New gaming rig check - 1500ish

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Simon9531

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Hi all - did get a spec checked back in Feb but with a house move found myself putting things off so would appreciate a once over of this.

Aim - 1440p high refresh gaming.

Games played - Total War III, Warhammer 40k, D2R, will get involved in more shooters/adventure style games.

Monitor (1440p) - appreciate opinions here. I am tempted by the LG 850gp-b tbh. Have considered Dell S2721 dgfa and Gigabyte M27qp. I'm in the thought process I'll be looking at it constantly so don't mind going up to £400 on the monitor (let me know price/performance though I'm not rolling in cash!).

Budget - 1500 (or as close as you can get) this is excluding the monitor.

Will post link below with some thoughts on certain items. Thanks in advance.
 
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Simon9531

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Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Six Core CPU (3.5GHz-4.4GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6750 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
Graphics Card Support Bracket
PCS GRAPHICS CARD SUPPORT BRACKET
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
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1TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 2950MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler Black Edition
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STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
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ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
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10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
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WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
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MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
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Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
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United Kingdom - English Language
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Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
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Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
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Simon9531

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GPU - Am waiting for Nov 3rd announcement but in reality not sure how long I'd have to wait for low/mid range 7000 series GPUs to hit the market. I don't have a playable PC at the moment and I'll make one or two upgrades in next 5 years perhaps anyway.

CPU/AM4 - granted I know it's a dead gen but figure I can upgrade to a 5800x3d if I need to and that seems to be a powerful gaming CPU given benchmarks competing with current gen CPUs.

PSU - would like advice on RMx Vs RMe as aware 850 would perhaps be a better one for future upgrades but I think the quality of the RMx is higher?

Cooler - granted I've seen stock mentioned as good enough for the 5600 but I dont mind spending a bit more on something to keep things a touch cooler.
 
B4zookaw

B4zookaw

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It's a pretty good build at that price point to be fair, looks well balanced. the 6750XT looks a good 1440p GPU, even 60fps 4K if you upgrade monitor in future. And I agree that if you find CPU is proving a bottleneck in games, upgrade to 5800X3D is easy step to take.

Re PSU, the RMe is obviously slightly lower spec than the RMx, but it's still a very good PSU from a solid brand. So if you're keen on having headroom for future upgrades, I don't think going for 850RMe would be a poor decision.
 
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Simon9531

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Thanks Robin. The 6750xt is cheaper than the 6700xt on the PCS spec sheet so figure more performance at lower cost then why not. I was mulling over going low spec with a 6600 and doing a GPU update early next year but the 6750xt should have enough legs for a little while before I start tinkering with things.
 
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Simon9531

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If I had a bit of faith in myself I could spec this minus a GPU and source a 6800xt for almost the same cost and install it myself. (Perhaps after today things may reduce a touch more). I'm not very clued up on tech but is installing a new GPU relatively painless? Figure with the 6800xt I'll probably be set and forget for a while longer. (Will upgrade to 850 RMe).
 
Martinr36

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Simon9531 said:
If I had a bit of faith in myself I could spec this minus a GPU and source a 6800xt for almost the same cost and install it myself. (Perhaps after today things may reduce a touch more). I'm not very clued up on tech but is installing a new GPU relatively painless? Figure with the 6800xt I'll probably be set and forget for a while longer. (Will upgrade to 850 RMe).
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Plug it into the slot, do up the retaining screw, plug in the power leads, fire it up and install the drivers
 
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