Prospective PC build, looking for advice

[Saulaj]

This quote came to just under £1200 and I'm not looking to spend much more than this, I'm mostly looking for any advice on whether this is a good build for a pc that will last a few years as is and can be upgraded as need to keep it going for a while after that. I would mostly be using to play games that aren't too taxing like WOW and LoL but would like to be able to play current AAA titles at decent graphic settings with decent fps (doesn't need to be max setting with crazy fps). Any advices or changes that don't cost too much appreciated, thanks.

Just to add I have another 16gb PCS PRO DDR4 2666MHZ to add to this PC from my previous one.

Case

CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)

Intel® Core™ i7 12-Core Processor i7-12700F (Up to 4.9GHz) 25MB Cache

Motherboard

ASUS® PRIME B760M-A WIFI (mATX, LGA1700, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)

Memory (RAM)

8GB PCS PRO DDR5 4800MHz (1 x 8GB)

Graphics Card

8GB ZOTAC GEFORCE RTX 4060 Ti TWIN EDGE - HDMI, 3 x DP

1st M.2 SSD Drive

1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (3500 MB/R, 3200 MB/W)

Power Supply

CORSAIR 550W CX SERIES™ CX-550 POWER SUPPLY

Power Cable

1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Processor Cooling

PCS FrostFlow 150 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

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
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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 6 to 8 working days
Price: £0.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z790-ddr5-pc/qYJAmkR8Ju/

 

[Scoped Badger]

Just to add I have another 16gb PCS PRO DDR4 2666MHZ to add to this PC from my previous one.

That's not how RAM works. You can't just add your old RAM to the existing one - it causes instability. They have to be EXACTLY the same. Adding DDR4 to DDR5 just won't work.

The build you've created is completely unsuitable. You've just picked the cheapest components on the configurator and hoped for the best. Building a PC doesn't work like that.

Component prices are very high at the moment, and we're coming to the end of the current GPU cycle. You're currently looking at around £1,700 for a 1080p build.

Which monitor do you have currently? Make, model, refresh rate, resolution?

 

[TonyCarter]

You can't add different generations of RAM. Your old stuff is very slow DDR4, and the new stuff is very slow DDR5.

Unfortunately, due to the strength of the USD and the refresh of components, the CPUs and GPUs are very expensive at the moment.

 

[Saulaj]

You can't add different generations of RAM. Your old stuff is very slow DDR4, and the new stuff is very slow DDR5.

Unfortunately, due to the strength of the USD and the refresh of components, the CPUs and GPUs are very expensive at the moment.

Ah OK maybe I'll up the ram to 16gb then, by very slow DDR5 does that mean the mhz? Is going from 4800hz to 5200 or higher a significant difference? Also the CPU says up to 4.9ghz so would that mean I needs to upgrade both as the price would start to rack up a bit in that case?

Probably should of added the post that I'm figuring this out as I'm going along and am not too sure on what metrics are significant. Thanks for the reply though, I didn't know you couldn't use both DDRA and 5 together.

 

[Saulaj]

That's not how RAM works. You can't just add your old RAM to the existing one - it causes instability. They have to be EXACTLY the same. Adding DDR4 to DDR5 just won't work.

The build you've created is completely unsuitable. You've just picked the cheapest components on the configurator and hoped for the best. Building a PC doesn't work like that.

Component prices are very high at the moment, and we're coming to the end of the current GPU cycle. You're currently looking at around £1,700 for a 1080p build.

Which monitor do you have currently? Make, model, refresh

I have KOORUI 24 Inch Computer Monitor - FHD 1080P Gaming Monitor 165Hz atm.

Do you mean that even without the old ddr4 RAM the build isn't viable?

 

[Scoped Badger]

I have KOORUI 24 Inch Computer Monitor - FHD 1080P Gaming Monitor 165Hz atm.

Do you mean that even without the old ddr4 RAM the build isn't viable?

I wouldn't say that any of it was suitable.

Cheap, unbranded, prone to failure RAM, SSD, Cooler. Low end PSU with zero room for upgrades, Four generation old Intel CPU.

Like I say, you can't just pick the cheapest components possible and throw them into a build.