Hello!
I'm looking to buy a new PC that I intend to use both for my work as a Software Engineer and for casual gaming. I haven't really kept up with the hardware ecosystem, so I need a bit of a hand getting something suitable.
My budget is around £3000 with a bit of wiggle room if needed.
My work usually involves me running a couple of IDEs and spinning up a bunch of microservices/frontends and development environments in Docker, so lots of RAM and a solid CPU are vital.
Besides work, I also like to play a few games; some recent ones being WoW, Rocket League, FFXIV and Football Manager. None of these are particularly graphics-intesive but my game choices have been limited by my current machine, so I would like a decent GPU, too, so I can try some more modern games.
I use a dual-monitor setup when developing; my main monitor being an ASUS VG248QE (1920x1080 @144Hz) and my secondary one being a BenQ GL2450HM (1920x1080 @60Hz). The latter monitor is quite old now, so I will likely upgrade that to another 144Hz one in the relatively-near future. I am quite limited for desk space so probably won't look to get a 4k one.
I did see another post on the forums regarding a build for similar use, so I did base my initial build on this, which I have put at the end of this post.
There are two changes from the build in the other post:
Any help is greatly appreciated 🙂
Cheers!
I'm looking to buy a new PC that I intend to use both for my work as a Software Engineer and for casual gaming. I haven't really kept up with the hardware ecosystem, so I need a bit of a hand getting something suitable.
My budget is around £3000 with a bit of wiggle room if needed.
My work usually involves me running a couple of IDEs and spinning up a bunch of microservices/frontends and development environments in Docker, so lots of RAM and a solid CPU are vital.
Besides work, I also like to play a few games; some recent ones being WoW, Rocket League, FFXIV and Football Manager. None of these are particularly graphics-intesive but my game choices have been limited by my current machine, so I would like a decent GPU, too, so I can try some more modern games.
I use a dual-monitor setup when developing; my main monitor being an ASUS VG248QE (1920x1080 @144Hz) and my secondary one being a BenQ GL2450HM (1920x1080 @60Hz). The latter monitor is quite old now, so I will likely upgrade that to another 144Hz one in the relatively-near future. I am quite limited for desk space so probably won't look to get a 4k one.
I did see another post on the forums regarding a build for similar use, so I did base my initial build on this, which I have put at the end of this post.
There are two changes from the build in the other post:
- I swapped the cooling from a Corsair H115i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler as this was out of stock.
- I changed to an 850W PSU as the website suggested that 1000W was excessive.
Any help is greatly appreciated 🙂
Cheers!
| Case | CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 500D SE CASE |
| Processor (CPU) | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.9GHz/72MB CACHE/AM4) |
| Motherboard | ASUS® CROSSHAIR VIII HERO WIFI (DDR4, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX/SLI) - RGB Ready! |
| Memory (RAM) | 64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 32GB) |
| Graphics Card | 12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP |
| 1st Storage Drive | 6TB SEAGATE IRONWOLF PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 256MB CACHE |
| 1st M.2 SSD Drive | 500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W) |
| 2nd M.2 SSD Drive | 2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7300MB/R, 6900MB/W) |
| DVD/BLU-RAY Drive | NOT REQUIRED |
| 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 H100i 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 |
| 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 [KUK-00003] |
| 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 (Windows 10 Only) |
| Warranty | 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) |