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SilencedWind

Member
Hi all,

First of thank you for reading the post and any suggestions would be much appreciated. I know many of you will comment don't buy now wait till next month but I need a pc right now. Ended up going for an AMD GPU as it's purely for gaming I'm sure a 7900xt is good enough for a 1440p build. I won't need any of the added features for the Nvidia GPUs. I would have gone for a 7800x3 but as of now it's delayed till 31-01-25 that's why I have picked up a 9800x3d.
Sorry for the long wall of text.

Monitor - I'm going to pair it with an Alienware 1440p 240hz monitor
Uses - Purely for gaming
Budget - 2.6 max

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER ATX CASE - WHITE
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Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core CPU (Up to 5.2GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING X870-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
20GB XFX RADEON™ RX 7900 XT MERC 310 - HDMI, 3 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR, 1625MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 6500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W RMx SHIFT SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H100i ELITE LCD XT RGB CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
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
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 (6 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book
Logo Branding
PCSpecialist Logo
Packaging
PCS Corsair Carton Upright
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Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
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I would suggest the drives are the wrong way round, I would either opt for P44 500GB primary and P41 2TB secondary, or have them both as P44s if the budget allowed. There's no great benefit from having the secondary as a top of the line drive just yet, but it may come handy with more direct access adoption.

If you have no real need for the motherboard features of the X870 (performance net is zero and it's exactly the same chipset, no really... exactly) then the TUF X650-Plus WIFI would offer pretty much the same. USB4.0 and TB3 are the only real additions and you're paying £100 for it. If you want an X870 board go with the Aorus X870e, as at least you get the higher end chipset with more PCIe lanes etc.

I would probably opt for the Titan cooler, as it's got Link functionality. I don't know if these LCD ones from PCS are new or not, but the new versions of the coolers seem very limited so the Titan/Link models are the only modern offering I can see.

PSU is coming in at a rubbish 750 model when I click the link so just double check the 1200w Shift is selected as that's the one you want for higher end GPUs.

Stick the silver warranty on, it's a no brainer.

Rest looks good, but yeah...... should have held onto your rig till January as it's going to be likely put to shame once the new toys come out for the same cash.
 
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SilencedWind

Member
Scott said:
I would suggest the drives are the wrong way round, I would either opt for P44 500GB primary and P41 2TB secondary, or have them both as P44s if the budget allowed. There's no great benefit from having the secondary as a top of the line drive just yet, but it may come handy with more direct access adoption.

If you have no real need for the motherboard features of the X870 (performance net is zero and it's exactly the same chipset, no really... exactly) then the TUF X650-Plus WIFI would offer pretty much the same. USB4.0 and TB3 are the only real additions and you're paying £100 for it. If you want an X870 board go with the Aorus X870e, as at least you get the higher end chipset with more PCIe lanes etc.

I would probably opt for the Titan cooler, as it's got Link functionality. I don't know if these LCD ones from PCS are new or not, but the new versions of the coolers seem very limited so the Titan/Link models are the only modern offering I can see.

PSU is coming in at a rubbish 750 model when I click the link so just double check the 1200w Shift is selected as that's the one you want for higher end GPUs.

Stick the silver warranty on, it's a no brainer.

Rest looks good, but yeah...... should have held onto your rig till January as it's going to be likely put to shame once the new toys come out for the same cash.
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Much Appreciated. And I definitely should have checked the news for anything new before I gave it away. Either way I'm still happy with the purchase anyway. Thanks @Scott
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
No worries at all, always the way it goes isn't it :D

You can make changes right up until the final inspection, just in case you want to incorporate what I have suggested. It's fine, it would just be a bit better with them in place IMO.
 
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SilencedWind

Member
Scott said:
No worries at all, always the way it goes isn't it :D

You can make changes right up until the final inspection, just in case you want to incorporate what I have suggested. It's fine, it would just be a bit better with them in place IMO.
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I already made the changes to build as you suggested and already purchased it. I can't wait!
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
Post up some pics and thoughts once you've received and had a play. Always good to get opinions and we all love a pic of a shiny new system!
 
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SilencedWind

Member
Scott said:
Post up some pics and thoughts once you've received and had a play. Always good to get opinions and we all love a pic of a shiny new system!
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Yea I will do, I been super impatient and I decided to go with the fast track for 1 day. I figured they would be busy and it might be delayed. Fast 1 day tracking and it's in testing.
 
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