234.41

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005863188096.html
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F £113.99

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE 58 CFM CPU Cooler (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£149.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card (£448.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case (£60.46 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: *AOC Q27G4X 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor (£169.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1121.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-13 07:18 GMT+0000

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-free-or-cheap

https://www.techspot.com/review/2728-ryzen-7500f-vs-core-13400f/

https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2023-amd-ryzen-5-7500f-review

 

[Why_Me]

ARGB version of that build I posted up above.

Total w/cpu: £1241.94

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005863188096.html
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F £113.99

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE ARGB 58 CFM CPU Cooler (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£149.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card (£448.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: *AOC Q27G4X 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor (£169.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1127.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-13 08:34 GMT+0000

https://www.montechpc.com/air-903-max

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RbcQeSO-1U

 

[logainofhades]

Another build to consider.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (£205.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE ARGB 58 CFM CPU Cooler (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850 GAMING WIFI6 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£169.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card (£448.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: AOC Q27G4X 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor (£169.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1352.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-13 12:08 GMT+0000

 

[nTudor]

Thank you guys for taking the time to help me. I’m looking closely at every post.

I could stretch my budget to £1500. With this in mind, I’d like to get maybe an RTX2070. MSI gaming x is my go to card even though it’s like £700 on Amazon. I don’t fancy AMD cards at all.

 

[Why_Me]

Thank you guys for taking the time to help me. I’m looking closely at every post.

I could stretch my budget to £1500. With this in mind, I’d like to get maybe an RTX2070. MSI gaming x is my go to card even though it’s like £700 on Amazon. I don’t fancy AMD cards at all.

PCIe 5.0 board and gpu.

Total w/cpu: £1459.71

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005863188096.html
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F £113.99

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE ARGB 58 CFM CPU Cooler (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: *MSI B850 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£177.77 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Asus PRIME OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card (£637.99 @ CCL Computers)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: *AOC Q27G4X 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor (£169.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1345.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-13 14:11 GMT+0000


PCIe 5.0 board and gpu.

Total w/cpu: £1421.71

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005863188096.html
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F £113.99

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU Cooler: *ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE ARGB 58 CFM CPU Cooler (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: *MSI B850 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£177.77 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: *Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 16 GB Video Card (£599.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: *Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: *MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: *AOC Q27G4X 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor (£169.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1307.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-13 14:14 GMT+0000

 

[logainofhades]

Thank you guys for taking the time to help me. I’m looking closely at every post.

I could stretch my budget to £1500. With this in mind, I’d like to get maybe an RTX2070. MSI gaming x is my go to card even though it’s like £700 on Amazon. I don’t fancy AMD cards at all.

RTX 2070 is the slowest card mentioned so far in this thread, and anyone trying to sell one for that much is trying to rob people of their money.

You might not fancy AMD, but right now they are typically the best price/performance option, right now. You can go with a 5070, but you miss out on an extra 4gb vram vs a 9070, have to deal with the terrible 12v high power plug, and 5000 series Nvidia drivers have been wonky at best.



PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (£205.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE ARGB 58 CFM CPU Cooler (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850 GAMING WIFI6 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£169.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Inno3D Twin X2 GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card (£579.95 @ AWD-IT)
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: AOC Q27G4X 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor (£169.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1483.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-13 15:46 GMT+0000



PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (£205.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING FROZN A620 PRO SE ARGB 58 CFM CPU Cooler (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850 GAMING WIFI6 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£169.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£85.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Silicon Power UD90 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£87.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 16 GB Video Card (£599.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: AOC Q27G4X 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor (£169.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1503.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-03-13 15:47 GMT+0000