High end PC

[Forseeti]

Hello

I have posted before but was advised to wait until 3D processeds from AMD came out so want overall opinion if it matches and if there are any issues. Appreciate advice
I am using 3440x1440 120 HZ monitor and set up mostly for gaming.
Budget wise i am not worried unless one of the parts make no sense or dont match up well.
Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000T RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16 Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.7GHz/144MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO (WIFI 6E, DDR5, PCIe 5.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 5600MHz (2 x 32GB) AMD
Graphics Card
24GB ASUS TUF GEFORCE RTX 4090 OC EDITION - HDMI, DP
Graphics Card Support Bracket
NONE (BRACKET INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2, PCIe 4.0 NVMe (up to 7450MB/R, 6900MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx 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 H150i 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
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
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Price: £4,444.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/qJSwg89g6z/

 

[Scott]

That's a bit of a waste of money to be honest. There are many savings that could be made without compromising on performance.

Below would save almost £1k and still have an OTT GPU IMO. The 4080 would be more than enough for that monitor.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI (DDR5, PCIe 5.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 5600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
24GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4090 - HDMI, DP
Graphics Card Support Bracket
NONE (BRACKET INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
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 HX SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® PLATINUM, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H150i 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
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
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Price: £3,563.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/wpXJH!erHr/

 

[Steveyg]

I mean for gaming there's no benefit of the 7950X3D over the 7800X3D in fact it actually performs worse in some games because they are designed for different functions

7800X3D is THE gaming CPU, the 7950X3D is more geared for production work so you're over spending there for little to no gain and sometimes worse performance

Over shooting like crazy on the motherboard, the B650 TUF is a really really well made board only reason to choose one of the other now is purely features. So read up on them and see which one suits you best, the B650 TUF covers almost everyone

There is absolutely no need for 64GB of RAM for any game that currently exists or I could imagine existing in the next 20 years. More RAM doesn't increase performance it's either used or it isn't. For gaming you'll not get close to 32GB never mind 64GB so this would be a massive waste of cash

4090 on a 1440p is close to pointless mate, the GPU will barely get used. You want a 4K monitor to get the most of that GPU, running on it a 1440p screen it'll barely break and sweat and hardly get used at all meaning you're spending an awful lot of money for something that just wont get used

 

[Forseeti]

Thanks for advise.

Stevergg - i had a read about it and there are opinions that for some strategy games 7950 is better and potetnially more future proof but will read more about it.

Can u explain about motherboards isnt the point on getting better one for a future adaptibility?

scott - looks good just one question you went for 1200W power supply should i go with it or 1000w is enought?

Thanks both for advise

 

[Steveyg]

Thanks for advise.

Stevergg - i had a read about it and there are opinions that for some strategy games 7950 is better and potetnially more future proof but will read more about it.

Can u explain about motherboards isnt the point on getting better one for a future adaptibility?

scott - looks good just one question you went for 1200W power supply should i go with it or 1000w is enought?

Thanks both for advise

Yeah no problem mate

I guess if strategy is your bag the 7950X3D could potentially be better in that particular instance but I doubt it would be much better. I certainly wouldn't have a problem strongly recommending the 7800X3D for literally any game

Motherboards used to vary wildly depending on the which tier you bought them. These latest motherboards though are all built to a really really high standard it's quite impressive. What that's done is made it less of a need to match the tier of motherboard to the tier of CPU because certain motherboards wouldn't be able to fully utilise the CPU in them due to things like VRM's or power delivery. Now at least all the ASUS boards I've been reading about are built to a really really high standard so it's more based on their very specific use cases

Scott is giving you as much overhead as possible for upgrades in future, it's a good call at this level

 

[SpyderTracks]

Thanks for advise.

Stevergg - i had a read about it and there are opinions that for some strategy games 7950 is better and potetnially more future proof but will read more about it.

Can u explain about motherboards isnt the point on getting better one for a future adaptibility?

scott - looks good just one question you went for 1200W power supply should i go with it or 1000w is enought?

Thanks both for advise

With the 7950 it's basically one 7800x3d die and one normal 7800x. For gaming you have to disable the non X3D die otherwise performance tanks. So unless you know how to manually park cores during gaming sessions and reactivate them after for heavy workloads there's zero point using it for gaming.

 

[Forseeti]

Thanks all for replies

Sounds good i will probably go with Scott recomendation.

Thanks for all advises.