Build Advice New gaming PC required, advice greatly needed ?

[Drackn]

Good afternoon everyone,

Thank you for taking the time to read this thread and hopefully offer your advice.

I am finally getting a new gaming PC after saving for quite some time (limited funds and family = small amount able to be saved each month ) as my current rig is just... well ancient.

Current spec:
CPU - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz 3.07 GHz
RAM - 16gb of DDR3
SSD - 200GB
HD - 600GB
Motherboard - Sabertooth X58
GPU - GeForce RTX 2060
(somehow still managed to play Cyberpunk with the patch due to the CPU on low settings).


Approximate Purchase Date: Sept 2024

Budget Range: £2500 - £3000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, general use

Are you buying a monitor: Yes / No (depends on the amount left over, though I am hoping to get a 4k (seen some for roughly £200

Parts to Upgrade: Everything

Do you need to buy OS: Yes - hoping to be included in the build

Location: Blackpool - United Kingdom

Parts Preferences: No preference, not very knowledgeable on hardware

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: (Don't know what this means)

Your Monitor Resolution: Currently - 1920x1080, I want the best quality I can afford.

Additional Comments:

I have a budget of roughly £2500 - £3000 and trying to get something that will run everything at high quality and have some future proof to it (pretty sure wont be able to do this again for a while).

My main issue is I have no idea about hardware, I have tried to do a bit a research and read that the AMD CPU are better for future proofing and generally a better for gaming (again, this is based on some reviews / benchmarks and subjective opinions.... again, not my own knowledge so... unsure).

Could anyone please recommend a good build for me (and location if possible), that has good future proof. I should have the funds within Sept 2024, but thought best to do prior research from people who actually know their stuff.

Also, I have located:
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/3xs...idia-geforce-rtx-4080-super-2tb-m2-ssd-win-11

This seems to fit my boxes (at least I think), I know its not 'the best' but still within the High Spec category (just worried I am missing something crucial).

Again Thank you very much for your time and assistance, really means a lot.
Matt

 

[helper800]

Are you building or buying a prebuild PC? Something like this for 2k is pretty good for a build:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£329.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler (£42.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX V2 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£149.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£116.28 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£148.25 @ Senetic)
Video Card: Asus ProArt OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card (£997.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case (£85.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 - TT Premium Edition 1050 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£121.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1989.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-12 22:46 BST+0100

Something like this is good for 2600:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£329.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler (£42.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX V2 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£149.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£116.28 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£148.25 @ Senetic)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE V2 GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card (£1639.99 @ MoreCoCo)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case (£85.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 - TT Premium Edition 1050 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£121.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £2631.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-12 22:48 BST+0100

For monitors you can get 1440p OLEDs for about 600-1k, for 4k IPS/MVA you can get decent ones for ~500-600 dollars. For really nice 4k monitors about 1k is the minimum for OLED.

 

[35below0]

4K gaming is quite the price jump over QHD.

Maybe it would be worth it to spend more money on a bigger and better 1440p monitor, and limit your budget to a 4070 Ti SUPER graphics card. It will be very fast and capable without breaking the bank.

 

[helper800]

4K gaming is quite the price jump over QHD.

Maybe it would be worth it to spend more money on a bigger and better 1440p monitor, and limit your budget to a 4070 Ti SUPER graphics card. It will be very fast and capable without breaking the bank.

With his budget he can get a really nice 1440p monitor and a 4080S or 7900XTX. Here is an example:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£328.98 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler (£42.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX V2 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£149.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£116.28 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£148.25 @ Senetic)
Video Card: PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card (£839.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case (£85.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 - TT Premium Edition 1050 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£121.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: Philips Evnia 34M2C8600 34.0" 3440 x 1440 175 Hz Curved Monitor (£648.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2479.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-13 00:30 BST+0100

 

[Why_Me]

4K gaming is quite the price jump over QHD.

Maybe it would be worth it to spend more money on a bigger and better 1440p monitor, and limit your budget to a 4070 Ti SUPER graphics card. It will be very fast and capable without breaking the bank.

This ^^

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£328.98 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE WHITE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£36.82 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£169.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£107.40 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£113.99 @ MoreCoCo)
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card (£781.00 @ MoreCoCo)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case (£105.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: *Asus Prime AP-850G 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£112.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: *Gigabyte GS27Q 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor (£191.04 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1947.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-13 06:08 BST+0100

 

[helper800]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£328.98 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE WHITE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler (£36.82 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£169.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£107.40 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£113.99 @ MoreCoCo)
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card (£781.00 @ MoreCoCo)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case (£105.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: *Asus Prime AP-850G 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£112.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: *Gigabyte GS27Q 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor (£191.04 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1947.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-13 06:08 BST+0100

Personally, I would skip the Lexar storage and the Asus prime PSU for something slightly more expensive, but those are my preferences.

 

[Why_Me]

Personally, I would skip the Lexar storage and the Asus prime PSU for something slightly more expensive, but those are my preferences.

Lexar NM710 1 TB Review

The Lexar NM710 comes at outstanding pricing of just $47 for the 1 TB model. Testing in our review confirms, that this SSD can deliver good performance that is able to compete with other popular midrange SSDs like the Samsung 970 EVO Plus and Crucial P5 Plus.

www.techpowerup.com

 

[35below0]

With his budget he can get a really nice 1440p monitor and a 4080S or 7900XTX. Here is an example:

I've nothing against a higher tier GPU or 4K. The OP mentioned they're not up to date on current hardware. So maybe the budget is much larger than it needs to be.
Sometimes i see that. People who have been out of the loop for a long time think they need 64Gb of RAM for example, or $3000-4000 for a PC
The low and mid tiers are very good these days. Only the dirt-cheap rubbish is really bad.

As mentioned, the old rig is still able to run Cyberpunk because even that game still has recommended requirements that an entry level RTX 4060 surpasses. So going balls to the walls with a build is not neccessarily ...er, neccessary.

 

[helper800]

I've nothing against a higher tier GPU or 4K. The OP mentioned they're not up to date on current hardware. So maybe the budget is much larger than it needs to be.
Sometimes i see that. People who have been out of the loop for a long time think they need 64Gb of RAM for example, or $3000-4000 for a PC
The low and mid tiers are very good these days. Only the dirt-cheap rubbish is really bad.

As mentioned, the old rig is still able to run Cyberpunk because even that game still has recommended requirements that an entry level RTX 4060 surpasses. So going balls to the walls with a build is not neccessarily ...er, neccessary.

Well if this is true, we will be informed by the OPs next posts. Usually when people post a budget, that amount is what they are willing to use to get what they want. If we had a more clear understanding of their goals with this PC like; resolution, settings, and expected FPS for the money, we can then make a more tailored recommendation regardless of budget.

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£328.98 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£76.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: *Asus TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard (£169.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£122.36 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£123.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE V2 GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card (£997.56 @ MoreCoCo)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case (£109.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£144.06 @ NeoComputers)
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - Download 64-bit (£103.84 @ Senetic)
Case Fan: *Lian Li UNI FAN SL V2 77.6 CFM 140 mm Fan (£27.99 @ AWD-IT)
Monitor: *Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQML1A 27.0" 2560 x 1440 260 Hz Monitor (£428.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2633.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-13 09:40 BST+0100

 

[Why_Me]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700KF 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor (£337.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: *ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III A-RGB 48.82 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£76.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: *MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£229.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£122.36 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: *Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£123.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: *Gigabyte WINDFORCE V2 GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card (£997.56 @ MoreCoCo)
Case: *Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case (£109.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: *be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£144.06 @ NeoComputers)
Operating System: *Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - Download 64-bit (£103.84 @ Senetic)
Case Fan: *Lian Li UNI FAN SL V2 77.6 CFM 140 mm Fan (£27.99 @ AWD-IT)
Monitor: *Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQML1A 27.0" 2560 x 1440 260 Hz Monitor (£428.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2700.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-13 09:43 BST+0100

 

[Drackn]

Are you building or buying a prebuild PC? - Helper800

I will be going with pre-built as I don't have the confidence to build my own without risking damage. At least then can rely on the warranty. The listed parts are VERY helpful as I can check/customise the build based on input.

I've nothing against a higher tier GPU or 4K. The OP mentioned they're not up to date on current hardware. So maybe the budget is much larger than it needs to be.
Sometimes i see that. People who have been out of the loop for a long time think they need 64Gb of RAM for example, or $3000-4000 for a PC
The low and mid tiers are very good these days. Only the dirt-cheap rubbish is really bad.

As mentioned, the old rig is still able to run Cyberpunk because even that game still has recommended requirements that an entry level RTX 4060 surpasses. So going balls to the walls with a build is not neccessarily ...er, neccessary. - 35below0

That's true, though a lot of new games do not run due to the requirements, for example, Star Wars Jedi Survivor and Age of Empires 4 (think I got lucky with Cyberpunk, though it was very low detail).

In a nutshell what I am after is:
* Runs games at a high level of detail while maintaining good FPS.
* Within £2500 - £3000 (What my wife agreed I could spend after saving ^_^)
* Will have some future proof to it, spend a little more now to avoid spending later on (read that intel is bad for this?)
* With monitors, I would like 4k or a high-quality resolution around 32" upwards (curved) that can utilise the hardware to its best. Currently using a 42" TV at the moment as my old monitor broke and we decided to use the bedroom TV as the monitor (1920x1080).


Thank you everyone for all your advice its extremely helpful.
Matt

 

[35below0]

Based on that, and the suggested price of the 4K monitor, and the use case (high detail and FPS esp), i would recommend maybe upping the budget a little bit because 4K demands are very high.
Alternatively, drop the 4K requirement and you can have a QHD gaming PC for less money, while still enjoying high quality components and monitor.

Looking for a 4K monitor at £200 is not going to work. Those are no good for gaming.

This is how i would try 4K for ~3000:
(@helper800's first build, or RX 790XTX builds are great. @Why_Me also suggested great 4K and 1440p builds)
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor (£382.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler (£42.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: MSI MAG Z690 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£169.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory (£113.84 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP44L 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.20 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE V2 GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card (£979.00 @ MoreCoCo)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify 2 ATX Mid Tower Case (£135.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic VERTEX PX-1200 1200 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£271.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - Download 64-bit (£103.84 @ Senetic)
Monitor: Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 32.0" 3840 x 2160 240 Hz Curved Monitor (£787.99 @ MoreCoCo)
*** alternateMonitor: Gigabyte GS27QC 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Curved Monitor (£258.44 @ Amazon UK)

Total: £3106.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-13 12:54 BST+0100

The motherboard may need to be flashed before it can take a 14700K CPU. The process is simple thankfully, as can be seen here:

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


You needn't worry about assembling it yourself. The components are quite resilient as you can see. You don't void warranty building the PC yourself.

If you do have to pay to have it assembled, don't let them talk you into replacement components, whichever suggested build you go with. I know we have tried to select only trusted and quality components, and i know PC shops will sometimes slip in any turd to a customer, just to get rid of it.


As for upgradeability or future-proofing, the CPU doesn't need to be upgraded but there are two faster models than this, so if one day their price comes down upgrading the CPU is an option.
Swapping out 32 Gb of RAM one day for 64 may be a thing. I doubt it very much though, and i doubt you will easily find lower latency DDR5 RAM but maybe they will come out.
PSU has extra power to spare in case of spikes in GPU demand.
Really, there isn't going to be much to upgrade until the PC is utterly obsolete. Maybe 10 years? We don't know how games will continue to develop.

The only thing to upgrade is to add more NVMe SSD drives. There are 4 slots in total.

 

[35below0]

1440p build

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (£289.99 @ AWD-IT)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler (£42.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: MSI MAG Z690 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£169.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL28 Memory (£113.84 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP44L 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£119.20 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 16 GB Video Card (£787.00 @ MoreCoCo)
Case: Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case (£118.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS GX-1000 ATX 3.0 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£143.38 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home Retail - Download 64-bit (£103.84 @ Senetic)
Monitor: Gigabyte GS27QC 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Curved Monitor (£258.44 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2146.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-13 13:27 BST+0100

Same motherboard, so same chance it will have an old BIOS on it and it will need to be flashed.

Costs considerably less, mostly because the monitor isn't a 4K gaming model. In time can be upgraded to a faster CPU + GPU, but for 1440p it will do right away.

 

[Flayed]

I will be going with pre-built as I don't have the confidence to build my own without risking damage. At least then can rely on the warranty. The listed parts are VERY helpful as I can check/customise the build based on input.

This one from Scan looks pretty good:
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/3xs...-ddr5-nvidia-rtx-4080-super-2tb-m2-ssd-win-11

 

[helper800]

With a more precise use case in mind, this is how I would do it and you have a few different options because of budget constraints:

AMD:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£329.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler (£42.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX V2 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£149.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£116.28 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£113.99 @ MoreCoCo)
Video Card: PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card (£839.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case (£85.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 - TT Premium Edition 1050 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£121.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1796.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-13 16:39 BST+0100

Intel:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700KF 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor (£337.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler (£42.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: MSI MEG Z690 UNIFY ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£162.80 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£116.28 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Lexar NM710 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£113.99 @ MoreCoCo)
Video Card: PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card (£839.98 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215 ATX Mid Tower Case (£85.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 - TT Premium Edition 1050 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£121.49 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1818.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-13 16:44 BST+0100

As for the monitors, depending on how much you want to spend you have a few options. You obviously could grab on of these with a prebuilt as well.

The 41.5 inch 4k Philips Envia monitor is your cheapest OLED monitor option at 900 BP and its a pretty nice monitor but it does not have all of the specs of the newer OLEDs that came out recently, and its not curved. It has 138hz refresh rate vs 240hz of the newer monitors and 1ms response vs about 0.1ms response time, though I can almost guarantee both would look and feel identical in this respect. This monitor will look far and away better than any non-OLED gaming monitor. Things to be known about OLED and QD-OLED monitors is that text clarity can be a bit low so you will need to play with cleartype and scaling options in windows to find what looks best for you. Here is a review of this monitor.

One of the new, latest and greatest QD-OLED's with one compromise, the MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED 31.5" has everything you would want in a monitor except it is not curved, and you really have to pay for it at 1300 BP.

The no compromises monitor that has everything that you want including a curved display and the same panel as the above monitor is the Alienware AW3225QF QD-OLED 31.6" monitor. The problem is that its going to cost at least the same as the above monitor at 1300 BP and is not available to you yet, but you may be able to find it somewhere with a manual search.

To be honest, I would not consider anything less than an OLED monitor anymore, but that is just how much better I, and many others, believe them to be over traditional TN, MVA, and IPS displays. If you have a strict 3000 BP limit, then I can make a build work with whatever monitor you choose. I typically get the best monitors available because you are going to be staring at them for years and the games and content mind as well look as amazing as you can afford at the time, and right now that is some form of OLED.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

^ I would try to squeeze in a 4080S by going with DDR4 and get a higher tier SSD like this

and consider this miniLED monitor:

https://tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/aoc-agon-pro-ag344uxm

AOC Agon Pro AG344UXM review: an ace flatscreen ultrawide Mini LED monitor

The AOC Agon Pro AG344UXM is ideal for demanding gamers, but it doesn't come cheap

www.t3.com

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700KF 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor (£337.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler (£42.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: ASRock Z690 Extreme ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (£158.86 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (£63.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£129.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: Palit JetStream OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card (£967.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case (£66.95 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£98.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: AOC AGON Pro AG344UXM 34.0" 3440 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor (£599.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2465.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-13 20:14 BST+0100


I prefer the AMD partlist:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor (£329.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO 69 CFM CPU Cooler (£42.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX V2 ATX AM5 Motherboard (£174.98 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£103.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£129.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: Palit JetStream OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card (£967.98 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA ATX Mid Tower Case (£66.95 @ AWD-IT)
Power Supply: MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£98.99 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: AOC AGON Pro AG344UXM 34.0" 3440 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor (£599.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2513.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-05-13 20:18 BST+0100

 

[35below0]

A couple of things

- First of all, damn there is so much choice. Lots of nice options listed.
- Secondly, since this purchase is to be done in september it's important to consider that prices will change and some new monitors will come to market.
- Following from that, new GPUs are expected in Q 2024/Q1 2025 and they are expected to bring a leap in performance with them, more that usual for a generation on generation performance increase.
(so sinking money into current price GPUs may not be favorable)
- a good place to look at monitor performance is https://www.rtings.com/monitor


To add to what @helper800 wrote about monitors, cheaper options are not neccessarily worse. Or at least not so much that they're worthless.

Fast IPS panels are excellent for gaming, though they have the disadvantage of weaker contrast.
VA panels have excellent contrast and near perfect black color. But some models suffer from slower response compared to IPS.

The other weakness of VA is that colors/contrast look "washed out" when viewed at an angle. I don't think this matters much because i'm likely to be front and center in front of the monitor, esp. if it's curved but some VA panels are really bad at this and wash out when viewed from even slight angles.

There are fast, curved VA panels that are not very expensive, ditto IPS panels. I would start my search there, in the £200-300 segment. Nicer models cost a lot more. Not every monitor that is more expensive has a nicer screen.

OLED and QD-OLED look prettier and have no compromises compared to VA & IPS. Their problem is the high price. Also, some monitors risk "burn-in".

For gaming and in general, 27" may be the ideal size. Heavy emphasis on the word may. This is quite subjective. Larger monitors are seriously large and tend to be heavy.
For 4K, 32" is the target size. Anything smaller is not going to make full use of the resolution.

It would be best to see the desired monitor in a store before buying it.

 

[Drackn]

Just want to say thank you for all your advice and assistance with this. Really helped a lot and I have a much better idea now of what I need to get.

Thank you.