Question Looking for some advice, starting a new build

[strider94man]

I saw recently a build in a thread about an underpowered pre built and I was wondering if it would be any good. I'm looking to upgrade, all new parts unfortunately due the age of my current rig (currently an old i5 and a 970). I was hoping that the wonderful people of these forums can once again help as they did a decade ago.

I think to future proof it a bit I'd like to go overboard but want to hold the price to £1,400 ish, maybe less if possible that being said I think a 4070 and a Ryzen 7 7800X3D look to be the best options for what I'm after,. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/G64tyg

 

[Lutfij]

Your build looks fine out of the gate, just that I'd look for a higher pedigree motherboard when pairing with that processor and to also look for a 100W more on the PSU in order to be able to hold onto the unit for longer(having headroom is a good thing).

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£319.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Fractal Design Lumen S24 RGB V2 56 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£100.17 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M GAMING X AX Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (£157.00 @ MoreCoCo)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£102.06 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Solidigm P41 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£41.62 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Solidigm P41 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£109.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card (£589.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Case: Fractal Design Pop Mini Air MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£85.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A750GL PCIE5 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£98.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1602.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-25 16:31 BST+0100
^ is the kind of build I'd get if you had the funds for it. Chose a smaller SSD for the OS/apps/launchers, assuming you're going to use the larger drive as your game library, you can have the 2TB drive to do so. Fractal-Design AIO to wrap up the Fractal-Design case/build. Tighter latency on your ram. PSU with native 12VHPWR connector.

 

[Why_Me]

I saw recently a build in a thread about an underpowered pre built and I was wondering if it would be any good. I'm looking to upgrade, all new parts unfortunately due the age of my current rig (currently an old i5 and a 970). I was hoping that the wonderful people of these forums can once again help as they did a decade ago.

I think to future proof it a bit I'd like to go overboard but want to hold the price to £1,400 ish, maybe less if possible that being said I think a 4070 and a Ryzen 7 7800X3D look to be the best options for what I'm after,. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/G64tyg

You want DDR5-6000 CL30. Air cooling is easier to work with for that case and here's a better SSD for cheaper.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£319.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£39.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (£103.70 @ NeoComputers)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£102.06 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£112.49 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card (£483.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Pop Mini Air MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£85.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£74.99 @ AWD-IT)
Total: £1320.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-25 17:03 BST+0100

 

[35below0]

Cheap liquid cooler is a bad idea.

Motherboard needs to be able to deliver for the CPU, otherwise buy a simpler, less capable CPU.

High latency RAM is a disastrous idea. Not your fault. They don't explain what it means or that lower is better.

You don't have the budget for a 4070 build in my opinion. The 4070 worth buying is the 4070 Ti Super. If you're not buying that, i suggest sticking with the 4060, or buying a Radeon RX 7800XT or RX 7900GRE.
The 7900GRE spanks the 4060 and is the best you can get if you can't afford the 4070 Ti Super.

The vanilla 4070 is a waste.

Your power supply needs to be stronger. The following build is just over £1400

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£315.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£35.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX V2 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£174.96 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory (£112.02 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP44L 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£117.32 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16 GB Video Card (£511.99 @ MoreCoCo)
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case (£65.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX-850 ATX 3.0 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£129.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1461.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-25 20:53 BST+0100

You can buy any case that pleases you. The Montech is good and has all the essentials. Other good cases are these:
Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...g-light-tint-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-c-mes2c-03
Antec C8 - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/yxdG3C/antec-c8-atx-mid-tower-case-c8
Fractal Design North Mesh - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/d8WzK8/fractal-design-north-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-c-nor1c-03

Alternative GPU:
4060 - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...rtx-4060-8-gb-video-card-gv-n4060eagle-oc-8gd
RX 7800XT - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...x-7800-xt-16-gb-video-card-rx-7800-xt-16g-loc
4070 Ti SUPER - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...4070-ti-super-16-gb-video-card-zt-d40730d-10p