Thoughts on this build

[cclough49]

I am a regular gamer that has been using a razor blade laptop and PS5 for quite a while now. I wanted to make a change with regards to putting all my gaming needs in one place. I don't however have a vast level of knowledge on Computer specs and what is good for my level of usage and value for money. I have done levels of research and found out what I would be looking for but am still a little uncertain and want to get a pc that will not only be usable for a good while but also futureproof. Any advice would be very appreciated.

Here is a build i came up with:

 

[sck451]

It would be really helpful if you could post the spec as in this forum post as it's hard to read in this screenshot format:

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What is your budget? What monitor will you be using?

 

[cclough49]

It would be really helpful if you could post the spec as in this forum post as it's hard to read in this screenshot format:

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What is your budget? What monitor will you be using?

my budget is as close to 1K as possible, this is around £1350. currently i have 1080p but would be up for upgrading the monitor too 1440

 

[sck451]

I can't get your build to come to that price. It's over £1400 for me. Could you post the build as in the link above so it's easy to read the whole thing, and if you include the green link it's also easy to suggest modifications. Thanks.

Just to be clear, though, this is a relatively tight budget for 1080p and definitely a tight budget for 1440p...

 

[cclough49]

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[cclough49]

i dont mind it being more if i know its worth it and its gonna be a good investment. oh i thought with the setup its currently on that it would do 1080p easily

 

[cclough49]

Case
CORSAIR 3000D AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Six Core CPU (4.7GHz-5.3GHz/38MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB XFX RADEON™ RX 7700 XT SWFT - HDMI, 3 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 6500MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W CX SERIES™ CX-750 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR H100x RGB ELITE 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 2.5Gbe 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
Norton 360 inc. Game Optimizer - Free 90 Day License
Browser
Google Chrome™
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: £1,389.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/z8VKvYGHD9/

 

[sck451]

Here's where I'd go for about that budget. It is still less than I'd like in various areas, but it'll do a good job of 1080p and make a decent stab at 1440p with settings turned down a bit.

Basically it's spending less on cooling and more on power supply and storage. And going down to the pretty much identical but cooler and cheaper non-X CPU variant.

Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Six Core CPU (4.0GHz-5.2GHz/38MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB XFX RADEON™ RX 7700 XT SWFT - HDMI, 3 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 2950MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
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 2.5Gbe 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
Google Chrome™
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 6 to 8 working days
Price: £1,408.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/3h5stJezUY/

 

[cclough49]

Thank you so much for your advice it has been great! If you were to have ideally what you wanted in terms of the specs round this, what would that look like? if it is worth it, I should definitely take it as a consideration. I know this is more of your time but it would be greatly appreciated.

Just for my knowledge from the research I did cooling seemed very important? By going down in quality on cooler won’t that harm the performance? I did notice that you changed the case does that have anything to do with it?

 

[sck451]

Thank you so much for your advice it has been great! If you were to have ideally what you wanted in terms of the specs round this, what would that look like? if it is worth it, I should definitely take it as a consideration. I know this is more of your time but it would be greatly appreciated.

Just for my knowledge from the research I did cooling seemed very important? By going down in quality on cooler won’t that harm the performance? I did notice that you changed the case does that have anything to do with it?

Cooling is important, though the 7600 is very, very easy to cool because it is a low power chip. If you don't overclock it (and you probably shouldn't) even a cheap air cooler will be plenty.

The case improvement is a significant step up for the difference in price. It's build quality and size, and principally upgradability. You'll have more options with the 4000D.

In an ideal world I'd go for the 2TB secondary SSD and consider a 7700 CPU. For 1440p the ideal would be the 7800XT graphics card but that's quite a lot to add to the budget.

 

[cclough49]

So a little bit like this?

Case
CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-5.3GHz/40MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI (AM5, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB GIGABYTE RADEON™ RX 7800 XT GAMING OC - 2 x HDMI, 2 x DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
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 2.5Gbe 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
Google Chrome™
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 6 to 8 working days
Price: £1,638.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/ZWdHDZm5px/

 

[sck451]

If your budget can stretch to that it's a really strong 1440p build. But it would be a waste for 1080p, so I'd definitely look into a new monitor as well. You can get a decent 1440p monitor for only a touch over £200 at this point.

 

[cclough49]

Yes i will definitely consider. Do you believe it is worth the extra money spent to get the 1440p build? It will be unlikely that i can upgrade the monitor until around march time will it at least function with the 1080p up until i can get a new monitor? Do you have any specific suggestions on a 1440p monitor?

 

[sck451]

It'll work fine, you just won't be able to stretch the graphics card to its full potential.

The stand-out option for me right now is the AOC Q27G4X, for around £160, but that might change over the next three months, so I'd check back in then if I were you...

 

[cclough49]

Just wanted to again say thank you for all your help and am likely going to buy it soon. The education and the advice have been very valuable!

 

[cclough49]

Just a quick question will the more expensive computer build cope with most modern games?

 

[sck451]

Just a quick question will the more expensive computer build cope with most modern games?

Yes.

You shouldn't expect to use the very highest settings: plan on "high" rather than "ultra", but that's just generally a good plan anyway.

 

[SpyderTracks]

If you search the web for “game name optimised settings” you’ll get results for various optimised settings for the experience you’re looking for.

2 excellent ones are Hardware Unboxed and Digital Foundry.

Ultra settings isn’t a thing in pc gaming, it’s only used for benchmarking, there are plenty of settings that by reducing even slightly, massively improve fps without affecting visual fidelity in any noticeable manner

 

[cclough49]

Amazing thank you