New Gaming Rig - opinions and advice welcome

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JosRes

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Hi all, I'm looking to renew my current gaming PC towards the end of the year, and I wondered how this build would perform, and whether it'll be future proofed for the next 3-5 years?

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24 Core CPU (3.8GHz - 4.5GHz, 142MB CACHE)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG ZENITH II EXTREME ALPHA (DDR4, Wi-Fi 6, CrossFireX/SLI) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6700 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st Storage Drive
1TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/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
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid ML360 RGB TR4 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Case Fans
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy™ FX OEM
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 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 Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
TIMED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND - MON-FRI (BEFORE 2PM)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 12 to 15 working days
 
AgentCooper

AgentCooper

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Hi there. You don’t need a Threadripper for gaming, if anything it’ll be detrimental. In all honesty, it’s not a very well configured system and you could do a lot better. If you can answer us a few questions we’ll be able to advise.

What’s your budget for the system?

Any other system uses than gaming? Streaming, photo or video editing etc?

What monitor will you be using? Make and model or resolution and refresh rate is what we’re after.

What types of games will you be playing?

Get back to us and we’ll see what we can come up with for you 👍
 
J

JosRes

Member
AgentCooper said:
Hi there. You don’t need a Threadripper for gaming, if anything it’ll be detrimental. In all honesty, it’s not a very well configured system and you could do a lot better. If you can answer us a few questions we’ll be able to advise.

What’s your budget for the system?

Any other system uses than gaming? Streaming, photo or video editing etc?

What monitor will you be using? Make and model or resolution and refresh rate is what we’re after.

What types of games will you be playing?

Get back to us and we’ll see what we can come up with for you 👍
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Hi, thank you in advance for the advice, I think I've fallen for the 'bigger the price, the better the rig' mentality!

1. Budget is between £2.5k and £3k, of course I'd prefer less but I save for a new machine during the lfiecycle of my current one.

2. Just gaming, nothing fancier than that.

3. I need to update my monitor as well, and hoping to go to 4k as a minimum.

4. I mostly play city builders, strategy, and simulators. Planet Zoo is probably one of my most resource intensive games. I'm thinking ahead though to the new Company of Heroes, and I'd like to run Cyberpunk 2077 smoothly at high settings.
 
AgentCooper

AgentCooper

At Least I Have Chicken
Moderator
JosRes said:
Hi, thank you in advance for the advice, I think I've fallen for the 'bigger the price, the better the rig' mentality!

1. Budget is between £2.5k and £3k, of course I'd prefer less but I save for a new machine during the lfiecycle of my current one.

2. Just gaming, nothing fancier than that.

3. I need to update my monitor as well, and hoping to go to 4k as a minimum.

4. I mostly play city builders, strategy, and simulators. Planet Zoo is probably one of my most resource intensive games. I'm thinking ahead though to the new Company of Heroes, and I'd like to run Cyberpunk 2077 smoothly at high settings.
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Okie dokie, thanks for getting back to us. Done a spec that would cover your uses nicely and last a fair few years, with a couple of GPU upgrades along the way. The 3070Ti would be very comfortable at 4K 60Hz… or you could go ultrawide 1440p 144Hz, which I personally think is a much better option and it’s hella immersive for sim games.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB 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 12 to 15 working days
Price: £2,557.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/SZSspqHScH/
 
J

JosRes

Member
AgentCooper said:
Okie dokie, thanks for getting back to us. Done a spec that would cover your uses nicely and last a fair few years, with a couple of GPU upgrades along the way. The 3070Ti would be very comfortable at 4K 60Hz… or you could go ultrawide 1440p 144Hz, which I personally think is a much better option and it’s hella immersive for sim games.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB 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 12 to 15 working days
Price: £2,557.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/SZSspqHScH/
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Thank you! I'll take a look into that build. I need to understand the dual storage setup a bit as well, as I've not gone down that route before.
 
Martinr36

Martinr36

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JosRes said:
Thank you! I'll take a look into that build. I need to understand the dual storage setup a bit as well, as I've not gone down that route before.
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The reasoning behind the storage is as follows:

HDD for general file storage, things that don't benefit from fast storage such as documents, videos etc.
A really fast M.2 for the OS and programs so everything loads fast
A slightly slower M.2 for the games drive, this means that games will load fast, and should you ever have to reinstall the OS, you wont have to download and reinstall all your games again
 
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