New PC with own case (2 SSD's currently, going to 3) - use is mainly gaming/VTT's

Mr_Smooth

New member
Case
Send In Your Own Case full-midnight-black-cooler-master-haf-series-atx-full-tower
Promotional Item
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Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-12600K (Up to 4.9GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME B760M-A WIFI (mATX, LGA1700, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 4800MHz (2 x 16GB) KIT
Graphics Card
12GB GIGABYTE GEFORCE RTX 3060 WINDFORCE OC - HDMI, 3 x DP
Graphics Card Support Bracket
PCS ARGB GRAPHICS CARD SUPPORT BRACKET
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 2950MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CX SERIES™ CX-650 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 200 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
2 x 120mm PCS Black Case Fan
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 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
Microsoft® Edge
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 4 to 6 working days
Price: £1,053.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z790-ddr5-pc/Ut66YRDgbn/
 
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SpyderTracks

We love you Ukraine
not yet no, i always like to post for feedback first. fairly new to PC building
Very sensible, we wouldn’t recommend Intel as they’re just broken, the 12th gen weren’t affected but are now over 3 years old and on a dead platform, a modern AMD build would give better performance at the same budget and allow for upgrades down the line.

if you can post your max budget, use case and make and model monitor someone can help
 

Mr_Smooth

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Budget is around £800-900, the games I'm looking to run on it are Hunt Showdown 1896, Baldur's gate 3 and Monster Hunter wilds is the main one next year. Monitor is a tv (Bush 32 Inch Smart Full HD HDR LED TV / DVD Combi).
 

Scoped Badger

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You're not going to be able to put together a custom PC for that sort of budget. Ideally, for 1080p, you'd need £1,500, 1440p you'd need £2,000 and 4K you're looking at £2,500.

I think at that price, you'd be better off going for a console. Or saving a bit more money and coming back in a few months time.
 

Mr_Smooth

New member
You're not going to be able to put together a custom PC for that sort of budget. Ideally, for 1080p, you'd need £1,500, 1440p you'd need £2,000 and 4K you're looking at £2,500.

I think at that price, you'd be better off going for a console. Or saving a bit more money and coming back in a few months time.
the above build is £865 before VAT so comes to around £1060 after VAT which is fine. The above budget is not including VAT (just RAW Price of parts).
 

Scoped Badger

Enthusiast
the above build is £865 before VAT so comes to around £1060 after VAT which is fine. The above budget is not including VAT (just RAW Price of parts).
The above build also has:

- An old processor, made by an untrustworthy company
- A microATX motherboard
- Slow RAM
- Only one, small storage drive
- An under-powered power supply, which doesn't allow for future upgrades
- A non-recommended CPU cooler

Although not impossible to put together a PC for the budget you mention, it'd never be recommended due to cutting too many corners on components.

The title also mentions, 2 SSD's, going to 3. Do you have those already? Are they M.2 SSD's?
 

SpyderTracks

We love you Ukraine
the above build is £865 before VAT so comes to around £1060 after VAT which is fine. The above budget is not including VAT (just RAW Price of parts).
Are you looking for a PCSpecialist system as they come fully built, you can't order individual parts?

There's no way you can get anything worthwhile at the budget you're saying, not in a custom pc anyway, you'd be better off with a previous gen off the shelf.
 
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