Build Advice New gaming PC

[Banko96]

I’m looking at a new gaming pc to run at 1440p for FPS games and some single player games at high settings. I have one quoted but any advice be welcome. Budget just over £2k


Case
PCS PRISM TG BLACK ARGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Eight Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.5GHz/100MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
Graphics Card Support Bracket
PCS ARGB GRAPHICS CARD SUPPORT BRACKET
1st M.2 SSD Drive
256GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3000 MB/R, 1200 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

Pretty solid build. is the PSU the RMx? If so, the PSU is a good choice to go with the 3070ti and trasnient power spikes that come with RTX. Fastest gaming CPU right now (for the most part). Stretching to 32gbs of ram would be a good idea. Some games are pushing past 16gbs right now, so 32gb will do you for a good while.

For the boot drive, although 256gb is enough, getting the 500/51gb version will be better and prob slightly faster read/write speeds and random IOPS. Going an extra 20-30£$€ there would also be a good call.

 

[g-unit1111]

Is this a pre-built? If so you can definitely get better. 256GB for a primary drive is a joke these days, even if it's only to boot the OS. The 5800X3D is a nice CPU but really it's a CPU that functions better in games than in real world applications. If you have other uses for this machine I might suggest using the 7600X instead. This is personally what I'd suggest:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£328.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£146.94 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard (£257.99 @ Newegg UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory (£173.47 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£108.36 @ Technextday)
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£108.36 @ Technextday)
Video Card: Gigabyte AORUS MASTER Rev 2.0 GeForce RTX 3070 LHR 8 GB Video Card (£659.99 @ Newegg UK)
Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case (£137.00 @ Currys PC World)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit (£112.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £2133.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-10-18 22:58 BST+0100

 

[larsv8]

I chose AM4 for the value proposition to squeeze in a better GPU.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor (£194.49 @ Box Limited)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard (£159.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£218.99 @ Technextday)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3090 TI GAMING X TRIO 24G GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24 GB Video Card (£1193.47 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case (£99.00 @ Computer Orbit)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£129.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £2055.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-10-18 23:28 BST+0100

 

[MEMOFLEX]

I’m looking at a new gaming pc to run at 1440p for FPS games and some single player games at high settings. I have one quoted but any advice be welcome. Budget just over £2k


Case
PCS PRISM TG BLACK ARGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Eight Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.5GHz/100MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
Graphics Card Support Bracket
PCS ARGB GRAPHICS CARD SUPPORT BRACKET
1st M.2 SSD Drive
256GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3000 MB/R, 1200 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Whilst this is an OK setup I think if you are spending circa £2k on a new PC then it is a little underwhelming and overpriced.

If I was investing that kind of money then I would definitely be going the DDR5 route at this stage and with you wanting to play at 1440p I would be looking at a 3080 10gb (or AMD equivalent) as a minimum. I feel that it will not be long before we are exceeding 8gb of VRAM at 1440p.

Do you have any preferences in terms of style or are you more functional than bling?

 

[Banko96]

Function over style pretty much

 

[MEMOFLEX]

This is the top end of your budget but I would say that you would not have to do anything to it for a while. As suggested above you could drop the 7700x for a 7600x but I went with the 8 core for longevity.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor | £425.07 @ Technextday
CPU Cooler | ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler | £91.83 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard | Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard | £257.99 @ Newegg UK
Memory | Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory | £187.39 @ Amazon UK
Storage | Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive | £52.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage | Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive | £108.36 @ Technextday
Video Card | MSI GAMING Z TRIO GeForce RTX 3080 10GB LHR 10 GB Video Card | £773.47 @ Ebuyer
Case | Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case | £99.00 @ Computer Orbit
Power Supply | Corsair RM850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | £99.99 @ Amazon UK
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit | £112.00 @ Amazon UK
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | £2208.09
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-10-19 14:38 BST+0100 |