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[Float_Lifer]

I'm looking to build a high end gaming performance PC on a £2500 budget.

1) Is this enough?
2) Should I invest in water cooled?
3) Which are the best graphics cards to consider for this budget?

Lastly, could anyone list a suggested build with the individual components etc/?

Many thanks

 

[Phaaze88]

I'm looking to build a high end gaming performance PC on a £2500 budget.

1) Is this enough?
2) Should I invest in water cooled?
3) Which are the best graphics cards to consider for this budget?

Lastly, could anyone list a suggested build with the individual components etc/?

Many thanks

1)I believe you need to provide some targets.
Resolution? The higher the resolution, the more expensive the build will get.
Do you only play a certain genre of titles, or is there more variety involved?
Refresh also makes things expensive the higher expectations are set.
Do you have anything against certain parts(AMD, Intel, Nvidia)?

2)Not necessary for games.
If word of mouth isn't enough to go on, try one out so as to sate your curiosity; it wasn't enough for me to read/watch about about the pros and cons of air coolers vs AIOs...

3)This falls back to the first query. Need to provide play targets.
If you're against turning down settings to play the next new thing, you could be looking at upgrading every gen. Expensive to do that, but it can be offset by selling off the old stuff, though not everyone cares to do that.


Loosely slapped together, so I'm sure someone would do better than this.
1440 UW/4K:

Spoiler

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (£290.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler (£59.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£274.56 @ NeoComputers)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory (£139.36 @ Newegg UK)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£42.86 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£93.46 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB Video Card (£1158.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Pop Air RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£83.35 @ NeoComputers)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Total: £2280.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-08-04 13:50 BST+0100

 

[Float_Lifer]

1)I believe you need to provide some targets.
Resolution? The higher the resolution, the more expensive the build will get.
Do you only play a certain genre of titles, or is there more variety involved?
Refresh also makes things expensive the higher expectations are set.
Do you have anything against certain parts(AMD, Intel, Nvidia)?

2)Not necessary for games.
If word of mouth isn't enough to go on, try one out so as to sate your curiosity; it wasn't enough for me to read/watch about about the pros and cons of air coolers vs AIOs...

3)This falls back to the first query. Need to provide play targets.
If you're against turning down settings to play the next new thing, you could be looking at upgrading every gen. Expensive to do that, but it can be offset by selling off the old stuff, though not everyone cares to do that.


Loosely slapped together, so I'm sure someone would do better than this.
1440 UW/4K:

Spoiler

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (£290.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler (£59.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£274.56 @ NeoComputers)
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory (£139.36 @ Newegg UK)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£42.86 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£93.46 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB Video Card (£1158.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Pop Air RGB ATX Mid Tower Case (£83.35 @ NeoComputers)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£139.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Total: £2280.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-08-04 13:50 BST+0100

Thank you for your reply. You are right, a bit more information would be helpful;

Resolution: 1440p, mostly FPS shooters like BF3 & 4, but also other action adventure titles like GOT. Would be looking for high refresh rates, I would probably go between NVIDA / AMG

Thanks

 

[Why_Me]

Thank you for your reply. You are right, a bit more information would be helpful;

Resolution: 1440p, mostly FPS shooters like BF3 & 4, but also other action adventure titles like GOT. Would be looking for high refresh rates, I would probably go between NVIDA / AMG

Thanks

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor (£349.95 @ Box Limited)
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler (£59.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: *MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£231.48 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: *G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory (£114.77 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£114.98 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: *Gigabyte EAGLE OC GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB Video Card (£1113.91 @ Amazon UK)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case (£97.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: *MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£135.15 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2217.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-08-04 16:31 BST+0100

A better look at those components.

MPG A850G PCIE5 | Power Supply | Overflow With Power

The MPG A850G PCIE5 power supply is designed to be ready for GeForce RTX^TM 4070 Ti and other graphics cards thanks to its ATX 3.0 and PCIe 5.0 support.

www.msi.com

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-Z790-A-WIFI

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...-30m-cache-up-to-5-20-ghz/specifications.html

https://www.deepcool.com/products/C...formance-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2021/13067.shtml

https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-black-sn850x-nvme-ssd#WDS200T2X0E

https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N4080EAGLE-OC-16GD#kf

https://lian-li.com/product/lancool-216/

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykbhuv6yLBc

 

[Lucky_SLS]

The above list is bang on for your requirements!

if you want to have some upgradability, swap the CPU and the mobo for the AM5 platform.

CPU: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...0x3d-42-ghz-8-core-processor-100-100000910wof

Mobo: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...fi-atx-am5-motherboard-mag-b650-tomahawk-wifi