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My old system has been lagging along for a long time and I really felt I wanted to make quite a big improvement, particularly over the processor. Any feedback on the above system? I haven't added any additional case fans but feel that as I will most likely be gaming on 1080p (moving towards 1440p in the near-ish future) that I possibly will not need a significant amount of cooling?
 
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That's only part of a PC!

Basically, it only makes sense to look at the whole thing together in the round. Can you post the full build including the green config link? Also, what's the budget? What monitor will you be using?

By the way, it doesn't actually make sense to think that running at 1080p will be cooler on the CPU than 1440p or 4K. That isn't how it works. It will demand a lesser graphics card, which will indeed push out less heat, but the CPU demands are (broadly speaking) similar whatever resolution you are using.
 
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sck451 said:
That's only part of a PC!

Basically, it only makes sense to look at the whole thing together in the round. Can you post the full build including the green config link? Also, what's the budget? What monitor will you be using?

By the way, it doesn't actually make sense to think that running at 1080p will be cooler on the CPU than 1440p or 4K. That isn't how it works. It will demand a lesser graphics card, which will indeed push out less heat, but the CPU demands are (broadly speaking) similar whatever resolution you are using.
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Edited the original part :)

I didn't have a specific budget persay but wanted to save on buying a new graphics card for now and just put a lot into the CPU. Thanks for the info on the resolution differences! I'll confess, I don't know an awful lot on that which must be obvious :)

I'm just trying to find my monitor specs - that's another thing I am looking to upgrade separately over time.
 
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sck451 said:
That's only part of a PC!

Basically, it only makes sense to look at the whole thing together in the round. Can you post the full build including the green config link? Also, what's the budget? What monitor will you be using?

By the way, it doesn't actually make sense to think that running at 1080p will be cooler on the CPU than 1440p or 4K. That isn't how it works. It will demand a lesser graphics card, which will indeed push out less heat, but the CPU demands are (broadly speaking) similar whatever resolution you are using.
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Current monitor is a ASUS VG279QR that I got fairly cheap 4 years ago. I'd like to move it to being my secondary monitor and buy a better screen for primarily gaming use. Do you have any suggestions?
 
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What graphics card will you be putting into it?

Basically a gaming PC setup has three key components:
  1. The monitor
  2. The graphics card (which provides data to the monitor)
  3. Everything else (which provides data to the graphics card)
This system is obviously only addressing point 3. So you really need to start with a plan for what display (or at least what resolution and refresh rate) you're aiming for. Everything else really flows from that. My impression is that you are wildly over-shooting on some things (e.g. memory capacity, motherboard, storage speed, perhaps even CPU), and going under on others (especially power supply). Definitely needs a lot of work but precisely what work depends on what's going to be paired with it.

Current monitor is a ASUS VG279QR that I got fairly cheap 4 years ago. I'd like to move it to being my secondary monitor and buy a better screen for primarily gaming use. Do you have any suggestions?
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What's the budget?
 
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sck451 said:
What graphics card will you be putting into it?

Basically a gaming PC setup has three key components:
  1. The monitor
  2. The graphics card (which provides data to the monitor)
  3. Everything else (which provides data to the graphics card)
This system is obviously only addressing point 3. So you really need to start with a plan for what display (or at least what resolution and refresh rate) you're aiming for. Everything else really flows from that. My impression is that you are wildly over-shooting on some things (e.g. memory capacity, motherboard, storage speed, perhaps even CPU), and going under on others (especially power supply). Definitely needs a lot of work but precisely what work depends on what's going to be paired with it.



What's the budget?
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Apologies I had added my graphics card in the original post then overwrote it - it is an NVIDIA 3060 TI.

Should I look at a better PSU then?

For the monitor I wouldn't be looking at spending too much over £300.
 
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That's a decent graphics card (I have the same) but do note that it is unlikely to do a good job of high-settings 1440p gaming. It's getting a touch long in the tooth now and will be limited in many games by its 8GB of VRAM. That's not to say "don't get it", but it's not going to set the world on fire.

For a monitor I'd spend £200 on this amazing value option: AOC Q27G4X.

Then for the PC itself I'd be looking at this, presuming you can transfer Windows off the old PC. It's much more reasonable for what you'll be doing with it!

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sck451 said:
That's a decent graphics card (I have the same) but do note that it is unlikely to do a good job of high-settings 1440p gaming. It's getting a touch long in the tooth now and will be limited in many games by its 8GB of VRAM. That's not to say "don't get it", but it's not going to set the world on fire.

For a monitor I'd spend £200 on this amazing value option: AOC Q27G4X.

Then for the PC itself I'd be looking at this, presuming you can transfer Windows off the old PC. It's much more reasonable for what you'll be doing with it!

Case
FRACTAL NORTH TG GAMING CASE (WHITE) Or another case: personally I wouldn't bother with one of the complex dual-chamber cases...
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-5.3GHz/40MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING X870-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
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1st M.2 SSD Drive
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Thank you so much for the input :)
 
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Reading through your comments - why the aversion to the dual chamber case? I was mostly going for looks as I think they look nice but is there something I'm not seeing with actually how practical it is?
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Dual chamber cases are great, the Corsair ones are really fantastic. Keep in mind the size of it though, it's quite large.

It was just a personal preference that was mentioned, no issue with them at all :)
 
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My only objection is that they're big, bulky and expensive, and the only benefits are aesthetic. But that's just me being functional with my taste in PC design. I'm sure they're really great cases.
 
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