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KJames

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Hellooooo!
I've never ordered a custom PC before so it's a bit daunting. I used PC specialist and researched a bit and come up with this - looking for feedback? Think I've included all the necessary information but, like I said, I'm not a pro!

My budget is really whatever is needed to buy the PC I want, but ideally not over £3000 (this is including the monitor and capture card listed below). I plan on using my laptop as a second monitor for now, and buying a 2nd when/if I want it. The PC will be used for gaming and streaming.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB midtower gaming case
Processor
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X six core CPU (3.7 GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
16GB CORSAIR vengeance DDR4 3600 MHz (2x8GB)
Graphics card
8GB Nvidia geforce RTX 3060 Ti
Storage Device
2TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (560 MB/sR | 530 MB/sW)
M.2 SSD drive
500GB Samsung 970 EVO plus M.2, PC/e NVMe (3500 MB/R, 3200 MB/W)
Power supply
Corsair 650W RMx series modular 80 Plus
Cooling
Corsair H100i RGB Pro XT hydro series

Monitor
ASUS VP28UQGL 28" 4k gaming monitor
Capture card
AVer Media Live Gamer 4k
Wireless network card
Wireless intel wifi 6 Ax200

Like I said, I'm new to this so please be nice! Any feedback at all would be appreciated! According to PC Specialist this comes to £1932.50 (ex VAT). Would I be cheaper buying and building myself? Thank you!!
 
sck451

sck451

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No idea about buying and building yourself: that's not something we can comment on on this forum.

I think you've made a decent start, but we can get something better for you. Let's start by thinking about the monitor and capture card, though. The capture card you probably don't need: you can do screen capture in OBS (or equivalent) instead, which saves quite a bit. And for the monitor, that's not the choice I'd make, especially at this budget. I'd prefer something 1440p 144Hz at this price: 4K 60Hz isn't such a great experience and I'm not sure the 3060 Ti would even be capable of it. So I'd be thinking about a monitor like the Asus VG27AQL1A, which you can buy for under £350 on other sites or the Asus XG27AQ that you can order for £535 on PCS (I'd prefer the former, personally).

I'd then want to refocus the build a little, to look like this:

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4) Eight cores is what you want at this price point
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready! Ideal for the 5800X, has WiFi built in
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB) 16GB is probably fine and you can always upgrade to 32GB later. 3600MHz (especially the variant that PCS stocks with not-amazing CAS latency) offers very little improvement.
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR Good for 1440p gaming
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE For bulk storage
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W) For booting - much faster than the 970
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW) For storing games
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET More than you technically "need", but better for quietness, efficiency and to give headroom for future upgrades
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler The 5800X needs plenty of cooling
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NOT REQUIRED
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
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
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 18 to 21 working days
Price: £1,961.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/7Q7C4xY5UU/
 
K

KJames

New member
sck451 said:
No idea about buying and building yourself: that's not something we can comment on on this forum.

I think you've made a decent start, but we can get something better for you. Let's start by thinking about the monitor and capture card, though. The capture card you probably don't need: you can do screen capture in OBS (or equivalent) instead, which saves quite a bit. And for the monitor, that's not the choice I'd make, especially at this budget. I'd prefer something 1440p 144Hz at this price: 4K 60Hz isn't such a great experience and I'm not sure the 3060 Ti would even be capable of it. So I'd be thinking about a monitor like the Asus VG27AQL1A, which you can buy for under £350 on other sites or the Asus XG27AQ that you can order for £535 on PCS (I'd prefer the former, personally).

I'd then want to refocus the build a little, to look like this:

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4) Eight cores is what you want at this price point
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready! Ideal for the 5800X, has WiFi built in
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB) 16GB is probably fine and you can always upgrade to 32GB later. 3600MHz (especially the variant that PCS stocks with not-amazing CAS latency) offers very little improvement.
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR Good for 1440p gaming
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE For bulk storage
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W) For booting - much faster than the 970
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW) For storing games
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET More than you technically "need", but better for quietness, efficiency and to give headroom for future upgrades
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler The 5800X needs plenty of cooling
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NOT REQUIRED
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
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
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 18 to 21 working days
Price: £1,961.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/7Q7C4xY5UU/
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Amazing! Thanks for your help :)
 
K

KJames

New member
sck451 said:
No idea about buying and building yourself: that's not something we can comment on on this forum.

I think you've made a decent start, but we can get something better for you. Let's start by thinking about the monitor and capture card, though. The capture card you probably don't need: you can do screen capture in OBS (or equivalent) instead, which saves quite a bit. And for the monitor, that's not the choice I'd make, especially at this budget. I'd prefer something 1440p 144Hz at this price: 4K 60Hz isn't such a great experience and I'm not sure the 3060 Ti would even be capable of it. So I'd be thinking about a monitor like the Asus VG27AQL1A, which you can buy for under £350 on other sites or the Asus XG27AQ that you can order for £535 on PCS (I'd prefer the former, personally).

I'd then want to refocus the build a little, to look like this:

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4) Eight cores is what you want at this price point
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING WIFI (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - RGB Ready! Ideal for the 5800X, has WiFi built in
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB) 16GB is probably fine and you can always upgrade to 32GB later. 3600MHz (especially the variant that PCS stocks with not-amazing CAS latency) offers very little improvement.
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR Good for 1440p gaming
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE For bulk storage
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W) For booting - much faster than the 970
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW) For storing games
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET More than you technically "need", but better for quietness, efficiency and to give headroom for future upgrades
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler The 5800X needs plenty of cooling
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NOT REQUIRED
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
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
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 18 to 21 working days
Price: £1,961.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/7Q7C4xY5UU/
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Hi! Quick question, I'm finally able to order my PC but the processor cooler isn't available in the H115i, just the H150i. Is this adjustment okay?
 
sck451

sck451

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Steveyg said:
The H150i is actually a bigger and better cooler so it certainly wouldn't hurt. It was also specifically designed to suit the 5000X case you selected so it'll look great in there
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It costs more, it's a little better (the radiator is 10% larger, but returns diminish as radiators get larger), it looks amazing in the 5000X (most things do!) but it may be a little noisier. Personally I'd prefer the H115i, but I wouldn't exactly worry either way.
 
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