I need help building a pc…. again!

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cOLDfIRE

Active member
So I’ve been on this forum before and had people reply a bunch with builds etc. however I never had the money together to buy it. Well know I have the money to buy it but couldn’t log into my older account where the builds are on. So I’m going to try again (and remember my login lol)
Monitor (buying with other money) -

AOC CU34G2X/BK Quad HD 34" Curved VA Gaming Monitor​

Budget - £2,200
Use for - Mainly gaming, I’d like to play most of the popular games at the highest possible quality. I do know that I want 32gb ram but everything else I’m not sure about. I also would like a case with good airflow.
Thank you to any one that even reads this yet alone replies! Appreciate it :)
 
Martinr36

Martinr36

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Ok here's a nice starter that should do do nicely for £2033, I've dropped the RAM to 16GB which has given the budget to go for the 5800x cpu rather than 5600x, very few games require 32GB and it's easy enough to add later, especially as I've gone 2*8

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
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
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
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 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 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 16 to 19 working days
Price: £2,033.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/GxdBJ27Y7x/
 
B Poot

B Poot

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@cOLDfIRE well done for including the answers to some of the common questions!

@Martinr36 beat me to it and came up with pretty much exactly the spec that I was going to suggest!

I have another couple of questions that might help with refining the selection:
1) You mentioned that you want 32GB RAM, is this for a particular reason? For gaming, you really don't need more than 16GB (as Martin has suggested)
2) Is RGB important to you, or are you less concerned about that?
3) You have a monitor in mind, which is good, but do you have any other peripherals? Keyboard, mouse, speakers etc
 
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cOLDfIRE

Active member
Martinr36 said:
Ok here's a nice starter that should do do nicely for £2033, I've dropped the RAM to 16GB which has given the budget to go for the 5800x cpu rather than 5600x, very few games require 32GB and it's easy enough to add later, especially as I've gone 2*8

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
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
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
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 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 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 16 to 19 working days
Price: £2,033.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/GxdBJ27Y7x/
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Ahh perfect! And these specs would run most popular games at high settings? I’ll stick with the 16gb ram then as it is for gaming.
 
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cOLDfIRE

Active member
B Poot said:
@cOLDfIRE well done for including the answers to some of the common questions!

@Martinr36 beat me to it and came up with pretty much exactly the spec that I was going to suggest!

I have another couple of questions that might help with refining the selection:
1) You mentioned that you want 32GB RAM, is this for a particular reason? For gaming, you really don't need more than 16GB (as Martin has suggested)
2) Is RGB important to you, or are you less concerned about that?
3) You have a monitor in mind, which is good, but do you have any other peripherals? Keyboard, mouse, speakers etc
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1) Yeah it’s just for gaming so I’ll stick with the 16!

2) I don’t even know what RGB means 🙈

3) I have all peripherals already yes :)
 
sck451

sck451

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For a larger monitor, I can't help but feel the 3060 Ti might be insufficient. I know the resolution will be the same, but you'd really like all the textures to be at the highest possible quality given that the screen is pretty large, so I'd be inclined to look towards the 3070 (Ti if necessary for stock reasons).
 
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cOLDfIRE

Active member
sck451 said:
For a larger monitor, I can't help but feel the 3060 Ti might be insufficient. I know the resolution will be the same, but you'd really like all the textures to be at the highest possible quality given that the screen is pretty large, so I'd be inclined to look towards the 3070 (Ti if necessary for stock reasons).
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Oh okay, I’ll look at getting that, thank you!
 
Martinr36

Martinr36

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sck451 said:
For a larger monitor, I can't help but feel the 3060 Ti might be insufficient. I know the resolution will be the same, but you'd really like all the textures to be at the highest possible quality given that the screen is pretty large, so I'd be inclined to look towards the 3070 (Ti if necessary for stock reasons).
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bumping it up to the 3070 Ti, brings it in at £2240 so £40 over

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
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
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
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 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 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 16 to 19 working days
Price: £2,240.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/DzuAxd22Sn/
 
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cOLDfIRE

Active member
Martinr36 said:
bumping it up to the 3070 Ti, brings it in at £2240 so £40 over

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
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
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
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 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 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 16 to 19 working days
Price: £2,240.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/DzuAxd22Sn/
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Thank you! Yeah I don’t mind going over the budget if it’ll make a difference :)
 
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cOLDfIRE

Active member
Martinr36 said:
That £40 over should be worth it
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Thank you very much! Will be ordering this on Friday!! Can’t wait!


Can I just ask what you use to clean your PC? As in the past I’ve had trouble keeping it it’s free because I never knew what was best to use, people suggest compressed air but I’ve also read that it’s not good?
 
jamiephillips909

jamiephillips909

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cOLDfIRE said:
Thank you very much! Will be ordering this on Friday!! Can’t wait!


Can I just ask what you use to clean your PC? As in the past I’ve had trouble keeping it it’s free because I never knew what was best to use, people suggest compressed air but I’ve also read that it’s not good?
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I use a compu cleaner its very good removes the worry of liquid from.compressed air cans

IT Dusters CompuCleaner Xpert - Electric Air Duster Blower for PC, Laptop, Console, Electronics and Home Cleaning, Environmental Alternative to Spray air can Duster Keyboard Cleaner : Amazon.co.uk: Stationery & Office Supplies

Buy IT Dusters CompuCleaner Xpert - Electric Air Duster Blower for PC, Laptop, Console, Electronics and Home Cleaning, Environmental Alternative to Spray air can Duster Keyboard Cleaner at Amazon UK. Free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk

Can use it on tvs consoles multiple things around the house I use to to clean the hard to reach inside parts of my household radiators :)
 
Martinr36

Martinr36

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jamiephillips909 said:
I use a compu cleaner its very good removes the worry of liquid from.compressed air cans

IT Dusters CompuCleaner Xpert - Electric Air Duster Blower for PC, Laptop, Console, Electronics and Home Cleaning, Environmental Alternative to Spray air can Duster Keyboard Cleaner : Amazon.co.uk: Stationery & Office Supplies

Buy IT Dusters CompuCleaner Xpert - Electric Air Duster Blower for PC, Laptop, Console, Electronics and Home Cleaning, Environmental Alternative to Spray air can Duster Keyboard Cleaner at Amazon UK. Free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk

Can use it on tvs consoles multiple things around the house I use to to clean the hard to reach inside parts of my household radiators :)
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yep that's what i've got as well
 
B Poot

B Poot

Bronze Level Poster
cOLDfIRE said:
2) I don’t even know what RGB means
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Sorry, it’s always bad when people assume others know what acronyms mean! That’s my mistake.

RGB stands for red, green and blue. It’s slang for the coloured lights that you get (as they use red, green and blue LEDs to make up the various colours of the rainbow). You can also get aRGB, which are addressable lights so that you can use the manufacturer’s software to control the separate LEDs individually and make pretty patterns. Many different components can have this feature now, but not all do by default. For example, you can choose to have the RAM with or without RGB. It costs a little extra, but it makes your computer look pretty. It’s really just down to personal preference. If you decide you want it, make sure that you get a case with a transparent side so that you can see it. The TD500 Mesh case that was suggested does have a tempered glass side.

p.s. for the monitor that you have selected, I would recommend the 3070 or the 3070ti graphics cards over the 3060 if you can afford either of them.
 
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cOLDfIRE

Active member
jamiephillips909 said:
I use a compu cleaner its very good removes the worry of liquid from.compressed air cans

IT Dusters CompuCleaner Xpert - Electric Air Duster Blower for PC, Laptop, Console, Electronics and Home Cleaning, Environmental Alternative to Spray air can Duster Keyboard Cleaner : Amazon.co.uk: Stationery & Office Supplies

Buy IT Dusters CompuCleaner Xpert - Electric Air Duster Blower for PC, Laptop, Console, Electronics and Home Cleaning, Environmental Alternative to Spray air can Duster Keyboard Cleaner at Amazon UK. Free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk

Can use it on tvs consoles multiple things around the house I use to to clean the hard to reach inside parts of my household radiators :)
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Oh amazing, might have to get one! Thank you for your response
 
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cOLDfIRE

Active member
B Poot said:
Sorry, it’s always bad when people assume others know what acronyms mean! That’s my mistake.

RGB stands for red, green and blue. It’s slang for the coloured lights that you get (as they use red, green and blue LEDs to make up the various colours of the rainbow). You can also get aRGB, which are addressable lights so that you can use the manufacturer’s software to control the separate LEDs individually and make pretty patterns. Many different components can have this feature now, but not all do by default. For example, you can choose to have the RAM with or without RGB. It costs a little extra, but it makes your computer look pretty. It’s really just down to personal preference. If you decide you want it, make sure that you get a case with a transparent side so that you can see it. The TD500 Mesh case that was suggested does have a tempered glass side.

p.s. for the monitor that you have selected, I would recommend the 3070 or the 3070ti graphics cards over the 3060 if you can afford either of them.
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Ohh yeah I don’t really mind either way,
to be honest!
Ah okay I’ll go for the 3070 then, thank you :)
 
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cOLDfIRE

Active member
cOLDfIRE said:
Thank you! Yeah I don’t mind going over the budget if it’ll make a difference :)
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Martinr36 said:
bumping it up to the 3070 Ti, brings it in at £2240 so £40 over

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
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
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
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 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 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 16 to 19 working days
Price: £2,240.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/DzuAxd22Sn/
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Do you know why the price has gone up £7 when I click the URL? It’s confusing me haha
 
Martinr36

Martinr36

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cOLDfIRE said:
Do you know why the price has gone up £7 when I click the URL? It’s confusing me haha
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Prices are constantly fluctuating, if i was to buy the same build today that i ordered 8 working days ago it would cost me about another £50, if you save a quote that's valid for 5 days
 
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