[SOLVED] New Build, for gaming, advice, help, please

[Gawldy99]

Hi All,

We currently use a pc which is around 9 years old, we have decided it needs a refresh. We are hoping to buy all items to build new in the next week or so, possibly before Christmas, aware timeline is tight for delivery.

We currently have a GTX1650 super which we picked up around 6 months ago and have been using in the aged machine, ideally we'd stay with that as the only item we reuse, just for a few months.

Budget can then remain ideally up to £1k (will move windows 10 license over, also).

For extra detail, the current system is using the i5-3570K @ 3.40GHZ, with 16GB RAM.

For the new build we'd like to start with the following as a base and populate the remaining, which is why we need the help, we believe these items are compatible, just need to finish the build appropriately;

ASUS ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING Z490 LGA1200 Motherboard @ £227
INTEL Core™ i5-10600K Unlocked Processor @ £240, we understand this is a strong all around performer and new release, this is the main driver here.

We'd in time look to add one of the new GPU - Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 / 3080 / 3090 (unless we are missing something and the 1650 just wont work, we'll need to raid the piggy bank and go for it straight away).

Everything else we need.

All help appreciated

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Your budget won't stay under 1K with a 3000-series card in the mix. That's on top of the difficulty you'll have finding one pre-Christmas. It might look something like this if you did:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-10600K 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor (£239.99 @ Technextday)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Pure Rock Slim 35.14 CFM CPU Cooler (£22.94 @ Box Limited)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING (WI-FI) Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard (£169.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£60.16 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: HP EX920 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£91.45 @ Newegg UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.25 @ Currys PC World Business)
Video Card: *Inno3D GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB iChill X3 Video Card (£553.67 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£99.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1368.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-13 23:01 GMT+0000

 

[Gawldy99]

Hi Hamster,

Thanks for the prompt and clear answer.

Would I be able to pause on the purchase of the GPU and use the existing GTX1650 super ?

Thanks

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Hi Hamster,

Thanks for the prompt and clear answer.

Would I be able to pause on the purchase of the GPU and use the existing GTX1650 super ?

Thanks

You're most welcome. And you absolutely can. The 1650S may be considered entry level now, but graphics cards have advanced so much over the last couple of generations that it meets or beets the previous mid-range champ, the GTX 1060 6GB. The 4GB of VRAM will limit you a bit at high resolutions and high detail, but it should perform well at 1080p High in most games. Unless that game is Cyberpunk 2077.

A couple of notes on the parts list above:

1. The cooler I picked won't support a big overclock on the 10600K, so re-spec something beefier if you're looking to push it more than a few hundred MHz.
2. A 650W PSU should be hypothetically be enough for a 3070 as long as it's a good one, but there have been reports of instability on 3070 and 3080 builds with PSUs under 750W. I'm not in that market, so haven't really done the research. You may want to, though.