what does everyone think about these specs for my first ever pc?

[EuaHay]

these are the specs:

Case
FRACTAL MESHIFY 2 COMPACT BLACK GAMING CASE (Window)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 16-Core Processor i9-12900KF (3.2GHz) 30MB Cache
Motherboard
GIGABYTE Z690 UD (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 4800MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2700MB/sW) (Special Offer)
1st Storage Drive
4TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (Special Offer)
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 100 RGB V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
Asus Xonar AE 7.1-Channel Gaming Audio Card
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
ASUS PCE-AX3000 Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 2400Mbps/5GHz, 600Mbps/2.4GHz (Special Offer)

it comes to £2,197 and I'm just wondering if it's right if I get such a big thing

 

[Jay88lynch]

Personally I would lower the 4tb barracuda to a 2tb and lower the 2tb intel to a 1tb for your OS and add a second M.2 SSD that's 1TB for programmes and games ect.
Main games will go on those, you then have the 2tb barracuda for extra storage.

Motherboard....depending on use someone will weigh in

Ram is complete overkill. If its for general use/ gaming then 16/32GB 3200 or even 16GB 3600 should suffice. Maybe even less

Depending on what you will use the pc for you maybe able to lower the CPU if its for gaming I've read around that the 12700k is still very good when paired with the right motherboard and graphics card.

For your wireless network card I'd go intel. That maybe recommended by some of the more tech knowledgeable folks here.

Sound Card can be set to standard audio. Again tech guys maybe able to weigh in

 

[Jay88lynch]

I'd also post the link attached at the bottom of the page when you click on post to forums so people can tweak it for you.

 

[MrWilson]

This build could certainly do with some adjustments, I wouldn’t recommend hitting buy in its current state.

I would recommend you give this a read, and then please tell us the information mentioned, and we can see what we can do about speccing up the right build for you 🙂

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