All assistance greatly received

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Thorpe Bay

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I want to upgrade my gaming PC. Right now I will stick with the monitor, keyboard and mouse that I have. (Unless you suggest otherwise)

I only play Cities Skylines... but heavily modded.

I don't wish to bankrupt myself, but I also don't want the spec to be out-of-date before June 2023.

I've based this set-up on the one someone who builds cities on YouTube has... yeah I do know how daft that sounds!

Half of the peripherals (is that even the right word?) I'm not sure what they do... and as for the box... well I thought the white one looked chic...

So - help me out here please... I'm way out of my depth.

Only non-negotiables are:
64GB RAM
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 Graphics Card


Case
PCS PRISM TG WHITE ARGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
Graphics Card Support Bracket
PCS GRAPHICS CARD SUPPORT BRACKET
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3300 MB/R, 2200 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 240 Series RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler (AMD)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
1 x 120mm Black Case Fan
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
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MrWilson

MrWilson

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Hi there,
My first recommendation would be to read the following

Please read before posting:- Collaboration of Helpful Hints

NB: These forums are not an official support channel. None of us work for PCS, we're all either customers or techies who just like to help out where possible. For any official support, you need to contact PCS directly either through your PCS account, or via the contact details on the main...
www.pcspecialist.co.uk www.pcspecialist.co.uk

And then please let us know your budget and what monitor you’re pairing this with.

You’ve said you want 64GB of RAM and a 3080 as “non-negotiables” while also admitting you are not massively knowledgeable about PC components. 64GB is a LOT of RAM. The standard recommended amount is 16GB, with some heavily modded titles bumping up to 32GB. Not too knowledgeable of City Skylines, but you would need a hell of a lot of mods to need more than 32GB of RAM. Similarly with the 3080, if you’re using a 1080p monitor the 3080 is going to give the same performance as a 3060ti so it’s only worth going for if you have a beefy monitor to go alongside it; 1440p Ultrawide/Superwide or 4K 144hz.
If you’re basing those components on the YouTuber you mentioned, bare in mind that they will likely be using that PC to record and edit their videos as well, and these tasks will make use of the extra RAM and beefy GPU; these components do not necessarily make a difference in gaming performance, which is the bit you care about.
 
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Thorpe Bay

New member
MrWilson said:
Hi there,
My first recommendation would be to read the following

Please read before posting:- Collaboration of Helpful Hints

NB: These forums are not an official support channel. None of us work for PCS, we're all either customers or techies who just like to help out where possible. For any official support, you need to contact PCS directly either through your PCS account, or via the contact details on the main...
www.pcspecialist.co.uk www.pcspecialist.co.uk

And then please let us know your budget and what monitor you’re pairing this with.

You’ve said you want 64GB of RAM and a 3080 as “non-negotiables” while also admitting you are not massively knowledgeable about PC components. 64GB is a LOT of RAM. The standard recommended amount is 16GB, with some heavily modded titles bumping up to 32GB. Not too knowledgeable of City Skylines, but you would need a hell of a lot of mods to need more than 32GB of RAM. Similarly with the 3080, if you’re using a 1080p monitor the 3080 is going to give the same performance as a 3060ti so it’s only worth going for if you have a beefy monitor to go alongside it; 1440p Ultrawide/Superwide or 4K 144hz.
If you’re basing those components on the YouTuber you mentioned, bare in mind that they will likely be using that PC to record and edit their videos as well, and these tasks will make use of the extra RAM and beefy GPU; these components do not necessarily make a difference in gaming performance, which is the bit you care about.
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Thank you very much for your swift reply.

You make a lot of sense! - Exactly why I posted - so that someone with knowledge could assist me.
Apologies for not having read the please-read-before-posting etc.

So, I have:
- reduced the non-negotiable (ahem) RAM to 32K.
- altered the non-negotiable GPU to 3060ti.

These two changes have made a considerable reduction to the quote - so I appreciate that.
I do have a lot of mods and assets and that is taxing the 16GB that I have on my current machine... but I take on board that 64K is probably overkill.

I have also reduced my power supply

Your point about the YouTuber - I totally get.

Moving onto the monitor - (you know I didn't know that it made a difference!) I have an AOC 2250SWDAK LED Flat Screen
1920 x 1080@60 Hz

I'm sensing that this is going to make a difference to what you advise.

As such, I don't have a budget - When I first built a quote it came in at around £2K. It now stands at a healthier £1,650.

Case
PCS PRISM TG WHITE ARGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
Graphics Card Support Bracket
PCS GRAPHICS CARD SUPPORT BRACKET
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3300 MB/R, 2200 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 240 Series RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler (AMD)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
1 x 120mm Black Case Fan
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]


Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/bKZbnYM0qx/
 
RobertJones898

RobertJones898

New member
My only other suggestion is to replace the HDD with an SSD or even better and M.2. NVME drive. You will get a massive amount of performance boost in terms of loading times, and many games really need SSD drives to run effectively, for example Star Citizen is unplayable on a HDD as its loading so much textures off the disk a HDD just isn't fast enough. For an extra 60 dollars you'll benefit a huge amount.
 
T

Thorpe Bay

New member
Thank you for your input RobertJones898

Case
PCS PRISM TG WHITE ARGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
Graphics Card Support Bracket
PCS GRAPHICS CARD SUPPORT BRACKET
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3300 MB/R, 2200 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
1TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 240 Series RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler (AMD)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
1 x 120mm Black Case Fan
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
 
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